[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":453},["ShallowReactive",2],{"studio-blog-post-soulers-demo-bullet-time-bullet-hell-shooter":3,"studio-blog-related-soulers-demo-bullet-time-bullet-hell-shooter":413},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":386,"cover":22,"coverHref":15,"date":387,"description":388,"draft":389,"extension":390,"image":391,"meta":392,"navigation":74,"path":393,"seo":394,"stem":395,"tags":396,"takes":402,"__hash__":412},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fsoulers-demo-bullet-time-bullet-hell-shooter.md","Soulers Demo: Bullet Time Meets Bullet Hell Shooter","voltz",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":375},"minimark",[10,24,34,54,65,75,84,89,108,111,134,138,149,158,164,171,182,186,204,213,219,230,259,274,282,286,293,297,310,325,329,332,340,344,347],[11,12,18,19],"a",{"className":13,"href":15,"title":16,"style":17},[14],"vg-hotframe","https:\u002F\u002Fstore.steampowered.com\u002Fapp\u002F2388920\u002F","Soulers on Steam","background-image:url(\u002Fblog\u002Fsoulers-demo-bullet-time-bullet-hell-shooter-bp-hero.webp)","\n  ",[20,21],"img",{"src":22,"alt":23},"https:\u002F\u002Fshared.akamai.steamstatic.com\u002Fstore_item_assets\u002Fsteam\u002Fapps\u002F2388920\u002F45b19203815d9817ad5b389ff1334bdaaad9ecc7\u002Fcapsule_616x353.jpg?t=1791262536","Official Soulers Steam capsule: three anime girls on a sunny rooftop, a black haired woman with a headset and long coat on the right, a blue haired cat hood girl sitting on an air conditioner unit in the middle and a blonde girl in a military jacket on the left, beside the Soulers wordmark (Drabit Studio)",[25,26,30,33],"p",{"className":27,"style":29},[28],"blog-muted","margin:-0.75rem 0 1.5rem;font-size:0.9em",[11,31,32],{"href":15},"Soulers (Steam)",". Hover for a Voidge draft sketch inspired by a fragment of the capsule key art.",[25,35,36,37,41,42,45,46,49,50,53],{},"Dude, the ",[38,39,40],"strong",{},"Soulers demo"," is the kind of shooter that makes you lean into your desk. It is a top-down bullet hell from ",[38,43,44],{},"Drabit Studio",", a small indie team in Korea, and the whole hook fits in one sentence: you can slow down time to slip through the bullet storm, then call in your crew to clean up. The free demo is live on Steam right now, the full game is listed as ",[38,47,48],{},"To be announced",", and it runs on Windows and Mac. App ID ",[38,51,52],{},"2388920",".",[25,55,56,57,60,61,64],{},"The review count is small but the vibe is unanimous. As of about 19:00 BRT on October 22, Steam shows ",[38,58,59],{},"61 of 61"," demo reviews recommending it, a clean ",[38,62,63],{},"100%",", Very Positive. Most of them are in Korean, and the comparisons keep stacking up: Enter the Gungeon, Katana Zero, Soul Knight.",[66,67],"iframe",{"title":68,"src":69,"width":70,"height":71,"style":72,"loading":73,"allowFullScreen":74},"Soulers clip on Voidge X","https:\u002F\u002Fplatform.twitter.com\u002Fembed\u002FTweet.html?id=2113392359677235384",550,650,"width:100%;max-width:550px;height:650px;border:0;border-radius:12px;margin:1rem 0","lazy",true,[25,76,79,83],{"className":77,"style":78},[28],"margin:-0.5rem 0 1.5rem;font-size:0.9em",[11,80,82],{"href":81},"https:\u002F\u002Fx.com\u002FmyVoidge\u002Fstatus\u002F2113392359677235384","Open the clip on X"," if the embed does not load. Cut from the official Soulers Game Trailer.",[85,86,88],"h2",{"id":87},"what-is-soulers","What is Soulers?",[25,90,91,92,95,96,99,100,103,104,107],{},"The store pitch is straight to the point: a shooter where you slow down time to break through bullet hell and assemble a team of ",[38,93,94],{},"Crew"," members. 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On X, ",[38,115,116],{},"@DRABIT_studio"," pitched it as a game for fans of ",[38,119,120],{},"Touhou Project",", ",[38,123,124],{},"Rabi-Ribi"," and ",[38,127,128],{},"Enter the Gungeon",", and said watching ",[38,131,132],{},"Cyberpunk: Edgerunners"," is what made them want to build a shoot 'em up like this one.",[85,135,137],{"id":136},"bullet-time-inside-bullet-hell-explained","Bullet time inside bullet hell, explained",[25,139,140,141,144,145,148],{},"Here is the part that is lowkey genius. Lethe has an ability called ",[38,142,143],{},"Time Acceleration"," that slows time around her while she keeps moving at full speed. So when a boss throws a wall of pink diamonds at you, you are not just praying, you are reading the gaps in slow motion and threading through them. You can also ",[38,146,147],{},"reflect"," certain attacks, which turns a scary pattern into your damage window.",[11,150,18,154],{"className":151,"href":15,"title":152,"style":153},[14],"Soulers boss fight against the Witch of the Meteor (Steam)","background-image:url(\u002Fblog\u002Fsoulers-demo-bullet-time-bullet-hell-shooter-bp-barrage.webp)",[20,155],{"src":156,"alt":157},"https:\u002F\u002Fshared.akamai.steamstatic.com\u002Fstore_item_assets\u002Fsteam\u002Fapps\u002F2388920\u002F0d06b89bbb78979413c833dfcf01edea033d0893\u002Fss_0d06b89bbb78979413c833dfcf01edea033d0893.1920x1080.jpg?t=1791262536","Official Soulers screenshot: the Witch of the Meteor, an Omega class entity, fires a huge radial web of pink diamond bullets across an octagonal helipad deck while the tiny player character dodges between the chains, with three crew portraits in the bottom corner (Steam)",[25,159,161,163],{"className":160,"style":29},[28],[11,162,32],{"href":15},". Hover for a Voidge draft sketch inspired by a fragment of the Witch of the Meteor boss screenshot.",[25,165,166,167,170],{},"One English reviewer broke down the controls for real: Shift for time, a dodge roll on the mouse, and crew assists on 1, 2 and 3. You bring ",[38,168,169],{},"three crew members"," into each stage, and each one has a skill that leans tank, damage or support. Korean reviewers kept pointing out that the time skill is not optional on harder fights. When you slow time, the game also shows your hit point, which is clutch when the screen is pure neon.",[25,172,173,174,177,178,181],{},"The latest demo update made that loop even sicker. Bosses and some monsters got ",[38,175,176],{},"revised bullet patterns",", and now when you ",[38,179,180],{},"stagger"," an enemy, every bullet it has fired gets wiped. So stagger is not just a stun anymore, it is a panic button that clears the screen and opens a punish window.",[85,183,185],{"id":184},"what-is-in-the-demo","What is in the demo?",[25,187,188,189,192,193,196,197,200,201,53],{},"The current build is the ",[38,190,191],{},"second demo",". The first one went up in December 2024, then Drabit pulled it on ",[38,194,195],{},"February 28, 2026"," to rebuild combat around the time ability. They ran a public playtest during the ",[38,198,199],{},"Steam Bullet Hell Fest"," in June 2026, and the second demo landed on ",[38,202,203],{},"June 30, 2026",[11,205,18,209],{"className":206,"href":15,"title":207,"style":208},[14],"Soulers crew hanging out at the Vessel bar (Steam)","background-image:url(\u002Fblog\u002Fsoulers-demo-bullet-time-bullet-hell-shooter-bp-crew.webp)",[20,210],{"src":211,"alt":212},"https:\u002F\u002Fshared.akamai.steamstatic.com\u002Fstore_item_assets\u002Fsteam\u002Fapps\u002F2388920\u002Fa8a818bf21582662ddd435260f15d6fa45b0fde5\u002Fss_a8a818bf21582662ddd435260f15d6fa45b0fde5.1920x1080.jpg?t=1791262536","Official Soulers screenshot: pixel art crew members gather at a wooden bar with stools, bottle shelves and a neon spaghetti sign, including a dark haired girl with a halo and a white haired girl with bunny ears, with pizza on the counter (Steam)",[25,214,216,218],{"className":215,"style":29},[28],[11,217,32],{"href":15},". Hover for a Voidge draft sketch inspired by a fragment of the crew bar screenshot.",[25,220,221,222,225,226,229],{},"Then on ",[38,223,224],{},"September 4, 2026"," the ",[38,227,228],{},"Crew System Overhaul"," dropped into the demo:",[231,232,233,240,250,256],"ul",{},[234,235,236,239],"li",{},[38,237,238],{},"Crew perk trees."," Level up crew at the bar, unlock tiers, pick one of two perks per tier, and build the same character in different directions.",[234,241,242,245,246,249],{},[38,243,244],{},"Daram",", a new support crew member who deploys ",[38,247,248],{},"8 holographic clones"," to fight next to Lethe.",[234,251,252,255],{},[38,253,254],{},"SR-B1 Slayer",", a sniper rifle with high damage and low stagger force whose shots pierce every enemy in line.",[234,257,258],{},"Weapon upgrades at the bar and refreshed character portraits.",[25,260,261,262,265,266,269,270,273],{},"The roadmap also teases a ",[38,263,264],{},"Defense"," mission mode with nonstop enemy waves, not in the demo yet. Reviewers clock the demo anywhere from about ",[38,267,268],{},"30 minutes"," to just under ",[38,271,272],{},"two hours",", depending on difficulty, and there are easy, normal and hard options plus adjustable difficulty in the accessibility list. One player ran it on Steam Deck on hard and had a blast. Full controller support, Steam Cloud and achievements are listed, and the minimum spec is chill: 4 GB of RAM, a GTX 660 and 4 GB of storage. Twelve languages, Portuguese included.",[25,275,276,277,281],{},"If you want another bullet hell that rides the beat instead, our ",[11,278,280],{"href":279},"\u002Fblog\u002Fafterbeat-steam-rhythm-bullet-hell\u002F","Afterbeat writeup"," is a sick pairing.",[85,283,285],{"id":284},"what-our-clip-shows","What our clip shows",[25,287,288,289,292],{},"Three takes of pure action from the official ",[38,290,291],{},"Soulers Game Trailer"," on Steam. First, a firefight in a mossy ruined courtyard with bullet streams flying and a big slash ring. Second, a helipad fight where glowing stars rain down at an angle and the crew lights up. Third, the pink radial web around the helipad and a red laser sweep through a courtyard full of enemies. No menus, no logo cards.",[85,294,296],{"id":295},"who-makes-soulers","Who makes Soulers?",[25,298,299,300,302,303,305,306,309],{},"Steam lists ",[38,301,44],{}," as developer and publisher. The team announced the project on Steam in September 2024, and the first demo note said it had been in development for two and a half years by then. The ",[38,304,116],{}," account on X, about ",[38,307,308],{},"1,070"," followers, posts dev clips like a new boss stagger effect and answers fans in English, Japanese and Korean.",[25,311,312,313,316,317,320,321,324],{},"Real talk on the caveats: there is no release date, a longtime team member left in October after nearly four years on the project, and on ",[38,314,315],{},"October 20"," the studio opened a call for a new ",[38,318,319],{},"lead artist",". That post pulled over ",[38,322,323],{},"11k"," views, so people are watching.",[85,326,328],{"id":327},"is-the-demo-worth-it","Is the demo worth it?",[25,330,331],{},"For real, yes, if you like bullet hell that rewards brains as much as reflexes. The knocks are fair: one colorblind reviewer struggled to tell ally bullets from enemy bullets, some said stages end a little fast, one wanted to see passive cooldowns, and one felt the crew members did not change strategy enough yet. A few wanted the meta progression trees to get deeper.",[25,333,334,335,339],{},"The praise is louder: tight bullet time, stylish combat, cute characters, strong pixel art and music. My verdict: fire. Grab the free demo, run it on hard, then wishlist it. 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Voidge hosts only purple crop-inspired draft sketches for hover and fallback, plus the short blog clip.",{"title":376,"searchDepth":377,"depth":377,"links":378},"",2,[379,380,381,382,383,384,385],{"id":87,"depth":377,"text":88},{"id":136,"depth":377,"text":137},{"id":184,"depth":377,"text":185},{"id":284,"depth":377,"text":285},{"id":295,"depth":377,"text":296},{"id":327,"depth":377,"text":328},{"id":342,"depth":377,"text":343},"indie","2026-10-22T19:00:00","Soulers is a top-down bullet hell shooter where you slow time to slip through bullets and call in a crew. 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