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September 1st, 2025
Crytivo and ForestWare Unleash Sword Hero Combat Arena Demo During Sword Celebration on Steam
Crytivo and developer ForestWare are proud to announce the launch of the Sword Hero Combat Arena demo, available today on Steam as part of the Sword Celebration event. Sword Hero is an ambitious open-world RPG inspired by cult-classics like Gothic and Kenshi, built around freedom, immersion, and a brutal, limb-based combat system.
Additionally, a new trailer is available, allowing players to see what is in store for the full release. The demo is available to play on September 1st, 2025 at 10am PST.
September 1st, 2025
Crytivo and ForestWare Unleash Sword Hero Combat Arena Demo During Sword Celebration on Steam
Crytivo and developer ForestWare are proud to announce the launch of the Sword Hero Combat Arena demo, available today on Steam as part of the Sword Celebration event. Sword Hero is an ambitious open-world RPG inspired by cult-classics like Gothic and Kenshi, built around freedom, immersion, and a brutal, limb-based combat system.
Additionally, a new trailer is available, allowing players to see what is in store for the full release. The demo is available to play on September 1st, 2025 at 10am PST.
ENTER THE ARENA
The newly released Combat Arena demo offers players their first opportunity to step into the heart of the game: its visceral directional combat. Across five unique arena scenarios and with three pre-made characters, players can experience battles that emphasize precision and consequence — targeting limbs to cripple foes, dismembering enemies in gruesome fashion, and watching scars and wounds remain throughout the fight. Layered onto this system are advanced physics interactions, where collapsing trees, spreading fires, and environmental hazards can change the outcome of combat in unexpected ways. While limited to arena battles, this demo provides a focused glimpse of the combat foundation that defines Sword Hero.
Beyond the demo lies the broader vision of the full game: a seamless open-world RPG set on the untamed island of Wes. Here, every decision carries weight. From joining one of three factions and rising through their ranks, to forging your own bloody path as a mercenary or outcast, Sword Hero places destiny firmly in the player’s hands. The world is alive and unscaled—wolves remain wolves, giants remain giants, and the land itself remembers your actions. NPCs live their own routines, corpses rot where they fall, and scars, prosthetics, and body transformations mark your journey in ways that make every character unique
DEMO KEY FEATURES
Choose Your Fighter: Put the Warrior, Archer, or Scholar to the test in the combat arena
Trade Items: Engage in a unique bartering system where you can trade wares from the shop for inventory items and money by balancing the scales
Equip Weapons and Armor: Raise your offense and defense with a variety of armor and weapons
Treat Your Wounds: Use items, such as bandages, to treat your battle wounds between rounds
Use Abilities: With Psi, use abilities in combat for the Scholar class in order to land devastating magical attacks
Loot Enemies: Enemies may drop items when they die, which can be equipped or sold between rounds
Five Combat Situations: Test your skills against five rounds of enemies in ruthless arena battles
Trade Items: Engage in a unique bartering system where you can trade wares from the shop for inventory items and money by balancing the scales
Equip Weapons and Armor: Raise your offense and defense with a variety of armor and weapons
Treat Your Wounds: Use items, such as bandages, to treat your battle wounds between rounds
Use Abilities: With Psi, use abilities in combat for the Scholar class in order to land devastating magical attacks
Loot Enemies: Enemies may drop items when they die, which can be equipped or sold between rounds
Five Combat Situations: Test your skills against five rounds of enemies in ruthless arena battles
Additional Information
Game information
Game: Sword Hero
Developer: ForestWare
Publisher: Crytivo
Platforms: PC
Release Date: TBA
Media Kit: Link
Steam: Link
About Developer:
Csaba Székely (ForestWare), a self-taught solo developer from Hungary, leads the project with a vision inspired by the RPGs of the early 2000s. Games like Gothic, Dungeon Siege, and Fable shaped his passion, and with Sword Hero he strives to capture that same sense of immersion and timeless atmosphere—a brief escape into a world where worries cannot follow.
Csaba Székely (ForestWare), a self-taught solo developer from Hungary, leads the project with a vision inspired by the RPGs of the early 2000s. Games like Gothic, Dungeon Siege, and Fable shaped his passion, and with Sword Hero he strives to capture that same sense of immersion and timeless atmosphere—a brief escape into a world where worries cannot follow.