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The Heretics playtest
by Ludens Gaming
The Heretics is a 2D bullet-heaven roguelike game. Wield various weapons, slaughter swarms of crusaders and angels, collect their souls, upgrade your skills, and purchase new items to become even stronger. Survive and fulfill your vengeance.
Anyone with a Steam account can join, and it's free.
- Access
- Instant
- On playtest since
- Apr 19, 2025
- Planned release
- To be announced
- Developer
- Ludens Gaming
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian and 8 more
How to join the The Heretics playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Join playtest button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Use the The Heretics playtest signup there. You're in straight away, with nothing to pay.
- The playtest shows up in your Steam library, ready to install and play.
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How AI is used
Suno.ai was utilized to compose the game's background music (BGM)
The developer's own words, from Steam.
About The Heretics
Battles Against Endless Enemies
Defeat the endless waves of enemies to collect souls and gold. At the end of each wave, decide how to use your resources. Skills and items may work to your advantage or lead to failure depending on your enemies’ traits.
Diverse Weapon Skills
Use skill points earned through leveling up to select a variety of skills. Each character possesses 4 skills, with each skill utilizing unique weapon.
Various Items
Spend coins earned by killing enemies to buy items and strengthen your character. Depending on the enemy composition, you must adapt your strategy to overcome them.
The Journey of the Exiled
You have been banished from Heaven, branded as a heretic. Now their armies march toward you. Defeat them and ascend from Hell to the Land of Mortals, and from the Land of Mortals to Heaven. Spend the souls and gold you earned from defeating enemies to upgrade your skills and purchase items. Emerge as a stronger warrior and slay the archangels to showcase your power. For those abandoned by Heaven, salvation is something you must seize yourself.
From the game's Steam page.
