• Seasonal Mutation: "Season of the Sale" •

The "Season of Variety" has ended! The changes introduced in it were warmly received by the players. Therefore, they are staying in the game with slight balance corrections.

Welcome to "Season of the Sale"

Seasonal Mutation: The mutation SALE! in the mutation tree now costs only 10 tokens and instantly grants a 50% discount on one item in the shop. This season, cheaper items will appear noticeably more often.

We always welcome your feedback on seasonal mutations. Regularly – usually a week before the season ends – we hold calls with players on our Discord server to discuss game balance and upcoming updates. Join us!

• Cursed Mutation Balance •

• "Curse of Gluttony": Humans now consume less food 200% ➔ 150%, maximum damage bonus cap reduced: 500 ➔ 200.
  
• "Curse of Restraint" now grants 100 ➔ 200 tokens.
  
• "Curse of Magic" now reduces human health by 30% ➔ 20%.
  

• Mode Balance •

• "Knowledge Token" now grants 400 XP and costs 1 token, but its value remains unchanged. This means that for every token spent, you still gain the same amount of XP as before. Purchasing 25 Knowledge Tokens will yield the same result as in the previous patch.
  
• The cost of "Fhtagn" in the mutation tree has been reduced: 20/40/60/70/80/100 ➔ 15/30/50/60/70/90.
  
• The cost of "Wgah'nagl" in the mutation tree has been reduced: 60/90/110 ➔ 50/80/100.
  
• The cost of "Wide Selection" in the mutation tree has been slightly increased: **10/15/20/30 ➔ 15/20/30/40.
  
• "Brawl" Mode Balance:
  
  
  
  1. The Fencers' class ability has been nerfed at all levels:
     
  2. Level 1: Crit chance: 25 ➔ 20
     
  3. Level 2: Crit chance: 35 ➔ 30
     
  4. Level 3: Crit chance: 40 ➔ 35
     
  5. Level 4: Crit chance: 45 ➔ 40, damage multiplier: 3 ➔ 2.6
     
  
  

• Mutation Balance •

• Fencers' "Vampirism" now restores 3% ➔ 5% health.
  
• "Mana Denial" now burns 20 ➔ 40 mana per attack.
  
• "Last Word" increases armor: 100 ➔ 200.
  

• Class Balance •

• Completing the Shooters quest now rewards "Penetrating Shots". "Rubber Bullets" now drop in mutation altars.
  
• "Attack Speed Aura" has been nerfed at all levels: +15/30/50/70 ➔ 10/20/40/60.
  

• Item Balance •

• Periodic Table (T2 Tanks): 450 ➔ 500 health.
  
• Sanuzzi Fridge (T3 Tanks): 600 ➔ 650 health.
  
• Panzer-Poo (T4 Tanks): 800 ➔ 900 health.
  
• Excellent Coffin (T5 Tanks): 950 ➔ 1050 health.
  
• Excalibur (T2 Fencers): 95 ➔ 100 damage.
  
• Chainsaw (T3 Fencers): 150 ➔ 160 damage.
  
• Laser Sword (T4 Fencers): 170 ➔ 190 damage.
  
• Dreihänder (T5 Fencers): 270 ➔ 290 damage.
  

King of the Hill Season 37 Results

WINNERS:

Season 38 starts right now and ends on March 20th at 16:00 UTC.

• Seasonal Mutation: "Season of Variety" •

The "Season of Benevolence" has ended! All mutation altar bonuses are reverted to the ones of Season 35.

Welcome to "Season of Variety".

The price for Wide Selection in the mutation tree has been reduced in all modes. This means you get more mutation altar rerolls, spending significantly fewer tokens to do so. It should now be much easier to add the desired mutation to your build this season.

We always welcome your feedback on seasonal mutations. We regularly have live discussions with players on our Discord server (usually—a week before the season ends.) The purpose of those discussions is to discuss the game's balance and upcoming features/changes. Feel free to join us, puny humans!

• Cursed Mutation Balance •

• Curse of Might: The chance that affected puny humans will attack themselves is reduced: 10% ➔ 5%
  
• Curse of Puniness: damage to enemies increases by 25 ➔ 15 units per attack
  
• Curse of Greed: the number of tokens received has been increased
  

• Mutation Balance •

• Chain Lightning now deals 5 ➔ 4 damage to targets
  
• The price of Wide Selection has been nerfed:
  
  
  
  
  1. Level 1: 20 ➔ 10
     
  2. Level 2: 30 ➔ 15
     
  3. Level 3: 50 ➔ 20
     
  4. Level 4: 100 ➔ 30
     
  
  

• Item Balance •

• Just-a-Sword (T1 Fencers) +50 ➔ +55 damage
  
• Excalibur (T2 Fencers) +85 ➔ +95 damage
  
• Chainsaw (T3 Fencers) +140 ➔ +150 damage
  
• Laser sword (T4 Fencers) +160 ➔ +170 damage
  
• Dreihänder (T5 Fencers) +250 ➔ +270 damage
  

• Class Balance •

• Fencers' class ability has been buffed:
  
  
  
  
  1. Level 1: 20% ➔ 25% crit chance ➔ 25%
     
  2. Level 2: 30% ➔ 35% crit chance
     
  3. Level 3: 35% ➔ 40% crit chance
     
  4. Level 4: 40% ➔ 45% crit chance, crit multiplier: 2.5 ➔ 3
     
  
  

• Mode Balance •

• The number of tokens gained in all modes with King of the Hill has been reduced
  
• Knowledge Token: now gives 9999 experience and costs 25 tokens. Note: now, Knowledge Token is guaranteed to level up all your puny humans if you buy it 8 times, spending 200 tokens.
  

King of the Hill Season 36 Results

WINNERS:

Season 37 starts right now and ends on February 20th at 16:00 UTC.

• Seasonal Mutation: "Season of Benevolence" •

The "Season of Curses" has ended! The empowered cursed mutations were warmly received by players. They will remain in the game with a few balance tweaks — details below.

Welcome to "Season of Benevolence".

Seasonal Mutation: Bonuses from mutation altars have been amplified. This applies to bonus mutations in Sprint mode as well as the bonus from "More Altars" in the mutation tree. For some reason D'Spot is unexpectedly generous this month!

We always welcome your feedback on seasonal mutations. We regularly have live discussions with players on our Discord server (usually—a week before the season ends.) The purpose of those discussions is to discuss the game's balance and upcoming features/changes. Feel free to join us, puny humans!

• Cursed Mutation Balance •

• Mode Balance •

• Item Balance •

• Mutation Balance •

King of the Hill Season 35 Results

WINNERS:

Season 36 starts right now and ends on January 23th at 16:00 UTC.

• Seasonal Mutation: "Season of Curses" •

The "Season of Underdogs" has ended! This time, the seasonal changes were warmly received by players, so they will remain in the game with some minor balance adjustments. See the details below.

Welcome to "Season of Curses".

Seasonal Mutation: We have significantly buffed almost all combat-related cursed mutations, but the effects of curses have also become stronger. More details about the changes—below!

We always welcome your feedback on seasonal mutations. We regularly have live discussions with players on our Discord server (usually—a week before the season ends.) The purpose of those discussions is to discuss the game's balance and upcoming features/changes. Feel free to join us, puny humans!

• Cursed Mutation Balance •

• Curse of Might: damage bonus 200 ➔ 400, chance to attack oneself 5% ➔ 10%;
  
• Cursed Armor: enemies take 70 ➔ 180 damage when attacked, but team members lose 5% ➔ 10% of health when moving;
  
• Curse of Puniness: humans can deal 400 ➔ 600 extra damage, but enemies increase by 15 ➔ 25 per attack;
  
• Curse of Magic: cooldowns reduced by 2 ➔ 3 seconds when using magic, but humans' health is reduced by 40%;
  
• Curse of Gluttony: humans consume 150% ➔ 200% more food, but the bonus damage cap is doubled;
  
• Curse of Variety: humans gain 1% ➔ 2% bonus health per unique item equipped, but item prices have increased: 5 ➔ 10.
  

• Mode Balance •

• During "Sprint" mode runs, players now earn approximately 200 more tokens;
  
• Token rewards during "Mutagens" mode runs have been slightly reduced;
  
• The Plague boss now has slightly increased health and damage, as well as increased damage from the Nausea ability.
  

• Item Balance •

• Candle Skull (Tier 3 Cultists): +25 ➔ +35 armor;
  
• Sanuzzi Fridge (Tier 3 Tanks): +25 ➔ +15 health per human level;
  
• Grav-Gun (Tier 3 Eggheads): now grants +110 damage, with damage increasing by 10 per human level;
  
• Sucker Gun (Tier 3 Shooters): damage reduced: 55 ➔ 45;
  
• Chainsaw (Tier 3 Fencers): +10% attack speed.
  

• The "Brawl" Mode Balance •

• Changes to "Magic Defense Bonus" in the mutation tree at levels 1 and 4:
  

1. Level 1: magic resistance percentage 15% ➔ 10%;
   
2. Level 4: magic resistance percentage 80% ➔ 85%.
   

• Mutation Balance •

• "Guard": effectiveness increased: damage bonus 100 ➔ 150;
  
• "Cult Leader": effectiveness reduced: armor bonus 30 ➔ 20;
  
• "Guardian of the Order": effectiveness reduced: armor bonus 30 ➔ 20.
  

King of the Hill Season 34 Results

WINNERS:

Season 35 starts right now and ends on December 26th at 16:00 UTC.

Despot's Game is 75% off.

Hurry up, you puny humans: the old price is coming back on December 4th.

KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 34

• Seasonal Mutation: "Season of Underdogs" •

Reworked "Director's Cut" mode

The "Season of Synergy" has ended! The changes from it are reverted.

Welcome to Season 34 – "Season of Underdogs".

🎬 The main feature of the season is the reworked "Director's Cut" mode. We've completely revamped the level balance and re-evaluated the core fundamentals of Despot's Game in this mode: Units cannot be lost in battle—fallen puny humans are resurrected after the fight. The only way to lose is to have your entire team obliterated in a single battle.

The fact your punies can't die doesn't mean this mode has become easy, lol. We believe this is the hardest mode in Despot's Game. There's no PvP, and it’s designed for players who felt the game lacked hardcore PvE content.

Additionally, we've rebalanced many mutations and abilities in this mode and aimed to create the ultimate single-player rogue-lite adventure based on the mechanics of our game. Hail Despot!

We've also prepared a pretty corporate-looking Google Forms survey—we’d love to hear your thoughts on the updated "Director's Cut." Please fill it out after playing—it will help us make the game better. 👇

Share Your Feedback on the "Director's Cut" mode

Seasonal Mutation: This season, we’ve significantly buffed all Tier 3 items. You guys have often mentioned that these items didn’t stand out enough from Tier 2 items but were almost as expensive as powerful Tier 4 items. We've tried to increase one or two stats for each Tier 3 item, and we hope this will raise their value.

• Modes Balance •

• Curse of Restraint no longer appears in the Hunger Games mode.
  
• Curse of Magic now reduces less health: 40% ➔ 30%.
  
• Curse of Might has been buffed: damage 150 ➔ 200; self-damage chance 7% ➔ 5%.
  
• Enemy damage increase from Curse of Puniness has been reduced: 30 ➔ 15.
  
• Curse of Gluttony has been buffed: the damage cap has increased: 150 ➔ 300.
  

• "Brawl" Balance •

• "Health Bonus" in the mutation tree has been buffed at levels two and three:
  
  
  
  1. Level 2: 100 ➔ 200
     
  2. Level 3: 200 ➔ 300
     
  
  
• The balance of "Magic Defense Bonus" in the mutation tree has been adjusted at levels one and two:
  
  
  
  1. Level 1: cost 10 ➔ 5; magic resistance percentage 30% ➔ 15%
     
  2. Level 2: magic resistance percentage 50% ➔ 35%
     
  3. Level 4: magic resistance percentage 90% ➔ 80%
     
  
  
• The first level has become significantly easier; other levels remain unchanged.
  

• Mutations Balance •

• The effectiveness of the following mutations has been halved:
  
  
  
  1. Guard
     
  2. Cult Leader
     
  3. Guardian of the Order
     
  4. Serum of Strength
     
  5. Thrower Talisman
     
  6. Healer Talisman
     
  
  
• "Impostor" has been nerfed: damage bonus 75% ➔ 50%.
  
• "Strike a Light" now deals damage for 4 sec ➔ 2 sec
  
• "Armor Link" now gives more armor: 50% ➔ 60%
  
• "Final Aid" has been buffed: Now units receive 150 ➔ 200 damage bonus
  
• Damage bonus from "Skillful Link" has been increased: 20% ➔ 30%
  

• Items Balance •

• Elden Charmed Ring (T3 for Mages) now grants +40 attack speed.
  
• Candle Skull (T3 for Cultists) now grants +25 armor.
  
• Pitchfork (T3 for Tricksters) now grants +70 attack speed.
  
• Sanuzzi Fridge (T3 for Tanks) now grants +25 health per level of the human.
  
• Plague Mask (T3 for Healers) now grants +20 damage per level-up.
  
• Yoga Pants (T3 for Fighters) now grants +130 damage and +60 attack speed.
  
• Grav-Gun (T3 for Eggheads) grants +100 damage, and its damage increases by 7 per level of the human.
  
• Sucker Gun (T3 for Shooters) grants +30 attack speed.
  
• Hidden Leaf Shuriken (T3 for Throwers) grants +50 attack speed.
  
• Chainsaw (T3 for Fencers) now deals 140 damage.
  

• Bug Fixes •

• The descriptions of sacrificial pits now differ in modes with and without food.
  
• The tooltip on the shop upgrade button now displays correctly.
  
• The secret room now appears correctly on the mini-map if the conditions for its opening were met while the map was expanded.
  

King of the Hill Season 33 Results

WINNERS:

Season 34 starts right now and ends on December 5th at 16:00 UTC.

Slime 3K has officially launched its full 1.0 version!

To celebrate, the game is currently 20% off, don't miss out on this treat!

Here’s what’s new in today’s 1.0 update:

New Abilities


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10 New Levels


Including the ultimate showdown—Slime faces its creator, Despot, in the final battle!



New Steam Achievements





New Pickups:






Looking Back on a Year of Updates


It’s been a year since Slime 3K entered early access, and we’ve added so much since then!
Here’s a quick recap:




• Survival Mode
  
• Standalone Slime 3K Demake
  
• Boss Abilities and Mini-Bosses
  
• New Abilities
  
• New Music Tracks
  
• Controller Support
  
• New Meta-Upgrades for DNA Points
  
• UI Improvements
  
• New Starter Slimes
  


Thank you to our amazing community for your support throughout early access—this launch wouldn’t be the same without you!



Have a spooky Halloween! 🎃




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Yo,

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👆 PLAY ON ITCH.IO 👆

Beat it and unlock a unique ability for Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot

If you beat the Demake, you'll get a code for unlocking a secret ability in the main game, Slime 3K!

KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 33

• Seasonal Mutation: "Season of Synergy" •

The "Season of Summoners" has ended! The changes from it were warmly received by the community, so they will remain in the game.

Welcome to Season 33 – "Season of Synergy".

In this season, puny humans of all classes unite! We are doubling the effects of all mutations that grant bonuses for having units from other classes on your team, such as Guard, Cult Leader, Guardian of the Order, and so on!

Be sure to leave your feedback: under this post, on the Steam forums, or on our official Discord server.

• Game Mode Balance •

• In "Mutagens", the cost of "More Altars" in the mutation tree has been increased at all levels:
  
  
  
  1. Level 1: 50 ➔ 70
     
  2. Level 2: 100 ➔ 130
     
  
  
• In "Mutagens", the cost of "Wide Selection" in the mutation tree has been increased: 120 ➔ 160
  

• Teams Balance •

• The "Classic" team has been buffed: Just-a-Sword ➔ Excalibur
  
• The Meganewbie has been given a hidden ability: his default chance to avoid a negative status effect is 20%
  

• Mutation Balance •

• To summon the Deathknight, fewer Tanks are now required: 15 ➔ 10
  
• To summon the Thorny, fewer Tricksters are now required: 11 ➔ 7
  

• Item Balance •

• The attack speed bonus for 1st and 2nd tier Fighters' items has been halved.
  

• "Brawl" Balance •

• The damage multiplier from Bloodletting has been reduced: 3 ➔ 2
  
• The damage of Rain of Bullets has been reduced: 450 ➔ 250
  
• Magical Blood now drops from level 9
  
• Mages' lightning has been buffed at all levels:
  
  
  
  1. Level 1: damage 120 ➔ 150
     
  2. Level 2: damage 200 ➔ 250
     
  3. Level 3: damage 320 ➔ 400
     
  
  
• The damage of the Throwers' "Bomb" has been increased at all levels:
  
  
  
  1. Level 1: damage 40 ➔ 70
     
  2. Level 2: damage 110 ➔ 150
     
  3. Level 3: damage 160 ➔ 230
     
  4. Level 4: damage 230 ➔ 320
     

King of the Hill Season 32 Results

WINNERS:

Season 33 starts right now and ends on November 7th at 15:00 UTC.

KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 32

• Seasonal Mutation: "Season of Summoners" •

The "Season of Concentrations" has ended! Now altars and the mutations associated with them work as they did before – there will be more altars, fewer rerolls, and both the Curse of Mutation and More Altars are back.

Welcome to Season 32—"Season of Summoners".

In this season, we are buffing the creatures that can be summoned through buttons or mutations (in simpler terms, Purr-Meow and other creatures you can find on the map will become stronger; Tentacles and Towers remain unchanged).

Please leave feedback under this post, on the Steam forums, or in our Discord.

• New Features •

• "Knowledge Token": a new item that can be purchased after defeating the Despot, right before your team heads to King of the Hill. The token allows you to buy experience for the whole team with tokens – now you can level up your low-level humans! Just make sure you have enough money.
  
• Buttons can now be sold. Works the same way as selling items – just drag the unwanted button into the bin in the lower left part of the screen – and you'll receive a small amount of tokens for it.

• Quest Balance •

• Rewards in tokens for the Tricksters, Cultists, and Shooters' quests have been increased and are now 50 tokens.
  

• Mutation and Ability Balance •

• Mass Taunt — cooldown multiplier increased from 5 ➔ 8
  
• Delayed Pain — duration reduced from 3 sec ➔ 2 sec
  
• Rat-ify — duration reduced from 8 sec ➔ 4 sec
  
• Blinding Lightning — blindness duration reduced from 4 sec ➔ 3 sec
  
• Death Deferred (T5 Healers ability) — duration reduced from 6 sec ➔ 3 sec
  

• Mode Balance •

• In the Sprint mode, on average, the player will receive slightly more tokens on almost all floors.
  

• Mutation Tree Balance •

• The Weighted Dice is cheaper at the first level, more expensive at the second, and its effectiveness at the first level has been reduced:
  1. Level 1 25% ➔ 10%; cost 25 ➔ 10
  2. Level 2 cost 60 ➔ 75
• Topochlorians balance has been changed:
  1. Level 1 40 ➔ 15; cost 15 ➔ 5
  2. Level 2 80 ➔ 30; cost 25 ➔ 15
  3. Level 3 140 ➔ 50; cost 35 ➔ 20
  4. Level 4 cost 45 ➔ 70
  5. Level 5 cost 70 ➔ 80
  
  

King of the Hill Season 31 Results

WINNERS:

Season 32 starts right now and ends on October 17th at 16:00 UTC.