Apparently, killing hordes of enemies is no longer enough.
You need engagement.
Barcelona-based developer Melbot has released a new public demo for GodsTV, its chaotic action roguelite where fame is power, the gods are obsessed with ratings, and almost everything you use appears to come with some form of sponsorship deal attached.
The demo is available now on Steam and offers around two hours of single-player gameplay spread across four levels, with two playable Contenders available ahead of the game’s planned Early Access launch later in 2026.
Welcome to the Capitalypse
GodsTV takes place inside a deranged television competition operating somewhere around the edge of the multiverse.
Its gods are not particularly interested in worship, sacrifice or any of the traditional divine stuff. They want ratings, drama and increasingly ridiculous entertainment.
Players enter the show as a Contender and fight through fast-paced roguelite runs while attempting to build the most important resource of all: Fame.
The more Fame you earn, the more attention you receive from the Gods of the Capitalypse, potentially opening access to new powers, weapons, Signature Moves and Godskins.
Die, and you head backstage.
Win, and you also head backstage.
Apparently there is no escaping the production team.
Meet Kinni and Leetah
The new demo includes two playable characters, each designed around a different combat style.
Kinni is described as the Stripper Berserker, a former megastar whose repeated attempts at making a comeback have not exactly gone according to plan. GodsTV represents what may be his final chance at relevance, and his Heavy Melee fighting style reflects a fairly direct approach to getting himself back into the headlines.
Leetah is a popstar still searching for her big breakthrough. Her Elegant Precision style trades Kinni’s brute force for more graceful and accurate attacks.
The full roster is eventually planned to grow to four characters, with Pepperishi the Pizza Shaman and V1KTU$ M4X the Totalitarian Tinker joining during development. Steam currently confirms that Early Access will initially focus on Kinni and Leetah before expanding the cast.
Those names should probably tell you whether GodsTV’s sense of humour is going to work for you.
Everything is sponsored
Building a character in GodsTV is less about discovering legendary artefacts and more about landing increasingly useful endorsement deals.
Weapons, upgrades, Signature Moves and even Godskins are treated as products. Growing your fanbase can attract better sponsors, while deals with the gods provide even more powerful rewards.
Naturally, those deals may come with conditions attached.
Between runs, players return to the Backstage area to adjust builds, sign new sponsorships and interact with the show’s wider cast. Relationships can develop into friendships, rivalries or romances, while the wider story takes aim at influencer culture, reality television and the increasingly strange relationship between entertainment and personal branding.
The Steam page describes the whole thing as a ’90s-inspired action roguelite drenched in fame-lust and chaos, with each Contender able to combine different weapons, Signature Moves and Godskins into their own fighting style.
The show must go on
GodsTV also includes a push-your-luck element once a run reaches the end of a loop.
Players can cash out and bank their rewards or continue fighting against increasingly difficult enemies for the chance to earn more.
That naturally creates the sort of decision roguelites thrive on.
Take what you have already earned and leave.
Or convince yourself the next fight will definitely be fine before everything collapses horribly.
Progress carries across runs through new weapons, challenges, Godskins and story developments, while Fame effectively acts as the game’s experience system.
The script is being written by members of the team behind Helluva Boss, while Brandon Rogers, who voices Blitzø in the animated series, leads the voice cast as GodsTV’s extremely questionable talent agent.
Early Access comes next
Melbot plans to bring GodsTV into Steam Early Access later this year as a single-player game.
Steam currently states that Early Access will include several stages and the Backstage area alongside Kinni and Leetah. Additional characters, combat options, localisation and other content are planned throughout development, with the studio currently targeting a late-2027 version 1.0 release.
Two-player online co-op is also planned for the full release.
Midwest Games is co-publishing the title alongside Melbot, with the partnership helping the Barcelona studio bring GodsTV to a wider international audience.
Our take on GodsTV
Turning influencer culture into a roguelite progression system feels depressingly appropriate.
GodsTV’s biggest strength on paper is how thoroughly its theme appears to run through the mechanics. Fame replaces traditional experience, upgrades are sponsorship products, gods behave like executives chasing ratings, and even death simply sends you backstage ready for the next episode.
That gives it more personality than simply sticking a television-show theme around familiar combat.
The two-hour demo should also be substantial enough to tell whether Kinni and Leetah genuinely feel different and whether all the fame-chasing nonsense supports a satisfying roguelite underneath it.
GodsTV’s new public demo is available now for Windows PC through Steam.
Become famous enough, and you might achieve Godhood.
Or at least secure a slightly better sponsorship deal.
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