Hello, everyone!

I’m excited to share that Blood Moon Duel is now feature-complete and has entered its final stage of development.

From this point onward, the focus will be on final testing, polishing the overall experience, tightening the combat, fixing any remaining issues, and adjusting the balance of the game’s replayable challenge modes.

No major new features are currently planned before release. The core game is complete, and the remaining work is all about making the final version as polished and enjoyable as possible.

Ten Playable Characters and Story Routes

Blood Moon Duel will launch with 10 playable characters available from the beginning.

Every character has their own Story Mode route consisting of nine battles, with unique interactions, personal rivalries, and an individual ending.

Although the characters inhabit the same world and frequently know of one another, each route explores events from a different perspective and reveals new pieces of the game’s story.

Duel Mode and Local Multiplayer

Duel Mode allows you to freely select your character, opponent, arena, and enemy difficulty.

You can use it to practice specific matchups, experiment with different fighters, or simply battle your favorite opponents on any available map.

The game also supports local shared-screen multiplayer, allowing two players to duel one another on the same device.

Online multiplayer is not currently planned for launch. However, it is something I may consider in the future if the game receives enough support and there is meaningful demand for it.

Blood Moon Infinite

Blood Moon Infinite is the game’s endless survival mode.

You are given a single life and must defeat as many opponents as possible while the battles continue to become more difficult.

There is no final encounter and no second chance. The objective is simply to survive, improve your score, and see how far your chosen character can go.

Blood Moon Trials

One of the largest features in the game is Blood Moon Trials, a collection of replayable challenge modes with their own rules, progression, rewards, and increasingly difficult encounters.

At launch, there will be seven different Trials.

Six of these Trials include a new unlockable character. Once unlocked, these characters can be used in regular duels, challenge modes, and other supported game modes.

Progressing through Trials rewards Blood Moon Tokens, which can be used to permanently empower your character for future challenge runs.

Each new run can also provide temporary bonuses specific to that Trial, including:

• Character power increases

• Temporary combat enhancements

• Enemy debuffs

• Additional Blood Moon Tokens

These systems are intended to make every run feel different while giving players meaningful long-term progression as the challenges become more demanding.

Achievements and Completion

Blood Moon Duel includes 33 Steam achievements for players who enjoy completing every challenge, unlocking every character, and mastering everything the game has to offer.

Some achievements will be earned naturally while playing, while others will require completing difficult Trials, reaching milestones, or experimenting with different characters and modes.

Controls and Steam Features

The game includes full controller support, while also allowing players to use a keyboard according to their preferred control method.

Controls can be rebound, allowing you to adjust the layout and choose the setup that feels most comfortable.

Steam Cloud integration is also included, allowing supported progress and save data to remain synchronized through Steam.

A Personal Note

Blood Moon Duel is the first game I have brought all the way to Steam, and reaching this stage is incredibly exciting for me.

Seeing people already discover the game and show interest in it has been genuinely encouraging. I hope that when the game launches, players will enjoy discovering its characters, mastering its combat, completing the different stories, and facing everything waiting beneath the Blood Moon.

The release is currently planned for mid-August 2026.

The game itself is nearly ready, with the remaining time primarily dedicated to final polish, testing, balancing, and completing the Steam release process.

You can wishlist Blood Moon Duel to follow its development and receive a notification when it launches.

You are also welcome to follow the game, visit the newly opened feedback forums, share your thoughts, or ask any questions you may have.

Thank you for following the development of Blood Moon Duel.

The Blood Moon is almost upon us.