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As demon hunter Faye, investigate an island’s occult threat, bond with classmates, and solve grid battles by chaining moves.
Released 19 Nov 2025
Rewind Battle Plans
Push Demons Into Lines
Chain Elemental Combos
Demonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action. Defeat big weirdos in between the human and demon worlds as Faye and her misfit companions, while navigating university life on a mysterious island.
Developed by Necrosoft Games, Mystic Systems · Published by Ysbryd Games
Demonschool follows Faye, a young demon hunter who arrives at a university on a mysterious island. With a growing group of classmates, she investigates supernatural incidents and confronts a threat tied to the human and demon worlds.
Combat takes place on a grid, where moving into enemies can become an attack and characters can push, pull, or otherwise reposition foes. Plan a sequence of actions, rewind and try alternatives, then execute the turn together; combining characters’ abilities can create damaging combos and exploit elemental weaknesses.
Between battles, explore the island’s locations, talk with residents, take on side quests, and try activities such as karaoke, cooking, or fishing. Choose how to spend your in-game time, build relationships with party members, and unlock skills that can be assigned to characters.
Players who enjoy Demonschool often highlight its rewindable, puzzle-like battles, stylish presentation, soundtrack, and offbeat character humor. Some find the combat satisfying to plan and experiment with, while others say its frequency and repeated encounters make the experience drag. The writing and cast also divide opinions.
Demonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action. Defeat big weirdos in between the human and demon worlds as Faye and her misfit companions, while navigating university life on a mysterious island.
Tactics: Rewind any action during the planning phase and create combos to dispatch your foes.
Story: A light horror narrative told through huge avatars with side quests aplenty.
Schedule: Plan your school schedule to level your characters and build their skills.
Friendship: 15 characters with whom to build relationships.
Units interact contextually with their environment.
Enemies will be struck, objects moved, or the character will simply dash.
Plan movements at your leisure, and execute them all at once.
You can also rewind actions during the planning phase.
Buffing friendlies and debuffing enemies compounds damage output. Note the damage numbers!
Combos do big damage and produce unique elemental attacks, which you can use to exploit enemy weaknesses.
Explore a mysterious island that reveals its mysteries morning, noon, and night, day by day, week by week, across a university semester. Plan your team's schedule to enhance their skills and gain new abilities. Gain new teammates and enhance their relationships depending on who you choose to pursue.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 66 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 3 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
