Deadlier Than Ever, Grim Trials Releases a Brand New Demo for Indie Fan Fest!

Glory Jam and Soft Source Publishing is pleased to share that a new demo update for reaper roguelike, Grim Trials, is now available on Steam. This update was officially announced at Indie Fan Fest check out the full stream here!

These exciting new features are thanks to feedback from a Discord community playtest and the developers would like to thank their rockstar community for making this demo possible!

New Features

  • Expanded Skill Tree = New Attack Combo Nodes - Fight faster and better with new nodes on the expanded Skill Tree. Six new Attack Combo nodes, with two levels and stackable damage (Charge, Aftershock, Finisher, Clash, Momentum, Shadowstep)

  • Reworked Ranged Attack - Our community thinks shooting a crossbow while moving is badass. So, we added it in!

  • Enhanced Gear VFX - Easily tack your power-ups (and feel awesome about it) with new unique gear VFX which now trigger visually on the Trial Grounds

  • Assorted Balancing and QoL Improvement

    • Potions: limited to 12 max per slot, per run. No more drinkmaxxing!

    • Crafting: tweaked recipe ingredients for a smoother progression

    • Blessings: adjusted appearance rate multiplier

    • Bosses: added stun immunity

    • Gear: adjusted various gear stats and their effect scaling

(*)Note: If you’ve played Grim Trials before, please create a new save slot to properly experience all of these updates

19. Februar 2026, von Thore Varga