Iceberg Interactive have released a free demo for DOOMBLADE as part of Gamescom 2022.

DOOMBLADE releases sometime in 2022 for Windows PC via Steam. You can try out the free demo via its Steam page until August 28th.

The game is a moody Metroidvania that follows Gloom Girl, the last of the Gloomfolk, after she discovers the titular DOOMBLADE. Slice and dice your enemies with this sentient sword as you explore a complex cave network full of abandoned civilizations, underground forests, and moldy mines inhabited by mushroom people. Unlock the lost powers of the Gloomfolk and help the blade of legend enact revenge upon the Dread Lords.

You can find an old announcement trailer for the game below:

You can find a rundown on the game below:

Gloom Girl is the last of the Gloomfolk, surviving in the Lowland caves. 
Until one day, she hears a whisper…

Lured out of her solitude, she discovers a chamber containing a sentient blade, trapped and bound for eons. Freeing DOOMBLADE, “Doom and Gloom” join forces and begin a quest to regain the blade’s powers and enact vengeance on its captors.

Execute enemies with pin-point accuracy 

Wielding DOOMBLADE, Gloom Girl can ride through the air to attack enemies. Target monsters to attack them directly, and slay them with your sword’s wrath!

Restore DOOMBLADE’s lost powers 

The blade is hungry to wreak its revenge on The Dread Lords, who bound and trapped it in the Underworld. But first it must regain its lost strength. Search for statues of the old gods, where DOOMBLADE’s powers were hidden and stored by the long-dead Gloomfolk, awaiting its return.

Explore the cavelike worlds of the Lowlands 

From the abandoned halls of Gloomhaunt, into the New Wilderwood forest full of untrusting tribesmen, through the Molded Mines with their hedonistic shroom people, and into a technological hellscape known as the Power Sector. Wielding the blade of legend, Gloom Girl must destroy the monsters within and hunt down the Dread Lords who imprisoned DOOMBLADE.