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DEEPWARD Demo Major Update 0.2.5 Our biggest demo update yet is here! We've added new content, improved gameplay mechanics, and introduced a brand-new Sanity screen effect to make the experience even more unsettling. What's New: - Added a new basement level to explore. - Added new enemies lurking in the basement. - Added Josef, a new character armed with a shotgun. - Introduced a new Sanity screen...
Steam News · Sep 20
This update adds three difficulty options, new perks, and an opening story. We’ve also rebalanced the game and reworked Level 2 to make it scarier. Here’s what’s new: Three difficulty settings to choose from. New perks and improvements to the perk selection UI. One reroll each time you choose a perk. Unlocked perks and heroes now carry over to your next game. Groundbreaker and Deathtime no longer ...
Steam News · Sep 19
We put DEEPWARD's Steam page up on July 5. Now we're at 10k+ wishlists and 1k+ followers, so we made a special spider video to celebrate. Thanks to everyone who's wishlisted the game or followed along!
Steam News · Sep 7
In DEEPWARD, you don't just switch weapons during a fight. You switch between three characters. So how do you get that across in a single picture, especially one you'll often see as a tiny thumbnail on Steam? That's what we were figuring out with artist James Child while working on our new capsule art. Here's a look at how it came together: Before we started drawing, we went through a bunch of gui...
Steam News · Aug 13
DEEPWARD did not begin with its current atmosphere, detailed environments, or fast-paced combat. It started as a small prototype built to answer one important question: was it fun to fight while pushing deeper and deeper into a cursed mansion? Over the past year and a half, that simple experiment has grown into a horror FPS roguelite set in a cursed mansion hidden in the Carpathian Mountains durin...
Steam News · Aug 9
More than 1,000 players have now registered for the DEEPWARD Steam Playtest. Thank you to everyone who has joined so far!We’ve already received some very useful feedback from players, and it has helped us identify several things we want to improve. However, with more than 1,000 players registered, we would still love to hear from more of you before this testing phase ends.The current DEEPWARD Stea...
Steam News · Aug 2
We’re taking you behind the scenes of DEEPWARD.Watch one of our hero lineup concepts evolve from an early sketch into finished artwork in this short timelapse.Follow DEEPWARD for more concept art, gameplay and development updates. If you haven’t already, add the game to your Steam Wishlist.
Steam News · Jul 30
You can now register for the DEEPWARD Steam Playtest.The playtest begins on:Friday, July 31, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET / 8:00 AM PT (5:00 PM CEST)Participation is limited in both capacity and duration. Access will be granted in waves, so we recommend registering as soon as possible.DEEPWARD is still in active development, and this playtest build is an early beta version of the game.In the current build,...
Steam News · Jul 17
Every game starts somewhere.Today, we’re sharing a look back at one of the earliest DEEPWARD prototypes and comparing it with the game as it looks today.The original prototype was built to test the basic ideas behind the combat, environments, hero switching, weapons, and overall atmosphere. Since then, DEEPWARD has evolved significantly - but we’re still in the middle of development.We’re continui...
Steam News · Jul 12
Meet the faces of DEEPWARD.Take a behind-the-scenes look at the hand-drawn portraits of the six playable heroes and see how their personalities were shaped for the game.