Skelly Selest

Skelly Selest

Released May 2018

Skelly Selest is a score-attack hack slash dash run 'n' gun-athon. Venture into the procedurally generated perdition depths of Hell to purge the evil taint of the Deamonica Netherlords and their fiendly followers.

93% positive · 288 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

Skelly Selest launched on May 1, 2018 and received a busy burst of content updates in its first year: four named major updates shipped between May and September 2018 (Penitence Update, Moreth Hellspawn Update, Diablos Variance Update, and Grave Raiser Update), each adding new characters, enemies, game modes, and items. After that initial wave, the developer shifted to occasional maintenance and quality-of-life patches. A notable feature patch arrived in December 2021 (v8.20, adding a Christmas seasonal mode and engine upgrades), followed by two more feature patches in late 2023 (v9 in October and v9.2 in November 2023), which modernized the UI, improved compatibility, and added a few balance tweaks. The most recent developer activity is the July 3, 2024 release of a free Soundtrack DLC — a purely administrative move to restore access to the game's existing music after a Steam UI change removed the old playback method. This is not new game content; it simply repackages the soundtrack that already shipped with the game. There have been no developer communications of any kind since July 3, 2024, and no announcements of upcoming content, roadmaps, or future updates. The sole DLC in the store is the soundtrack, which has already been released. The 2018 content cadence — four major updates across roughly five months — was a post-launch burst typical of a solo developer rounding out a small game, not a sustained long-term update commitment. The developer has not announced any further content, and the pattern of activity since 2019 has been sporadic maintenance rather than new content. The game appears to have reached a complete, finished state, with the last meaningful content addition (v9.2) arriving on November 13, 2023.
Evidence
Grave Raiser Update — fourth major content update since launch, adding a new character vessel, traps, items, and hats.
news post · Sep 27, 2018 source content shipped
high
Anointed Compendium Update — new enemy variants, vessel-specific leaderboards, Beastiary, and new items.
news post · Sep 11, 2018 source content shipped
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Jul 2024

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
caiysware
Achievements
42
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Ancient prophecies fortell, if there becometh no more room in Hell, thy evil dead shall spill onto thy Earth, and upon to Heaven's gate. And so, the Selestial Order send forth into Hellstorms divine skeletal vessels of hallowed Heavenly Keepers, to smite thy Hellion souls. You are one such Keeper... Will Earth fall to depravity? Will Heaven's purity remain? Sanctity rests with you...

Gameplay

Skelly Selest is a score-attack hack-slash dash run 'n' gun-athon. It includes a variety of enemy wave-based pulse-pumping game modes with Steam score leaderboard support.


Venture into the procedurally generated perdition depths of Hell, through Bone Plains, Flesh Gardens and the Soul Necropolis where you must face the huge monstrosities of the Arch Lichemancer and Deamonica Netherlord alongside their numerous hordes of sinful horrors. Luckily you'll stumble upon myriad of blessed item loot to bolster your fighting prowess and perhaps even rescue alternate characters and other unlockables to customise your visual and gameplay styles.

The game modes also include a pit arena survive-athon where you battle endless meanies, a gloomy dank dungeon crawl open to all beasties and bosses, a dedicated boss rush pummeler, challenging Penitence Trials, and even a strategic collectable card game inspired by Final Fantasy 8's Triple Triad.


Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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