Demon with a Pickaxe is an indie developed by Challenging Games, released 22 October 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Demon with a Pickaxe is
Demon with a Pickaxe is an indie game developed by Challenging Games and released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A small incremental game with a twisted tale. You are a demon, trapped behind immense layers of ice in an ancient cave. Your only tools? A mysterious pickaxe, a pathetic fire spell, and a magic crystal to upgrade them to absurd power levels. Oh, and you keep finding messages from an old... 'friend'.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Demon with a Pickaxe launched on 22 October 2025, within three weeks of Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 and ARC Raiders.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders.
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When did Demon with a Pickaxe come out?
Demon with a Pickaxe was released on 22 October 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
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