Blood Dungeon Launch Notes

Blood Dungeon, Messhof’s single-player bullet-heaven platformer, released on 25 August 2026. This page is a launch-week snapshot: platforms, the Steam demo, the introductory discount, soundtrack DLC, the 45-achievement set, and where to look for patches. It does not invent patch numbers. If Steam has not posted a numbered update, open the game’s Steam news feed and read what Messhof actually published.

The official announcement trailer is embedded in the middle of this page.

Release day and platforms

Launch day is 25 August 2026. You can play on:

• Steam for Windows and macOS
• PlayStation 5
• Xbox Series (official video coverage mentioned Game Pass)
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo Switch 2

Store and spec notes live on Platforms, System Requirements, and the Review hub. Blood Dungeon is single-player. You pick one bunkmate, enter one arena, and survive automatic fire. The box at launch includes nine bunkmates, six arenas, and more than 100 enemies, quests, and weapons.

Steam sat at Very Positive in launch week, with about 96 percent of 142 reviews positive when this wiki last checked. That number will move as more reviews land. It is not a patch note.

Blood Dungeon Official Announcement Trailer

Demo, introductory price, soundtrack

A demo remains on Steam after launch. Use it to test Movement and Controls before you commit a full evening to Catacombs. The demo is the honest way to feel wall-cling, Flood water, and auto-fire without guessing from trailers alone.

An introductory −15% offer runs until 8 September 2026. After that date, check Steam for the live price. This wiki does not invent a permanent price tag.

The soundtrack is Thomas Hoey: dungeon drum-and-bass, sold as DLC. If you want the album, look for that listing on the Steam store page rather than a third-party leak. Hoey’s score is part of the launch package conversation, not a promised future season.

What launched in the box

Treat this as a contents list, not a rumour mill:

• 45 Steam achievements — full official names and conditions on Achievements. Leech is a trophy (defeat Wyrm in under 30 seconds), not a bunkmate.
• Six arenas in a first-boss unlock spine: Catacombs → Pit → Corridor → Boiler → Tombs → Flood. Hub: Arenas. Individual maps: Catacombs, Pit, Corridor, Boiler, Tombs, Flood.
• Daily run — Daily Dungeon. Vampire Ring on Steam is simply “play the Daily.”
• Quest log with more than 100 entries — Quests.
• Confirmed bunkmates — Gun Man (machinegun; PC Gamer and IGN treat him as the starter), Barbarian (nude dual swords; Streamer Mode hides the nudity), Skinja (shotgun, cartwheels, speed), Baby (magnum, extra gold), Hypnomancer (gas; second boss in Boiler), Leggy (webs), Bug (flight). Two of nine remain unnamed in public materials. See Bunkmates, Characters, and Unlock Characters.

Enemy types and weapon pages: Enemies, Weapons, Loadouts, Builds, Synergies. Rankings without filler names: Tier List and Character Tier List.

How to start in launch week

If you just bought the game, ignore patch-chasing. Play Catacombs. Learn cling. Bank Bones at the Dogmancer. Read Getting Started and How to Play. Boss flow: Beat Bosses. Shop: Bones & Dogmancer. Widgets: Tools. Full walkthrough index: Guides.

Hypnomancer still unlocks by defeating the second boss in Boiler. That is unchanged by “maybe a patch later.” Bunkhouse remains the long Steam trophy: every level with every bunkhouse character, including the two not named in public coverage.

Patches and Steam news

At the time this wiki wrote this page, Messhof had not published a numbered patch list we can cite. Fan pages that stamp “1.0.1” or “hotfix 3” without a Steam news post are inventing labels. Do not copy them here.

What to do instead: open Steam → Blood Dungeon → news (and the community hub announcements). When a patch exists, it shows there with Messhof’s own wording. Until then, you are on the launch build. That is not a problem statement. It is the accurate state.

If a future news post lists balance changes, come back and check whether achievement conditions still match Steam. Conditions on the achievements page follow the official launch list. This launch-notes page will not pretend a numbered patch exists before Steam shows one.

What this page will not say

The game released on 25 August 2026. This page does not invent a second player. It does not invent oxygen timers, Bone Shop prices, or the two missing bunkmate names. For hardware questions, use System Requirements. For storefront questions, use Platforms and the Review hub.

Launch week is for learning the spine, not for waiting on a phantom update. Climb, shoot, bank Bones, and let Steam news tell you if a patch actually shipped.