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Demonlore

Demonlore

A rogue-lite action strategy game with deck building. Fight the undead legion, forge your path, and gain powerful permanent progression. Godlike difficulty modes, mutators, heroic units, elite enemies, and unlockable rewards - endless replayability awaits!

Released May 12, 2022 Developer Barrel Smash Studios Platforms Windows StrategyRogue-liteTower DefenseZombiesSingleplayer
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

84.3%positive102 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“It's a great game. I hope there are lots of Levels to make it worth the asking price.”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Demonlore, developed and published by Barrel Smash Studios, is a strategy hybrid that blends lane-based defense, roguelite structure, and deckbuilding into a system-driven experience that feels both familiar and experimental. At a glance, it resembles classic lane defense games,…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

27achievements
5.5%median completion
0.6%rarest: One Hand Tied
98.6% of players 76.5% of players 31.4% of players 22.3% of players 17.7% of players 14.5% of players 13.1% of players 11.9% of players 9.7% of players 9.5% of players 9.1% of players 7.4% of players 5.5% of players 5.5% of players 5.4% of players 4.9% of players 4.6% of players 3.5% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 0.6% of players 98.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
98.6%Adventure Time — Begin your journey
76.5%Master Of The Arts — Start a battle with at least one upgrade
31.4%Getting Good At This — Defeat 2500 enemies of any type
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%One Hand Tied — Win 20 battles after the first boss fight without using any primary spells or combo spells
0.8%Fair Fight — Defeat the final boss without using any upgrades
1.0%Spellslinger — Win any standard battle after the first boss fight using only AETHER type elementals and spells

Latest official news

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

Mar 31, 2025
"Riftbound" Renamed, Stage-5 Keys Now Permanent

Hello Adventurers! We have some big news! (Mind the date, this is NOT an April Fools joke). Moving forward, Riftbound will be renamed to Demonlore . We have collaborated with our friends at Riot Games

Oct 02, 2024
We just announced our next project: Oceaneers!

https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/44696008/d5d0e22920191e396092c24a19bbce6cbb9632e0.png We are excited to announce our new project! A thrilling venture into the survival crafting genre set on

Oct 02, 2024
Demonlore FREE Expansion Out Now! (With 50% Sale!)

Today we release our second massive FREE expansion to the base game! To coincide with this, we have also put the game on our biggest sale yet, so it's a great time to try it out! With new content incl

Sep 19, 2024
Demonlore - Deep Dive on the Upcoming Free Expansion!

Hello Adventurers! The full DEMONLORE content expansion will be officially out soon, for FREE! Below we have put together a deep dive by the devs into the new features in this expansion, and what to e

Aug 16, 2024
Demonlore Expansion Patch v1.2.10B

Hello Adventurer! We have released a small patch for the Demonlore expansion, with some tweaks and improvements based on feedback. Thanks again to everyone on the Steam forums and Discord for the incr

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Rogue-lite · Tower Defense · Zombies · Singleplayer · Deckbuilding · Fantasy · Comedy · Rogue-like · Roguelike Deckbuilder · Demons · Funny (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements27
Official sitehttps://www.demonlore.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: Intel i3-540 or similar Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 560 or smilar DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space Additional Notes: Full Support for KB & Mouse, or Controller