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Very Positive — 81% positive (109 reviews)
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
A turn-based, tactical RPG with 30 character classes and 50+ hours of gameplay.
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£5.19
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Action, Indie, RPG, Strategy · 2018 · More £5 - £15 games
Dive into a deep underwater world where strategic battles unfold across 50+ hours of gameplay, choosing from more than 30 unique character classes in Demon's Rise - War for the Deep.
About this game
Enter the depths of the ancient city of Angor and prepare for battle. Form a mercenary party of adventurers, sell swords, rogue sorcerers and assassins and enlist with an army of Dwarves trying to retake their ancient homeland. Fight in a brutal campaign against goblins, undead, ratmen and the demon lords they worship.
Demon's Rise is a turn-based tactical game where players must lead a party of six heroes through the bowels of an underground city. Battles are intense affairs where the proper use of terrain and cover is as important as the choice of spell or attack.
BATTLES: Fight through 85 grueling levels ... a 35 level linked campaign and 50 patrol missions.
CHARACTERS: Choose a band of six heroes from 30 playable character classes. Each class has unique strengths, weaknesses and special abilities.
REWARDS: Uncover the treasures of the old kingdom ... find gold or thousands of possible weapons, pieces of armour and artifacts. Equip them to make your heroes stronger or sell them off and buy something more fitting.
EXPERIENCE: As your heroes fight, they gain experience, level up and unlock powerful new spells and abilities.
COVER / TERRAIN: Position is key to victory. Place your heroes behind cover for protection or next to a magical shrine for extra power.
MORALE: Your heroes and their enemies may panic when they see the battle go badly or enter a berserker fury if they see an ally cut down. Form a tight battle line where your stronger heroes can lend courage to the weaker ones and use intimidation as a weapon against your foes.
ABILITIES: Wizards can launch fireballs, cast protective wards or summon powerful monsters to their aid. Illusionists can trick their enemies into switching sides or make them panic without reason. Mighty warriors can make powerful weapon strikes, become berserk or heal themselves during battle. All 30 player classes and many of the enemies you will encounter can perform such abilities and can use them to turn defeat into victory.
Demon's Rise - War for the Deep is a traditional game with NO IN-APP PURCHASES or unfair "pay to win" mechanics. Victory is earned through courage, strength and tactics and not additional spending.
Demon's Rise is a turn-based tactical game where players must lead a party of six heroes through the bowels of an underground city. Battles are intense affairs where the proper use of terrain and cover is as important as the choice of spell or attack.
BATTLES: Fight through 85 grueling levels ... a 35 level linked campaign and 50 patrol missions.
CHARACTERS: Choose a band of six heroes from 30 playable character classes. Each class has unique strengths, weaknesses and special abilities.
REWARDS: Uncover the treasures of the old kingdom ... find gold or thousands of possible weapons, pieces of armour and artifacts. Equip them to make your heroes stronger or sell them off and buy something more fitting.
EXPERIENCE: As your heroes fight, they gain experience, level up and unlock powerful new spells and abilities.
COVER / TERRAIN: Position is key to victory. Place your heroes behind cover for protection or next to a magical shrine for extra power.
MORALE: Your heroes and their enemies may panic when they see the battle go badly or enter a berserker fury if they see an ally cut down. Form a tight battle line where your stronger heroes can lend courage to the weaker ones and use intimidation as a weapon against your foes.
ABILITIES: Wizards can launch fireballs, cast protective wards or summon powerful monsters to their aid. Illusionists can trick their enemies into switching sides or make them panic without reason. Mighty warriors can make powerful weapon strikes, become berserk or heal themselves during battle. All 30 player classes and many of the enemies you will encounter can perform such abilities and can use them to turn defeat into victory.
Demon's Rise - War for the Deep is a traditional game with NO IN-APP PURCHASES or unfair "pay to win" mechanics. Victory is earned through courage, strength and tactics and not additional spending.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows® 7 & Later, 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-3217U or AMD A4-5000 APU
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512MB Video Memory
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card
Recommended
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows® 7 & Later, 64-bit
- Processor: 3GHz Quad Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2GB ATI Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card
Supported Languages
English*
*languages with full audio support
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.5 Released.
Patch 1.5 Released - Several minor bugs fixed. - Added ability to choose a team size from 1 to 6 when starting a new campaign. - Improved texture quality of several characters such as the Tree Giant. - Improvements to the UI - Removed the tooltip that happens when hovering the mouse over an enemy character as it was too intrusive. Instead, more data is displayed on the attack summary. - Underlying engine upgrade.Read full article on Community Announcements (WaveLightGames)AnnouncementsOfficial
BETA Invite for our next Game!
Hi everyone, We're starting the BETA for our next tactical RPG! It's called Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North and is built on the Demon's Rise engine but with loads of improvements and much better graphics and audio. If you'd like to help us test it, please come to the Discord server to get a beta key: https://discord.gg/3rT8Cua All the best, https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32571334/9c34faecabeb0b06889b57c14d1237e3fd8c6699.pngRead full article on Community Announcements (WaveLightGames)Patch NotesOfficial
1.4.2 Patch Details
- Fixed a bug that crept in last patch that prevented the game from running.Read full article on Community Announcements (WaveLightGames)Patch NotesOfficial
1.4.1 Patch Details
- Fixed the bug where navigation was not working correctly in the tutorial levels. - Redid lighting and light mapping with updated engine for a better and more realistic look.Read full article on Community Announcements (WaveLightGames)Patch NotesOfficial
1.4 Patch Notes
This update brings some major improvements to the vendor and also fixes a long running bug with the end turn button disappearing. There are also some changes to prevent odd navigation behaviour reported on some levels. - Fixed a bug where pressing the End Turn button while a unit was performing a move or attack would cause the end turn button to disappear. - Shop keeper now sorts items in categories by item type. Amulets, rings, weapons, etc. are now in separate categories. - Removed the old "cheap, normal, premium" item categories. - Items are now sorted in ascending order of price. - Fixed a bug where characters with no missile attacks were showing missile attack stats in the shop keeper character stat screen. - Several minor bug fixes. - Fixed a bug where characters would sometimes walk off the board. Please note that when this occurs, the character instead instantly teleports to the target tile. This is not ideal visually but does prevent an otherwise game-breaking event. Hopefully, this can be further improved in future updates.Read full article on Community Announcements (WaveLightGames)
