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Steam News25 August 202510mo ago

Development Update #17 - Closed Demo Test

Greetings, Dwarven Lords! We have some bad news and some good news. The bad news is that we have decided to withdraw from participating in Steam Next Fest in October.

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changedSteam Next FestIn short, we have decided that our demo is not polished enough yet to be released as a part of the Steam Next Festival. While it's certainly playable, it's rough around the edges. The tutorial is not ready, sounds are missing, and we tweak the balance of the game every week. While we won't participate in Steam Next Fest in October, we want to join the next edition that will take place at the beginning of next year.
changedClosed Demo TestWe realize that our approach to this matter is rather unusual. Not many developers invite the players to test the demo before it's release. Closed Beta tests are a common thing, but Closed Demo Tests are rather unheard of. Still, we have announced that the Demo will be available to you this year and we really want to provide the community with a chance to play King of the Dwarves.
addedClosed Demo TestBy the way, thank you for all the Surveys that you have filled out for us in July. We are still visiting this document and analyzing all the new responses that you send our way. There are some surprising responses out there, but all your feedback is invaluable to us.

King of the Dwarves: Underground City Builder changes

changedIn short, we have decided that our demo is not polished enough yet to be released as a part of the Steam Next Festival. While it's certainly playable, it's rough around the edges. The tutorial is not ready, sounds are missing, and we tweak the balance of the game every week. While we won't participate in Steam Next Fest in October, we want to join the next edition that will take place at the beginning of next year.
changedWe realize that our approach to this matter is rather unusual. Not many developers invite the players to test the demo before it's release. Closed Beta tests are a common thing, but Closed Demo Tests are rather unheard of. Still, we have announced that the Demo will be available to you this year and we really want to provide the community with a chance to play King of the Dwarves.
addedBy the way, thank you for all the Surveys that you have filled out for us in July. We are still visiting this document and analyzing all the new responses that you send our way. There are some surprising responses out there, but all your feedback is invaluable to us.

Greetings, Dwarven Lords!

We have some bad news and some good news. The bad news is that we have decided to withdraw from participating in Steam Next Fest in October. The good news is - we still want to provide you with a playable build for the Demo this year.

Steam Next Fest

In short, we have decided that our demo is not polished enough yet to be released as a part of the Steam Next Festival. While it's certainly playable, it's rough around the edges. The tutorial is not ready, sounds are missing, and we tweak the balance of the game every week. While we won't participate in Steam Next Fest in October, we want to join the next edition that will take place at the beginning of next year.

Closed Demo Test

In the meantime, we still want to provide a group of players with access to the early version of the demo. So our plans for the upcoming months look like this:

  1. August, September, October - we collect sign-up forms for the Closed Demo Test, while working on the Demo.

  2. November - we start sending out Steam Keys to the game.

  3. December - we collect your feedback from the game to introduce all the necessary changes to the demo before the next Steam Next Fest.

If you want to participate in the tests, register for the Closed Demo Test HERE! Mind you, the Steam Keys that we are going to send out will be deactivated once the tests are over. They won't unlock the full launch version of the game upon release.

We realize that our approach to this matter is rather unusual. Not many developers invite the players to test the demo before it's release. Closed Beta tests are a common thing, but Closed Demo Tests are rather unheard of. Still, we have announced that the Demo will be available to you this year and we really want to provide the community with a chance to play King of the Dwarves.

By the way, thank you for all the Surveys that you have filled out for us in July. We are still visiting this document and analyzing all the new responses that you send our way. There are some surprising responses out there, but all your feedback is invaluable to us.

Best regards, King of the Dwarves Team

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Steam News / 25 August 2025

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