Magenta Horizon - Neverending Harvest

Released Dec 2024

Magenta Horizon is a fast-paced 2D action platformer with challenging spectacle fighter inspired combat. Playing as a Reaper of the twisted purgatorial afterlife, push your skills to the limit to destroy the hordes of demons and epic bosses to reach your destination.

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Steam Updated 13 Oct 2026 $10.99

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Evaluation

Magenta Horizon – Neverending Harvest launched as a fully completed product on December 6, 2024, after over four years of solo development by Maddison Baek. The developer described it at launch as "a complete work" containing three full acts, 19 bosses, 65 enemies, and multiple game modes. However, the developer did not stop there. On December 5, 2025 (the one-year anniversary), a large patch was released that overhauled the checkpoint system, rebalanced difficulty, and added quality-of-life improvements — with the developer teasing "upcoming contents" and referencing something called "The Hubris." That content arrived on February 6, 2026, with the "Call of Hubris" update: a free major update adding 9 reworked bosses, a new "Hubris" challenge modifier for the hardest difficulty, a new "Chamber of Hubris" area, and a new optional final boss. The developer noted in that post that their "willingness to develop things that I already called 'finished'" drove them to keep going. Following the Call of Hubris release, the developer continued shipping feature patches — adding a Hubris Boss Rush mode on April 20, 2026, and further balance and QoL adjustments on April 22 and May 2, 2026. The most recent developer communication was on May 2, 2026. The game has established a clear post-launch pattern of substantial free content updates, with major additions shipping in December 2025 and February 2026, followed by ongoing feature patches. No specific future content has been announced, but the developer's track record since launch shows sustained, active work on the game well beyond its declared "complete" state.

Evidence

'Call of Hubris' major free update shipped: 9 reworked bosses, new Hubris challenge modifier, Chamber of Hubris area, and a new optional boss. Developer explains the update as a 'love letter' to hardcore players, driven by their ongoing creative ambition.

news post · Feb 6, 2026 source content shipped

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One-year anniversary patch overhauling checkpoint system, rebalancing difficulty, and adding QoL features. Developer teases upcoming content ('The Hubris beckons you') indicating more is coming.

news post · Dec 5, 2025 source content planned

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Content

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Released

Magenta Horizon Soundtrack

Jun 2023

Media

Details

Developer

Maddison Baek

Publisher

2 Left Thumbs

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Stylized 2D Platformer Colorful Hack and Slash Fast-Paced Platformer Action Spectacle fighter Difficult Character Action Game Adventure Souls-like Beat 'em up Demons Cartoony

About this game

"Soar over Purgatory and reap all the foes."

From solo developer Maddison Baek, Magenta Horizon is a fast-paced 2D action platformer, with gameplay inspired by spectacle fighters, and a world designed to look and feel like a living prog-rock album cover. Test your skill with it's vast, stylistic, expressive combat options!

Act 1 out of all three acts is freely available as a demo.

The save file is transferable to the main game.

Combat Freedom: Begin with a fully unlocked melee system. Learn at your own pace as you master expressive, stylistic combos and unique playstyles.

Perfect Positioning: Juggle and pogo enemies, while utilizing environmental hazards for efficient crowd control and maximum lethality.
Risky Maneuvers: This game encourages an aggressive approach. Keep moving, weaving in ranged skills and healing bombs to mitigate damage taken.

Spectacle Fighter: Earn style points and aim for the prestigious Triple S rank by slaying enemies swiftly and creatively.

Difficulty Options: Choose from 5 escalating difficulties transforming stage layouts and enemy compositions to push yourself to the limit.
Personalized Playstyle: Experiment with the flexible Necklace system to further cater to differing combat preferences.

Dangerous Denizens: A volatile and diverse roster of horrific enemies and bosses ensures fresh and challenging gameplay throughout.

Exploration: Features large, intricate, surrealist arenas with fluid movement tools for traversing challenging terrain.
Soundtrack: A highly varied OST blending prog-rock/metal with jazz, disco, and orchestral influences to compliment the intense action and surrealist environments.

You play as Gretel, a reaper in this twisted purgatory, exiled for 200 years. After being freed from her sarcophagus by a wandering soul named Archibald - Gretel seeks purpose in her afterlife - guiding Archibald back to the sanctuary she was long ago exiled from. This journey will be along a perilous path, fraught with all manner of grotesque demons starving for souls.