FleshBound

Released Jan 2025

FleshBound is a fast paced and blood pumping demon-slaying speed running first person action platformer with a unique “splatterpunk” aesthetic. Fight, jump and sprint your way through the levels using your hookshot and wall-running skills.

85% positive · 212 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

FleshBound is a short-form, free-to-play action platformer developed as a 7-week student project at FutureGames. The store description is transparent about its scope: 15–20 minutes of playtime, designed as a compact, self-contained experience. The game launched on January 3, 2025, and the only post-launch item released was its standalone soundtrack on January 21, 2025. There are no unreleased DLC entries, no developer announcements of future content, no roadmap, and no post-launch developer communications of any kind. Given its origins as a school project with a clearly defined, small scope, this game was designed and shipped as a finished product from the outset.

Evidence

Store description states the game offers '15-20 minutes of playtime' and was developed during a 7-week student project, indicating a deliberately small, self-contained scope with no implied plans for expansion.

description · Jan 3, 2025 source development ending

high

Only DLC is the game's soundtrack, released January 21, 2025. No gameplay content DLC exists or has been announced.

dlc listing · Jan 21, 2025 source content shipped

medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Released

FleshBound Soundtrack

Jan 2025

Media

Details

Developer

Splatterpunk

Publisher

Splatterpunk

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

3D Platformer FPS Runner Parkour PvE Tutorial Platformer Arcade 3D First-Person Horror Demons Controller Linear Action

About this game

FleshBound is a fast paced and blood pumping demon-slaying speed running action platformer with a unique “splatterpunk” aesthetic. Traverse unique and dangerous environments by utilizing abilities like dash, wall-run and grapple. Explore the environment vertically through launchpads and see the world from a different perspective through the gravity inverters. Slay vile demons all along the way.

You play as Endo, a human incarcerated inside the fleshy walls of a living prison in hell, the Manifold. The sentence is harsh: be cocooned in place and slowly morph into a demon. One day a parasite attaches itself to Endo and begins communicating with him, offering a chance to escape his prison. Run!

Key Features

15-20 minutes of playtime with high replayability
A first person action runner in an organic-looking hellscape environment
Dynamic traversal through grappling hook, wall run, jump pad, and gravity inversion mechanics
A minimalistic gameplay UI
A unique intense aesthetic inspired by punk, horror, comics, and older first person shooters
A high intensity industrial metal and techno soundtrack

Where did the game come from?

FleshBound was developed during a 7 week project at FutureGames. Taking inspiration from games like Mirror's Edge, Ghostrunner, and Doom, we sought a fast, simple game loop where the challenge lies in mastering the balance between maintaining speed and control.

Leaning heavily on the design pillars of "Velocity, Visuals and Viscera", we quickly formulated the concept and with a visual style we can only describe as "Splatterpunk", the vision of the game was easily communicated both within the team and with external stakeholders.