Slay or Fall

Casual· Roguelike· Management· Text-Based

Released Aug 2025

As the Lord of the Dungeon, defend yourself from the heroes' attacks before they reach you! Command your own subordinates, devise schemes, and tackle pressing issues!

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $6.99

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Evaluation

Slay or Fall released on August 28, 2025, and the developer has maintained a steady stream of updates ever since. Feature patches throughout late 2024 and into 2025 added new heroes, units, text events, political events, and balance changes. On August 22, 2026 — nearly one year after launch — the developer shipped a substantial named update called "Update 0.2," which introduced a complete voiceover generator, Steam Workshop support for custom content creation, graphical improvements, and significant rebalancing. This is the most recent developer communication. A September 4, 2025 post noted that the game had "officially left early access" and that the developer was working on a separate new game (Numeral Strike), but this does not indicate that Slay or Fall is finished — Update 0.2 shipped nearly a year after that post, demonstrating continued investment in the game. The arrival of Steam Workshop support is a notable signal: giving players tools to create and upload custom events significantly extends the game's content ecosystem. The developer has not announced that development on Slay or Fall is complete or that no further updates are planned. The game continues to receive meaningful content additions on a cadence of roughly every few months to a year, and Update 0.2 is too recent to draw any conclusions about whether more is coming.

Evidence

Update 0.2 released — a major update adding a full voiceover generator, Steam Workshop support for custom events, graphical improvements, tooltips overhaul, and rebalancing of political and text events.

news post · Aug 22, 2026 source content shipped

high

Developer announced the game has officially left early access and is promoting a new separate project (Numeral Strike), while continuing to recommend players check out Slay or Fall.

news post · Sep 4, 2025 source ambiguous

medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Released

Slay or Fall Soundtrack

Oct 2024

Media

Details

Developer

ostsergey

Publisher

Ostsergey Games

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Casual Roguelike Management Text-Based Choices Matter Visual Novel Dungeon Crawler Medieval Dystopian Tactical RPG Immersive Sim CRPG 2D Pixel Graphics Magic

About this game

Lord of the Dungeon, heroes are coming!

Slay or Fall is a text-based roguelike with management elements, in which you must overcome an impending foe within a set number of events. Playing as the Dark Lord, you are set to take control of an enormous Dungeon while brave heroes are coming to take your life! Use magic, scheme, and issue orders to your subordinates — just make sure to defeat the heroes before the final clash!

The multifaceted text events contain numerous branches, with every choice you make having consequences that affect both the heroes and the player!

Between events, you'll need to engage in combat skirmishes and tackle political issues, where the player's decisions also carry weight!

Will your subordinates help you?

Under your dominion reside four factions: Goblins, Cultists, Lizards, and Ratfolks. Not all of them are pleased with your rule...

Goblins - greedy and dishonorable creatures. Their sheer numbers and insatiable lust for profit fill your treasury with jingling coins.

Cultists - your endlessly loyal subjects. Dark mages willing to stake their lives for your victory! As a result, they are few in number...

Lizards - warriors of honor and brute force. They hold little affection for magic, dedicating themselves to logistics within the Dungeon.

Ratfolks - pesky beings who can never accept their fate! They are the most actively resistant to your will. Yet, by subduing this people, you can harness their espionage and assassination skills for your own needs...

Replayability

The game is designed for multiple runs. A variety of presets, diverse heroes, and text events with different outcomes and consequences all ensure that you keep coming back for more!

Defeat your foes as cunningly as you desire! Kill the heroes in battle, vanquish them in your domain, let them starve, corrupt their minds, lower their morale, orchestrate conspiracies, and sow discord among travelers!

So what are you waiting for, Sire? Make the heroes flee without delay!