Turn-based gladiator roguelite Bloodgrounds releases brutal new demo with more content, trailer, and Early Access date
Free Steam demo adds new class, abilities, weapons and 8 languages ahead of release.
October 6, 2025
Hamburg, Germany – October 6 – Daedalic Entertainment and Exordium Games have unleashed a triple threat for gladiator rogue-lite Bloodgrounds; a brutal new Steam demo, vicious trailer, and an Early Access release date carved in stone.
And to ensure you're entertained, Exordium has released a new gameplay trailer for Bloodgrounds, highlighting the turn-based brutality, city-building, and gladiatorial management for players to master as they fight for death or glory.
Bloodgrounds Demo Page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3729720/Bloodgrounds_Demo/
The updated demo spatters Steam today, October 6, just ahead of the Steam Next Fest beginning October 13. It offers a new class, abilities, weapons, and locations to budding lanistas, ensuring they train and equip the most feared fighters in the stadium.
Developer Exordium has also added support for German, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and Japanese languages.
Bloodgrounds will release in Early Access on Steam on Wednesday November 5, with a 1.0 release due to follow in early 2026.
The new free Steam demo allows players to:
- Experience the first five hours of Bloodgrounds, accessing the entire first Age and beyond.
- Play as 7 different gladiator classes unlocking up to five abilities per class.
- Train gladiators up to level 7 and unlock new buildings and locations as they progress.
- Collect a variety of Common, Rare and Epic items to assist gladiators in the arena.
- Bloodgrounds now supports 8 languages; English, German, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Japanese
Assets:
Link Press Kit: Bloodgrounds Press KitBloodgrounds Main Page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2507820/Bloodgrounds/
For more info please contact bernd.berheide@daedalic.com.
About Exordium Games
Exordium Games is a game studio founded in 2014 in Zagreb, Croatia. Over the years, we have created 100+ Games and 30+ other projects, spanning innovation and education, and accumulated over 20 million mobile users and over 500,000 downloads on standalone platforms. We deliver great experiences to players no matter how and when they play. Please visit: https://exordiumgames.com/.
About Daedalic Entertainment
Daedalic Entertainment is a renowned publisher that has supported indie developers for over 18 years, bringing their titles to every major gaming platform. The lineup of games includes a diverse variety of unique titles, focusing on four distinct areas: storytelling, strategy, co-op games, and wholesome games. With an international team of around 45 employees, Daedalic is currently working with various development studios to create a new lineup of innovative games across consoles and PCs to market. Recent hits include New Cycle, Barotrauma, Unrailed!, Yield! Fall of Rome, Into the Emberlands, Deponia, Shadow Tactics, Inkulinati, Hidden Deep, Fling to the Finish!, and more.
Please look out for upcoming games like Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown, The Occultist, Woodo, Bloodgrounds, Barotrauma Home & Harbor Expansion, The Fading of Nicole Wilson, Coins, Crown & Cabal and many others. Since April 2022, Daedalic Entertainment has been a subsidiary of the French publishing house, Nacon.
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