- K-Indie Mongmas Studio’s debut work, available for free to anyone on Steam without a separate key.
- Immediately after its release, it was featured in succession by overseas media outlets such as IndieDB, ModDB, and the Spanish-speaking Kotaku.
- An action roguelite where you absorb the soul, skills, and even the body of a defeated boss to become the world’s final evil.
South Korean indie game developer Mongma Studio will conduct a Steam open playtest for the dark fantasy survivors-like action roguelite ‘Revenant Survivors’ starting at 9:00 AM on August 1.
Anyone can participate in the playtest for free, and you can apply on the Steam store page without a separate key.
‘Revenant Survivors’ is a new action horde survival roguelite title where you annihilate endless waves of enemies and grow into an absolute evil being.
The game features not only the inherent thrill of the genre but also a unique growth system where players develop their characters by stealing the powerful strength of defeated bosses. Players can devise diverse strategies by utilizing randomly provided combat builds and powerful skill synergy combinations.
From soul to body… Boss battles that serve as the source of growth
The core of the game is revealed after defeating the boss. Bosses function not merely as rewards or gateways, but as a source of future growth. Players can absorb the boss’s soul to enhance their abilities and acquire its equipment to utilize its unique skills. Furthermore, they can even usurp the boss’s physical body to obtain a new playable character.
Since new growth options that change the direction of your run are presented every time you defeat a boss, the playstyle changes significantly depending on which boss you tackle first and which abilities you acquire.
Combat build completed with Attack Evolution and Elemental Explosion
In the open playtest, you can experience the core combat system of ‘Revenant Survivors’ firsthand. The basic combat flow involves defeating enemies to evolve attacks into new forms and detonating accumulated elemental effects into active skills.
Additionally, you can construct a different build each time by combining Powers, Traits, Relics, and Equipment. After defeating a powerful boss, you can steal its skills to utilize in subsequent gameplay; the set effects of the usurped boss equipment, Altar Relics, and follow-up attacks built upon elemental debuffs create complex synergies.
In the new gameplay trailer released ahead of the playtest, you can get a preview of attack evolution, elemental explosions, boss battles, and combat dynamics that change depending on growth choices.
Attribute effects exploding in the darkness, the destructive thrill of dark fantasy
‘Revenant Survivors’ unfolds from a top-down perspective based on 3D graphics. Set against a dark world backdrop, the game features intense bursts of elemental detonation effects, while endless hordes of enemies and massive bosses add to the overwhelming sense of combat.
The premise of absorbing souls and usurping the boss’s body also emphasizes the game’s gloomy and destructive dark fantasy atmosphere. With Steam tags such as action roguelike, bullet hell, hack and slash, and dark fantasy registered, the game clearly demonstrates its genre direction.
A new domestic studio aiming for impactful combat with its first title
“Revenant Survivors,” currently under development by the emerging South Korean indie game studio “Mongma Studio,” is their debut title. The developers are accelerating development with the goal of delivering an even more intense action experience to users by establishing a deep system where player choices substantially alter the dynamics of combat.
The development team releases the latest news through X and Bluesky, and also operates a channel on the official Discord where users can share opinions and communicate directly with the development team.
Recognized by successive international media… Refining quality through community feedback
‘The Revenant: Survivors’ garnered attention from international gaming media even before the playtest was revealed. IndieDB and ModDB introduced the new trailer and playtest news, while the Spanish-language media outlet Kotaku España highlighted the game as a title that reimagines the formula of the existing Vampire Survivors series.
Mongma Studio plans to use the feedback collected through this playtest as a foundation to enhance the game’s completeness, including adjusting combat balance, advancing the growth system, improving information delivery methods, and ensuring overall system stability.
Above all, this stage, where they will face raw user feedback, is expected to serve as a crucial test to prove the first steps of this emerging domestic studio. Domestic and international strategic action game fans are gathering interest in what kind of footprints their unique challenge, blossoming in this harsh wasteland, will leave in the global market.
Information regarding ‘Revenant Survivors’
| item | detail |
|---|---|
| Developer / Publisher | Mongma Studio (South Korea) |
| Genre | Dark Fantasy Survivors-like Action Roguelite |
| Release platform | PC (Steam) |
| Public Playtest | Starting August 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM (KST), free, no separate key required |
| Official release date | Undetermined (Under development) |
| core system | Attack Evolution, Elemental Explosion, Boss Skill/Equipment/Body Usurpation |
| Supported languages | 16 languages including English |
| Steam rating | Pre-counting (Upcoming Releases) |
| Official Channel | Discord, YouTube, X, Bluesky, Bilibili, QQ |
| Steam Page | Shortcut |
