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- 11 November 2026
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The Offering Hour
- Single-player
- Steam Achievements
- Custom Volume Controls
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
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Release date11 November 2026Scheduled by Steam
Store statusComing soonSteam store listing
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- App ID
- 4937640
- App type
- Game
- Developer
- MazeSteps Studio ↗
- Publisher
- MazeSteps Studio ↗
- Supported systems
- Windows
- Genres
- Indie, Strategy
- Release date
- 11 November 2026
- Last player update
- Awaiting first sample
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System requirements
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Windows
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- Dual-core 2.0 GHz
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Graphics
- OpenGL 3.3 compatible (integrated graphics OK, Intel HD 4000 or better)
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- Quad-core 2.5 GHz
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Any dedicated GPU or modern integrated graphics (OpenGL 3.3+)
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
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About this game
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In the beginning, it was a sacrifice. Now it is a spectacle. One gate, and only one side walks out.
Gods and demons fill the stands. You are the Sacrificer.
Summon monsters, outlast cunning hero bosses, and when the moment comes, offer three of your own and step onto the sand as the demon they worship. Every second you spend is a second of your life.
TIME IS YOUR LIFE
Time is the only currency. Summons, spells, upgrades and merchant deals all burn seconds.
Even opening your grimoire to think costs one.
Wound the heroes and the crowd throws you time. Stall too long and the Hour Moon wanes faster.
Hit zero, and the altar claims you and your whole army.
COMMAND THE LEGION
96 monsters across 9 races : skeletons, demons, hellspawn, nether, dragonkin, savages, wolves, spiders and beasts.
They fight on their own; you call the shots. But only six seals hold the field, so every summon is a choice.
Stack race synergies, fuse two monsters into a higher tier, feed the weak to the strong, and carry traits like lifesteal and resurrection through the run.
Some monsters mutate. The game won't point them out.
SACRIFICE THREE. BECOME THE DEMON.
Let enough of one race fall in the arena, offer three of your own monsters and five minutes of your life, and descend as their Avatar .
Switch from commander to real-time WASD action, mid-battle.
6 Avatars , from a blood-cursed wolf to a dragon of the void, each with four skills and a finisher of its own.
THE HEROES ARE THE BOSSES
10 heroes , each with their own AI. They dodge, flank, heal each other and punish your openings.
They level up and grow stronger the longer you stall. Kill them before they outgrow you.
And they don't come alone: their soldiers march in waves, raiders crash in to fight you both, and sometimes a Viking Giant walks through the gate.
DARK RITES & BLOOD BARGAINS
10 dark rites for when you'd rather do the killing yourself:
Soul Siphon, Evil Whisper, Time Freeze... and a rain of Cute Slimes.
53 merchants come knocking, and they know how your run is going. One shows up when you're about to die. One smells your desperation and lends you time, at a price. One wants to buy your monsters.
Trade what's left of your life for monsters, traits, Blood Scrolls and 21 relics .
ONE LIFE. FIVE ARENAS.
Fight through five arenas on a single life.
No second is wasted: the time you survive is banked as Emberhours.
Spend it at the Ember Altar on permanent upgrades, and seal Blood Pacts to unlock new Avatars.
A Bestiary of 96 monsters, 30 achievements, and an ending worth reaching. Fully playable in 11 languages.
FREE DEMO
The first two arenas and three Avatars are free to play. See how long you last.
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7 tracked updates
The Offering Hour Demo v0.6.0: rebuilt for Steam Next Fest
The Demo has been rebuilt for Steam Next Fest (October 20–27). Here is what changed since v0.5.2.New arenas- The first two arenas are redrawn as an altar floating in a sea of stars.- The arena reacts to the fight: scorch marks, crumbling islands, souls flowing into the altar.Time is your life, now on screen- New HUD: a moon timer, a soul vessel and constellation badges for race synergies.- In the last 30 seconds the altar starts to claim you: a pentagram burns into the floor, your souls drain away, and at zero your whole army burns.Heroes are the bosses, and they fight smarter- Every hero now uses their full kit: ranged heroes keep their distance and shoot, others guard and throw.- Hero ultimates are telegraphed on the ground: the warning fills up from the hero's feet, and the damage area matches it exactly. Stay outside and you are safe.- Ultimates now hit when their effect lands, no...
Read full update on Steam ↗Demo v0.5.2 — Heavier hits, smarter packs, defeat screen.
The Offering Hour Demo v0.5.2 is now live.This update is about how combat feels, and about making a lost run tell you something.Combat feel- Avatar heavy skills now land with a brief hit-stop, and an Avatar's descent hits harder when it arrives.- Heroes and monsters now react to being hit: light blows nudge them, heavy blows knock them back.- Monster packs now surround their target instead of piling into one jittering clump.- Avatar roars no longer get cut off in the middle of a big fight.How skills work- Ossian-Rex's Curse and your monsters' on-hit effects now correctly apply to enemy waves, not just heroes.- Attacks and skills no longer lock onto enemies that are already dying.- Fenris-Vane's finisher now only grabs heroes and passes straight through smaller enemies.- Units now layer correctly in front of and behind each other.Runs and onboarding- The defeat screen now shows where y...
Read full update on Steam ↗Demo v0.5.0 — Three-Way Arena Brawls: Reinforcement Waves & a Third Faction
Sacrificers, the arena is no longer a 1v1.- Heroes don't fight alone anymore: human, dwarf, elf and Silverguard reinforcements pour in through portals, wave after wave- A second hero steps through the main gate to join the hunt when the fight turns against them- Slay a hero and the Silverguard retaliates, led by a Silverguard Captain; push the last hero to the brink and their entire army marches in- A third faction crashes the party: bandit gangs and viking raiders barge into the arena at random, hostile to everyone, fighting to the last — sometimes with a giant in tow- 47 new enemy units- New portal entrances: reinforcements now walk out of the gates- Enemy grunts drop crystals when slain- Tons of new sounds: per-faction hit and death cries, war horns, battlecries and warnings- Fixes: missing victory jingle, lingering audio on pause and loading screens, avatar transformation issuesTh...
Read full update on Steam ↗Demo v0.4.4: New Avatar Picker & Better Openings
The demo has been updated to v0.4.4Avatars▸ Avatar picker: redesigned as a rolling drum — qualified avatars scroll in, with their names revealed in burning letters.▸ Ready notification: when an avatar becomes available, a prompt appears mid-screen — click it to jump straight to the avatar page.Better openings▸ Starting hand: now a fixed trio — a tank, a runner and a ranged monster. No more dead opening draws.Polish▸ Main menu: all UI now fades out properly during the door transition.▸ Fixed: sacrifice-pick trait text no longer lingers on the avatar stats panel.
Read full update on Steam ↗Demo v0.4.3: Mutant Monsters, Burning Dragonkin
The demo has been updated to v0.4.3.Mutant monsters▸ Mutants: T1-T3 monsters now have a chance to spawn as mutant variants — Giant (bigger, tougher) or Frenzied (faster, hits harder, burns red), each with unique art.Combat readability▸ T3 monsters: every 4th attack is a heavy strike.▸ Dragonkin: the fire trail is gone — with 4 or more Dragonkin on the field, their bodies ignite and burn nearby heroes.Avatars▸ Unlock thresholds: lowered across the board — you transform earlier in a run.Fixes and polish▸ Map transitions: the next map now preloads in the background — the portal animation no longer freezes.▸ Fixes: monsters stuck after being hit, sliding animations on frenzied units, and assorted speed glitches.
Read full update on Steam ↗Demo v0.4.1 — Now in Russian, Spanish & Japanese
This update brings the game to more players — and makes the battlefield easier to read.▸ Three new languages: Русский, Español, 日本語 — full translation of UI, monsters, merchant dialogue and the bestiary▸ Hero ultimates now telegraph with a red warning ring that fills up as they charge — see it, dodge it▸ Map transitions no longer stutter; the teleport ritual plays out in full▸ Smaller download sizeFeedback is welcome in the discussions — I read every post.The full version is in development. Wishlist to hear the moment it launches.
Read full update on Steam ↗Demo v0.4.0: Speed Overhaul + 30 Combat Fixes
Until now, every monster you summoned moved at roughly the same speed, and none of them could ever catch a hero.This update rebuilds the entire speed system. Whether you can run a hero down is now a deckbuilding decision.⚡ Speed System Overhaul▸ All 84 monsters re-tiered into nine speed tiers, from super-heavy tanks to suicide bombers▸ Want to finish off a fleeing hero? Leave room in your deck for fast monsters▸ The spread between the slowest and fastest hero widened from 1.19x to 1.42x▸ Dire Wolf, Inferno Wolf and Orc Wolf Rider got their speed back▸ Bestiary SPD is now real SPD — the hidden internal multiplier is gone⚔ Combat Feel▸ Everything has inertia: heavy units accelerate slowly and can't stop on a dime, assassins turn instantly▸ Cavalry charge rebuilt: wind-up tell → high-speed lance through the hero → one passing strike and knockback▸ Footstep rate follows actual speed, and...
Read full update on Steam ↗
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Steam currently lists 11 Nov 2026 as the release date.
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The Offering Hour Demo v0.6.0: rebuilt for Steam Next Fest ↗
The Demo has been rebuilt for Steam Next Fest (October 20–27). Here is what changed since v0.5.2.New arenas- The first two arenas are redrawn as an altar floating in a sea of stars.- The arena reacts to the fight: sco…
- SteamPatch
Demo v0.5.2 — Heavier hits, smarter packs, defeat screen. ↗
The Offering Hour Demo v0.5.2 is now live.This update is about how combat feels, and about making a lost run tell you something.Combat feel- Avatar heavy skills now land with a brief hit-stop, and an Avatar's descent…
- SteamPatch
Demo v0.5.0 — Three-Way Arena Brawls: Reinforcement Waves & a Third Faction ↗
Sacrificers, the arena is no longer a 1v1.- Heroes don't fight alone anymore: human, dwarf, elf and Silverguard reinforcements pour in through portals, wave after wave- A second hero steps through the main gate to joi…
- SteamPatch
Demo v0.4.4: New Avatar Picker & Better Openings ↗
The demo has been updated to v0.4.4Avatars▸ Avatar picker: redesigned as a rolling drum — qualified avatars scroll in, with their names revealed in burning letters.▸ Ready notification: when an avatar becomes availabl…
- SteamPatch
Demo v0.4.3: Mutant Monsters, Burning Dragonkin ↗
The demo has been updated to v0.4.3.Mutant monsters▸ Mutants: T1-T3 monsters now have a chance to spawn as mutant variants — Giant (bigger, tougher) or Frenzied (faster, hits harder, burns red), each with unique art.C…