No Water in Hell

About this game

Fight through the legions of the damned and dead in No Water in Hell, a 2D Roguelike Dungeon Crawler where players traverse the 9 circles of Hell and take down the monsters of the Underworld with the help of their trusty fire hose, as they try to survive the horrors that await.

Collect a range of armor and weapon upgrades in a procedurally generated dungeon layout which ensures no two playthroughs are ever the same -- all within a wide range of biomes with varying enemies and bosses. Loot your enemies to regain health and earn money to spend at shops throughout the Underworld.


No Water in Hell is a randomly generated 2D Roguelike Dungeon Crawler shooter with heavy Roguelike elements. Take on the challenge of slaying legions of the damned using nothing more than a fire hose as you find bizarre treasures that improve or alter your capabilities, giving you the chance to excellent in a given playstyle of your choice. Knock enemies into walls or holes, kite enemies around rooms, and discover and defeat the bosses of the 9 circles of Hell as you dive deeper into Hell. Try to survive and you just might escape in the end.


No Water in Hell is a roguelike dungeon crawler inspire by some of the other great games in the genre like Binding of Isaac or Crypt of the Necrodancer, with a silly take on serious gameplay themes from games like DOOM. It is thematically inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy which depicts the 9 circles of Hell. No Water in Hell is stylized in 1990s pixel art sprites with an extensive chiptune soundtrack, and features an extensive set of polished visual effects to boot.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·24 Sept 2025Official

  Update 0.7

  Bartender & Soul Coins: Soul coins can be found from defeating bosses and opening chests, talk to the bartender to spend them between runs! You spend them on unlocking potion drops (Speed, Attack, and Chaos potions), or on item buffs (increased rarity, increased enemy drops, and Loki's Loot discount). Status UI: Now shows when you have buffs and debuffs: speed up/down, hit vulnerability/invulnerability, and damage increase/decrease. Overgrowth Biome: Take place in circle 3, is our new time trial circle! Corrupted Fire Hydrant enemy: Can be found in the Overgrowth biome. Don't let him steal your water! Loki's Loot shop improvements: Random Loki's Loot employees will now spawn in the in the shops. They'll sometimes offer you a discount on an item if you purchased the Loki's Loot discount from the purgatory bartender!
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• Patch Notes·23 Sept 2024Official

  0.6.1 Cat Update

  As we work towards our 0.7 update we have a regular update for you! New fire cat can be found in the hub! If he's in the mood you can pet him, otherwise watch out for his bite! A number of players have provided fair criticism about the not water in the Cove circle. Falling into this no longer inflicts damage on the player, and has more appropriate animation & VFX. We also made special behaviors for the Lava and Obsidian circle(the latter may lead to a secret). The Wizard takes on new arcane powers in the Ice and Obsidian circles! Be careful as the Arcane Wizard has a much larger arsenal of spells to make these late game circles more challenging!
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• Patch Notes·10 Jun 2024Official

  0.6 Golden Palace Time Trial Update

  We added a new time trial circle between the Desert and Ice circles. This circle has some amazing loot and lots of chests to help you defeat the last bosses, but don't get greedy looting for to long, or you might not make it out alive! Gold Biome time trial circle. Hub content, enemy stats and new characters, other improvements. Achievements! Complete achievements for defeating bosses and enemies. Toad Man enemy can be found in the cove biome, stay away from his spit! Goblin enemy can now be encountered in the Gold biome, don't let him steal your coins! Disciple and God item sets added to the game. Improvements to the map. New game audio. We got bloops, blops, and even bops! Lots of bug fixes.
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• Patch Notes·12 Feb 2024Official

  0.5.2 Accessibility Update

  Some features where added to help with accessibility such as to address colour blindness issues and making more progress on controller support for those who need one. And other accessibility adjacent / game design features where added. Shadow effect when player is jumping Added mini map (Open by pressing M on the keyboard or press right stick button on controller) Controller support in menus (controller support is still experimental / work in progress) Increased size of cursor Changed colour / art and added colour variants of enemies to help with visibility Other changes include: Potential fix for bug where items would drop from enemies much more frequently than intended on some users hardware Added VFX for Leviathan ground slam attack Misc. fixes We will continue to improve the game with accessibility in mind, but if there are issues you've found while playing please let us know in our Discord, Community Hub, or Reviews!
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• Patch Notes·24 Dec 2023Official

  Update 0.5.1

  Merry Christmas, all! We have new features for 0.5.1! Electric Ghost: Be careful not to spray water on electricity! New Whirlwind item set. Santa Hat which can only be found for a short time! Several new rooms and room balancing. Lighting improvements. Misc. changes and improvements.
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