Planned Release Date: To be announced

About This Game

You are a Descender. Dispatched from the safety of Florentia, you are lowered in a rattling iron cage into the absolute abyss. Your mission is a death sentence: survive the descent and conquer the 9 Layers of Hell.

Experience the frantic, screen-clearing combat of a horde survivor fused with the deep itemization, theory-crafting, and randomized loot of a hardcore Action RPG. Master active combat—dash through enemy lines, outmaneuver the hordes, and unleash devastating synergies. Break the game and dominate the swarm.

💀 THE LOOT DEFINES THE RUN

Go beyond simple stat boosts. In the depths of Hell, your equipment is everything.

• Randomized ARPG Drops: Every drop matters. Slay hordes to hunt for the perfect roll, rare affixes, and game-changing gear.

• Build-Altering Legendaries: Discover incredibly rare artifacts that rewrite your playstyle and turn a solid run into a god-tier descent.

• The Souls of Florentia: Between waves, brave citizens aid your survival. Craft devastating equipment at the Blacksmith, sell unwanted loot to the Merchant, or consult the Mystic to shape your destiny.

• Mysterious Encounters: Gamble with fate. The darkness hides countless other unpredictable phenomena and risky pacts that can alter your run forever.

⚔️ INFINITE BUILD DEPTH

Start as one of several distinct classes, each with unique abilities, weapons, and legendary items. Define your own playstyle through massive synergy.

• Fundamental Augments: Modify your attacks on the fly. Uncover mysterious augmentations that alter how your skills behave, turning standard abilities into unpredictable forces of destruction.

• Uncapped Synergies: Combine your chosen class mechanics with specific augmentations and legendary gear to create spectacularly overpowered builds.

👹 CONQUER THE 9 LAYERS

Each layer is a unique biome of terror inspired by Dante's Inferno. Bleed your way through Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery.

• Brutal Minibosses: Test your evolving build against elite enemies that spawn amidst the chaos to drop high-tier rewards.

• The 9 Evils: At the end of every layer, a distinct, terrifying Boss awaits. Learn their mechanics and defeat them to plunge deeper into the nightmare.

• Choose Your Curse: Victory comes at a price. Before descending to the next layer, you must choose a curse that permanently increases the difficulty, forcing you to adapt your strategy to survive the worsening nightmare.

• Dynamic Events: Hell is constantly shifting. Survive thrilling, random events and unexpected modifiers that grant massive rewards but force you to adapt your strategy instantly.

🏰 REBUILD FLORENTIA

Death is not the end; it is merely a chance to grow stronger.

• Permanent Meta-Progression: Bring hard-earned resources back to the surface. Invest in Florentia to unlock permanent global upgrades, new mechanics, and crucial advantages for future descents.

🛠️ DEVELOPED BY A SOLO DEV

This is a passion project developed by a single person. 9 Layers of Hell was born from a desire to make horde survival gameplay more active, meaningful, and engaging. It is built from the ground up for players who want deeply tactical combat combined with the thrill of theory-crafting and finding that one perfect item that shatters the game's limits. Join the Descenders community and help to conquer the 9 layers of hell.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

During the early prototyping phase, I use AI tools to visualize initial concepts and create temporary placeholders. All of these have been completely replaced in the final game with hand-crafted art created by myself and talented freelancers.