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Lillymo Games · Published by Lillymo Games · Official site ↗
Content notice: Contains frequent pixelated gore.
Very Positive — 95% positive (116 reviews) · 39 achievements
Last updated 9 Oct 2026
Saint Slayer is an NES-style 2D action game, featuring loads of stages, enemies, and gore set against the backdrop of late-17th century Europe. Play as the ex-soldier Rudiger and wield the Spear of Sacrilege as you save the Holy Roman Empire from the corrupt Catholic priest Father Pacer.
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Action, Indie · 2026 · More £5 - £15 games
Embark on a blood-drenched journey as Rudiger, wielding the Spear of Sacrilege, battles through stages filled with enemies and horror in this 2026 indie action game from Lillymo Games.
About this game
The year is 1698. A mysterious figure named Father Pacer has shattered the peace negotiated after the War of the Grand Alliance, obsessively and violently stealing Catholic relics throughout the Holy Roman Empire. Can the ex-soldier-turned-farmer Rudiger protect his people from a power-mad priest and his horde of monsters and minions? Can he become Saint Slayer?
A robust, 21-stage single player campaign...
...that can be played entirely in two-player co-op!
Stunning, gory, and atmospheric NES-era pixel art
Killer 8-bit chiptune soundtrack
Seven intense boss fights
Find and befriend animal familiars
Unlockable upgrades and bonuses galore
Player choice: Help or hurt those in your path!
Rewards multiple playthroughs with challenges, achievements, and passwords
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 9c-compatible graphics card with at least 256MB of video memory
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 250 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Ravenous Greed Demo Available Now!
After an encounter with an enchanted artifact left our hero Pacer ensorcelled. It's up to you rebuild his nest, recruit his minions, and most importantly gather his gold! Ravenous Greed is a family friendly platforming caw-lectathon, packed with humor, wild characters, and loads of fun gameplay variety.In Ravenous Greed you play through 21 stages in a traditional platforming style gameplay, with the added benefits of being a bird! Jump, flap, swoop, dodge and caw your heart out to master the trials before you. Featuring a killer chiptune soundtrack that matches the art style perfectly.Some of the other gameplay styles you will encounter are:-Traditional platforming stages-Shoot 'em up style stages-Cooking mini games-Rhythm based gameplay sections-Skateboarding stages-Shooting Gallery and other Arcade gamesBetween missions you can kick back at your base to enjoy a variety of interactions with a host of unique characters, play mini games to earn even more coins, and spend resources to upgrade your abilities and stats. There are loads of things to do all in the ultimate pursuit of filling your money vault with enough coins to dive in and swim around in them. As the coins get deeper so does the gameplay. Can you collect enough coins to fill the vault?Play the demo and wishlist now!Read full article on Community Announcements (Barry M Johnson)Patch NotesOfficial
Saint Slayer Steam Machine Improvement/Fix
A minor update is now live for Saint Slayer fixing a recently discovered issue with Steam Machine/Steam Controller. The game was being locked into the Steam Deck aspect ratio (16:10), this bug has now been fixed. Saint Slayer will still lock to 16:10 while playing on the Steam Deck.Below are before and after photos of playing on a TV using the Steam Machine and Steam Controller.Before Update:After Update:Read full article on Community Announcements (Barry M Johnson)Patch NotesOfficial
July 15th 2026 Saint Slayer Update
With today's update to Saint Slayer we made some minor touch ups to improve and clean things up.-Adjustments to scoring, and point values-Adjustments to layer/depth of point displays-Removal of point display when collecting single coins-Adjust faith value of Miracle Water (the red jug) item to 3 within stages to match it's power in Lavinia's shop-Fixes placement issues with corpses that are a hat or a skull in some situations (such as cauldrons on Stage 14)-Adds an optional minimalist Screen Filter setting to the "OPTIONS" menu to simulate an older school look-Other minor fixes and adjustmentsRead full article on Community Announcements (Barry M Johnson)Patch NotesOfficial
Minor Patch 06-04-2026
-Fixes halo related bug on Stage 13Read full article on Community Announcements (Barry M Johnson)Patch NotesOfficial
Minor Patch 05-17-2026
-Adds "SPEEDRUN" password -Adds final timer to post game summary when playing through the game without quitting, starting from Stage 1 -Displays current password mod in pause menu -Adjustments to halo respawn on Stage 7 -Fixes issue where Ruudiger would float when killing the final boss with a jump attack on the "RUUDIGER" passwordRead full article on Community Announcements (Barry M Johnson)
