Kuala Lumpur – April 17, 2026 – Indie developer, 1+1 Studios, has announced today that their debut title game, Duo Quest, has launched its official public demo on their Steam page. In Duo Quest, you and your co-op partner will strategise, build decks, and fight quirky monsters while answering questions about each other to create powerful attacks!
After launching a playtest in December 2025 that attracted more than 5,000 players worldwide, the new demo build promises polish and new features to level up the players' experience, including many UI/UX upgrades, new encounters and events, and the addition of a new Quick Play mode that allows players to quickly jump in to play a quick round with their choice of question theme.
The demo is now available for all to play on Steam, with new updates planned for the demo build leading up to the game's release.
What is Duo Quest?
Duo Quest is a Co-op Roguelite Deckbuilder that tests your relationships! Build decks with your co-op partner, fight fun and quirky monsters, while answering questions about each other to create powerful attacks. Questions from "What is your partner's greatest fear?" to "How would your partner handle sharing desserts?" - Duo Quest puts your bonds to the test, where your friendship is the ultimate weapon! The stronger your bond, the further you’ll go!
Battle Scene & Bondbreaker Mode
Duo Quest Key Features:
- Cooperative Deck-Building for Two: Strategise together, build decks that complement each other's strengths, and unleash powerful combo attacks on your enemies.
- "Bondbreaker" Mode: Experience our unique gameplay mechanic that blends relationship questions with deckbuilding strategy.
- Procedurally Generated Levels: Explore Duo Quests' ever-changing levels, where no path is the same! Take a gamble with randomised routes to battle your way to epic boss battles. Replay levels to discover secrets and unlock every powerful card!
- Classes: Unlock 5 exciting classes, each with unique card sets and forge your own path to victory!
- Mysterious Artifacts: Discover powerful items known as artifacts through your runs to enhance your playstyle by turning the odds in your favour.
New features in the demo:
- Quick Play mode: Players can jump in and out with their favourite themes in a one-off battle!
- 2 New Nodes: A new Deck Edit room and Cursed Artifact room can be found during players’ runs, which will allow players to edit their deck and discover powerful new artifacts that will help in their journey!
- New Questions: Of course, the heart of Duo Quest is its questions! We’ve added new, exciting questions to the demo so that players can continue to play with fresh questions every run!
- Shorter Bondbreaker Mode: As per feedback from the public playtest, we’ve reduced the number of turns in Bondbreaker Mode, improving the flow of the game.
Awards and Accolades:
- Duo Quest won the 2025 Indie Wave Rider Award at Gamescom Asia, Bangkok, for Creativity in Game Design, Graphics or Mechanics.
- Duo Quest has also been nominated as one of the finalists for the Best Multiplayer category for the 2026 BIG Gamescom LATAM. The results will be out during the gamescom latam festival April 29th - May 3rd, 2026.
For more information, please find our Duo Quest factsheet available here or download the PDF here.
For hi-res images/key visuals/gameplay trailer for Duo Quest, find them in our Press Kit here.
For more information, you can visit 1+1 Studios’ linktree: https://linktr.ee/1plus1studios
About 1+1 Studios:
Established in September 2024, 1+1 Studios is an independent game development studio located in Kuala Lumpur. The studio’s mission is to bring people together through gaming by developing multiplayer games focusing on accessibility to players of different skill levels. Leading this mission with their first game, Duo Quest.