Backyard Bayou is a third-person roguelike shooter where something ancient woke up in the swamp behind the cabin and the old man living there is more annoyed than afraid.

Tentacled horrors, corrupted creatures, and things that shouldn't exist are crawling out of the bayou and onto the porch. He doesn't run. He grabs the shotgun, steps off the porch, and goes to clear them out.

Each run drops you into a shifting stretch of swamp. Push deeper, hunt down the ritual site, and tear through whatever gets summoned to stop you. The harder you fight and the faster you move, the more momentum builds and the deeper you can go before the bayou pushes back.

Every run is built from the items you find. Stack them, synergize them, and turn a tired old man into something the swamp should've left alone. Execute your build badly and the swamp wins.

Features:

- Fast, aggressive third-person combat built around momentum and movement

- Run based roguelike progression items stack, synergize, and reshape every run

- Explore the swamp, find the ritual site, summon the boss, harvest it, go again

- Lovecraftian dread meets Louisiana bayou atmosphere

- Tight ~20-minute runs, just one more

- Online co-op in early access — invite a Steam friend and clear the swamp together (experimental, more to come)