Hi everyone!
I hope everyone had a good start into 2026. I've been chugging along working on and polishing the Crownbreakers Demo and it's finally ready! It took a bit until I felt it was good enough to see the light of day but starting today you can grab the Demo on itch.io.
The demo offers around 30 to 60 minutes of playtime. It contains the initial tutorial level and a brief taste of the city meta gameplay. From there you can start a run against the tyrant of Downfalls. Win or lose that run you can then take a look at a late game experience in a bigger level with a more complex deck and tougher enemies.
I"m eager for you to give it a go and share your feedback with me! You can either do so through the special feedback form in the demo's main menu, you can post here or join the Sharkbomb Studios discord.
Why itch.io and not Steam?
I decided to launch the demo on itch.io first because it is a much smaller audience and lets me see how people respond to the demo before I publish it on Steam. I want the demo to be in its best shape before launching it here.
But don't worry! The demo will come to Steam too in the near future. So if you don't want to hop over to itch.io you can simply wait a bit. I'm sure to make enough noise once the Steam demo goes live so you won't miss it.
Have fun,
Martin