He is Coming

He is Coming is a roguelite role-playing game about preparing to face the Demon King, whose corruption is spreading through the world. By day, you explore for weapons, equipment and artifacts; by night, you fight his minions and other creatures while powerful entities hunt you. You must overcome the guardians of each realm before confronting the Demon King.

Prepare for each hunt

Every three days, a new minion of the Demon King begins hunting you, chosen from a pool of over 30 potential bosses. Each has its own strengths and powers, so you must study your pursuer and adapt your build. With limited time, you can seek hidden ancient forges to sharpen your blade, buy rare trinkets from greedy merchants at a high price, or look for mighty armor and magical shields. You also need to prepare for the next threat while choosing equipment for the one hunting you now.

More than 350 items support a range of strategies and combinations, but your inventory space is limited and each choice involves tradeoffs. Armor may protect you from lesser monsters’ attacks, while speed, health or damage can help you defeat a boss before it strikes. Items can also work together: the Saffron Feather can help regenerate wounds during battle when you have high speed, while Razor Scales armor reflects damage and enchanted Ruby Earrings deal damage every other turn. These can help against the Black Knight, who absorbs your attack power and uses it as his own. The Razorclaw Grizzly’s attacks ignore all armor, making other ways to build your defenses relevant. A powerful magical weapon can help you, but it will also strengthen the Black Knight if he is your next pursuer.

Multiplayer modes

In the asynchronous multiplayer mode Kingmaker, your champion faces the powerful builds of other players in a contest for the fallen Demon King’s crown. You can also duel a friend in real time: explore the world, prepare your builds and face each other every three days until one of you wins. In both modes, you must plan around opponents’ equipment and abilities as you encounter different combinations and circumstances.

Challenges and progression

Each run contributes to your progression, whether it ends in victory or defeat. Completing over 100 unique challenges adds powerful new artifacts to the item pool for future runs, so the efforts of a hero who does not defeat the Demon King still contribute to later attempts.

A world in decline

As the Demon King grows stronger, the world gradually falls into chaos: trees wither, grass turns to ash and bogs become putrid with the stench of death.