Following almost a year of updates and improvements, skateboarding action roguelite game Helskate has left Early Access and is now available in version 1.0 for PC via Steam, developer Phantom Coast announced.
Helskate first launched in Early Access on February 15, 2024.
Here is an overview of the version 1.0 release, via Phantom Coast:
In Helskate, grind, perform tricks, and chain combos to power up your attacks and slay the monsters of Vertheim. Combine unique weapons and gear to suit your playstyle as you fight, die, and upgrade your abilities to come back to this labyrinth over and over again!
- Skate Your Way Through Vertheim – Traverse Vertheim as you grind, wall ride and manual your way through this hellscape with classic arcade-style skating
- Fight, Die, Upgrade, Repeat – Combine different weapons, gear and tapes to create powerful and unique builds for each run. Get inked up with sick tattoos to permanently upgrade your abilities for a much needed edge over your foes.
- Skateboarding Combat – Chain huge combos, do ollies, kickflips, and other awesome tricks to power up your attacks and gain unique abilities and buffs to slay the monsters that await you in this fast-paced skateboarding action roguelite!
- ·Take on the Gods of Skating – Use everything in your arsenal to battle against the Gods of Skating. Take on the God of Vert Ramps’ score challenge and grind your way up the Ancient God of Skating to strike at his weak points.
New to Helskate‘s version 1.0 release are:
- Complete main quest story including playable Memory Tapes.
- The world of Grindgard (an entirely new series of tiles after you exit Verthiem).
- New World 2 enemies.
- The Beach!
- A new boss fight with a skating twist.
- The reveal of [REDACTED] in the Vault of Wishes.
- Bug fixes.
Watch a new trailer below.