CROSSBOW: Bloodnight
Released Sep 2020
CROSSBOW: Bloodnight is a frantic score-attack arena shooter set in a world of camp horror and gore. Master the occult powers of your automatic crossbow and fight for every second of survival against a relentless demonic horde! Hunt. Die. Hunt again.
75% positive · 520 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
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Steam $2.99
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Evaluation
CROSSBOW: Bloodnight launched on September 24, 2020 as a small, self-contained score-attack arena shooter. The developer shipped a post-launch feature patch on October 28, 2020, then delivered one major content update on February 27, 2023 — "The Hunt Continues" — which added a new arena (Morbid Graveyard) and new enemy types (Frenzied variants). That same post also announced a console release planned for 2023.
That February 2023 update is the last substantive content the game received. Since then, developer communications have been limited to a controller support patch on October 21, 2024, and a routine security vulnerability fix on October 6, 2025. Neither of these constitutes new gameplay content, and the developer has made no announcements about additional arenas, enemies, modes, or expansions since February 2023.
With two major content drops total (launch and the February 2023 update), the gap since the last content release now extends beyond three years (to June 2026), well past any recognizable update window. The console release teased in February 2023 was an ancillary announcement and not a promise of additional PC content. No unreleased DLC appears in the store listing, no roadmap has been published, and the developer has not indicated any further content plans for the game. The game appears to have reached its final content state with the February 27, 2023 update.
Evidence
'The Hunt Continues' update shipped, adding a new arena (Morbid Graveyard) and Frenzied enemy variants. Also teased a console release in 2023. This is the last major content addition to the game.
Game launched on Steam as a small, self-described 'highly-polished' arena shooter at a budget price point, framed as a complete package.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Hyperstrange
Achievements
4
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
In the year 1139, the Second Council of the Lateran convened by Pope Innocent II has pronounced anathema on the use of crossbow. The council saw its unstoppable power as ungodly, demonic by nature. They were not entirely wrong.
The Coven of Crossbow, an ancient order of hunters sworn to guard the balance between the forces of heaven and hell prevailed against all odds. In the year 1666, as fire and plague ravage London, the Coven is facing its greatest challenge yet. The Ancient Horror from Beyond makes its way towards our reality. In its wake, legions of nightmare creatures spawn in the darkness. The Bloodnight is upon us, let the hunt begin!
Features:
- Arcane Crossbow with various shooting modes, further empowered by siphoned spirits of your prey
- Fluid, skill-rewarding movement mechanics with dashes, jumps, and bunny hops
- Devastating special attack that takes time to recharge and is best used in strategic moments
- Instant respawn button and fast respawn after death, so you can stay immersed in the game
- Six enemy types in two variants, endlessly flooding the night-clad courtyard of the old, desecrated abbey that becomes the arena of your struggle
- Global leaderboard system so you can compete against friends and strangers
- Full controller support
From the developers of POSTAL: Brain Damaged and ELDERBORN comes CROSSBOW: Bloodnight, a frantic score-attack arena shooter set in a world of camp horror and gore. Master the occult powers of your automatic crossbow and fight for every second of survival against a relentless demonic horde!
Hunt. Die. Hunt again.
Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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