Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.

A long-forgotten enemy rises and brings portents of doom – the Demon King is coming, and without a champion to strike him down, the world will surely fall to his corruption. Seek out powerful weapons and artifacts by day, stand against his minions by night, and prepare to be hunted by powerful entities from ages past in this roguelite role-playing game.

Every three days, a terrifying new minion of the Demon King begins his hunt, drawn from a pool of over 30 potential bosses. Study each monster’s strengths and unique powers, and adapt your build accordingly. Explore the realm in search of the weapons and equipment best suited to defeat this powerful predator, but be wary of other fell creatures that roam the world by night. With limited time, will you opt to sharpen your blade at hidden ancient forges, pay a high price for rare trinkets from greedy merchants, or seek out mighty armor and magical shields? Choose the tools that work best against the powerful enemy that hunts you today, without sacrificing your preparedness for what comes next, overcoming the guardians of each realm until the Demon King Himself stands before you.

Pursue a multitude of strategies and synergies with over 350 items at your disposal to confront the unique challenge of each monstrous boss. When hunted by the Razorclaw Grizzly, whose fierce attacks ignore all armor, how much armor will you sacrifice for equipment that prioritizes  maximum health, speed, or damage? The lesser monsters stalking the realms will wage a war of attrition against an unarmored hero, and should the Razorclaw Grizzly be slain, three days may not provide enough time to gather enough armor for the next great foe that hunts you. You may, in place of armor, find several items that enhance your speed and attack strength, allowing you to strike first and hard, vanquishing your enemy swiftly – sometimes before it’s able to strike at all. Then, if you luck upon the Saffron Feather, you’d be able to take advantage of your high speed to help regenerate wounds during battle. But should you find yourself hunted by the Black Knight, who absorbs your attack power as his own, high armor becomes a priority over raw attack strength – with the aid of Razor Scales armor to reflect damage back upon your enemy, and enchanted Ruby Earrings to inflict damage every other turn, the Black Knight would face steady damage without raw attack power to absorb for himself. But if you happen upon a powerful magical weapon, do you dare take it up, knowing it will strengthen the Black Knight for the fight ahead, but come to your aid should you survive it?

The He is Coming developers have finished dealing with all of the initial feedback from the launch back in July and have knuckled down to map out a development roadmap for the rest of early access.

Mid-run saves and additional quality-of-life fixes have already dropped, and looking ahead through to the end of the year, players can expect:

• More balancing for the Kingmaker mode
• More quality of life patches and a Halloween event
• New items and more content for Kingmaker, such as events and biomes
• A new PvE difficulty mode and a new PvP game mode towards the end of the year

The full 1.0 release – currently planned for 2026 – will introduce a new PvE biome, the rumoured but never seen Demon King, as well as bundles and skins for Kingmaker, to name but a few things.

Development Roadmap

Hello everyone!

Now that you've had some time to experience everything He Is Coming has to offer, we wanted to give you a look at our development roadmap for the rest of the Early Access period. We have lots of exciting stuff on the horizon, including a seasonal event and new PvP mode.

During September, we plan to add:

• A new PvE difficulty mode that introduces additional boss abilities and adds item sets to bosses for bonuses
• Balance changes to Kingmaker
• Server-side validation for Kingmaker
• Additional quality-of-life patches

In October, we plan to add:

• A seasonal Halloween event
• New items
• New Kingmaker events
• New Kingmaker Biomes
• More quality-of-life patches

That takes us deep into Q4, when we plan to introduce:

• A new PvP game mode
• More new items & item sets
• More new Kingmaker events
• More new Kingmaker Biomes
• And even more quality-of-life patches

And that's everything we have in store for 2025!

After that, 2026 is set to be a very big year for He Is Coming. We plan to launch into our full 1.0 release in 2026. Exact date is TBD, so keep an eye out for more news on that. In addition to our 1.0 launch, we plan to add:

• A new PvE area called Darkland
• New Kingmaker bundles
• New Kingmaker skins

We hope you're as excited as we are for everything that's coming to the game. And we're very thankful to everyone who has played the game thus far, as well as those of you who offered us your feedback to help us make He Is Coming the best it can be!

There are a plethora of options for each threat, with a variety of powerful combinations to be discovered and exploited at your disposal among the countless items, and constant tradeoffs between the near and long-term threats – with limited space in your inventory, you must choose wisely and adapt constantly.

He is Coming also features an asynchronous multiplayer mode, Kingmaker – seek out the fallen Demon King’s crown in an ultimate test of your strategies where your champion faces off against the powerful builds of other players. Plan around the equipment and abilities of these would-be heroes in the hunt for the crown, and face a constant onslaught of unique combinations and unforeseeable circumstances – how will you rise above all others?

You will face both great victories and noble defeats. Each run will contribute to your progression as you complete over 100 unique challenges that add powerful new artifacts to the pool of items available for future runs – while your first hero may not defeat the Demon King, their efforts will not be in vain.

The world descends slowly into chaos as the Demon King grows in strength – the trees wither away, the grass turns to ash, and the bogs turn putrid with the stench of death. Take on the mantle of a hero and prepare yourself – for He is Coming.

He is Coming will be available for PC (Steam) in 2026