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No One Came Back
A reverse roguelike where you are the demon lord. Spread rumors in town to choose who comes for you, fill your cave with minions and traps, and when heroes reach your throne room, fight them yourself. Make sure no one comes back.

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Languages:
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English ✔
Japanese ✔
French ✔
German ✔
Spanish - Spain ✔
Portuguese - Brazil ✔
Russian ✔
Simplified Chinese ✔
Traditional Chinese ✔
Korean ✔
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Content
Includes Interactive Elements

Online interactivity

Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“The core of the game — choose your prey with rumors, line up your minions, then fight as the demon lord yourself — is playable from start to finish. From here, balance, new minions and intruders, and new ways to play are things we want to decide while listening to people who actually play. This is a small project, and getting it into players' hands early is the fastest way to make it better.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We expect roughly 6 to 12 months. This may change depending on feedback and how development goes.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“We are considering more minions, intruders, spells, traps, relics and events; walking and attack animations for characters; additional demon lords to play; and things that unlock across runs. What makes it in, and how far each goes, will depend on how development goes and on your feedback.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The following is in the game and playable to the end:
- PLAY (7 raids), 100 Mode (100 raids), and a Daily Challenge with a Steam leaderboard
- Alert Levels: 10 steps of post-game difficulty
- 33 minions, 25 intruders, 8 spells, 6 traps, 11 relics, 9 events
- Saving, so you can stop mid-run and continue later
- Streamer Mode (viewers vote through chat)
- 10 languages (Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian)
Characters are single still sprites; walking and attack animations are not in yet. Controls are mouse and keyboard.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We may raise the price when the full version adds more content.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We will read feedback, balance impressions and bug reports on the Steam Community Hub, and post what changed with every update.”
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About This Game

Be the reason heroes don't come home.

You are a washed-up demon lord with one ambition: to become the strongest of them all. You've moved into a cave beside a quiet village.
The plan is simple. Whoever walks in never walks out.

Spread rumors. Choose your prey.

Whisper that a legendary sword sleeps in your cave, and a hero's party shows up. Say there's a legendary protein powder, and the local musclemen come running.
Every rumor shows who will come, how strong they are, and what they carry. Stronger visitors mean bigger spoils. The next raid is your call.

Four rooms. Fill them well.

Place minions within each room's budget — 33 kinds, from slimes to dragons.
An Evil Eye whose beam bounces off the walls. A Magic Mirror that sends spells back at the caster. A King Slime that splits into three when it falls.
Upgrades apply to one tribe at a time, so what you invest in shapes your army.

Real time, with room to think.

Your minions pick their own fights. Spend mana to summon reinforcements on the spot. There are 8 spells and 6 kinds of traps.
Time slows down automatically while you are choosing a card.

The last room is yours.

Anyone who breaks through reaches the throne room — and you.
Move with WASD, attack with a click, dodge with Space. Wear them down on the way and it's a formality. Let them stroll through and it's a fight for your life.

Human blood is money.

Fallen intruders leave blood behind. Between raids, visitors come to your cave: a blood merchant, a dark blacksmith, a fortune-telling devil and more.
9 events and 11 relics.

Modes

  • PLAY — 7 raids. Win, and the next Alert Level opens: 10 steps, each one adding another handicap.
  • 100 Mode — 100 raids. Every tenth is led by a champion, and every champion you beat joins the raids that follow.
  • Daily Challenge — one attempt a day, the same run for everyone, with a Steam leaderboard.

Streamer Mode

Connect your stream's chat and let viewers vote by typing a number: which rumor to spread, which reward to take, what to do at an event.
Twitch is supported. YouTube Live support is experimental.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

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

The game's pixel art, sound effects and music, in-game text (including translation), program code, and the store page text and images were created using an AI tool (Anthropic's Claude) under the developer's direction and review. The game does not generate any content with AI while it is running.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Quad-core, 2.5 GHz or faster
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 11 or 12 compatible, 2 GB VRAM
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
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