To mark Steam Bullet Fest, the alien meatball Rolla is launching another promo attack. This time, there’s a new playable demo and a fresh trailer. On top of that, the nasty B-movie monster has managed to land itself a publisher.

When a meatball rolls through the city, the normal response is to grab a frying pan, scoop up the tasty little thing, and cook it through. When that meatball is Rolla, though, different rules apply. Rolla isn’t just too big for any pan—the thing is also an aggressive, ravenous alien with serious Godzilla energy.

Well, as a game, Rolla is really taking its cues from ancient arcade titles like The Movie Monster Game, the kind of thing that had its moment back in the 80s and 90s. But hey, a good comeback is always welcome. Also, Rolla brings its own twist to the formula.

You can see exactly how Tyrmä Games’ monster romp plays in the new trailer further down the page. And should you be in the mood for some hands-on destruction right now, there’s a new free demo waiting on the game’s Steam page. It’s not the same version that was released during the last Steam Next Fest. Publishing duties are now handled by Pantaloon; originally, the developers were going it alone.

A Monster Like a Snowball

So what actually happens in Rolla? First, the important bit: your job isn’t to fight the meatball—you are the meatball. More specifically, you control it inside a B-movie horror news report, so forget slick visuals and shiny high-tech CGI. Instead, you get a low-res retro-3D look styled after a cathode-ray tube screen (or Fallout, if that’s your frame of reference).

You, the extraterrestrial meat casserole, have just escaped human captivity and are now tearing through a city in a foul mood. You eat people and smash buildings while rockets, infantry fire, and airstrikes try to ruin your day. The neat twist: every act of destruction and every human snack makes Rolla grow bigger and bigger. That lets the thing take more punishment, but it also gets slower and turns into an easier target.

But your mighty monster blob can do more than cosplay as a giant steamroller. It also has moves like Dash and Snatch, it can mutate, and it can pick up useful power-ups. To keep you from rolling aimlessly through the sandbox, there are level objectives and collectibles. Online leaderboards and a run-based score-chasing structure are meant to keep you coming back, too.

According to the latest info, Rolla is currently planned for PC via Steam only. Tyrmä still isn’t ready to name a specific release date, but the launch window has been narrowed down to 2026.