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About the Game

Against Great Darkness is the brick-breaker, bullet hell, roguelite. Choose your pagan deity and break free from the clutches of Lucifer. Juggle your disks to defeat your enemies as you progress through the circles of hell and confront relentless demonic bosses.


In each run, acquire powerful relics that will assist you in your escape. Juggle the disks to unleash the power they hold and discover the synergies that will truly set you free.


Choose between acquiring motes of light, purchasing items in the shop, receiving a much-needed heal, or risking it all with unique mystery events that can either reward or hinder your ascent.


You may have gambled on a risky juggle that put you in harm's way and ended your run. Don't fret; the Radiant Shards you collect during your attempts can be used to empower your next run.

FEATURES:

• 3 circles of hell to explore.
  
• Distinct demonic bosses and enemies.
  
• Each attempt out of hell is unique.
  
• Make choices over unique events to gain powerful relics.
  
• 100+ Items offer unique modifiers based on gameplay.
  
• Curses that really alter the way you play.
  
• Unlock new pagans and items on each run.
  
• Increase your chances by spending Radiant Shards gained on every run.
  
• Ascend through progressively harder levels of difficulty.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·19 Apr 2024Official

  1.59 Hill of the Skull and Grayscale

  This Patch: Hill of the Skull Boss added to violence Grey Scale Added in settings Hit box of pagan tightened up Soter shield now works with all enemy projectiles except Ah Puch's giant laser (its a giant laser...) Returning to lower ascensions works correctly.... Next Up: Cloud saves Item Bugs Additional bug fixing Chronos Pagan (timely I know with hades 2).
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• Patch Notes·16 Apr 2024Official

  1.58 quickie patch

  quick lil bug fix for tutorial
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• Patch Notes·16 Apr 2024Official

  patch 1.57

  Space bar can now select UI elements Pagans now show unlock conditions Invincible enemies have moved around a bit for pestilence to speed up gameplay Ancient serpent hp reduced Telegraph effects are now another color
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• Patch Notes·15 Apr 2024Official

  Week 1 patch

  Bugs fixed: Fixed occasional bug where on death the game freezes Fixed abomination potentially being boss for Pestilence Typos should be fixed Glossary added to menu Udea Pagan now reduced to 15 active disks to unlock Upgrades now tell you amount Coming up: Continue Bug fixing Mouse Support Cloud Support Pagan unlock tooltips 2nd boss for Violence
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• Press Coverage·10 Apr 2024

  Promising new Steam roguelike modernizes classic '80s games in style

  Classic games from the '80s have a special place in my heart, despite my being born in 1990. The likes of Arkanoid and Space Invaders are treasured memories, and following the success of Tetris Effect I've wondered if we could see a similar modernization of other such classics. New roguelike game Against Great Darkness is exactly what I've dreamed of and more besides. A brick-breaking, bullet hell arcade roguelite with a stunning aesthetic, it fires those old games into the modern era with glorious, bold colors and clever mechanics. Out today on Steam, you can try Against Great Darkness right now thanks to a free demo. Read the rest of the story...
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