Demonic Gauntlet

Demonic Gauntlet is an action game about choosing sacred fighters, exploring Hell’s nine circles and battling increasingly dangerous hordes and bosses. You collect gold, items and powers as you descend through levels based on Dante’s circles, each with its own lore, atmosphere and story. The world changes as you progress, and the final challenge is to kill Lucifer.

Demons and their histories

Each boss is a demon from historical texts. Before a fight, you unlock its record, covering its origin, rank in Hell, the ancient sources that first described it and how its myth changed over the centuries. Other demons appear as ordinary enemies; their names also have stories behind them.

The game draws on works including Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, the Ars Goetia in the Lemegeton (also known as the Lesser Key of Solomon), Heinrich Kramer’s Malleus Maleficarum, Johann Weyer’s Pseudomonarchia Daemonum and Jacques Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal. It also explores the demons’ relationship to ancient Sumerian, Babylonian and Hebrew religions.

Fight through Hell

You choose sacred fighters, explore each circle, collect items and powers, and fight through enemy hordes and boss encounters. The game is designed to be easy to pick up and play, while completing it and reading the records can teach you about the history of Christian demonology.