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Grimes Productions · Published by Grimes Productions
5 user reviews — 100% positive (5 reviews) · 54 achievements
Last updated 7 Oct 2026
Beast and Cleaver is an open-world adventure where players hunt and fight rare creatures. Master attack patterns, learn unique monster spawning mechanics, and expand the Hanging City to unlock new potions and customizations. Prepare for the hunt - filled with secrets, strategy, glory, and more!
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Adventure, Indie, RPG · 2025 · More under £5 games
Explore the vast open world of Beast and Cleaver, mastering creature attacks and expanding the Hanging City. Your journey is filled with secrets and strategy as you unlock new potions and customizations.
About this game
Beast and Cleaver is a 2D open-world adventure where tactical combat and monster hunting define your journey. As the Hanging City's hired hunter, your mission is to track and defeat mythical creatures, uncover the secrets of their unique spawning conditions, and use their materials to strengthen both yourself and the city. Every successful hunt expands the Hanging City, unlocking new merchants, potions, and character customizations to aid your next battle.
A World Shaped by the Hunt
Venture through six distinct biomes—from the frozen peaks of the Snow Mountains to the infernal depths of The Flames—each home to unique creatures with their own behaviors, weaknesses, and environmental triggers. Learning how and where to summon them is just as important as the fight itself.
Fast-Paced Tactical Combat
Combat is quick, skill-based, and unforgiving. Use dashes, rolls, wall slides, and precise strikes to stay alive while taking down formidable foes like wyverns, gorgons, yetis, and other mythological beasts. Every battle requires careful positioning and mastery of movement to outmaneuver deadly attacks.
The Hanging City – Your Home & Arsenal
As you hunt, the Hanging City evolves. Turn in rare materials and slay biome specific bosses to unlock new potions and merchants, making each hunt more efficient. This living, growing hub serves as your base of operations, rewarding your dedication with tons of character customization to look swaged out while battling the deadliest beasts.
Survival Demands Strategy
Manage your grid-based inventory, balancing rare loot with essential quest goods. Sell excess materials, buy powerful potions, and customize your hunter’s appearance by completing challenging in-game achievements.
Key Features
Open-World Hunting: Explore six hand-crafted biomes filled with diverse creatures, hidden lore, and tactical combat encounters.
Tactical Combat System: Every fight is a test of skill and movement, with fast-paced dodging and precise strikes.
Monster Spawning Mechanics: Learn unique environmental conditions to summon specific creatures and obtain rare materials.
The Hanging City Evolves: Strengthen your city by contributing materials, unlocking new shops, upgrades, and potions.
Deep Customization: Unlock new hunter outfits and throwables through in-game achievements—no microtransactions.
No Hand-Holding, No Difficulty Modes: The challenge is biome-based, with each region offering new dangers to overcome.
Are you ready to track, hunt, and carve your way through the world of Beast and Cleaver? Your city is counting on you.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7 or Newer
- Processor: Intel Core i3 M380
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD 4000
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 600 MB available space
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Latest news
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Thank you for Playing
It has now been over a year since Beast and Cleaver first released on Steam, and I’m incredibly grateful to everyone who has supported the game along the way. Whether you picked it up on day one, added it to your wishlist, left a review, or simply followed its progress, thank you.As the game continues to reach new players, I wanted to make that easier by permanently lowering the price on Steam. My hope is that more people can experience the world, the hunts, and everything the game has to offer.If you’ve been waiting for the right time to jump in, this is it. Thank you again for supporting indie games and for giving Beast and Cleaver a chance.Read full article on Community Announcements (Grimes Productions)AnnouncementsOfficial
Beast & Cleaver - Out Now!
What is Beast and CleaverBeast and Cleaver is an open-world adventure where players hunt and fight rare creatures. Master attack patterns, learn unique monster spawning mechanics, and expand the Hanging City to unlock new potions and customizations. Prepare for the hunt - filled with secrets, strategy, glory, and more!Personal MessageOver a year ago I found a passion for game creation that lead to the creation of Beast and Cleaver. Many sleepless nights and coffees later the game is now ready for its full release! That being said, I want to give a HUGE thank you to each and every person that reads this and takes time out of there day to give my game a chance. So truly, from a solo developer, thank you. I hope that you are able to get a fraction of the joy that I had from making it as you play it! Welcome to the Hanging City Hunters!Read full article on Community Announcements (Grimes Productions)AnnouncementsOfficial
The Winds of Adventure!
The Winds of Adventure are picking up!We’re preparing for full release and this build is a big one. It tightens combat, deepens the world, and adds a mountain of goals for achievement hunters. Here’s what’s inside:54 Steam Achievements — From boss slayers and exploration milestones to mastery challenges. Track your legend across every biome.Complete Combat Overhaul — Movement feel, hit-pause, timing windows, and enemy reactions have been tuned for punchier, more readable fights.New: Power Strike — A precise, high-impact attack that breaks guards, staggers tougher foes, and opens combo routes when timed just right.New NPC Interactions — Fresh lines, small favors, and reactive barks bring towns and wilds to life. Some conversations lead to secrets…World-Building & Dialogue Enhancements — Cleaner delivery, richer lore, and better pacing across story beats.Much, Much More — QoL tweaks, performance passes, controller feel polish, bug fixes, and visual touches throughout.As we head into full release, your feedback is priceless. Drop thoughts (and bug reports) in the Discussions and let me know what you want to see polished next. Thanks for riding these winds with me and helping me see my dreams come true.Read full article on Community Announcements (Grimes Productions)Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Patch #1
The Demo has been out for only a few days now and already a few great players have found a couple of small areas that could use some improvement. That being said, here they are. Better GUI for indicating when the player is or is not healing at a campfire Quicker enemy attacks to make dodging feel a bit more robust Tavern-Keep Interactions smoothed out so that it feels better for the player to get there gold Special Easter Egg added in for the few players that think they can break the Demo Walls down ;p These are the few core issues that were sniffed out and fixed. Thanks again for every player and wishlister out there. As a Solo Developer working on there dream project it means the world!Read full article on Community Announcements (Grimes Productions)Community & EventsOfficial
Beast and Cleaver - Demo and Steam Next Fest
Game News Welcome to the world of Beast and Cleaver everyone! This is the first of many news updates over the next few months leading up to the games full release on October 1st, 2025. As of today players are able to see more than just the steam store page... introducing the Demo! What's included in the Demo? The entire first biome including 5 enemy variations 1 of the games six difficult and strategic boss fights 6 Demo specific quest related to the Demos open biome The Demo is estimated to take a new player around 30-60 minutes, or just enough to see the games core values. Another huge piece of news for the game is that we are officially registered as a part of this upcoming Spring Next Fest! This means publicity, and the potential for player to get the chance to see the game and get excited for it in these months prior to full release! Personal Message Nearly one year ago I found a passion for game creation, this has lead to the creation of Beast and Cleaver. Many sleepless nights and coffees later the game is nearly ready for its full release, though its progress is still progressing. That being said, I want to give a HUGE thank you to each and every person that reads this and takes time out of there day to give my game a chance. So truly, from a solo developer, thank you.Read full article on Community Announcements (Grimes Productions)
