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Watch trailer on Steam ↗Puck'n Hell
ArcaneEdge · Published by ArcaneEdge
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
A dark arcade air hockey duel set in limbo. Strange opponents. No excuses. Just you and the puck. Easy to understand. Difficult to master. Welcome to Hell. Grab your paddle.
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About this game
There is a cafe at the bottom of everything. The lights are low and the bar at the back never serves anyone — because the people who come here aren't drinking. They're playing.
Puck'n Hell is a one-on-one(just for beggining) physics-based air hockey gauntlet against five condemned souls. Each one has a name, a story, and a way of moving the puck that you have not seen before.
Their patience does not run out. Yours has to. Every shot is solved by physics, not scripts. There are no rubber-band catches, no guaranteed outcomes just the puck, the table, and whichever of you can read the next bounce first.
Take the ladder in Last Call. Pick your fight in House Rules. Bring it online through Steam and try a real human across the table instead. You either walk out or you keep playing.
The cafe doesn't close.
Honest Physics
No rubber-banding. No guaranteed catches. No "AI difficulty" smudged across the puck's trajectory.
Every rebound off the wall, every paddle hit, every glancing deflection is solved by the same rigid-body simulation as the puck itself — and the AI is solving it from the same data you are.
The only difference between you and the opponent is reaction time, error, and the fact that the opponent knows their signature shots better than you do yet. That's it. That's the whole physics layer.
The game doesn't decide who wins — the table does.
Beyond that, we'll add what the community asks for. Every patch will explain what changed and why. We'll never ship a balance change that we can't justify from real match data. Wishlist Puck'n Hell for the patch notes.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit (version 1909 or later)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 (3.4 GHz, 4C/4T) or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (3.1 GHz, 4C/4T)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (2 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 460 (2 GB) / Intel UHD 630 — DX11 class
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectSound / WASAPI compatible (onboard or discrete)
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit (22H2) / Windows 11 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-10400 (2.9 GHz, 6C/12T) or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (3.6 GHz, 6C/12T)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (6 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (6 GB) / Intel Arc A580 — DX12 class
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectSound / WASAPI compatible (onboard or discrete)
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Hotfix — Head Tracking v0.1.7
Fixes for the head tracking added in the last update. Mouse and gamepad play are unaffected.- The menu cursor no longer stutters or stalls — it moves smoothly now.- Fixed the cursor not moving at all for some players.- Smile detection now calibrates to your face, so clicking works more consistently.- Fixed the paddle lurching across the table at the start of a round.- Fixed the cursor stopping working after turning head tracking off and back on in Settings.Read full article on Community Announcements (ArcaneEdge)Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Update — Hands-Free Menus v0.1.6
- Steer the pointer with your head anywhere outside a match — main menu, settings, character select, pause, end of match.- Smile to click.- Reach for the mouse whenever you want and it takes over instantly. Move your head again and it hands back.- Same as before: off by default, Windows only, and everything is processed locally on your own computer. No images, video, or face data are ever uploaded, shared, or stored. Turn it on in Settings.GAMEPLAY- Precision paddle preset: slightly softer response for steadier aiming.Head tracking is still experimental and we're still tuning it — tell us how the menus feel.Read full article on Community Announcements (ArcaneEdge)Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Update — Head Tracking, Settings Navigation & Language Support
NEW: HEAD TRACKINGSteer your paddle with your head, using nothing but an ordinary webcam. Powered by SENSEPILOTTurn it on in Settings > Paddle. It's off by default — the camera only runs while head tracking is switched on.Everything is processed locally on your own computer. No images, video, or face data are ever uploaded, shared, or stored.It plays alongside mouse and gamepad rather than replacing them — move your head to steer, grab the mouse any time and it takes over instantly.This is an early version and we'd love your feedback on how it feels.SETTINGSPaddle presets — Beginner / Balanced / Precision / Aggressive — now work as a proper row. Move between them with Left/Right on keyboard or gamepad.The preset you're currently using stays highlighted, so it's clear which one is active.Fixed the settings menu stealing your selection when opening it or switching tabs.LANGUAGE & TEXTAdded Simplified Chinese font support, so Chinese text displays correctly.Expanded character coverage across the main fonts for better non-Latin text rendering.Turkish: language names in the language selector now appear in Turkish.We're also working on the characters that will replace the current placeholders and on multiplayer mode. See you soon.Read full article on Community Announcements (ArcaneEdge)Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Hotfix v0.1.4
- New: Pressing ESC in-game now opens a proper pause menu with Settings and Give Up, instead of jumping straight to the give-up prompt.- Pause fix: the pause menu could be opened with ESC during the opponent intro and on the victory/defeat screens. It now only responds during actual gameplay.- Pause fix: pressing ESC while the in-game settings panel was open could stack a second pause menu behind it. No more.- Localization: the "Press SPACE to skip" intro prompt is now properly translated in all supported languages.- Localization: the "Game Sound" volume slider is now called "Ambient Sound" in every language.Read full article on Community Announcements (ArcaneEdge)Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Update v0.1.3
Opponent AI — rebuiltEvery opponent decision path was reworked this cycle.Opponents actually attack The previous build's AI silently defended almost every rally; now attacks fire when the puck loiters in their zone, with real windups you can read and punish.Corners are real cornersPrevious "Corner Left / Corner Right" shots aimed 8% off center — essentially straight shots. They now aim at genuine goalpost corners, leaving ~17 cm margin from the post. Player defense skill matters.Panic tracks corner threatsWhen a fast puck lines up on goal, the paddle slides along the goal line following the puck — no more parking dead-center while a corner shot sails past.HP hearts + combo threat visualsCombo hits now scale HP damage exponentially — 2 hearts at combo 10, 3 at 20, 4 at 30, all the way to 10 hearts at combo 90+. A *long enough rally can end the match on a single goal.* The hearts play a new combo_warning animation as damage tier climbs, so you can feel the stakes rising before the goal actually lands.Menu + settings overhaulSettings panel massively expanded — gamepad and keyboard button glyphs (L1/R1 shown for controller users, full remap display for keyboards), consistent behavior across 11 different top-level menus. Fully localized: *English, Turkish, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, Chinese.*Steam quit no longer hangsPrevious builds froze for 3-4 seconds on exit while Steamworks tore down. Now near-instant.Font clarityAll TMP fonts regenerated with proper fallback tables — better multilingual character coverage.Bug fixSP damage 9-heart tier was unreachable due to a duplicate branch check. Fixed.Read full article on Community Announcements (ArcaneEdge)
