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After waking in Hell without her memories, Dante battles demon hordes, builds weapon-card decks, and fights her way toward Heaven.
Released 16 Jul 2026
Arrange Weapon Cards
Modify Weapon Attacks
Claim Boss Abilities
Traverse the depths of Hell and beat its toughest demons on your way to Heaven in this horde survival deck-building game inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy.
Developed by AstralShift · Published by AstralShift
Hell Maiden follows Dante after she inexplicably returns to Hell despite having reached Paradiso. With her memories gone, she sets out for Heaven again, guided by Virgil and protected by Beatrice, while seeking answers and rescuing the Poets of Limbo.
In each run, Dante faces waves of demons, collects upgrades, and dodges enemy attacks. Surviving a stage leads to a boss battle, where she must endure the boss’s attacks to complete the level.
Build a deck of weapon cards and attach Mod Cards to change their effects. Card placement can affect how upgrades work, so you can rearrange weapons and mods to shape a build. Rescuing poets and defeating bosses unlocks more abilities, perks, ultimate attacks, and weapons.
Players often praise the retro-anime artwork, soundtrack, and character presentation, including the voice performances and animated scenes. Many also enjoy experimenting with weapon-card combinations and following Dante’s story and relationships. Some reviews find the deck-building and combat engaging, while others say the current content is limited or the balance needs work.
Hell Maiden is an action Horde Survival Deck-Building game inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy.
Follow Dante on a new adventure through Hell in search of a second chance at salvation.
Harness great power by strategically building and organizing your deck of unique weapons and abilities, and prove your divine worth by facing off against hordes of blood-thirsty demons and climbing your way to Heaven!
Overcome the challenges of the afterlife and wreak havoc in all 9 Circles of Hell by creating unique deck builds and wielding mythical weapons to tackle endless waves of enemies and defeat Hell’s toughest fiends.
Better yet, you get to keep and use your opponents' signature abilities in your own deck!
Pick your favorite Spirit Cards and combine them with a myriad of different abilities, bonuses and status effects to create powerful builds and decimate your opponents.
Equip Mod Cards to enhance and modify your Weapon Cards — edit, experiment, adapt, and reformulate your hand and card combinations as you go and refine your personal playstyle!
Accompanied by the Roman poet Virgil and protected by the sanctified Beatrice, you must rescue and befriend the Poets of Limbo to unlock new abilities and perks, ultimate attacks and signature weapons!
Meet all the legendary poets of antiquity including but not limited to Homer, Ovid, Horace and Lucan, and help them find their own way to salvation.
Hell Maiden picks up from the ending of the original Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.
Dante is now inexplicably back in Hell after having reached Paradiso — and she's lost all her memories to boot! Unable to remember anything about her past life or her first journey through Hell, Dante is determined to climb her way back to Heaven and once again come face to face with Paradiso's higher powers in search for answers.
A compelling story about passion, justice and love, Hell Maiden is more than a reimagining of the classic poem — it is the exciting continuation of its events!
✦ Two unique levels themed around the Circles of Hell — each with new enemies to beat, quests and challenges to complete, Poets of Limbo to rescue and tough Boss Battles to overcome!
✦ 40+ abilities to mix, match and experiment with.
✦ 5 new abilities per rescued Poet of Limbo.
✦ 2 new abilities per defeated Boss.
✦ A compelling, all-encompassing narrative to drive your adventure.
✦ 4 Poets of Limbo to rescue and befriend across the two Circles of Hell.
✦ And more!
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 72 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |
