Difficulty: 2/10
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Total trophies: 1 2 4 44
Offline trophies: All
Online trophies: None
DLC: None
Minimum number of playthroughs: A total of 39 stages
Number of missable trophies: all can be missed: 6
INTRO ABOUT DEVELOPER
It should take you 1 hour and a half to complete.
Streets of Rogue is a rogue-lite about player choice, freedom, and anarchic fun, developed by Matt Dabrowski. The game takes inspiration from fast-paced top-down rogue-lites like Binding of Isaac and Nuclear Throne, and adds free-form, experimentation-driven, emergent gameplay elements of RPGs like Deus Ex.
Rather than taking place in a dungeon, the game is set in a functioning, procedurally generated city, where complex AI informs denizens from all walks of life, who are just trying to get by in their daily activities.
This deep, original rogue-lite sees you picking one of 24 classes and fighting, stealing and sabotaging your way through sets of increasingly tougher levels. As with many in the genre, Streets of Rogue has a lot of systems and mechanics to learn which, when mastered, will help keep you alive and progress further on a run. While there’s no substitute for diving in and getting your hands dirty, discovering and practicing these features for yourself, we’ve gathered some handy hints to help get you started
Gameplay Tips/Beginners Guide
- TRY EVERY CHARACTER ONCE
Whereas some of the above are good starting points, you should really give each character a go at least once. Each has their own unique abilities, pros and cons, and you may be surprised by how differently some of them play. Not only could you be avoiding a character that’s a perfect match for your play style, but you’re also missing out if you don’t experience the variety of classes available in Streets of Rogue.
- FOCUS ON LOOTING
There are a lot of containers scattered throughout Streets of Rogue’s levels. Don’t just rush through the objectives – take your time to loot as much food, money and items as you can from the trash cans and other containers, as this will pay off later in your run.
- DO NOT KILL EVERYONE
Unless you have a good reason to do so – For those that you do have to kill, try stealthier methods where possible. Placing contaminants in a building ventilation, for example – even non-deadly substances, like cigarettes – will spook the occupants into evacuation
- KNOCK ON WINDOWS AND DOORS
If you’re trying to break into a building more stealthily, knock on windows and doors to grab the attention of its occupants. This can give you a ‘window’ of opportunity. If you time it right, you can knock on a door, let the NPC open it and step out, then follow them in just as they turn back around. Effortless trespassing!
- EXPLOIT WEAPON SWITCHING
Switching weapons slows down time temporarily. If the on-screen action is getting too hectic, you can use this to your advantage – keep changing weapons and you’ll induce a sort of hacky bullet-time, giving you some time to breathe and deal with the situation at hand.
- PIT YOUR ENEMIES AGAINST EACH OTHER
With some deft footwork, you can save your skin by turning your enemies on each other. If someone is attacking you, position yourself near a police officer. If you dodge their bullets and they hit the copper, that cop will retaliate. Then all you have to do is slip away and leave them to it.
- WHAT TO DO WITH SYRINGES
If you’ve looted a syringe and don’t know what’s in it, it can be very risky to try it out on yourself. Instead, use the substance on a building’s ventilation system – especially if it’s a building you needed to break into anyway. It’ll scare the occupants into evacuating, and if it pumps a beneficial effect into the air you can enter to gain the buff yourself.
- DONT BE A HOARDER
While it pays off to be a little strategic with the use of your good loot, don’t be too precious over it – Streets of Rogue’s unpredictable rogue-lite nature means that you never know what’s coming next. If an item can save your skin right now, use it, don’t worry about whether you’ll need it later or not. Inventory management can also be an issue as you get further into a run, which is only exacerbated by clinging on to too many items unnecessarily.
This tip also goes for money – don’t be afraid to stock up on the health items and equipment you need. There’s no benefit to being a Scrooge when you’re dead from under-preparedness.
Like a Rogue
Unlock all other trophies
Unlock all other trophies to bag the Platinum
Adapting to City Life
Complete Any Floor
You can easily get this by completing Slums 1-1
Cannibal
Unlock playable character
Kill 20 people in a single floor, then complete the floor
Didn’t Skip the Tutorial
Complete the tutorial
Play through the tutorial at the start without skipping it. If you have skipped it, look for the NPC standing near the elevator shortcut in Home base to redo it
Gorilla
Unlock playable character
Free a gorilla from a Scientist lab
Industrial Idol
Complete Industrial
Complete Industrial 2-3, which will include a Disaster Level unless disabled via Mutators
Jock
Unlock playable character
Achieve Destruction Level 75 in a single level. You can use the Giantizer that the Scientist starts with
Savior of the Slums
Complete slums
Complete Slums 1-3, which will include a Disaster Level unless disabled via Mutators
Scientist
Unlock playable character
Pollute 5 Air Filtration Systems (can be done over multiple runs)
Shapeshifter
Unlock playable character
Beat any floor with 5 different non-custom characters. Easiest to do with Slums 1-1
Shopkeeper
Unlock playable character
Spend 1500 money in total (can be done over multiple runs)
Vampire
Unlock playable character
Destroy 20 Gravestones in a single run
Werewolf
Unlock playable character
Kill a Ghost. The Scientist starts off with a Ghost-killing weapon
Assassin
Unlock playable character
Clear any level without killing or alerting anyone
Bartender
Unlock playable character
Drink 10 alcoholic beverages in a single run. Buy from the Bartender as many as you can, and neutralizing them will also sometimes yield a beverage or two
Comedian
Unlock playable character
Kill anyone (including yourself) with a Banana Peel. Note that it does 5 damage
Cop
Unlock playable character
Bribe 3 cops (can be done over multiple runs)
Firefighter
Unlock playable character
Extinguish 5 fires during a single run
Creative Genius
Create a custom character
You can do this when you’re about to start a run
Fast Food
Make a Refrigerator “Run”
Hack a Refrigerator and select the “Run” option. Play as Hacker to start with Hacking Tool and Laptop
Downtown Diva
Complete downtown
Complete Downtown 4-3, which will include a Disaster Level unless disabled via Mutators
Flat Earther
Fall off the edge of the map
Just walk along the rails of the Mine Cart / Train track until you reach the edge of the map
Gangster (Blahd)
Unlock playable character
Neutralize 10 Gangster (Crepe) in a single run
Industrial
Unlock elevator access
Complete Slums 1-3 with 5 different characters
Investment Banker
Investment Banker
Unlock playable character
Hold 500 money at once in a single run
Massacrist
Massacrist
Kill everyone in a level
Best to do this on Slums 1-1 with a combat-focused character like Soldier
Park
Park
Unlock elevator access
Complete Industrial 2-3 with 5 different characters
Park President
Park President
Complete Park
Complete Park 3-3, which will include a Disaster Level unless disabled via Mutators
Potent Mix
Potent Mix
Have four status effects at once
Save up 4 Syringes (or items that give status effects) and use them all at once
Safe Travels
Safe Travels
Nicely ask an NPC to leave a level
If the NPC is Loyal there is a 70% chance they will leave. (78% chance with Four-Leaf Clover). If an NPC is Aligned or Submissive, they will always leave when asked to
Shocker
Shocker
Electrocute someone in water
Shoot someone with a Taser while the person is in water
Slavemaster
Slavemaster
Unlock playable character
Purchase 4 Slaves (can be done over multiple runs)
Terminator
Terminator
Kill the killer robot
Only appears on the corresponding disaster level. Don’t forget about Invincible syringes! Can be killed with EMP Grenades, with melee in Giant form, with Time Bomb, or pushed into a hole (Leafblower can help there). Also can make use of Wall Turrets or Fire-Spewers
Uptown Upper-Cruster
Uptown Upper-Cruster
Complete uptown
Complete Uptown 5-3, which will include a Disaster Level unless disabled via Mutators
Wrestler
Wrestler
Unlock playable character
Beat the Slums using only your Fists. Switch off auto-equip of weapons and/or use characters like the Gorilla that cannot use projectile weapons
Zombie
Zombie
Unlock playable character
Beat the Slums using the Vampire
Hostile Takeover
Hostile Takeover
Neutralise mayor
Kill, knock out, arrest, or otherwise neutralize the Mayor
Quest Conqueror
Quest Conqueror
Complete any Big Quest
Complete any Big Quest without using the Sandbox Mutator
You Rule
You Rule
Complete Mayor Village
Complete Mayor Village
Creature feature
Creature feature
Kill a Vampire while playing a Werewolf
Kill a Vampire. They spawn in Park, Downtown and Uptown
Downtown
Downtown
Unlock elevator access
Complete Park 3-3 with 5 different characters
Fountain of Life
Fountain of Life
Poison a water body with Resurrection Shampoo
Insert a Resurrection Shampoo into a Water Pump, at either a pond in the Park or a bathhouse in Uptown
Ironic Killer
Ironic Killer
Kill someone by throwing a Gravestone at them
Play Wrestler or a custom character with Toss. Get someone to low health, then grab a Gravestone from a graveyard and toss it at them
Murderous Mixologist
Murderous Mixologist
Give someone a Cyanide Cocktail
Play as the Bartender and use your Drink Mixer on a Cyanide Pill to turn it into a deadly Cocktail, then serve that drink to anyone
Slaver Enslaver
Slaver Enslaver
Enslave a Slavemaster
Play as the Slavemaster and use his Taser and Enslave combo to enslave an NPC Slavemaster
The Best Around
The Best Around
Win an Arena fight
The Arena appears in Downtown. Easiest with a Melee-focused Character like the Jock or Wrestler
True Believer
True Believer
Find the Alien
You need to find a Satellite Dish, which only naturally appear in Uptown as well as a Wrench and Tech-Expert. Re-adjust the Satellite Dish using the Wrench or Hacking Tool and then overload the Satellite using the Computer
Uptown
Uptown
Unlock elevator access
Complete Downtown 4-3 with 5 different characters
Legal Takeover
Legal Takeover
Win an election
Win the election by having positive electability on most floors
Peaceful Takeover
Peaceful Takeover
Win without winning election or neutralizing Mayor
Pickpocket the Mayor, threaten him or buy the hat from him
The Bad Ending
The Bad Ending
Find the Bad Ending
Push the Mayor’s Hat into a hole. This can be done with a melee attack, explosives, and so forth