PAX West 2025 Spotlight: Beat Down City Survivors

Chaos never felt so cathartic. Beatdown City Survivors throws you into a dystopian pixel-art playground where everything becomes your weapon: from battered pipes and angry pigeons to fireworks-fueled contraptions and electrified puddles. This immersive roguelite survival game invites you to improvise destruction across a ravaged Times Square, igniting gas lines, blasting mutant hordes, and crafting hilariously lethal weapons on the fly. At PAX West 2025, we interviewed Shawn Alexander Allen to explore the game’s dark humor, environmental ingenuity, and over-the-top action featured in every run. With its PAX Rising showcase pedigree, the game is already turning heads as a fun twist on the survivors-like auto battler. Check out the full interview below!