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Hell Maiden is an upcoming horde survival deckbuilder that serves as an original sequel to Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy

23rd May 2025

Happy Friday, Dear Reader! Before we head into the long weekend, we wanted to share with you news of a very awesome looking game which has quickly risen to the top of our wish lists.

That game is Hell Maiden, an upcoming horde survival deckbuilder developed by AstralShift, the creator of Little Goody Two shoes and Pocket Mirror. After a short teaser was shared earlier this year, a Steam page is now live and a new gameplay trailer has just launched.

Acting as an original sequel to Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, it takes players on a brand new journey through the 9 Circles. After reaching Paradiso, Dante is now back in hell and her memories have been completely erased. Driven by a quest for answers, she is determined to climb back to Heaven and come face to face once again with Paradiso’s higher powers.

In Hell Maiden, players collect, stack, and merge a myriad of cards to build unique hands and decimate Hell’s toughest fiends. To conquer all 9 Circles of Hell, they will count with the help of the Poets of Limbo whose Blessings and Signature Weapons provide unique abilities, perks and ultimate attacks to mix and match and create unstoppable builds.

No release date has been confirmed for Hell Maiden, but you can check out its newly revealed gameplay trailer below:

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