Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands

A party-based RPG about a 3-piece band of dysfunctional friends who, upon signing up to a perfectly normal battle of the bands contest, become cursed with an unusual power.

Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands is a rpg, 2d and jrpg game developed and published by Deathbulge and Five Houses LLC.
Released on August 08th 2023 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 473 reviews of which 469 were positive and 4 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 12.28€ on Steam and has a 37% discount.

The Steam community has classified Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands into these genres:

RPG 2D JRPG Funny Turn-Based Combat Female Protagonist Hand-drawn Music Story Rich Comedy Singleplayer Cartoon Party-Based RPG Cartoony Controller Colorful Isometric Class-Based Combat Indie

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 SP1+
Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 1GB
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 4 GB available space

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.12+
Processor: Quad core 2GHz+
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 1GB
Storage: 4 GB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 16.04+
Processor: SSE2 instruction set support, 64-bit
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 1GB
Storage: 4 GB available space

Reviews

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Sept. 2024

This game is criminally, offensively, underrated. I bought this on a whim because I liked the style and visuals. Jesus H. Christ, that was the best whim I've ever had. All the music is incredible, the combat style is unique, and the visuals are more stylish than anything I've ever seen. If you have twenty dollars to spend on an rpg, you'd be hard pressed to find a better use for that money than this game.

June 2024

The writing is awesome, humor is on point, story is interesting, can't remember the last time I enjoyed reading every bit of text in a game this much. I spent a really long time on the "dating sim" going through all the possible options, and I still can't decide which one I liked the most. Combat is excellent, the twists to the turn-based formula I'm used to really makes the game stand out from many others. The level design is decent, the art was beautiful and I really liked that even the hidden chests had some cues on their whereabouts if you paid attention to the details, but other than that nothing that stands out too much for me. Only complain I have is how annoying some of the beats (enemy drops) were to get, at least you can get some drop chance boost gear later on. And also an attack that instakills enemies, that one helped a lot. I admit that I only bought this game because I used to read the webcomic (if you're reading this Dan, please start posting again, I miss your comics), but I got way more than I was expecting, this is a bargain for the price and completely worth the time.

March 2024

This game rules so bad its a must play for anyone intrigued enough already to come looking into the reviews. I heard that Deathbulge was making a game and I knew the art would be amazing but it might be a crutch for the rest of the game. I could not have been more wrong, every part of this experience is stylish and refined. Every character you meet is an icon, all the music is energizing, and the combat is fantastic. The humour never gets old, and the game knows just how to play to its strengths. It is a shame this game hasn't found a wide audience because you can so easily picture the fanbases certain characters would have, the in-jokes a community would coalesce around and the vibrant discussions about favourite moves, combos and bosses. If this game ever blows up, you know such a community would form because you can see all the quality material ready to be absorbed in game. Must play, a strong recommend from me. This game has STYLE and SUBSTANCE in spades.

Jan. 2024

The game blindsided me with how much humour, joy and passion it manages to cram into a casual JRPG. The writing is tight, all the art is hand drawn, the music is top-notch, and the overall design mechanics smoothed out anything that I thought was going to be an issue. This game is a passion project, and the amount of love and care poured in to it shines through. If your idea of a decent time involves any of the following: catching a gig, banter between your idiot mates, the wide range of potential physical comedy outcomes enabled through the medium of kicking, that YouTube video called "Demon Possessed Singing Trout", or the Daddest of the Dad Jokes, then you're in for a real treat. Strongest possible recommendation. GIVE IT A RED HOT GO, MATES.

Dec. 2023

Fantastic band-based RPG. Really impressed with how polished it is. Clearly a lot of time, effort and talent have gone into this. The writing, art and music are all top notch. I haven't played many RPGs (i think Chrono Trigger was possibly the most recent...) but the combat system is one of the best I've encountered - mainly turn-based with some real-time elements and lots of scope for customising your builds. Overall, the devs have done a great job constructing a unique and interesting world populated with lots of fun characters (possibly based on a comic book?). There are so many nice touches and hopefully it will become a bit of a cult classic. Would definitely recommend to anyone who is interested in RPGs or the world of bands and musicians.

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-37% 19.50€ 12.28€

9.2

469

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Developer

Deathbulge, Five Houses LLC

Publisher

Deathbulge, Five Houses LLC

Release 08 Aug 2023

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