A demo for bullet hell survival deckbuilder Hell Maiden will launch for PC via Steam on October 13 as part of Steam Next Fest: October 2025 Edition, developer AstralShift announced.
Here is an overview of the demo, via AstralShift:
Fusing the horde survival genre with deck-building mechanics, Hell Maiden breathes new life into Dante’s Divine Comedy with an RPG where players collect, stack and merge a myriad of cards to build unique hands and decimate Hell’s toughest fiends.
To conquer all nine Circles of Hell, players will count with the help of the Poets of Limbo whose Blessings and Signature Weapons provide unique abilities, perks and ultimate attacks to mix and match and create unstoppable builds.
In Hell Maiden‘s demo, players will explore the very first Circle of Hell—Limbo—and wipe out its hordes of devilish enemies with access to a total of nine Weapon Cards and 17 Mod Cards to mix and match into powerful builds.
Overcoming Limbo’s challenges makes way for its ruler, the Judge of Hell herself, which players will face in a blood-pumping boss battle.
That’s not all players will find in Limbo, as they’ll come across their very first Poet of Limbo whom they’ll have to rescue from Hell’s grasp. Saving her doesn’t only progress the storyline but, most importantly, unlocks an additional three Weapon Cards and 8 Mod Cards to combine with existing abilities!
As with any game of the genre, Hell Maiden‘s charm lies in variety and new content to unlock. Each individual run spawns new and unique character interactions and progresses the game’s mysterious narrative, setting up what’s to come in the upcoming Early Access release.
Hell Maiden‘s demo is available in a total of seven languages including English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese and Japanese.
Here’s a bullet point breakdown of the information above:
- The complete first level of Hell Maiden, Limbo—with enemies to beat, quests and challenges to overcome, and a tough Boss Battle to beat!
- Over 25 abilities to mix, match and experiment with.
- One Poet of Limbo to rescue.
- Six Weapon Cards and 10 Mod Cards to unlock.
- The compelling introduction to the narrative and new character dialogues unlocked with each individual run!
Hell Maiden will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam. A release date has yet to be announced.
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