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Pay To Slay playtest
by RiojaDevs
Survive endless zombie hordes, unlock devastating weapons, craft powerful synergies with drinks and tarot cards, defeat deadly bosses, and compete for the top spot on the online leaderboards.
Anyone with a Steam account can join, and it's free.
- Access
- Instant
- On playtest since
- May 22, 2026
- Planned release
- Coming soon
- Developer
- RiojaDevs
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English, French, Japanese, Spanish - Spain
How to join the Pay To Slay playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Join playtest button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Use the Pay To Slay 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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About Pay To Slay
PAY TO SLAY
HOW MANY ROUNDS CAN YOU SURVIVE?
Pay To Slay is a top-down action roguelite where every run pits you against increasingly dangerous hordes. Earn points by slaughtering enemies, unlock new areas, take a chance on the mystery box, and build a loadout capable of wiping entire waves off the screen.
Every round pushes you closer to your limit.
Every choice can change your run.
Every death is a chance to come back stronger.
SURVIVE ENDLESS HORDES
- Fight against ever-growing waves of zombies.
- Survive elite enemies and bosses with unique mechanics.
- Unlock new areas to expand the battlefield.
- Keep the pressure under control as the chaos escalates round after round.
BECOME ABSURDLY POWERFUL
- Discover weapons with devastating effects.
- Combine drinks that completely transform your playstyle.
- Use Tarot Cards to bend the rules of each run.
- Find powerful synergies capable of turning an ordinary run into an absolute massacre.
No two runs are ever the same.
COMPETE FOR THE TOP SPOT
- Reach the highest round possible.
- Rack up kills and improve your times.
- Climb the online leaderboards.
- Prove you're Vanguard's ultimate Operator.
PROGRESS EVEN AFTER DEATH
- Earn Bits during your runs.
- Unlock new weapons, drinks, and permanent upgrades.
- Expand your arsenal of build possibilities.
- Discover new strategies with every attempt.
THE VANGUARD PROJECT
In the early 1980s, humanity turned to automation as its last hope for survival.
Combat humanoids.
CRT terminals.
Disposable Operators.
Then the infection began.
What started as a desperate attempt to save the world became something far worse.
Each run reveals new fragments of the truth.
And the deeper you go, the more you'll realize the enemy was never only outside.
“The unit has been destroyed.”
“Assigning new combat shell...”
Welcome back, Operator.
From the game's Steam page.
