BYTEXE

Compile the wild memory of the network.

BYTEXE is a digital monster-taming roguelike auto-battler about building a six-Byte team inside a haunted network. Explore living domains, battle and Compile strange digital creatures, and take on Sysadmin bosses whose worlds change from run to run.

Build a party. Push deeper. Decide what is worth keeping.

Build your team

• 219 original Bytes across 10 elements and 8 digital families.
• Capture creatures through the RAM-based Compile system.
• Use four moves per Byte: Light, Heavy, Protocol, and Subroutine.
• Discover evolutions, Traces, Glitch variants, Golden variants, and Bytedex entries.

Explore a living network

• Randomized roguelike domains with events, shops, Lucky Nodes, and 502 Bad Gateway chaos.
• Eight Sysadmin boss domains plus the mirror-finale fight.
• Desktop minigames, a simulated PVP Arena, Surprise Swap, trophies, music, and SFX.

Play the current build

Use Download Now above to launch the browser build. BYTEXE is in active development, so expect balance changes, new art polish, content updates, and rough edges while the network is still being compiled.

Community

Join the BYTEXE Discord for playtest notes, bug reports, team-building tips, screenshots, and development updates.

If you want to support development, you can buy me a coffee.