DUESSELDORF, Germany – September 8, 2026 – Independent developer Weepel Games today announced the release of the public Steam demo for Astral Bounty.
Astral Bounty is a 1 player 2D arcade shoot ’em up. The demo sends bounty hunter Chip Mulligan from a frozen surface deep into a hostile mining complex across one demanding, roughly 12-minute level. Players fight through hand-built enemy formations, collect credits from destroyed targets and spend their earnings at in-level shops to build an increasingly destructive arsenal. Inspired by the 90’s classic Blood Money, which gave its developer childhood nightmares, Astral Bounty’s challenging gameplay makes upgrades, checkpoints and revives compete for the same limited credits.
DEMO FEATURES
• The complete first level, lasting roughly 12 minutes
• Tight arcade controls and destruction-focused game feel
• Hand-built enemy formations designed around readable patterns and learnable solutions
• Checkpoint insurance and increasingly costly revives
• A combo system for score-focused players
• Interface text in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese
AVAILABILITY AND ASSETS
Astral Bounty's demo is available now on Steam for Windows PC. The full game is currently in development.
STEAM: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4952490/Astral_Bounty/
DEMO LAUNCH TRAILER: https://youtu.be/uuM09PexOjc
ABOUT WEEPEL GAMES
Weepel Games is an independent one-person studio based near Duesseldorf, Germany. Astral Bounty began in February 2026 as a Godot learning project and escalated into a full game focused on responsive arcade action, carefully authored encounters and the pleasure of turning increasingly powerful weapons on increasingly troublesome enemies.
PRESS CONTACT:
Markus Lehmann, Founder & Solo Developer of Weepel Games
press@weepelgames.com
https://weepelgames.com/astralbounty/