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Book of Demons

Book of Demons

Book of Demons is a Hack & Slash in which YOU decide the length of quests. Wield magic cards instead of weapons and slay the armies of darkness in the dungeons below the Old Cathedral. Save the terror-stricken Paperverse from the clutches of the Archdemon himself!

Released Dec 13, 2018 Developer Thing Trunk Platforms Windows · Mac Dungeon CrawlerRoguelike DeckbuilderHack and SlashRPGDeckbuilding
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

79.8%positive11,952 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“What an endearing love letter to Diablo 1. It follows its inspiration closely, extremely closely at times, but at the same time introduces so many fresh ideas I haven't seen anywhere else that the game design reaches "genius" status in my book. Coupled with an adorable "paper…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“The original Diablo is one of my top 5 games of all time and this is basically Diablo 1 in a Paper Mario style. I wasn't sure about having to walk along a fixed path through the dungeons but it actually works pretty well. The combat is fun and your character gets a lot of cool…”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Scam game. Never meaningfully released with what the devs promised, then they changed the name to "Hellcard" and want you to pay twice.”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:15 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

5playing at last check
824-hour peak
2,054all-time peak
0 500 1k 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 611 avg · Dec 2018

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

202achievements
7.3%median completion
0.7%rarest: Golden Division
87.3% of players 75.9% of players 72.7% of players 69.0% of players 65.1% of players 63.4% of players 52.1% of players 47.4% of players 45.8% of players 42.1% of players 41.1% of players 40.2% of players 39.3% of players 35.8% of players 35.1% of players 32.5% of players 31.6% of players 27.9% of players 27.3% of players 26.2% of players 25.4% of players 23.0% of players 20.6% of players 19.2% of players 16.7% of players 16.1% of players 13.5% of players 12.0% of players 10.7% of players 10.2% of players 9.5% of players 8.9% of players 8.4% of players 7.7% of players 7.0% of players 6.2% of players 5.5% of players 5.2% of players 5.1% of players 4.9% of players 4.1% of players 3.8% of players 3.5% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.4% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 87.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
87.3%Adept Bone Collector — Defeat 10 Skeletons
81.8%Chit Chat — Talk 5 times with villagers
79.1%Adept Survivor — Defeat 10 Zombies
Rarest badges of honor
0.7%Golden Division — Gain all other gold level achievements in Book of Demons
0.7%Silver Division — Gain all other silver level achievements in Book of Demons
0.7%Bronze Division — Gain all other bronze level achievements in Book of Demons

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$24.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US24.99 USD
EU22.99 EUR
UK19.99 GBP
Australia34.95 AUD
Canada28.99 CAD
Japan2,570 JPY
Brazil69.99 BRL
China80.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$12 Brazil Japan Canada Australia US EU UK≈$27

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jan 11, 2025
Past, Present, and Future (a.k.a Roadmap '25)

Hello everyone, happy New Year! It’s time for our yearly roadmap post. The previous year was tumultuous, for both the gamedev industry and us with the launch of Hellcard 1.0, technology changes, and t

Nov 05, 2024
Archduck Plushies! Petition open now!

The Archduck, often seen lurking next to adversaries in both Hellcard and Book of Demons. An innocent duck with the wrong friends? Or an evil mastermind, subtly pulling the strings from the shadows? N

Jan 16, 2024
Hellcard Bundle and 1.0 release soon!

As you might already know, Book of Demons continues in our next game, a co-op deckbuilder Hellcard. Which, coincidentally, is going to leave Early Access in the coming weeks. All the heroes you know f

Jan 30, 2023
Hellcard is launching on 16th February!

We went quiet for a while but for a good reason; the Hellcard's closed beta was raging behind the scenes. We had our hands full balancing and adding quality-of-life stuff to the game. At the same time

Dec 21, 2022
Czech language and Steam Deck update!

Good news everyone! First of all, the game now includes the Czech language! This is thanks to the excellent community translator who took the time to translate the game and worked with us to integrate

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG
Player tagsDungeon Crawler · Roguelike Deckbuilder · Hack and Slash · RPG · Deckbuilding · Singleplayer · Isometric · Action RPG · Dark Fantasy · Fantasy · Demons · Card Game (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Stats · Steam Leaderboards
LanguagesEnglish * , Polish, French, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Turkish, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Korean, Ukrainian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements202
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.return2games.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core or Greater Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible Additional Notes: Controller Support