The Road Ahead
The Citadel still hides many secrets.
Since the launch of Early Access, your feedback has already helped us improve many parts of Deified: UI clarity, readability, quality of life, balance, and more.
Today, we wanted to share some of the content currently planned for the rest of Early Access.
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Challenges
We are also working on a new optional challenge system unlockable through the Cartographer.
Once unlocked, combat challenges will appear during fights and reward players willing to take additional risks with extra XP, Gold or Oboles.
The goal is to create additional tactical constraints and encourage players to adapt their playstyle during runs.
Ego, Lord of Reflections
A new Boss Floor will join the Citadel.
Ego’s domain revolves around mirrors, illusions and reflected damage.
At the end of the floor waits Ego herself:
a deceptive entity able to hide among reflections, conceal its health bar, and constantly blur the line between illusion and reality.
This new floor will become one of the possible third-floor Boss paths during a run.
LATER DURING EARLY ACCESS
Alternative Mode
After defeating every Lord of the Citadel with Sator, players will unlock an alternative route that concludes the story of Deified.
This mode introduces both new narrative content and a different gameplay structure centered around consecutive boss encounters.
It will answer many of the mysteries surrounding the Citadel and Sator’s journey.
After the first completion, this route will remain available as an alternative game mode.
Expanded Narrative & Conditional Events
We are continuing the implementation of conditional dialogues and narrative events throughout the game.
Characters will react differently depending on:
• your relics and build
• bosses previously defeated
• characters already encountered
• previous conversations
• deaths and progression history
Our goal is not to explain every mystery directly, but to make the Citadel feel more reactive, alive and unsettling across repeated runs.
IF TIME & MONEY ALLOWS
Adaptative difficulty
We are also exploring an advanced endgame difficulty system inspired by adaptive challenge mechanics.
The idea is to combine:
• scalable levels affecting enemy stats, rewards and progression
• persistent curses at the beginning of runs
We are really eager to add this to the final version of the game and we really hope to have time to do so.
Thank You
Your feedback continues to shape Deified every day.
Many quality-of-life improvements already implemented in the game directly come from community suggestions, including features such as the upcoming run summary system.
We’ll continue sharing progress as development moves forward.
