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Cyberpunk deckbuilder and dungeon crawler Into The Grid gets a fresh demo

Into The Grid is a cyberpunk roguelike deckbuilder and dungeon crawler from Flatline Studios, with a fresh demo up ahead of Steam Next Fest.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/cyberpunk-deckbuilder-and-dungeon-crawler-into-the-grid-gets-a-fresh-demo/

Anticipated-access to Next Fest Demo starts today!


Hello everyone!

We are euphoric to announce that after months of blood, sweat and tears (literally all of those!), our new demo is here!

It will be taking part of the Next Fest starting on June 9 and during this week, we will be following your comments and feedback closely as we polish rough edges, fix minor bugs and keep adding vfx, sfx and content.

Now more than ever, your feedback is crucial!

Leave us your message in the Steam Forums, or join our Discord and chat with us live!

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Brazilian Portuguese localization available now!

Hello there!

We’re thrilled to announce that an update to the current Into The Grid demo is now live—now with full support for Brazilian Portuguese!

This exciting update arrives just in time to celebrate the start of BIG Festival / Gamescom Latam in São Paulo!

We’re incredibly honored that Into The Grid has been selected as one of just 20 games featured in the World Panorama exhibition at the event.



As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts, your feedback means the world to us.

And stay tuned, there’s more exciting news coming your way very soon!

Upcoming events, new demo & localization updates!

Hello everyone!

Time to share some news before the big demo update coming in late May!

First of all, the Strategems Fest is happening right now, featuring some amazing strategy games—including our friends developing Northwind!

Take a moment to check out their demo. They’re doing some really interesting things, like avoiding defense cards altogether and using a clever system for gaining mana/energy. It's worth a shot—trust me!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1476400/Northwind/

[h2]Now the news![/h2]

[h3]Upcoming festivals![/h3]

We’re super thrilled to have a cool line-up of festivals coming up to boost the visibility of Into The Grid!
  • Gamescom Latam World Panorama – Starting April 30.
  • Indie Assemble – Starting May 5.
  • Best Indie Games Summer Showcase – Starting June 3.
  • Turn-based Festival – Starting June 5.
  • Steam Next Fest – Starting June 9.

Hopefully, a few more will get confirmed along the way!

[h3]New Localizations coming up![/h3]

In preparation for Gamescom Latam (which takes place in Brazil), we’ll be releasing a demo update with Brazilian Portuguese language support! :)

Right after Gamescom, we’ll also be adding Traditional Chinese and Japanese!

And with the NEW demo launching in late May, we’ll also add Korean!

[h3]Work towards the new Demo[/h3]

The team is working non-stop (quite literally!) to get the new demo ready in time for Next Fest. As we mentioned before, this update will be MASSIVE—the most ambitious thing we’ve built to date.
  • Map going full 3D and several times bigger.
  • New in-game shop.
  • New node types.
  • Card upgrading.
  • New cards.
  • New enemy models & abilities.
  • Introduction of the "Enemy Peripherals".
  • Introduction of "Map Skills".
  • New combat scenarios and camera effects.
  • Updated UI.


Find below some very raw work-in-progress sneak peeks—just for your eyes ;) Be advised: lots of visual effects are missing, and some elements are placeholders!

Accessing the shop


Using "Enhancers" to reroll shop content


Spidertank new model & animation


And that’s all for now—I’m saving a few more goodies for later.

See you around!

Into The Grid is part of the Earth Appreciation Festival!

Hello everyone!

We’re excited to kick off the Earth Appreciation Festival! 🌿 Alongside our fellow deckbuilder devs working on Northwind, we’re supporting each other through our upcoming events.

To celebrate, we’ve put together a special showcase video with never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage from our upcoming demo update! Check it out:

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Don't miss the full showcase on the festival page! 😉

Speaking of deckbuilders made with love, why don't you give Northwind's demo a try? 👇

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1476400/Northwind/?utm_source=itgannouncement

Let’s keep supporting deckbuilders—the more, the merrier!

See you soon with more exciting updates!

— The Flatline Team