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Steam News13 October 20258mo ago

Die or Die Demo now available during the Next Fest

Hi there lil’ demons! The Steam Next Fest will start in a few hours! You will have the chance to play the demo for Die or Die, our new game.

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3 fixes10 additions13 changes1 removal
  • Balance
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Store
  • Performance
  • Fixes
addedThe Steam Next Fest will start in a few hours! You will have the chance to play the demo for Die or Die, our new game. Die or Die is a fast-paced action roguelite where you will have to manage the dice you earn in each level to power up, deactivate bummers, or get new equipment.
changedAlso, we just updated our key art for the game. What do you think? We believe it conveys really well the fast-paced arcade action of the game, and that our Lil’ Demon is very bald.
addedYou can see all the new changes to this demo here:
addedNewAdded annoying bird enemy 🐦
addedNewAdded controls tutorial for controller.
addedNewNew splash screen.

Die or Die changes

addedThe Steam Next Fest will start in a few hours! You will have the chance to play the demo for Die or Die, our new game. Die or Die is a fast-paced action roguelite where you will have to manage the dice you earn in each level to power up, deactivate bummers, or get new equipment.
changedAlso, we just updated our key art for the game. What do you think? We believe it conveys really well the fast-paced arcade action of the game, and that our Lil’ Demon is very bald.
addedYou can see all the new changes to this demo here:
addedAdded annoying bird enemy 🐦
addedAdded controls tutorial for controller.

Hi there lil’ demons!

The Steam Next Fest will start in a few hours! You will have the chance to play the demo for Die or Die, our new game. Die or Die is a fast-paced action roguelite where you will have to manage the dice you earn in each level to power up, deactivate bummers, or get new equipment.

In this first demo, you will find:

  • The first world has its initial five levels.

  • Four ranged weapons and four melee weapons.

  • Ten powers to activate and ten bummers to destroy.

  • Controller / Mouse and Keyboard support.

  • Spanish, English, German, French, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese.

Also, we just updated our key art for the game. What do you think? We believe it conveys really well the fast-paced arcade action of the game, and that our Lil’ Demon is very bald.

You can see all the new changes to this demo here:

New

  • Added annoying bird enemy 🐦

  • Added controls tutorial for controller.

  • New splash screen.

  • Added joystick control for UI navigation.

  • Added Deutsch and French localisation.

  • Added local highscore.

Changed

  • Hard bummer requisites are now added to the previous ones, instead of replacing them.

  • Added 'select' text to shop cards.

  • Increased difficulty.

  • Disc gun projectiles don't stick to walls anymore and they are faster.

  • Disabled switch weapon button when you only have one weapon of that type.

  • Improved tutorials visibility.

  • Health drop is now higher to avoid being easily occluded by other things.

  • Adjusted explosions screenshake.

  • Increased default projectiles size.

  • Time objective modified.

  • Modified decorations appearance probabilities.

  • Changed money symbol for custom one.

  • Reduced weapon level up costs.

  • Changed shop refresh icon.

Fixed

  • Fixed shopkeeper shop not exploding with the explosive decorations bummer.

  • Fixed tileset rendering issues with big characters.

  • Minor localization fixes.

  • Fixed darkness bummer animation not working.

This is just a tiny taste of what will come in the future. Please, leave a review on the demo page and let us know what you think. Our feedback is really important to us, and we want to hear from you!

And don’t forget to wishlist the full game!

See you on the road!

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Steam News / 13 October 2025

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