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What kills you makes you stronger...

When you accidentally make an unfair deal with a devil, you're forced to live out your Isekai dreams! but at what cost...
Now it's up to you to climb to the top of the devil's tower, defeat the evil minions inhabiting each floor and save Senpai!

DeathSteal is a top-down shoot 'em up roguelite where dying steals your killer's ability. Die to the Pyro and come back spewing trails of fire. Succumb to the Stormcaller and return Arc Lightning fury. Your run restarts, but the abilities you unlock stay with you.

Die. Steal. Climb.

• Turn death into power. Every death unlocks a new ability. Steal a skill again to upgrade it through three tiers.
• Choose two skills to wield.  Choose which powers to bring into your next run.
• Make your skills work together. Combine poison and fire to trigger an explosion, or use slows and marks to control the fight.
• Use the environment. Bounce shots off walls and obstacles to reach hidden enemies and increase your damage.

In this demo

Climb the first 15 floors, defeat the first 2 mini bosses, then final boss guarding the gateway to region 2! When you inevitably succumb to a foe, steal their ability and try again until you can conquer this region.

Experience 15 handcrafted levels with a mini boss every 5 levels and the region's final boss on floor 15! After that, a completely new region with different enemies, abilities and environments. (Region 2 coming soon... The Dungeons!)

For this demo, after level 15, experience endless mode where you can put to the test how capable you truly are! (with procedural generation used only for endless mode.)

Controls

Controls	Keyboard and Mouse	Controller
Move	W A S D	Left Stick
Aim	Mouse	Right Stick
Attack	Left Mouse Button	Right Trigger, X button/ Square Button/ West Button
Skill 1	Q, Space, Shift, Middle Mouse Button	Left Shoulder
Skill 2	Right Mouse Button, E, F	Right Shoulder
Pause	Escape	Start
Mute	M
Show Credits	C

Developer Commands	Keyboard and Mouse
Skip Level	HOME / .
Pause AI	END

About this prototype

DeathSteal is still in active development. This free prototype is a chance to experience the death-stealing mechanic and help us improve the game.

Leave a comment with your favorite loadout, your highest floor and how many times Stormcaller almost made you rage quit!

If you are able please let us know any bugs you encountered or any feedback you'd like to give the development team!

Credits

ZELB Games: Hiren Chandarana (H1ghren), Syeshan Harindhraa (S.Y.S Games), Nishant Rajotia (N1xr), David Robertson (DGamesAndSound), Liangyu Yao (Nerodia09), and Sam Zakers.

Additional assets: DeepDiveGameStudio, XYEzawr, SpawnCampGames, RafaelMatos, and the Jacquard 24 font by Sarah Cadigan-Fried.