[May 2026] — Independent developer STUDIO C-illy_B today announced DeMon Researcher 2, the sequel to the indie sci-fi survival horror title DeMon Researcher. Darker in tone and deeper in story, the sequel takes players into a terrifying new location — the Green Dungeon — where horror is not born from hatred, but from love that has nowhere left to go.
DeMon Researcher 2 launches on Steam on June 1st, 2026.
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4729300/DeMon_Researcher_2/
About DeMon Researcher 2
People are vanishing. No bodies. No traces. Only whispers — and a place the missing all had in common: The Green Dungeon.
Sent in alone with a single mission — find out what's happening and report back — players will descend into a layered horror environment where every room holds a secret, and every secret costs something.
At the heart of the dungeon is a monster unlike any other. She was a mother once. When her child died, she turned to AI not as a tool, but as a lifeline — a way to stop feeling. It worked. And that is exactly what makes her terrifying.
"She didn't become a monster out of hatred. She became one out of love she had nowhere left to go."
Key Features
- Enter the Green Dungeon — a multi-layered horror environment where secrets are currency and nothing is safe
- Face the Developed Monster — a boss driven not by code, but by unresolved grief
- Third-person survival horror with tense combat, limited resources, and psychological dread
- Unforgettable characters whose tragedy lingers long after the credits roll
- Standalone experience — new players welcome; returning researchers will understand more than they wish they did
A Story About What Grief Becomes
DeMon Researcher 2 is not just a sequel — it is an exploration of loss, obsession, and what happens when escaping reality goes too far. Building on the sci-fi horror foundation of the original, this chapter strips away the action and replaces it with something more unsettling: humanity at its most desperate.
"DeMon Researcher 2 — Darker. Deeper. More human."
About DeMon Researcher
The original DeMon Researcher launched on Steam as a sci-fi survival horror set in a world ruled by rogue AIs. Players took on the role of a lone operative sent to discover the fate of a powerful leader's kidnapped daughter — navigating four intense stages of AI-driven horror with third-person shooting, grenades, and pure survival instinct.
Game Details
Title: DeMon Researcher 2
Developer: STUDIO C-illy_B
Release Date: June 1st, 2026
Platform: Windows (PC)
Language: English
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4729300/DeMon_Researcher_2/
Press & Media
Press Kit: https://impress.games/press-kit/studio-c-illyb/demon-researcher-2
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DeMonResearcher
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@studioc-illy_b
Contact: culturallybridged@gmail.com
"This dungeon was not built to trap you. It was built so she could forget. You are the thing she doesn't want to remember."