Dead Weight is live on Steam as of July 16, 2026. Klukva Games and publisher Spaghetti Cat shipped the complete tactical roguelite after three years of public demo and playtest iteration. The launch unlock went live at 18:00 CEST with a 25% introductory discount — $9.74 USD instead of the $12.99 base price through July 30, 2026 — plus regional Steam pricing worldwide.
This page summarizes everything the full release adds beyond the free demo and playtest slices. If you only know Arn's Berry rescue prologue, expect familiar Abyss pushes wrapped in a deeper campaign: hub meta between runs, four skill trees, three explorable regions, three major boss encounters, and three Ancient Gods whose bargains reshape your sanity and loadout.
Over 120,000 Steam wishlists placed Dead Weight among the platform's top-400 most-wishlisted upcoming titles before launch. The finished game delivers the feature list Klukva Games advertised in June 2026 community posts: hundreds of weapons and skills, endless tactical combinations, and full voice acting across six languages.
Launch Content Checklist
- Four playable characters — each with a unique skill tree and combat role. Demo and playtest veterans know Arn (Barbarian) and Berry (Rogue); two additional sky pirates unlock through campaign progression.
- Three regions — procedurally shuffled floating archipelagos with distinct enemy rosters, event pools, and difficulty curves. Region 1 covers the Arn prologue; Region 2 appeared in playtests with Berry and rival pirates; Region 3 opens late-campaign crises and higher-tier loot.
- Three mighty bosses — multi-phase grid encounters that test AP hoarding, positioning, and resource management. See our boss guide.
- Three Ancient Gods — including Insid (beauty, aroma, tenderness) and Mad Oracle Aluza from the demo arc, plus a third deity whose bargains push madness and fatigue in new directions. Details on the Ancient Gods page.
- Action point combat — bank AP across turns for move-attack-push combos, replacing the demo's one-action-per-turn limit. Read the AP combat guide.
- Hub meta progression — roughly 20% of upgrades persist between roguelite runs from a central city hub with radial world map navigation.
- Drifting ship mechanic — empty fuel triggers sail drift to a random location instead of instant soft-lock failure.
- Six languages — English, Russian, German, Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), and Simplified Chinese with full UI, voice acting, and subtitles.
Demo vs Full Game
The free Steam demo remains available for newcomers. Klukva Games shipped a final demo update for Steam Next Fest June 2026 that aligned the public build closer to launch combat — note that this update wiped existing demo save files. The full game starts fresh roguelite runs with no demo progress carry-over.
Playtest access may wind down as the commercial release stabilizes. Region 2 playtest content is now part of the paid campaign — see Region 2 and Region 3 pages for regional specifics.
First Steps After Purchase
- Install from your Steam library — download size is modest (~500 MB minimum spec scale).
- Replay or skip the Arn prologue depending on demo experience.
- Read action points combat — launch rules differ from older demo builds.
- Plan a build in the build planner before spending skill points.
- Join the official Discord at discord.gg/297rjvmKt4 for launch-week tips and patch notes.
Track day-one patches on our updates timeline, compare specs on system requirements, and read our evolving launch impressions as the community discovers meta.