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Demonschool
Developer Necrosoft Games, Mystic Systems
Demonschool is a 2025 turn-based tactical role-playing video game developed by Necrosoft Games and published by Ysbryd Games. It was released on November 19, 2025, for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S and PC. The player controls a group of demon hunting college students, led by a demon hunter named Faye, as they navigate university life on an island while combating… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
464 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
85
LovedLoved
222 positive · 39 negative
95% range 80–89%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 222 | 39 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 66 | 1 | 94 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 15 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
877 of 939 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 219 yes, 40 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 259 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (993 of 1,082 positive).
Players praise the combat as a puzzle-like tactical system, often comparing it to Into the Breach. [1][2][3] The art, music, and overall vibe are widely celebrated as stylish and nostalgic. [4][5][6] Some reviewers criticize the writing as weak or overly goofy, undermining serious moments. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
Very odd experience with this game. I'm invested enough to see it through to the end I think, but the game is very, VERY poorly balanced. Not in terms of difficulty, but the game itself is 75% combat, 25% everything else which wouldn't be so bad if the combat wasn't repetitive and somewhat boring. The art is stellar, the music is great, the aesthetic, vibe, and concept are all incredible. It had the potential to be …
- [2]
Be aware: This is essentially a puzzle game. You are using characters with different abilities (and many characters don't do damage -- they only buff or rearrange enemies) to line enemies up to be defeated all at once. You get rewarded on how few rounds of moves it takes for you to do this. You even need to defeat batches of enemies to make others appear so that you can defeat them all in time. As long as you are …
- [3]
When I play a game and ultimately judge it, it is usually based on one big factor for me: does the game accomplish what it set out to do, regardless of its faults? For Demonschool, it absolutely does. Pretty much no game is perfect, but Demonschool is perfect in capturing the vibe it presents. The artwork, soundtrack, and gameplay all tie together to make a fun and nostalgic experience that I've been invested in for …
- [13]
Into The Breach-adjacent gameplay, vibes that feel like equal parts old Persona and new Persona, and writing that is just... Embarrassing like 2/3 of the time. The actual game is a lot of fun, best taken in short bursts. It's a tactics game that veers so hard into the tactics part that it might be more appropriate to classify it as a puzzle game. The bosses, especially, are all clever, unique, and fun (with one …
- [1]
Althought i didn't played the game alot yet, for now i'll give it a positive review, but it has flaws. The combat system looks interesting and the graphics are great, however i need to say that this game suffers the same issue Hundred Line and Valkyria Chronicles 1 had, and even worse. This isn't a strategy rpg, is a puzzle rpg game. Every battle you encounter has a turn limit in case you want to reach 3 stars, AKA, …
Summarised from 34 of the 428 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
85% of the 259 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Demonschool. The complaint that keeps coming up: writing is often weak, goofy, or underbaked. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
According to the review aggregation website Metacritic, the PC version of Demonschool received generally favorable reviews from critics, while the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 versions both received "mixed or average" reviews from critics. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 72% of critics. Reception for Demonschool was mixed, with many critics praising its stylish flair and fun plot, while criticism focused on its repetitive fights and small amount of side content. PC Gamer's Mollie Taylor noted that watching each turn work through your selected moves felt like watching "a miniature performance" and praised its…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 464 · most liked firstWe worked real hard and did a huge amount of quality of life stuff (mouse control, text logs), added New Game Plus, and a bunch of extra dialog bits for Demonschool. It's also currently the Steam daily deal at 30% off! Good time to grab it if you haven't.
positive · AI labelView post →It's the Spring Sale on Steam! Demonschool is 20% off!!! You should please buy it if you have not. It's no exaggeration to say the more people buy the game, the more we'll be able to do with it in the future. So tell your friends as well! store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
positive · AI labelView post →This is proving to be a popular sentiment, so if you want to play a game that was 100% made by human beings, check out Demonschool. (it is an RPG with puzzle-y tactical battles, so make sure you like that kind of thing first) store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
positive · AI labelView post →BIG DEMONSCHOOL UPDATE! We've added: - more clubhouse dialog - unlockable friendship dialog - full mouse control! - text log - grammar pass on main story - New Game Plus that lets you carry over everything from a past playthrough! - loads of fixes! patch notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/190...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey folks, I've finally gotten around to adding Demonschool to my Steam curator page, a game I had wanted to give a thumbs up to, but desperately wanted to see through to the end before doing so, as I was utterly captivated by it. Especially that soundtrack! store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
positive · AI labelView post →Happy to announce that Demonschool will be available on the Steam Machine at launch!!!! (just like every other steam game) store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Anybody who knows anybody that might be interested in Demonschool and might give it a little boost, please entice them to fill out this form! We put a lot into this game and we really want people to see it.
positive · AI labelView post →You can unlock this game in Demonschool. It's our bid to become even more of a Yakuza-like, rereleasing our older games in our newer ones.
neutral · AI labelView post →Why delay a game that’s nothing like Silksong to avoid its surprise release? Because for indies, there’s just too much riding on each individual launch to chance it. Demonschool creative director @brandon.insertcredit.com explains:
neutral · AI labelView post →Demonschool is more spooky than scary but two young ladies who played the game at the Tokyo Game Show SCREAMED when they saw this happen in the demo, dropped the controller, and ran away apologizing.
neutral · AI labelView post →*self-promo time* Turns out I translated this huge RPG called Demonschool into LATAM Spanish??? And I'm looking for more work??? Poured tons of love into translating Demonschool and I would love to do the same for your game!
neutral · AI labelView post →I think delaying was the right call, and I hope Demonschool has a great launch, so everyone maybe share and wishlist the game?
positive · AI labelView post →I think Demonschool is a good video game but I think Brandon’s approach to how staff worked together and were credited REALLY deserves a lot of attention. Video game crediting is a stupid black box and transparency will help average people understand these roles.
neutral · AI labelView post →Demonschool devlog 3! In this one we discuss how we tried to weave the structural and theoretical concept of "school" throughout the game without making time management a core mechanic. store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/... store.playstation.com/en-us/concep... www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
neutral · AI labelView post →Demonschool Devlog Number 2! In which we discuss our methods for making the world feel full but manageable, in a game paced and designed for busy people. store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/... store.playstation.com/en-us/concep... www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
neutral · AI labelView post →Gonna vouch for Demonschool again, it's a game made by people mad enough to include a reference to Moontrap; you can have the characters rent a copy of the movie from a dodgy guy in a van to review for their school paper. That and the soundtrack is pure Giallo worship.
positive · AI labelView post →Our Demonschool demo is 2-3 hours long and hundreds have played it - yet nobody has mentioned the lack of leveling. Instead the game gives grades (for currency/feedback) and techniques (for modifying characters). We wanted a small-number RPG and leveling didn't fit that. And nobody seems to miss it?
neutral · AI labelView post →Very honored that Demonschool was Metacritic's "7/10 game of the year" for 2025
neutral · AI labelView post →EXCLUSIVE: Nintendo Reveals Demonschool Kept for Japan’s Indie Direct Because Game “Too Cool” for Americans (don’t worry americans we can still get it Sept. 3)
neutral · AI labelView post →Just FYI: While the launch discount is over, you can still get Demonschool for a discount if you already own Into the Breach, Look Outside, Birdcage, Kingdoms of the Dump, VA-11 Hall-A, or World of Horror, from our bundles page. store.steampowered.com/bundlelist/1...
neutral · AI labelView post →Friend of Quest 64 Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com is looking for streamers to play his upcoming game Demonschool! If stylish tactics based RPGs are of interest to you, please consider!
neutral · AI labelView post →1. Demonschool - 3rd of September Indie RPG with turn based combat, love the art style on this one, looks terrific. Looks like the kinda game that would play great on the steam deck too.
positive · AI labelView post →Althought i didn't played the game alot yet, for now i'll give it a positive review, but it has flaws. The combat system looks interesting and the graphics are great, however i need to say that this game suffers the same issue Hundred Line and Valkyria Chronicles 1 had, and even worse. This isn't a strategy rpg, is a puzzle rpg game. Every battle you encounter has a turn limit in case you want to reach 3 stars, AKA, the maximum rank in the combat, if you didn't win on the turn limit, you will…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You asked for it, you got it - Demonschool is now on gog: www.gog.com/en/game/demo...
neutral · AI labelView post →Keen viewers will note the return of our pseudo 3D driving game Oh, Deer! - we've ported the alpha (which has been unavailable for years) to Demonschool as an unlockable minigame. Your requests have been (partially) answered! (note: this is an old trailer - it is not "out now" on PlayStation Mobile)
neutral · AI labelView post →We sold a lot of copies over the weekend, which is great! But when you sell a game at a discount, your rating/score inevitably goes down. So if you played and liked Demonschool, please remember to leave a review! Also, the game is still on sale for 4 more days if you haven't grabbed it yet!!!
positive · AI labelView post →One thing we've really enjoyed as a team is seeing that people are not just buying but *actually playing* Demonschool. It's had active players every single day (which we can see in the steam backend) from launch through to now, 6 months out from release. Pretty good for a single player game!
positive · AI labelView post →Demonschool Devlog 4: Audio! We discuss our approach to music and sound, and how we tried to use both to support some of the themes and structures in the game. Demonschool available now! store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/... store.playstation.com/en-us/concep... www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
neutral · AI labelView post →It's the last day of the spring sale, and thus the last day to get Demonschool for 20% off (including the artbook and design book DLC, which is actually closer to a making-of!). If you like puzzley tactics this game is (hopefully) for you.
positive · AI labelView post →Be aware: This is essentially a puzzle game. You are using characters with different abilities (and many characters don't do damage -- they only buff or rearrange enemies) to line enemies up to be defeated all at once. You get rewarded on how few rounds of moves it takes for you to do this. You even need to defeat batches of enemies to make others appear so that you can defeat them all in time. As long as you are aware that it is a puzzle game, it is brilliant. The story is a little goofy,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Demonschool is steam frame compatible! ... Why? Well, why not!
neutral · AI labelView post →Big fan of whenever you can feel the authors' weird extremely specific interests coming through a game, loud and clear. Also a big fan of something that feels like Into The Breach through the lens of someone who had a real good time playing every Nintendo DS RPG ever made. Necrosoft put together a really generous thing here. Expect something a little goofy and a little exuberantly campy and you'll have a real gosh darn good time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's hard to play Demonschool and not notice every minute design consideration in the combat. They made a tactics system as expressive as any Matsuno game without any stats, levels, or XP. It's like, what if chess was good. Pulling off a rube goldberg action phase in this game feels transcendent.
positive · AI labelView post →The demo for @necrosoftgames.com Demonschool is out now as part of Steam Next Fest! It's around 3 hours long and represents maybe 8% of the final game! You should try it! Is releasing such a long game a good idea? We have no idea. Let's find out! store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
neutral · AI labelView post →A look at our new Demonschool physical edition for Nintendo Switch in its reversible cover art, along with its four art cards. Preorders are open now: www.fangamer.com/collections/...
neutral · AI labelView post →One day left to get Demonschool for 20% off on Steam! And don't forget to review if you liked the game, we're sooooo close to 1k reviews!
neutral · AI labelView post →Demonschool has gotten the most fanart of any game we've ever made. please look at it! it's nice.
neutral · AI labelView post →We have a small new quality of life update for Demonschool! In new game plus you can now move forward in time by nagivating with the planner! We also fixed a load of bugs. Next big update won't be for a while, but it will be DLC! store.steampowered.com/news/app/190...
neutral · AI labelView post →Damn, a blip slkorp! Follow me, I take about indie games a lot. Here's a little thread about Demonschool, a game I had a lot of fun with:
positive · AI labelView post →So, what's Demonschool? I would describe it as a Persona-inspired turn-based tactics game where combat is more about positioning and using your teammates' skills in tandem to deal with demons, but the combat plays out more like a puzzle in the vein of Into The Breach or Tactical Breach Wizards.
neutral · AI labelView post →I usually wait til I've played more before reviewing games but I just talked to an NPC who said "Hold me closer." I looked at the top of his speech bubble and it said his name was Tiny Gangster. 10/10 Will obsessively talk to every NPC from now on.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In case this is useful to other game devs, this is our lifetime wishlist additions for Demonschool over time.
neutral · AI labelView post →Started playing Demonschool. Very funny game.
positive · AI labelView post →The Rube Golbergian combo chains you can set up in Demonschool just by way of its own consistent internal logic of system interaction... I'm telling you man, the game was shooting off big ol fireworks in my brain for something north of 60 hours. There was not one moment that I didn't _love_.
positive · AI labelView post →We're getting SO MUCH STUFF done during the Demonschool delay, you wouldn't believe it! Today, we got the game Steam Deck Verified! Can't wait for you nerds to try this
neutral · AI labelView post →I started playing Demonschool on stream, but it was the exact kind of game I enjoy on my steam deck, it's VERY playable in bitesize chunks
positive · AI labelView post →Buy this game if you like: -Good synth music -Nice art evocative of the Saturn era -Silly, deadpan humor -Snappy unique combats that play out like a puzzle Don't buy this game if you are: -A cop
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you would like to play a video game created entirely through the effort of human experience Demonschool is on sale for another 2 days: store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Game journalist folks on here! @necrosoftgames.com Demonschool will be at the IGN Live event in LA starting the 7th. You should check it out! We'll have one OR TWO people available for interview! DM me if you wanna know more, since we can do that now. come check out our normal video game
neutral · AI labelView post →Very odd experience with this game. I'm invested enough to see it through to the end I think, but the game is very, VERY poorly balanced. Not in terms of difficulty, but the game itself is 75% combat, 25% everything else which wouldn't be so bad if the combat wasn't repetitive and somewhat boring. The art is stellar, the music is great, the aesthetic, vibe, and concept are all incredible. It had the potential to be a Persona 2 inspired hit. But the writing is pretty . . . abysmal. It tries to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello - we're delaying Demonschool until the start of 2025. This was not our first choice, but we had to do it for the game. We wrote more about it so you know what we're doing and why it happened. Sorry to do this to you all! It has been a tough year. necrosoftgames.com/demonschool-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished up Demonschool and ohhhh I loved it to bits 😈 Impossibly moreish tactical battles, gorgeous art, writing that fizzes, ripper of an OST... and even in-game VHS movie reviews ALL THE GOOD STUFF Nothing but admiration for @necrosoftgames.com 💖
positive · AI labelView post →Demonschool just keeps hittin 🤘🏼
positive · AI labelView post →One of the best things about Demonschool that no one really talks about is that it is a secret recommendation engine for cult movies. I talk about this a LOT in the boxout of my blog post…
positive · AI labelView post →Just a reminder that as we put the game on sale, negative reviews inevitably pile up - if you liked Demonschool and haven't yet given a steam review, please do!
neutral · AI labelView post →That's a wrap on Demonschool! I really enjoyed it. Combat is quite fun (a few fights that drove me nuts notwithstanding) and I loved the characters and story and all the gayness and lady smooching I did. The sheer volume of fights toward the end wore me out a little but overall it was a great time!
positive · AI labelView post →Hyper Gunsport ($2.99) - before Demonschool, Necrosoft made a lil title that feels like a lost SNK sports game that you would've found paired up right alongside Super Baseball 2020 and Windjammers. arcade sci-fi volleyball with sets and spikes done with guns. store.steampowered.com/app/1663250/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Another game I've been really looking forward to, Demonschool, is out tomorrow! Another very cool looking isometric RPG with some incredibly striking visuals.
positive · AI labelView post →Demonschool was nominated for NAVGTR awards for best RPG and original score! navgtr.org/2025-nominee...
neutral · AI labelView post →I like this game, but I wish I loved it. Weak writing and some gameplay issues betray the stellar graphics, bumping OST, and fun tactical combat with incredible boss fights. Honestly, Demonschool leaves a terrible first impression--the earliest parts of the game are particularly rote, with sidequests like "Find a guy's sandwich," and they don't get much better from there. In terms of characters, I quite enjoyed Faye's manic positivity and Namako's sharp uncertainty. Our protagonists are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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