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Dead Weight

Also known as Dead Weight, dead weight, dead-weight

Face the Ancient Gods! Set the sails of your flying pirate ship and embark on a roguelite adventure in the steampunk world of Dead Weight. Explore floating islands in search of loot. Choose a class and enjoy turn-based tactical combat on tiny battlefields where every step matters.

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24 Jun 2026

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Get Ready to Face The Ancient Gods on July 16th with Dead Weight's Release

Ahoy, pirates! Get your flying ships ready because Dead Weight is coming to Steam on July 16th, 2026 at 18:00 CEST. 4 playable characters; 3 regions with unique enemies; 3 mighty bosses; 3 Ancients Gods with questionabl…

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May 2026
Playtest Is About to CloseAhoy! We are back from our small vacation and ready for the last push before the release. To focus on the upcoming release, we plan to close the playtest. It's been open for quite some time, and we got tones of feedback…Announcement22 May 2026
Upcoming Playtest UpdateAhoy, pirates! As promised, today we will tell you about all the fixes we've made for the playtest. These changes will arrive next week. Here are the changes: Updated item balance and the madness mechanic. The logic for…Event19 changesFixBalance01 May 2026
April 2026
News and Future PlansAhoy, pirates! This iteration of playtest has begun 6 weeks ago, March 13th. During this time 2866 unique players have traveled across the Skies in the playtest, 3163 did it in the demo version of the game. And 658 of t…Announcement2 changesBalanceGameplay24 Apr 2026
Ahoy! One more week has passed and we can't wait to tell you about a few new things we've been working on. Fatigue We are planning to change the fatigue mechanic. We aren't really happy with its current state, since it…3 changesGameplayPatch notes10 Apr 2026
About The New Movement SystemAhoy! Last week we mentioned UI updates. Today we will tell you about the upcoming movement system updates. So, do you remember how it used to be? You choose the movement skill and pick a tile that's within your movemen…Announcement7 changesUI/audioGameplay03 Apr 2026
March 2026
Playtest: What's Next?The playtest has been live for almost two weeks now. More than 1500 players took part in it, with an average playtime rising up to 1.5 hours after the addition of the second region. One out of five players left their fe…Announcement1 changeUI/audio27 Mar 2026
Ahoy! Last week we launched a new playtest with Berry being available there. We promised to also unlock the second region of the game once we had enough info on her. Well, you guys did a great job with it! Thank you for…3 changesGameplayStore20 Mar 2026
Hi there, pirates! We have some news for you! Release Window You might've noticed that Q1 2026 is about to end, and we still haven't said anything about the release date. Well, planning things has always been our greate…5 changesUI/audioGameplayPatch notes12 Mar 2026
January 2026
Dead Weight Just Hit 100k WishlistsDead Weight has reached 100k wishlists! Thank you, pirates, for helping us to hit this huge milestone. Now all that remains is to release the game :) Stay tuned!Announcement1 changeGameplay16 Jan 2026
December 2025
Dead Weight: Prologue is out now! Play it for free! Dead Weight Prologue Play as Arn, a mighty Barbarian. Learn what happens in the beginning of the story of Dead Weight. Meet the Ancient Gods for the first time and gai…2 changesMapsStore17 Dec 2025
October 2025
Check out Provoron!Hey everyone! This week is the Steam Next Fest, and we wanna give a shout-out to our friend from the indie dev scene who's been working solo on her game Provoron: Provoron It's a hand-drawn 2D adventure with puzzles abo…Announcement15 Oct 2025

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