Underkeep Release Date

12 Sep 2026Developer post

Release Date Revealed

The Gates of Underkeep Will Open on November 5 Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts with us about the release, and especially to our dedicated testers and everyone helping with the translations. After extensive testing and careful consideration, we have decided to rele

21 Jul 2026Developer post

The Road to Release

We have some exciting news. Underkeep is now playable from beginning to end. The only bad news? For now, only we get to play it. Every major area, dungeon, and story chapter is now in place. While plenty of polishing remains, the entire adventure can finally be played from start

We have some exciting news.

Underkeep is now playable from beginning to end.

The only bad news?

For now, only we get to play it.

Every major area, dungeon, and story chapter is now in place. While plenty of polishing remains, the entire adventure can finally be played from start to finish.

That also means internal beta testing has officially begun.

We spend our days doing things that are far less exciting... but absolutely necessary.

Finding bugs.

Fixing bugs.

Creating new bugs while fixing the old ones.

Along the way we're also balancing combat, adjusting encounters, fixing typos... and occasionally throwing fish at monsters.

What Is Still Left Before Release?

There is still plenty of work ahead.

finishing the intro and ending sequences
completing the remaining environmental assets
writing the last remaining dialogues
balancing all difficulty settings
Steam achievements
Localizations
lots and lots of polishing

Most of our work now consists of dozens of small improvements. They may seem invisible, but together they're what turns a game from "finished" into "ready."

No More Major Features

Feature development is officially over. Not because we ran out of ideas, quite the opposite.

Our design document still contains well over one hundred ideas we'd love to build.

But every game reaches a point where it has to stop growing. Otherwise it never gets finished.

Many of those ideas may still appear in future updates.

And who knows...

Maybe some will find their way into a sequel one day.

Localization

We currently plan to launch with:

English
Czech
German
Russian
Polish
French

Please note that this is our current plan rather than a final promise. Some languages may change depending on translation progress and available resources.

Additional languages may follow after release depending on community support.

As with our previous games, we'd love to build these translations together with the community.

Underkeep contains a huge amount of text, so we'll almost certainly need more volunteers.

We'll share details in a dedicated update soon.

What About the Release Date?

This is still the question we receive most often.

Unfortunately, we don't have a release date to announce yet.

We're currently deciding whether 2026 is still the right time to launch.

Releasing a game isn't just about finishing development.

A good launch also needs time for marketing, press, content creators, and everything that happens before release.

These are discussions we're actively having, and we haven't made a final decision yet.

Our priority is to release Underkeep when both the game and its launch are truly ready, rather than rushing either one.

The finish line is finally in sight. Thank you for sticking with us.

And our final question this time -- Would you rather wait longer for a polished release, or play earlier even if it means bugs and missing features?

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30 May 2026Developer post

Closer to the Depths

We Are Getting There. Almost. We are slowly approaching the point where we can finally talk about a release date. Not just yet. But we are getting closer. A Lot Has Changed Since the Demo Since Next Fest, Underkeep has grown quite a bit. Not only in content, but also in atmospher

We Are Getting There. Almost.

We are slowly approaching the point where we can finally talk about a release date.

Not just yet. But we are getting closer.

A Lot Has Changed Since the Demo

Since Next Fest, Underkeep has grown quite a bit. Not only in content, but also in atmosphere, systems, encounters, and overall identity.

Some parts of the game became darker.

Some stranger.

Some things are better left beneath the surface.

We’ve been expanding the later parts of the game world, including Underkeep Tower, Swamp, Dungeon ruins, Forgotten gardens, and several larger story encounters.

The Mushroom questline from the demo is now part of the full game, altough slightly altered. If you are not familiar with it yet, let’s just say the mushrooms have some... questionable ideas about family.

Combat, Classes, and Progression

The Paladin is fully happening, including Zeal-based resource system.

We have added race traits to bring more variety to party creation. At the moment, we are not planning direct trait selection, though this may become an option in the future.
Ravens are finally beginning to shine with their mutations, and some of them are genuinely absurd. The main purpose of mutations is simply to be fun and unpredictable, so we understand they may occasionally upset dedicated min-maxers. In that case... Ravens may simply not be the right race for you. We still love them.

We continue adding more special encounter options and outcomes. Until now, these choices were usually beneficial, but you can no longer assume they are always the safest or “correct” option.
We have added three difficulty settings that can be changed during the game. These primarily change combat difficulty. We hope this allows both newcomers and challenge seekers to enjoy the game their own way.

Polish. Then More Polish.

A huge amount of development time has gone into things many of you pointed out after the demo. You can look forward to:

UI improvements
more sound effects
much better combat readability
clearer damage feedback during battles
multi-monitor support and proper borderless fullscreen mode
expanded accessibility settings like options to disable animations, impact sounds, or camera shake etc.

What We Are Working On

major story encounters
final dungeon sequences
late-game events and alternative outcomes
visual details and environmental polish
the last remaining missing assets and icons

We have also started working on the intro and ending sequences.

Hopefully we are not spoiling too much by revealing that the game will feature multiple endings directly tied to the decisions you make throughout your adventure.

Keep your fingers crossed for us.

Question for the end - would you like more puzzles in the full game, or more combat encounters?

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19 Apr 2026Developer post

Underkeep - News From the Depths

Once again, thank you to everyone who played the demo during Steam Next Fest and took the time to share your thoughts. The feedback, bug reports, balance suggestions, and discussions on the forums have been incredibly helpful. Of course, not every suggestion can make it into the

Once again, thank you to everyone who played the demo during Steam Next Fest and took the time to share your thoughts. The feedback, bug reports, balance suggestions, and discussions on the forums have been incredibly helpful.

Of course, not every suggestion can make it into the final game, but your feedback helps us clearly see which topics matter most to the community.

Here is a short summary of the most frequently asked questions.

Localization

We will announce the officially supported languages closer to the release date.

For additional languages, we would like to explore community collaboration. If everything goes well, this should allow more languages to be added after release.

Release Date

We do not have a specific release date yet.

We prefer to announce it only once we are confident the game is ready. However, 2026 remains our target release window.

What We’re Working On

New Character Portraits

Our artist clearly caught a surge of inspiration, the latest portraits speak for themselves.

Alchemy

We now have an alchemy system.

Under the hood, it’s fairly complex, but our goal is to keep the interface simple and intuitive. Most importantly, we don’t want alchemy to feel mandatory, it should be easy to use and naturally fit into your playstyle. Alongside that, we’ve added several new potions for a variety of situations, giving players more tools to adapt to different situations.

Some Other Changes You Might Find Interesting

The Paladin is definitely coming to the game. Skills and mechanics are still in progress, but we think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by his resource system, it works quite differently from traditional stamina or mana-based classes.
Staves now have long reach, so a mage without mana won’t just stand by while others handle the fight.
The Blood Mage and Thief are already shaping up to unleash chaos among enemies. The Blood Mage in particular stands out with the ability to cast spells using the bones of fallen enemies.
Teleportation gates are now functional across the game world, allowing for easier travel between locations.
We are continuing to tune the economy and shops.
And of course, we’re fixing a large number of smaller issues and improvements, not only based on your feedback, but also from our ongoing internal testing.

There’s still plenty ahead of us, but we’re moving forward step by step. Thank you again for all your feedback and support.

Question:
Should difficulty be adjustable during the game, or only chosen at the start and then locked?

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23 Feb 2026Developer post

Steam Next Fest Is Live - Thank You

First of all, thank you. The demo may be short, but the impact of your feedback is not. The amount of suggestions, bug reports, and thoughtful discussions over the last week has exceeded our expectations. Being compared to legends like Eye of the Beholder or Lands of Lore means a

12 Feb 2026Developer post

The Underkeep Demo Is Live

The Underkeep demo is out! Step into the mechanics, atmosphere, and pacing of our upcoming dungeon crawler. Demo Launch – Current State & What’s Coming The demo represents the current state of development. Some elements are still being finalized, including hero portraits, par

22 Jan 2026Developer post

The Torch Is Lit

This February, Underkeep will be part of Steam Next Fest , with a short playable demo . We prepared a small, self-contained adventure designed to give you a focused introduction to the world of Underkeep . The demo lets you step into the dungeon and experience the foundations of

12 Dec 2025Developer post

End-of-Year Dev Update

Developer Update - Closing Out 2025 The game began as the idea of a single person almost two years ago. Small spark that quickly grew into something much bigger. Soon after, two brave souls dove into the project full-time, building the foundations of what Underkeep would become.

Developer Update - Closing Out 2025

The game began as the idea of a single person almost two years ago. Small spark that quickly grew into something much bigger. Soon after, two brave souls dove into the project full-time, building the foundations of what Underkeep would become.

Over the past year, the team expanded with several wonderful people who stepped in to help. We are genuinely grateful for their contributions in art and music, which elevated the game far beyond what the two of us could have created alone.

What started as a compact retro project gradually evolved into a fully featured modern dungeon crawler - with class systems, unique races, reactive dialogues, a hand-built world, complex combat, animated spell effects, and hundreds of details that are easy to take for granted but had to be created from scratch. Throughout 2025, we added many things that were never part of the original scope, yet became essential to the experience we want Underkeep to be.

Release — When?

Early on, we hoped for a 2025 release. By now, it’s clear that would have been unrealistic. More importantly, it wouldn’t be fair to the game or to you.

We want to release Underkeep as a complete, polished, and enjoyable experience.

Our current outlook:

Showcase build - nearly ready. This early “alpha” will be shared with a small group of testers to gather first-hand feedback on pacing, combat flow, and general feel.

December & early 2026 - finishing the remaining locations, visuals, side content, and the game’s finale. These are important pillars of the adventure, and we don’t want to rush them.

Public release date announcement - once we’re absolutely confident we can commit.
The unofficial internal target remains Q1 2026, but we won’t promise anything until the whole team is certain.

The last few months have been extremely productive - to the point where we often didn’t even have time to show everything that went in. But behind the curtain, the game has grown enormously:
new biomes, new enemies, spell effects, Blood Mage class, interactive shop systems, dialogues reacting to your race and class, updated UI, improved animations, a new title theme, and more visual polish than we ever imagined adding at the start.

We’re proud of how far Underkeep has come and even more excited for the moment when you finally get to play it.

Thank you for your patience, support, and all the comments you’ve shared with us on Steam.

We wish you peaceful holidays, plenty of warm nostalgia, and we look forward to meeting you in 2026.

— The Underkeep Team

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04 Nov 2025Developer post

News from Underkeep: Classes, Races & Skills

Some of you have been asking about how skills and classes will work in Underkeep , and we’re happy to finally share a few concrete details. This is what we are currently planning and working on. Though, as with all things in development, details may still change by the time the g

09 Oct 2025Developer post

News from Underkeep: We Have Quests!

Old-school dungeon crawlers usually didn’t feature any real quest system, let alone branching dialogue. Most of the time you simply started at point A and had to reach point B. Underkeep , however, is not just a straight corridor. The world is, to a certain degree, open, allowing

04 Sep 2025Developer post

The dice have spoken… and they say it’s time for an update.

Greetings, adventurers, we’d like to share a few news from the depths. The core systems of Underkeep are now in a solid state, and we are preparing for what we have been calling internally our “first real play” - the very first steps into the dungeon. It feels great to finally se

27 Jun 2025Developer post

Summer may have arrived outside… but deep in our dungeon? It’s cold. Very cold.

What We’re Working On Summer may have arrived outside, flowers are blooming, birds are singing… but deep in our dungeon? It’s cold. Very cold. And not just because of the lack of sunlight. Lately, the halls have started to attract some particularly ravenous creatures. So while ot

What We’re Working On

Summer may have arrived outside, flowers are blooming, birds are singing… but deep in our dungeon? It’s cold. Very cold. And not just because of the lack of sunlight.

Lately, the halls have started to attract some particularly ravenous creatures. So while others are off enjoying picnics, we’re down here building traps and prepping fireballs.

Monsters Incoming!

We’ve commissioned an external artist to bring new monsters to life. It’s not cheap - but let’s be honest, you can put a price on horror, and we just did.

The results? Blood golems, zombies, strange abominations you’d never want to meet in a dark dungeon.

From Relics to Rubbish

We’re working hard to get items into the game. Each one needs logic, visuals (icon + ground sprite), and a decent description. That´s lot of work.

No cursed gear or mystery penalties here. We want players to feel curious, not paranoid. But in the future, we´d like to add some epic artifacts with unique powers and lore.

The Music Saga

We’re also hunting for a composer to create an original soundtrack. Turns out this is trickier than expected. Especially when one minute of custom music can cost up to $200. Since we estimate around 30 minutes of music, we’re currently figuring out what absolutely needs a theme and what can survive with slightly spooky silence.

Mapping the World (Finally)

Until now, we were mostly winging it. We’ve finally mapped out the full game world on paper - dungeons, key locations, and the main story arc.

We’re not just building a floor-by-floor dungeon. We’re creating a small world you can freely explore, with choices in where to go and what to face.

Now we know where you’ll go, what horrors await, and most importantly where to drop the best cliffhangers. The chaos is finally getting a map.

That’s all for now!

Thanks for reading, thanks for your support, and thanks even more if you leave a comment or share the project with a fellow adventurer. It means the world to our small team!

What’s one monster that absolutely must be in any proper RPG? Drop your pick in the comments. Until next time, may your loot be shiny and your save files uncorrupted.

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30 May 2025Developer post

Development update: Skills, demo and early access

Hello adventurers… gather ‘round, we’ve got an update from the frontlines! What are we working on now? Development is forging ahead - and right now, we're tackling very critical elements. Hero Skills. Balancing the number, making them fun, and ensuring every skill feels meaningfu

Hello adventurers… gather ‘round, we’ve got an update from the frontlines!

What are we working on now?

Development is forging ahead - and right now, we're tackling very critical elements. Hero Skills. Balancing the number, making them fun, and ensuring every skill feels meaningful? It's a boss fight of its own.

Fun fact: Classic RPGs averaged 7–9 skills per hero – and we’re sticking to that spirit. Instead of diving into overly complex skill trees, we’ve chosen a more focused approach: classic levelable skills.

But don’t be fooled by the simplicity – we’re aiming for smarter design.
Take the warrior, for example: specializing early in axes might feel rewarding… until you stumble upon an epic sword. Oops. We’re working to minimize moments like that, without sacrificing depth or replayability.

Another key area we’re fine-tuning is combat complexity - things like stats, battle mechanics, and negative traits. Our goal is to hit a sweet spot: not overwhelming, but rich with proven RPG delights like Burn, Bleed, Freeze, Stun, or Poison.

And yes - each class will feature unique late-game specializations to unlock as you level up. We want your build choices to feel both personal and powerful. Unfortunately, most of these things are still on paper. Which brings us to the next point.

Demo delayed

We’ve made the tough call to delay the demo to later this year. Right now, several critical elements just aren’t in place: music, events, and some key gameplay mechanics.

We’d rather show you something polished and exciting, than rush out a half-working version. We truly believe this is the right call – and we hope you’ll agree once you see what’s coming.

And good news: we’ve started working with a talented visual person who's helping us create event graphic. These will breathe life into in-game events, offering both classic and unique choices inspired by old-school favorites like Eye of the Beholder.

Also with all the moving parts and the growing scope, the thought of doing an Early Access release has popped. Would that be something you’d be interested in?

As always – thanks for being part of this journey. Your support means the world.

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28 Apr 2025Developer post

Legends never rest, and neither should you.

Let’s be honest - every good dungeon crawl starts the same way: with a locked door, zero context, and a party that looks like it was thrown together by a drunk wizard on a deadline. As we continue digging deeper into the cursed catacombs and haunted mines, it’s time to answer a q

Let’s be honest - every good dungeon crawl starts the same way: with a locked door, zero context, and a party that looks like it was thrown together by a drunk wizard on a deadline.

As we continue digging deeper into the cursed catacombs and haunted mines, it’s time to answer a question many of you have been asking: “Who the heck am I bringing into this deathtrap with me?”

In the demo, you’ll be playing with a pre-built party to give you a taste of the game’s tone, mechanics and of course - races. Today, we’re introducing two of them in detail.

HOREMOUNT – ROCK HARD, THINK SLOW

If you ever wondered what it’s like to give a walking boulder a sword and a personal vendetta, meet the Horemount. Towering stone warriors from the frostbitten northern mountains, these living slabs of granite have been forged by howling winds, freezing blizzards, and a complete lack of social skills.

They hit like falling anvils and shrug off damage like it’s an annoying breeze. Just don’t ask them to solve a riddle or use a magic scroll - they’ll either stare blankly or eat it.

Let’s be honest: you guessed this guy’s gonna be your Warrior. Big health pool, big hammer, small attention span. But hey, somebody has to stand in front of the traps and take the arrow to the stone.

RAVEN – MUTANT LIZARD THING WITH ISSUES

Say hello to the Raven. This race of lizard mutants hails from a land so toxic, even the mushrooms wear gas masks. Every Raven is a grab bag of strange mutations - some grow extra eyes, others spit acid, and some... spontaneously combust. We’re still figuring that one out.

The cool part? No two Ravens are ever exactly the same. Each playthrough, your Raven might have different resistances, senses, or weird biological “features”.

What about normal people?

We hear some of you saying: “Alright, that’s cool and all, but what if I don’t want to play as a rock brute or a rogue cockroach?”

Don’t worry - we haven’t forgotten the good old classic fantasy races. In the full game, you can absolutely expect to see the likes of the Human (the jack-of-all-trades, master of none, hero of many), the Dwarf and yes - something Elf-adjacent.

So tell us – what is your favourite race you usually play or you wish to see?

Until next time: watch your step and remember - if the chest has teeth, maybe don’t open it.

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27 Mar 2025Developer post

Something is lurking in the depths of Underkeep...

Greetings, brave adventurers! We know you’ve checking every wall for secret doors while waiting for an update. Fear not! Our two-person party (yes, we’re basically an under-leveled duo lost in the depths of game development) is hard at work crafting new assets and refining the ga

27 Feb 2025Developer post

News from the Underkeep!

Adventurers, Gather ‘Round! We know you’re eager for news, and trust us—we can hear the clanking of your swords and the impatient tapping of your spellbooks! Development is in full swing, and we're currently crafting the opening location that will set your brave party on a perilo

Updates & announcements

The Gates of Underkeep Will Open on November 5

Underkeep will be released on November 5, 2026.

What Is Still Left Before Release?

No More Major Features

Localization

What About the Release Date?

We Are Getting There. Almost.

A Lot Has Changed Since the Demo

Combat, Classes, and Progression

Polish. Then More Polish.

What We Are Working On

Localization

Release Date

What We’re Working On

New Character Portraits

Alchemy

Some Other Changes You Might Find Interesting

Confirmed Improvements

Localization

The Underkeep demo is out!

Demo Launch – Current State & What’s Coming

Developer Update - Closing Out 2025

Release — When?

What We’re Working On

Monsters Incoming!

From Relics to Rubbish

The Music Saga

Mapping the World (Finally)

That’s all for now!

What are we working on now?

Demo delayed

HOREMOUNT – ROCK HARD, THINK SLOW

RAVEN – MUTANT LIZARD THING WITH ISSUES

What about normal people?

Greetings, brave adventurers!

Adventurers, Gather ‘Round!