SLYTHE Demo

A snake made of heroes. An arena full of things that want it dead. Steer, stack classes, build something broken, and dive past the final boss into endless depths, New Game+, and a global leaderboard. The snake never stops - can you keep up?

SLYTHE is an arcade shooter roguelite where you steer an ever-moving snake of heroes — each with their own attacks, passives, and classes. Inspired by auto-battlers: stack heroes of the same class for powerful class bonuses, buy copies to level them up, and build a snake that clears the arena on its own — if you steer it right.<br><br>Between arenas you play the economy: hire from the shop, bank gold for interest, ban the heroes you never want offered again, and shape a build from 80+ passive items with run-warping effects. Every sixth arena throws an elite at you; arena 25 holds the final boss. Beating it is where SLYTHE starts, not where it ends.<br><br>And you don't have to do it alone: grab a second controller and put two snakes in the same arena.<h2 class="bb_tag" >Gameplay</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li>Your snake never stops moving — steer it with keyboard, mouse-follow, or gamepad (two stick modes)<br></li><li>Your heroes attack automatically when enemies are near<br></li><li>Combine heroes of the same class to unlock unique class bonuses<br></li><li>Clearing arenas grants gold — spend it, or bank it and earn interest<br></li><li>Buying copies of the same hero levels them up; at Lv.3 they unlock special effects<br></li><li>Ban heroes from the shop to sharpen your odds — build control is the real weapon</li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >Two snakes, one couch</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li>Local co-op: a second player joins with a gamepad and steers their own snake with their own build<br></li><li>Separate parties, shared gold — split the shop, argue about rerolls, negotiate the economy<br></li><li>Go down mid-arena and you're out until your partner clears it — clutch saves get loud<br></li><li>Enemies bulk up for two, and bosses doubly so — bring a real build, not a passenger<br></li><li>Take it online with a friend through Steam Remote Play Together</li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >Beyond the win</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li>True endless mode — difficulty keeps scaling for as long as you survive<br></li><li>Loop past arena 25 with a run-defining relic each time around — and a new chaos modifier stacking every loop<br></li><li>New Game + tiers stack lasting difficulty for veteran builds<br></li><li>A global all-time leaderboard — names, avatars, and your rank right on the main menu<br></li><li>Custom runs with game-twisting modifiers when you want the rules bent</li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >Features</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li>50+ heroes, each with unique attacks and passives<br></li><li>15+ classes granting stat boosts and modifiers to your snake<br></li><li>80+ passive items with run-warping global effects<br></li><li>Local 2-player co-op — on the couch<br></li><li>Elite fights, a final boss, and rotating arena themes<br></li><li>41 Steam achievements, from first blood to the ones we won't spoil<br></li><li>Post-run stat breakdowns for the theorycrafters<br></li><li>Full controller support with rebindable inputs, native on Steam Deck<br></li><li>Steam Cloud saves — hop between desktop and Deck mid-run<br></li><li>An interactive tutorial that teaches steering in your own control scheme<br></li><li>A pumping synthwave soundtrack driving every wave</li></ul>