- Patch notes for v1.0.2 - 25 October 2025
Added a warning message when attempting to reset your winrate stats against a demon, to clarify that your Steam stats will also be affected (but not your achievements).Increased width of various overlay message containers to prevent wrapping for certain messages.
- Don't Get Fooled - The Deceiver Joins DEMONS! - 30 June 2025
A New Foe Awaits... Every new adversary that joins DEMONS presents a fresh challenge and the Deceiver is no exception. You'll want to keep your flashlights handy when confronting this masked master of mayhem! Read on to find out why... When you encounter the Deceiver during an investigation not only will you be knocked down, but you'll also see a Terrifying Illusion card placed at a random location that does not already have one. Once all 5 locations are occupied by Terrifying Illusion cards your team will lose the game. They'll start to cause you problems even before that though. Any location with a Terrifying Illusion card will be blocked from investigation, making your quest to find the 10 Altar cards you need to win the game much harder. However, you can use a Flashlight card to send Terrifying Illusions to the discard pile - clearing the way for you to continue your searches. As al…
- Patch notes for v0.16.2 - 30 May 2025
- EXP progress for next rank is now also shown in the post-game stats screen. - Fixed a bug where the system message for destroying an Altar would show the incorrect number of Altars remaining when using a Charmed Flashlight in conjunction with the Last Hope perk. - Fixed a bug where cards added to the top of the deck by the Mirrorgeist weren't included in its shuffle animation. - Fixed a bug where the Altar card moved to the top of the deck by the Lucky Find perk would sometimes remain visible after the animation completes. - Fixed various bugs related to the cursor sprite not updating correctly when hovering over UI elements under certain conditions. - Fixed a bug where certain UI sound effects would play for buttons not visible on-screen.
- May 10th Hotfix - 10 May 2025
- Fixed a bug where the Horrifying Reflections counter would appear when playing against demons other than the Mirrorgeist.
- Patch notes for v0.16.1 - 8 May 2025
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Mirrorgeist from shuffling itself into the top 6 cards of the deck when revealed by a Charmed Flashlight.
- Patch notes for v0.16.0 - 7 May 2025
- A new demon, The Mirrorgeist, has been added. This demon is available for play immediately. - A new perk, Chainsaw Hero, has been added. This perk can be unlocked via the Fate Store. - A new stopwatch model has been added to the Fate Store, along with a set of coloured skins. - Updated the description on item cards that can't be charmed (Bone and Chainsaw) for clarification. - Fixed a bug where certain visual effects wouldn't play when encountering the same jumpscare multiple times in a row. - Fixed a bug where the stopwatch's warning audio would stop playing when investigating at 10 seconds or less. - Minor UI improvements.
- New Demon 'Mirrorgeist' Available To Challenge NOW! - 7 May 2025
Prepare For A Fresh Challenge! Every foe presents their own challenge in DEMONS and Mirrorgeist brings a twist to gameplay that's unlike anything you've seen before. Each encounter with this ghostly adversary fills the deck with more and more Horrifying Reflection cards. Reveal too many of them and you'll lose the game! New Perk Alert! At DEMONS we love 80s horror films and few weapons bring that era of cinema to mind as clearly as the chainsaw! Our new perk gives you the chance to become a Chainsaw Hero and dispatch cultists to the discard pile in the most brutal manner yet... We've recreated the action packed feeling of those old chainsaw horror flicks in this perk by granting you an extra investigation when you kill a cultist using it. Make the most of it though, as once you've used it your chainsaw it will be sent to the discard pile! Time Your Turn In Style In addition to the new d…
- Patch notes for v0.15.3 - 6 April 2025
- Players will now gain an additional 5 EXP for each altar destroyed on a game loss. For example, losing a game with 5 altars destroyed will grant a total of 50 EXP. This bonus is not applied when winning a game. - When selecting the "Random" demon option in the lobby, the randomly selected demon will now appear after all demon card selections have been made. - A list of rank titles and their corresponding ranks has been added to the player profile screen, accessable via the "Titles" button. - The wording on the Bone card's description has been updated to clarify its function. - Minor UX improvements.
- The Terror That Leapt From The Mirror! - 4 April 2025
Welcome back DEMONS fans! Firstly, a huge thank you for your continuing support for the game. We've seen lots of you having fun banishing demons since we launched to Early Access and we appreciate every single one of you who has played. If you're enjoying the game but haven't connected with our community yet, you might want to consider joining us on Discord by clicking the banner below. We have a super friendly group of players there who are always looking for people to play with, sharing strategies and more... We're already looking ahead from release and we have some news about our first big update, which you can expect to drop roughly a month from now. A Ghostly Apparition Emerges From The Glass... The Mirrorgeist appears from the mists as the first new demon to join the game following our launch to early access. Her rules text remains a mystery for now, but we'd love to hear your gue…
- Patch notes for v0.15.2 - 31 March 2025
- Equipped card effects will now display on character cards in the lobby. - Fixed an issue with the in-game system messages text rendering incorrectly. - Fixed an issue where the ESC key would open the settings menu instead of closing the store/profile screens.
- Patch notes for v0.15.1 - 30 March 2025
- Added logs to help identify the cause of a rare bug preventing players from dragging an equipped item card under certain conditions. - Added some protection against the bug mentioned above. - Fixed a bug that occasionally prevented launching the game in offline mode.
- Patch Notes for v0.15.0 - 28 March 2025
The game can now be launched while running Steam in offline mode. While offline, single-player games can be played in full. Fate Tokens, stats, and achievements will be updated the next time the player launches the game while online. The Fate Store and unlockables will become inaccessible when launching in offline mode. Certain game actions are now prevented whilst the Bone throw animation is playing.
- Unleashing the secret DEMONS! - 24 March 2025
DEMONS releases to Early Access tomorrow! At 6pm GMT tomorrow DEMONS will release to Early Access. So far, we've revealed five of the demons that will be available to challenge in the game, each of them bringing their own unique gameplay twist and requiring smart strategic adjustments to overcome. These five will be joined on our Early Access launch by three others which have never been officially spoiled... until now! Highwayman Stand and deliver - your items and your life! This spectral Highwayman has returned from beyond the grave to threaten every characters equipped items if even one of your team should encounter him during an investigation. Avoiding this demon is one option, but if you find yourself forced to confront him at least try and do it at a time when your team has the least items to lose possible. Hellhound This fiery beast from beyond has one weakness. During their inves…
- DEMONS is taking part in Next Fest! - 18 February 2025
DEMONS Is Taking Part In Next Fest! Our release to Early Access is fast approaching on March 25th (wishlist us now if you want to get ahead of the game!), but before then you'll have the chance to try out our demo during Steam Next Fest. What can you expect from the demo? Read on to find out... Five Demons to Challenge If you've taken part in our playtests over the last year then these terrifying faces will be familiar to you already, but if you're joining us for the first time then meet the demons! As you can see from the rules text on the cards, each demon presents a unique challenge when you play against it. The different effects they have on the rules of the game mean that it's a good plan to prepare to play against each of them separately by making the most of your Perk card picks. Luckily we've introduced 5 new perks to give you more choice than ever before about what kind of stra…
- Play the new DEMONS demo in Steam Scream Fest - 25 October 2024
DEMONS is taking part in Steam Scream Fest 2024! We’re proud to be back taking part in another Steam Scream Fest with our new demo this year. DEMONS will be playable throughout Scream Fest, which begins on October 28th and ends on November 4th. We’ve prepared some terrifyingly fun new features for this Halloween event - read on to find out more about new unlockable content and a mystery demon who won’t be seen again after this event until we release! New Unlockables Props Every scary movie needs some frightening props and in this demo we’re introducing a bunch of them to the Fate Store! Fate tokens are earned whenever you score a win and can be spent on a variety of cosmetics to customise your game environment in the Fate Store located in the main menu. Until now this has included item skins for your flashlight and wristwatch, but props are a bit different… You can equip one of these gh…
- Item Skins and XP Ranks Make Debut in New DEMONS Playtest! - 27 August 2024
Sign up for our August Playtest NOW! Welcome back DEMONS fans! Our August playtest is taking place in just a few days time and you can request access over on our Steam page right now. The playtest will open on August 30th and close on September 2nd. What new features can you look forward to helping us test this time? Read on to find out... Unlockable Item Skins Banishing demons has never been so stylish! This playtest will introduce our game store where you will be able to spend Fate Tokens to unlock alternate skins for items such as the flashlight. Fate Tokens will be earned when you win a game and for this playtest all skins will only cost a single token. This means that every game you win will allow you to unlock an item skin! Please note that this low price is due to the fact that at the conclusion of the playtest we will be resetting unlocks - so any skin you unlock will only be av…
- New Demon Reveal - He's the Deadliest Yet! - 19 June 2024
Meet the Necromancer We rate our demons difficulty level by a number of skulls displayed in the top left corner of their card. One skull demons are the easiest to play against, whilst demons with two skulls represent a harder challenge. We've never revealed a three skull demon... until now! Defeating a cultist in Demons isn't easy. A hatchet card is your only tool to dispatch them safely and often you'll find yourself taking a knockdown when encountering them before they go to the discard pile. The Necromancer poses a huge challenge thanks to it's ability to shuffle cultists back into the draw deck. This means the same cultist card can strike against you multiple times. It also means that the longer you take to win, the more likely you are to run into cultists. Destroying the altars you need to triumph has never been so difficult! If that wasn't enough the Necromancer will still hit you…
- New Demon Reveal - This One Is No Joke! - 12 June 2024
Meet The Jester! There's nothing funny about this diabolical court jester! Her card shuffling antics are sure to cause your team some nightmares. Encountering the Jester in game will see all cards at all locations turned face-down and juggled through the air to land at random places. Losing track of cards you've worked hard to reveal can be a big enough problem in DEMONS at the best of times, but the fact that the Jester's ability will also activate when she is revealed by a flashlight search makes this effect even tougher to play around. Of course no DEMONS adversary would be complete without an awesome accompanying jumpscare! Here's a little preview of what to expect... Are you fearless enough to take on the Jester? Join our Discord by clicking the banner below to get involved with our next playtest, which takes place from June 21st to June 24th. Attention Streamers And Viewers! Are y…
- Join the DEMONS June Playtest. - 5 June 2024
Help Us Banish Bugs from DEMONS! From the 21st of June until the 24th of June 2024 DEMONS will be running a free to join open playtest. This is an opportunity to help us hunt bugs and test new features, all whilst having fun defeating some demons at the same time! Our Discord community will be where we are collecting feedback on your experiences playing the game. It's also a great place to find teammates for co-op games! Click the banner below to join the friendly folks already there. What can you expect in the playtest? Read on to find out more... A Brand New Emote System For anyone returning from our previous playtests you'll find a totally new emote system now present in the game environment. Four simple icons open up the possibility of quick communication with your teammates. Warn others of a location you think might be dangerous, encourage strategic plays, or just beg for a first a…
- Welcome to DEMONS... - 29 May 2024
What's the deal with DEMONS? DEMONS is a retro co-op horror card game for 1-4 players. It's not every day you come across a 'retro co-op horror card game' on Steam so let's break down exactly what that means! Retro Do you love classic horror films? We do too! DEMONS is heavily inspired by scary movies from the age of VHS tapes and cassette players - everything from the art, to the gameplay, to the soundtrack is designed to immerse you in the feel of those old films. Co-Op Horror If you're reading this, then chances are that you've maybe already had some experience with the co-op horror genre. Perhaps you've played our sister title DEVOUR, or one of the many other games out there that have a team of friends working together to defeat a horrifying supernatural evil? In DEMONS you'll select one of a terrifying array of demons to challenge in a game. Every demon has it's own unique ability…
