Set on the moons of Jupiter, the game pits a lone space marine against overwhelming demonic forces. The player will rip and tear zombies, demons and unmentionable monstrosities, using classic weaponry such as shotguns, chainguns, railguns and the trusty chainsaw. Sounds familiar? It should! Jupiter Hell is the spiritual successor to the 2002’s freeware roguelike phenomenon - Doom, the Roguelike, later renamed to DRL for obvious copyright reasons.

All to the shine of CRT monitors and the tune of heavy metal!

Powered by the custom-built Nova Engine, the game takes the classic, turn-based roguelike gameplay and puts it in a detailed and dynamic 3D, 90s flavored sci-fi environment. Jupiter Hell stays true to the staple qualities of the roguelike genre: procedural level generation, providing endless possibilities for another run, character permadeath, and brutal, yet fair difficulty level. The players will die, learn from their mistakes, and proceed to make new ones in a new playthrough.

Distilled, hardcore gameplay, fast-paced challenge and limitless death all await! Welcome to Jupiter Hell.

Entering Early Access in March 2019, after a successful Kickstarter campaign backed by none other than DOOM-daddy John Carmack himself, developer ChaosForge is excited to bring Jupiter Hell into 1.0 with a host of new features - one of them being the fantastic voicework of Commander Shepard himself, Mark Meer!

Jupiter Hell 1.0 will also include:

• Dante Station - The 4th and final act in the gripping story of one hero’s survival against Jupiter Hell. Final boss battle included!
• Trials Mode - a new customizable and moddable way to enjoy Jupiter Hell your way - it’s your run, your scenario, your funeral.
• Arena Mode - Defend against wave-based attacks of enemies, with quicker levelling and item acquisition between waves. 
• Endless Mode - Go through fully randomized levels without episodes, branches etc, and see how deep you can get. 
• Classic Mode - No story, no branching areas, no special levels, nothing to distract you from sweet, sweet ripping and tearing through demonic hordes.
• More to be revealed!
• Oh, hey, did we mention Mark Meer VO?

A mega-corporation conducting mining operations across the Jovian moons has somehow opened up a gate to… somewhere else. A lone marine is now the only one who can stand against the demonic forces of Hell and shut the gate before they overwhelm the whole Solar System.

The game starts with the player, a lone marine, arriving at a base on Callisto and being confronted by demonically possessed former soldiers. The player will shoot, blast and chainsaw their way across the moons of Jupiter, discovering the secrets of corporate money-grabbers and ancient cults, before arriving at Dante Station, a mysterious structure in orbit above Jupiter’s Red Spot.

Jupiter Hell is built from the ground up on an entirely custom engine. It includes dynamic lighting, quick procedural composition, and most importantly an animation system which adapts to the speed of your keypresses, letting you play entirely at your own pace. The custom engine also gives us much greater flexibility in development than anything off the shelf.

Key Features:

• Tactical, turn-based combat with real-time responsiveness - Benefit from classic roguelike turns with modern shooter sensibilities. Controls are immediate and accessible while retaining the back-end depth of a turn-based RPG.
• Meaningful RPG progression - Customize your character with new weapons, items and abilities gained as you progress through a permadeath-prone hell. Beat the game to unlock more difficult challenges rather than grinding to make the game easier.
• Randomized levels set all over Jupiter’s orbit - Blast through procedurally-generated civilian sectors, military space bases and mining colonies on the violent moons of Jupiter. Every playthrough you’ll find new ways to experience familiar settings.
• Original shooter roguelike lineage - Jupiter Hell is the crowning achievement of a 20-year roguelike development saga, coming from ChaosForge, the team that’s been making top-down, cosmic hell roguelikes since 2002.
• Fantastic voicework of Commander Shepard himself, Mark Meer!

Currently available through Steam Early Access, Jupiter Hell is coming to PC (Steam, GOG and Hemble Store) on August 5, 2021 for $24.99 with a 20% discount at launch.