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Alea

Also known as Alea, a, alea

Intense, fast-paced arena battles with a high skill ceiling. Alea is a skill-first hero brawler with quick, high-pressure matches and a broad array of characters. Master two sides of every hero and forge a playstyle that is uniquely your own to outplay your rivals in 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3 matches.

Last update

7 Aug 2026

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Patch notesPublished 15 May 2026

Limited-Time Demo: The Arena is Open!

The Gates are Open! The time has come. The Alea Demo is officially live from May 15 to May 18. Pls come test my game. It has cool characters. It has fun combat. It has chill ambient hub music. It even has a mascot now.…

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13 updates

August 2026
PLAY TEST The playtest weekend went very well. We had good turnout and tons of matches. Alea continues to be well-received by new players. Most importantly, the underfilled-matches (1v0, 2v1, etc.) problem does appear t…22 changesFixGameplay12d ago
July 2026
Free Playtest starts NOW! July 24-26Alea will be free to playtest this weekend, July 24-26! No signup required. Just download the Demo from the Steam page and you're in. Joining Discord is advised to coordinate games. If you find any bugs or have a sugges…Announcement1 changeGameplay22d ago
June 2026
Alea is playable for the week, starting right now. No access required, just download the Demo from the Store Page. In particular, I need to test: Matchmaking Endpoint No user-facing changes here, but it's totally rewrit…5 changesGameplayWorkshop15 Jun 2026
Update: Storm, UI, Fixes--- GAMEPLAY --- Sudden Death storm now stops at ~25% complete for about 10s Securing an elimination in Arena mode now produces a slow-motion effect for 1.5s --- UI --- Health & Max Health are now displayed in the HUD D…Event26 changesFixGameplay14 Jun 2026
May 2026
Yesterday, Alea was featured in the brand new Insider Gaming Showcase. Over 50 upcoming indie games were shown. It was a lot of fun. I also did an interview with Insider Gaming, which you can see here: View store page F…4 changesGameplay29 May 2026
The demo is live! There's even some yet-unannounced content in there. For now, I’ll cover two big changes: balance and stamina. STAMINA Stamina has been significantly changed. Here’s a summary: - Dodges are buffed. You…4 changesFixBalance15 May 2026
April 2026
I have 3 large content drops coming: Stamina changes, a big balance patch, and a secret third thing. Each of these deserves its own update. So, this is everything else. TL; DR - hit impacts, orb UI, feedback form. Steam…21 changesFixBalance30 Apr 2026
The main new feature here is group queue. Every game has to have it, so I chose to do it now rather than later. This also means full party functionality is online too. If you've ever played any multiplayer game ever, yo…20 changes1 numericFix11 Apr 2026
March 2026
NOTE: To find matches, I highly encourage you to join Discord: https://discord.com/invite/GvV3QVZYvN Finally, some real content: our new Hub is live! This Hub is completely new, built from scratch. It's been in the work…4 changesGameplay19 Mar 2026
Slightly-less-boring stuff today. But still pretty boring. Content soon, I promise. NEW WATER I finally got around to refactoring our old water system, and gave it a total visual overhaul while I was in the area. I'm pr…4 changesGameplayUI/audio17 Mar 2026
For our first major update, I give you...mostly boring stuff. The next update will be more exciting, but this is the kinda work that has to be done. UX IMPROVEMENTS Our biggest change here is that I've completely rework…27 changesFixGameplay11 Mar 2026

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