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Hairgression · Published by Hairgression
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
A Metroidvania inspired by the mechanics and style of classic games in the genre. Help Mirabel find different ways to explore a haunted mansion and hunt terrifying witches while gaining new weapons and discovering more about the macabre experiments carried out by demonic beings.
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Explore Malleus Maleficarum, an indie adventure where you wield unique weapons to hunt witches in a sprawling, eerie mansion. Dive into the macabre world designed by Hairgression, blending Metroidvania mechanics with classic game style.
About this game
Explore the abandoned mansion in the swamp
Find the secrets and mysteries hidden in the mansion and face the dangers within. Confront the witches and take revenge on them for the terrors they caused in the past. Malleus Malleficarum is a metroidvania inspired by classics of the past, such as Metroid and Castlevania.
With its retro visual style, feel a nostalgic effect as you find new weapons that will help you move through the scenario intelligently, face powerful monsters, discover the witches' past, and take revenge for their Machiavellian actions.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel or AMD Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: (Integrated): Intel HD Graphics or AMD (formerly ATI) Radeon HD Graphics (Discrete): Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT or AMD Radeon HD 2400
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Additional Notes: Those are estimated values.
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel or AMD Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: (Integrated): Intel HD Graphics or AMD (formerly ATI) Radeon HD Graphics (Discrete): Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT or AMD Radeon HD 2400
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Additional Notes: Those are estimated values.
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Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
New launch month and some quality of life adjustments
Letter to youFirst of all, thank you all for the support and feedbacks that everyone is giving in the forum and in the reviews. It's being so amazing to see you guys commenting there and we are so happy with the reception.With that being said, I promissed that we would say something about the launch date yesterday, however we had to delay the news one day (sorry about this cdizon26 ːsteamsadː). Sooo, about the news: We wanted to release the full game in november, however with all the feedback and the work we have to do to deliver a good experience to everyone that is expecting it, we decided to release the game in... MID JANUARY!! We have a date in mind, but this is going to be revelead in another day, so keep your eyes open. 👀 We are really excited to show you all we have to offer with this game and set our next goals after it. Patch NoteNow, to our patch notes:Pause menu addedOptions menu added (with only the fullscreen setting at the moment)Player shoot cooldown increasedBarbara of the Pleasure's health decreased and cooldown between pillars increasedSome small enemy positioning adjustments And with that, we just wanted to say that our demo will be part of the Steam Scream Festival, so happy halloween 👻. Thank you all for everything and have a good night!!Read full article on Community Announcements (hairgression)Patch NotesOfficial
Small fixes and adjustments
Hello again, some more bugs reported by the community (yes, you guys!!) have been resolved:Added controller support in the main menu buttons;Frogs now have a random idle timer;Camera smooth partially removed due to some graphical glitches;Fixed bug where the hag head (aka: flamethrower) was crashing the game.Thanks for all the feedback and reports, more changes concerning game balancing are being made, so stay tunned! See you later!! \\0/Read full article on Community Announcements (hairgression)Patch NotesOfficial
Steam Next Fest Update and Small fixes
First of all We at Hairgression just wanted to say THANK YOU!!! for everyone that took a time for playing our demo. We have been working on this game for almost a year, mostly on our spare time, and we are soo happ seeing so many of different people for all over the world playing Malleus Maleficarum. We promisse that we are going to work hard for delivering an amazing game at the final version. Fixes and improvments That being said, we made some fixes in issues that were reported to us, so here is a list to them: Auto maximize when opening the demo;Fixed bug related to moving Mirabel with a joystick;Improved visuals and behaviour on the tutorial and pop up menus;Tutorials no longer appears when entenring in their respective areas;Little smooth added to the vertical follow of the camera;We are aware of some other bugs that are happening and we are working on them, but please let us know if you see anything out of the ordinary. Thank you all again for giving Malleus a try and stay tunned for the future! Bye Bye!Read full article on Community Announcements (hairgression)
