Name | Slain! | ||
Developer | Wolf Brew Games | ||
Publisher | Digerati Distribution | ||
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Release | 2016-03-24 | ||
Steam | 2,99€ 2,49£ 3,24$ / 75 % | ||
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Controls | Keyboard Mouse Full Controller Support | ||
Players online |  2  | ||
Steam Rating | Mostly Positive | ||
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Owners |  100,000 .. 200,000 +/-   | ||
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Average playtime (forever) | 286 | ||
Average playtime (last 2 weeks) | 0 | ||
Median playtime (forever) | 286 | ||
Median playtime (last 2 weeks) | 0 | ||
Public Linux depots | Slain! Depot Linux [385.76 M] | ||
DLC | Slain! - Deluxe Edition DLC |
[h3]The new game from Slain: Back From Hell developer Steel Mantis has arrived! Pilot a behemoth suit forged of metal and vanquish the evil that has unleashed chaos upon the cosmos. Become the machine's beating heart and its venegeful rage. [/h3]
[h3]TRAILER[/h3] [previewyoutube=BKd9QdPpY4k;full][/previewyoutube] [h3]REVIEWS[/h3] A fantastic follow up that still nails the feeling of the original regardless of the genre change 9/10 WayTooManyGames Never takes its foot off the pedal 9/10 GodisaGeek A blood-pumping, head-banging, monster-bashing sequel... Steel Mantis has graciously transformed Valfaris into a brutal 2.5D Shmup while keeping the identity of the original intact 80/100 Gameffine One of the most accomplished shooters that Ive played in a long time 9/10 GameGrin It's metal, it's ridiculous... An awesome shoot-'em-up 8.5/10 Worthplaying [h3]LINKS[/h3] Check out our handy starter guide Leave any feedback for the dev's here or on their discord channel Bugs can be reported here or on the dev's discord [h3]DON'T FORGET![/h3] If you play and enjoy Valfaris: Mecha Therion, feel free to leave a review. It really helps! Thanks for your support. We hope you have a blast! Matt | Big Sugar https://store.steampowered.com/app/1647920/Valfaris_Mecha_Therion/ |
[h3]Valfaris: Mecha Therion is the third game from Slain: Back From Hell developer Steel Mantis and it's coming soon! Valfaris: Mecha Therion will launch 21st November on Steam! Be sure to add it to your Wishlist and you'll be notified as soon as it's available.[/h3] |
If you're into the games of developer Steel Mantis (Slain: Back From Hell, Valfaris, Valfaris: Mecha Therion), then do yourself a favour and click the following link and join them on their new Discord channel: https://discord.gg/9wEKqUCNug |
Slain: Back From Hell publisher Digerati is celebrating its 10 year anniversary with a big ol' Steam sale. There are plenty of deep discounts on Digerati games to take advantage of, including 85% off Slain: Back From Hell. |
[h3]Slain: Back From Hell is participating in the Steam Scream Fest, which starts today and runs until 1st November![/h3] |
We've just officially revealed the next game from Slain: Back From Hell developer Steel Mantis. It's an action-packed side-scrolling shoot 'em up called Valfaris: Mecha Therion, and it's a sequel to the studio's 2019 action-platformer, Valfaris. It's coming to Steam (and consoles) late 2022. Check out the announcement trailer: |
Reminder for any Xbox gamers out there that Valfaris lands on Xbox One today and is available to download from the store right now! |
As of today, Valfaris is also available to enjoy on PS4! It can be downloaded from the PlayStation Store right now with a 10% launch discount for a limited time. PS4 players in Europe will have to wait an extra day Valfaris hits the EU PS Store tomorrow, 6 November. |
The wait is over. The time to rip the galaxy a new wormhole is now! I am beyond thrilled and am pretty much bordering on delirious to confirm that Valfaris has launched. It's out there. It's real. You can buy it. You can play it. You can get metal AF on its ass. Before we get into some other details, let's have a quick, self-indulgent and shamelessly self-promotional look at what some of the reviewers and streamers have had to say about Valfaris so far: "Blew me away... Valfaris is metal as fuck" Saving Content 5/5 "The badass baby of Iron Maiden and Contra. It rocks" Vice Waypoint "The most metal game youll play this year. Its absolutely worth checking out" Gaming Age 91/100 "Not only one of the best action games of the year, but also one of the best side-scroller shooters in over three decades" Boomstick Gaming 9.3/10 Mmmmm, delicious quotes. In addition to the regular version and for anyone that wants to go maximum metal, a Valfaris: Digital Deluxe Edition is available to download for PC that includes the game, original soundtrack and digital art book.
Here's a sneaky snapshot of some of the Art Book pages: The Valfaris: Digital Deluxe Edition is priced $35.97 and will be available with a 10% launch discount for a limited time. And the good news doesn't stop there. No siree. Steel Mantis is currently working on a New Game+ mode for Valfaris called Full Metal Mode, which will be released as a free update at some as-yet-unconfirmed point in the near-ish future. Full Metal Mode will unlock upon completion of the game, or will be unlocked straight away when installed if a 'Game Clear' file is present. Here's a brief summary of Full Metal Mode:
As soon as I have more details about Full Metal Mode, I'll be sure to share them with you all here. Aaaaaand, that's about everything for now. A huge heartfelt thanks to everyone who has supported Valfaris along the way to its launch. It's been magical and, more importantly, very fucking metal. Enjoy Valfaris! Matt | Big Sugar https://store.steampowered.com/app/600130/Valfaris/ |
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Extremely cosmic news everyone! Valfaris will be launching on Steam, GOG, and Humble on Thursday, 10th October. That means there's really not much longer to wait before you can boot-up, download, and blow your mind with a hedonistic concoction of uncompromising run-and-gun action and a powerful megaton of heavy-metal sounds! |
The physical versions are expected to ship mid-November. We will also have a release date for the Steam and other digital versions very soon, hopefully in the next week or so. We want to be sure the release date is fully locked down before we share what it's going to be. Thanks everyone for your patience! Matt | Big Sugar https://store.steampowered.com/app/600130/Valfaris/ |
In addition to being armed with light, heavy, and melee weapons, Therion is also equipped with a shield that can be utilised to your advantage in multiple ways. |
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As development on Valfaris hits the final stretch and things get increasingly frantic behind-the-scenes, please enjoy this selection of especially chill GIFs: |
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Everyone enjoying E3 so far? Lovely. |
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Until next time, keep it metal. Matt | Digital Uppercut Wishlist here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/600130/Valfaris/ |
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I come bearing more GIFs of metal. All of these are taken from different areas of the Eco Chambers Valfaris' sprawling second level and home to all manner of deadly flora and fauna... |
Got some more work-in-progress images of the Bringer of Mayhem replica weapon to share. Work on the model has been continuing apace since the last update, with the top and front sections being the focus of attention. Heres how its coming along |
For your viewing pleasure, here's a triple whammy of GIFs, courtesy of Valfaris creator/dev/artist Andrew Gilmour... |
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We also vigorously encourage you to share the demo love by grabbing screenshots, recording videos, streaming, baking a Therion cake, getting Valfaris demo is live tattooed on your body anything to spread the word. Finally, if after playing the demo you have a build-up of feedback in your brain that youd like to share with us, youll find a give feedback option at the end of the demo. In non-demo related news, weve also launched a Valfaris website. Its live now and can be perused at this location: https://valfarisgame.com/ Enjoy the demo! Matt | Digital Uppercut Wishlist here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/600130/Valfaris/ |
Very excited to be able to share a first look at part of the game's opening cinematic... |
For this post I thought wed have a quick look at how weapons are upgraded in the game. At current count there are 20 different tools of destruction to wield and each of these can be upgraded to make them even more lethal (and fun to use). |
Oh yes Valfaris is going to have a mech! |
Well, this is very cool. Eurogamer recently posted a '6 Indie Games You Need On Your Wishlist' video and Valfaris is one of the featured picks. Here's the video if you want to give it a watch... |
EGX was the final stop on a busy Valfaris road-trip and, oh boy, it was good. Like, really good. We met and chatted with so many fantastic people and by the end of it we were absolutely buzzing by the reaction we got from pretty much everyone who took the time to play the demo. |
The Valfaris tour rolls on! Cologne (Gamescom) and Seattle (PAX West) are behind us, next stop is EGX, which is the UK’s biggest game event and it’s happening next week (Sept 21-23)! |
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Hey! I have a trio of new GIFs to share from the Eco-Chambers and Hive areas of Valfaris. Please enjoy them at your leisure... |
Hey! A selection of new Valfaris screenshots has arrived, courtesy of programmer/designer Thomas. They look totally rad, so rather than just dropping them in the screenshot viewer unannounced, I wanted to share them with you all in a post along with a bonus caption for added context. |
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So here's a totally rad GIF of Therion respawning at one of the checkpoints in the area of Valfaris known as the Eco Chambers: |
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Greetings, followers of the V! |
Brace for impact! Hot new Valfaris GIFs INCOMING! |
There's going to be plenty of stuff to blasterize, flamerate, and explodicute in Valfaris. So it only makes sense that Therion will have an array of awesome killamajig weaponry at his disposal to ensure he'll be able to slaughter and liquidize as messily and funly as possible. |
...but Therion rocks harder!!! |
Give your ocular muscles an extreme workout with a couple of new and AWESOMELY POWERFUL work-in-progress GIFs of Valfaris' Power Chambers level. |
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Hi guys! We are assuming it's OK to post about Valfaris on here too since we are the same dev team so we will post same community announcements here as on the Valfaris community, until people start baying for our blood! |
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Total Biscuit gave Slain the 'Never Too Late' Award for the Most Improved Title of 2016! |
Slain: Back from Hell has been nominated in the Best 2D Visual Experience category at the 2016 Unity Awards along with a bunch of other sweet looking titles! |
Due to all the support from the PC community we managed to rescue Slain, turn it into what you now know to be Slain: Back from Hell, port it and ship it on PS4 today (in the US, EU tomorrow). |
Slain: Back from Hell is now live on GOG.com |
Hi everyone,
GOG versions are coming soon! : ) |
Hey guys,
The Linux version is still in the works! Sorry for the delay. We'll have it ready as soon as we can though! |
Today's Deal: Save 40% on Slain: Back from Hell!* |
Hey there,
New feature: You can now skip the full duration of the "You have been Slain!" death screen by pressing the Attack / Jump / Pause button. The Xbox One pad issue will be looked at soon and we'll get a fix out for that when we can. Please continue posting any problems you find on the discussion board and hopefully we'll be able to fix them! |
Hey everyone,
Sorry to those who're having troubles with an Xbox One pad. It's not going to be a quick fix unfortunately! I'll be doing what I can to get it sorted out as soon as possible though. Please keep reporting any bugs you find, thanks! : ) |
Hello there! |
OK, the Day Of Darkness, The Hour of Despair, The Moment of Truth is finally here... |
Hey there everyone!
Patch 2.0 will be out on the 1st of August. Yes, that's in less than a week! This will be more than a mere patch though, it will be a complete revival of the game. See you next week when the patch is released! |
Hi everyone, it's time for a weekly update!
Please bear in mind that none of these changes are live yet, and will all be in the next patch. I'll give you some more info on that next week! See you next time. |
Hey there everyone!
Thanks for your patience everyone! See you next week. |
Hey everyone!
I've seen some reports of the achievements not working, and yes, they're not working at the moment. They've never worked actually! But fear not, we are in the process of completely overhauling the achievement list, and they will be fully working in the next patch. See you next week! |
Hi everyone, here's what's been going on this week:
See you next week! |
Hey there everyone, |
Things are coming together nicely and we will start post some gif updates again over the next few weeks! Thanks for all your support people...wonky launch yes, but Slain! is going to be the game you all wanted and deserve very soon... |
Hi everyone, here's some new stuff that we've been working on this week:
See you next week! |
Hey everyone, here's what's been going on with Slain this week:
Apologies for having not released a Mac version yet despite saying we would. It hasn't been forgotten! We're working on it. See you next week with some more excitng stuff! |
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Hi everyone,
PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING This update is currently only available for the PC. We hope to have a Mac version available in the near future! If you were familiar with the development of our title, we had a little trouble close to launch and were forced to ship Slain! in a state we were not happy with. If you purchase the game now, it would be greatly appreciated as it will help us finish development to get the game to our initial vision. Patch 1 has already been released and 1.5 is on its way with 2 coming within 6 weeks. What to expect in Patch 2:
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED THE GAME There have been some changes to the gameplay mechanics, and if you've already made some progress into the game, you will have missed the updated tutorial sections on the first stage. These are the new changes:
Thank you for your continued support! |
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Hi everyone,
HUB AREA
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ENEMIES
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Patch 2 – Due for completion before the end of July This update will address the deeper issues of gameplay design and polish to finally complete Slain! To the standard we always intended it to be. This is by no means an exhaustive list, so the patch will in all likelihood contain further enhancements (including your feedback from the first patch). STRUCTURE
COMBAT
ENEMIES
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MANA
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Hi again, it's time for more updates!
We're aiming to release the first patch by the end of this week. Thanks for your patience everyone! |
Here's what we've been working on this week:
We're currently in the process of deciding which keys the alternate keyboard scheme will use. This is the layout for the primary control scheme: We'd like to hear any suggestions you might have for an alternate keyboard control scheme. What would work well for you? |
Hello again, it's time for some more updates!
Things are starting to look quite a lot better already. There are still plenty of more improvements to come though! See you next week. |
Hi everyone, I'm the new programmer. I'm really excited to help get Slain to where it needs to be! Having evaluated the game and also having looked through the comments, it's clear that some issues are of far greater urgency than others, so we're working hard to resolve those first.
Expect to see some more updates next week! Thanks for your patience everyone. |
Hi peeps. Sorry for radio silence! We have been interviewing for a programmer and did not want to start talking solid plans before we had found our programmer and he could confirm exactly what is achievable in given time frames. |
As of this week we will be using an updated SFX professional. We don't have a timeline on the SFX re-haul but it will start this week. As soon as we know the date it will be delivered we will let you know! |
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Hi guys, |
Thanks for your patience guys! Apologies for the slight delay. |
Thanks for your patience guys! Apologies for the slight delay. |
Slain! is Now Available on Steam and is 10% off!* |