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Deepening Fire
Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“My kind of game. One of the best ever. Parry skill is a must. Brilliant 10/10”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“GG. If you like Salt and Sanctuary try this.”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“Sluggish movement, feels like I was hit with permanent "slow movement" spell, dodging is mostly pointless and everything is based on block/counter during combat. Doesn't help that on Steamdeck it forces you to one resolution that is so pixelated you literally have 3 pixels for…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:35 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
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1.0.3 Update notes:
1.0.3 Update notes: -Add the "Handle Vibration" option -Add the 'Show/Hide Helmets' option -After obtaining the "Small Bell", one can still hold the "Broken Bell" -Resume the game after pause, and the
1.0.2 Update notes:
1.0.2 Update notes: -Add custom mouse button settings (Recommended configuration scheme) -Optimize call out menu at any time
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Difficult · Souls-like · Exploration · Metroidvania · Platformer · Side Scroller · Singleplayer · Controller · Action RPG · Indie · Action-Adventure · RPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 59 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows® 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10 64-bit Processor: AMD FX-4350 / Intel® Core™ i3-3210 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon™ R7 260X (2GB VRAM) / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750(2GB VRAM) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card