Angel at Dusk
Released Jan 2024
Overwhelmingly bizarre beauty. Shoot, dodge, and destroy! A shmup where an apocalyptic world awakens to primal desires!
98% positive · 1,715 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $14.99
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Evaluation
Angel at Dusk launched on January 12, 2024 as a complete shoot-'em-up (shmup). Since launch, the developer has released a series of patches adding language support, an illustration gallery, controller features, balance adjustments, and bug fixes — none of which introduce new game content or signal additional content is planned. The only DLC is the original soundtrack, which shipped on launch day.
The two news posts tagged as major content are actually announcements for entirely separate games published under the Henteko Doujin label (Revolgear Zero in February 2026 and Kamikaze Empire in June 2026), not new content for Angel at Dusk. The March 2025 demo revamp updated the free demo version but added nothing to the base game. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no roadmap, and no developer statements about future content for this title. The store description presents the game as a self-contained experience.
The post-launch activity has been purely maintenance and compatibility work — the game launched as a finished product and that content remains the full package.
Evidence
The only DLC is the original soundtrack, released on launch day. No unreleased DLC exists.
Store description presents Angel at Dusk as a complete, self-contained shmup experience with no mention of planned future content or expansions.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Henteko Doujin
Achievements
19
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Outline
Overwhelmingly bizarre beauty.Shoot, dodge, and destroy!
A shmup where an apocalyptic world awakens to primal desires!
The newest answer to shmups. A game which is "uncompromisingly skeletal".
That is, a game in which every last ounce of excess has been cut away, and only its framework quintessence remains.
Bones free themselves of flesh, laying waste to needless entrails!
Revealing a skeleton of extraordinarily strenght.
Story
Mankind has rid the world of all crime, pain, and desire.Finally, they extinguished the source of all sin, intellect, and transcended to angeldom.
A great deal of time passes. The year is now 2300000000 AD.
"Earth" is a paradise of angels.
The sun has begun to expand, and a long twilight is now upon this heavenly realm.
System
Dodge fire, grab items, and blast away at throngs of enemies...A faithful return to the origin of shmups.The closer you attack your enemies, the more HP recovering and bomb charging power-ups appear!
Obliterate oncoming projectiles with your charged attack, and get up close and personal with enemies to hammer away at them from close range.
The best offense is a good offense!
Features
- Artwork that exhibits both extravagant beauty and grotesque surrealism.
- Story that illustrates the apex of Earth's evolution with unparalleled grandeur.
- Original mode with Hack-and-slash style game mechanic where there's no limit to how strong you can upgrade your ship.
- Arcade mode with a variety of unlockable ships.
- The path to mastery can be walked by anyone! Contains the most beginner friendly tutorial in Shmup history.
- In-game achievements.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 24, 2026
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