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Released Jun 8, 2026 $6.99 Positive Not counted on Steam profiles yet

Hell Bug

By Artisan Knights Studios

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Reviews 10 Positive
Players now 0 Peak today 0
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About Hell Bug

Hell Bug is a game tagged Bullet Hell, Action Roguelike and Roguelike by Artisan Knights Studios, released Jun 8, 2026. It has 10 Steam reviews (Positive). The Steam games most like it include Entrée Dungeon, LootMage and Rogue Squad.

Hell Bug is a simple roguelite shooter where you build a swarm of chaos from the remains of your enemies. Designed as a basic arcade style experience, you focus on crushing mutant bugs and unlocking defeated bosses' children, as powerful new allies. Each bug has a story, some shouldn't be told.
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Hell Bug · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID3400470
Release dateJun 8, 2026
Last change number39940502
Last record update1 day ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Artisan Knights Studios
Publisher
Artisan Knights Studios
Steam profile
Not counted yet: Steam is still getting to know this game, so it doesn't add to game counts or achievement totals · checked 1 day ago
Technologies
Unity detected

Platforms

Windows
Steam Deck
Playable

Features

4
Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$6.99
On sale0 of 41regions right now
Lowest seen · US$6.99Oct 23, 2026
Checked11 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Patch notes

12
  1. Aug 11, 2026 Small Update

    Tutorial room has two more guns now Base visuals adjusted

  2. Jul 13, 2026 Bug Fix and News!

    We are making new guns and plan to release a big content update real soon! Fixed bugs: -Changed Mebeesto laser state -Fire guns now can kill enemies -Removed award chests from Mebeesto due to her being the final boss

  3. Jun 26, 2026 Small Bug Fixes #3

    -Fixed issues with character selection: -Intended character will appear after choosing -Characters will stay unlocked if the boss is not slayed yet -Mosquito die animation fixed -You can no longer fire in base

  4. Jun 18, 2026 Small Bug Fixes #2

    -Fixed Mosquito animations, when it died, the animation was stuck in idle -Mantis character now can be selected in character selection -Dragon headed caterpillars attacks not being visible fixed -Grenade Launcher guns bullets now explodes …

  5. Jun 15, 2026 Small Bug Fixes

    -Hp chest bugs fixed -Chosen character not showing up fixed -Rhino Character active ability only shooting left bug fixed

  6. Jun 13, 2026 Balance and Bug Fix Update #2

    We are making changes to health and chest systems, you will get more hp rooms now. And bosses will grant you 3 different chess; hp, bullet and random gun chest. We are hoping these changes will affect the game in a positive way and make it…

  7. Jun 12, 2026 Balance and Bug Fix Update

    We heard your feedback on difficulty and balanced some stats! Overall enemies max health has been reduced, and gun damage has been increased as well as their max ammo. We also have some bug fixes: -Fixed a bug where health chest wouldn't g…

  8. Jun 9, 2026 Hotfix #2

    Fixed an issue with Sudden Impact card making impossible to choose anything on the screen Small bugfixes

  9. Jun 8, 2026 Hotfix for small bugs

    Fixed pink mantis enemy not attacking on biome 1 Revolver with infinite ammo fixed Some ability icons were not right, showing card images instead of their own small icon Fixed a room in biome 1, where you couldn't get through the door to n…

  10. Feb 23, 2026 Demo Update - Next Fest Edition

    Hi everyone! We have some great quailty of life updates and we'll also be participating in Next Fest! Changes: -Default character's (soldier ant) ability can now throw grenades around him, he'll still be invincible during the ability phase…

  11. Sep 24, 2025 Hell Bug Demo Hotfix #2

    We got some UX and Quality of Life updates! -Items can be bought with "E" now, no more clicking! -Gameplay song is changed after feedback -An infinitie symbol added to pistol bullets, it was "111" before, we know it was confusing, sorry! -…

  12. Sep 13, 2025 Hell Bug Demo Hotfix Update 1

    We made a quick hotfix for some bugs and some balancing was needed. Here's the list:-No enemy spawns in rooms bug is fixed-Kamikaze bug not working properly bug is fixed-Flea health reduced from 1 to 0.5 (all guns will be able to kill them…

Builds

1
BuildBranchUpdated
24677828publicAug 11, 2026

Depots

Depots

1
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
3400471 — English Windows 649.0 MB 87.7 MB 6356742101950082345

Branches

1
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 24677828 Aug 11, 2026 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Hell Bug

Launch options

1
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
HellBug.exe Windows

Cloud saves

Space per player95.4 MB
Filesup to 10
Save locations1
RootPathPatternSystems
WinAppDataLocalLow\Limonit Games\HellBug*Windows

News

  1. Aug 8, 2026 · Community Announcements New guns and bow category has arrived!

    We are bringing a new type: bows! And with this update the number of guns went beyond 100! But not just that, we love your feedback so we are making some quailty of life updates too! QoL changes: -Ca…

  2. Jun 8, 2026 · Community Announcements Hell Bug is out!

    Hell Bug 1.0 is out! You can join our community by joining the Artisan Knights discord server, if you encounter any bugs, please let us know. You can report it on the form which is on the main menu. …

  3. Nov 9, 2025 · Community Announcements BIG demo change-abilities are here! And we'll be in Animal Fest!

    Welcome to the biggest and best demo update yet! We are changing lots of things (after carefully listening your feedbacks), some rooms will have two doors, each leading to a different reward. Oh and …

  4. Sep 13, 2025 · Community Announcements ANNOUNCEMENT! DEMO is OUT!

    Hell Bug demo is out! You can play it as long as you want, it usually takes 20 to 30 minutes to kill the boss but don't worry, you can play the loop after that. Don't forget to wishlist the game and …

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