Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse
by Frontside 180 · 4 Mar, 2026
3 downloads
About the Game
Authentic 2D action
Never Grave is 2D action game where you journey with the aid of a cursed hat. Identify enemy attacks, fight with magic, and sometimes use the terrain to win! Dungeons such as ruins and botanical gardens are auto-generated and change each time you play. Furthermore, there are obstacles and puzzles waiting to block the player's path in the dungeons.
Possession system
Possess enemies using a cursed hat. Use unique abilities from your possessed enemies to open up avenues of action and gain an advantage in battle!
Rebuild a ruined village
Use materials collected in the dungeons to clear the rubble of ruined villages, build new facilities and cultivate crops in the fields. Prepare for your next battles at your village! Cook food and take advantage of skill trees to grow more powerful!
Multiplayer
Multiplayer support for up to four players. Call your friends from other worlds and conquer dungeons together!
Game features
Metroidvania x Roguelite with an emphasis on exploration.
Sophisticated and tactilely designed player character controls.
Possession system where hats can possess enemies and use their unique abilities.
Traditional Japanese hand-drawn limited animation is used for character 2D animation.
Thickly painted backgrounds with depth, as if you are travelling through a world of picture books and cut-out pictures.
Learn actions such as double-jump from artefacts to explore new areas.
Constantly changing play style depending on the synergy of "traits" associated with magic and items.
Intense battles with tough bosses. It will take more than just memorizing boss patterns to defeat them without taking damage...
Rebuild your village. Strengthen yourself through building and production to prepare for the next adventure.
Explore different terrain each time you play through procedurally generated dungeons.
Multiplayer support. Up to four players can delve into the dungeon together!
Screenshots
14 images
Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Thank you for playing the Never Grave demo.
We're pleased to announce some updates that have been made.
v0.1b.1416
- Tweaked the controller stick input dead zone for UI interactions.
- Improved the underwater audio effects by reducing the excessive emphasis on low-frequency sounds.
- Fixed a bug in the Demise Shop where a grimoire named "LocNoData" would appear.
- Slightly sped up the action of throwing tools.
- Addressed various minor bugs.
We hope you continue to enjoy playing the Never Grave demo. Thanks for your support.
Thank you for playing the Never Grave demo.
We're pleased to announce some updates that have been made.
v0.1b.0910
- Now you can customize key bindings for the mouse.
- Adjusted the status screen to allow swapping between Magic A and Magic B.
- Fixed a bug where all tool attacks were treated as backstabs.
- Corrected an issue where the effect of "Black Grimoire: Inflicts X poison on enemies that have 50% HP or less" wasn't working properly.
- Increased the time needed for tomatoes to grow from 7 seconds to 30 seconds.
- Addressed various minor issues.
We hope you continue to enjoy playing the Never Grave demo. Thanks for your support.
Thank you for playing the Never Grave demo.
We're pleased to announce some updates that have been made.
v0.1b.0718
- Slightly widened the dead zone for joystick input.
- Allowed tool attack cancelling with regular attacks.
- Allowed canceling from magic attacks into various actions.
- Increased the maximum usage count for tools.
- Decreased the attack power of tools.
- Allowed tools to pierce pots.
- Allowed oil jars to pierce enemies.
- Fixed a bug where a boss could move off-screen.
We hope you continue to enjoy playing the Never Grave demo. Thanks for your support.
Thank you for playing the Never Grave demo.
We're pleased to announce some updates that have been made.
v0.1b.0714
- Mitigated the issue of audio playback interruptions.
- Allowed magic cancelling with regular attacks.
- Adjusted the cooldown between regular combo attacks (the interval between the end of the third stage attack and the time a new regular attack can start).
We hope you continue to enjoy playing the Never Grave demo. Thanks for your support.
Thank you for playing the Never Grave demo.
We're pleased to announce some updates that have been made.
An issue was found that caused the difficulty level to change unintentionally. We've fixed it, so please take a moment to check your difficulty settings.
v0.1b.0619
- Resolved a bug in the settings menu where selecting an unrelated option resulted in unintentional changes to the difficulty setting.
- Corrected a bug that caused the character to crouch in mid-air after performing an aerial attack.
- Adjusted the color of the water to improve the visibility of underwater enemies.
- Made it so sound plays in underwater mode when the player's head is inside the water.
We hope you continue to enjoy playing the Never Grave demo. Thanks for your support.
Thank you for playing the Never Grave demo.
We're pleased to announce some updates that have been made.
v0.1b.0519
- Significantly improved rendering performance. As a side effect, audio distortion issues should also see improvement.
- Adjusted the player's and possessed dog's moving attacks to prevent them from passing through enemies, reducing the chance of receiving undue contact damage.
- Allowed the possessed dog to pass through one-block passages.
- Fixed a bug where the button input icons were not displayed correctly when the language setting was set to "English."
- Adjusted the players's normal combo attack so that damage increases with each strike. Specifically, decreased the attack power of the first strike, increased the power of the second strike, and significantly increased the power of the third strike.
- Fixed an issue with the axe monster's attack detection and super armor detection having too long durations.
- Addressed several minor bugs.
- Made some minor balance adjustments.
We hope you continue to enjoy playing the Never Grave demo. Thanks for your support.
Thank you for playing the Never Grave demo.
We're pleased to announce some updates that have been made.
v0.1b.0119
- Added potion-replenishing facilities at the terminus of the 1st & 2nd layers.
- Significantly improved rendering performance.
- Enhanced the settings menu to support mouse usage.
- Fixed a bug where, after switching applications using the keyboard and returning to the game,
the controller icons remained in keyboard mode even when using a gamepad.
- Fine-tuned several aspects related to the player character's movement.
- Made the transition from evasive action to running more smooth.
- Added a tutorial about underwater jumping.
- Fixed a bug where the boss's slamming attack would not track the player character when on the outer side.
- Made significant adjustments to ensure that boss battles conclude in a shorter time.
We hope you continue to enjoy playing the Never Grave demo. Thanks for your support.
Thank you for playing the Never Grave demo.
We're pleased to announce some updates that have been made.
v0.1.3020
- Mitigated the BGM audio distortion issues.
- Slightly extended the collision range for regular combo attacks.
- Fixed a bug where the player couldn't use the blue portal next to the boss door.
- Fixed a bug where the player character would flip when falling or jumping after hanging from a cliff.
We hope you continue to enjoy playing the Never Grave demo. Thanks for your support.
Thank you for playing the Never Grave demo.
We're pleased to announce some updates that have been made.
v0.1.2920
- Set the movement distance of the Neutral combo regular attack to 0.
- Made the hitstop for regular attacks more lenient.
- The hitstop during regular attacks now also affects other enemy characters, not just the player.
- Corrected an issue where Ice Circle wouldn't disappear when hitting objects like pots.
- Fixed a bug where breaking walls in a room with a second layer of water would still show the wall graphics.
- Fixed a bug where you could drop the witch's body in the witch's cauldron.
- Even if the witch's body is not present, made it so that summoning it from hat form is possible.
(We expect this will allow to summon the witch even when loading from data which was saved in hat form.)
We hope you continue to enjoy playing the Never Grave demo. Thanks for your support.
Thank you for playing the Never Grave demo.
We're pleased to announce some updates that have been made.
v0.1.2703
- Now you can advance dialogue using the up key.
- In hat state, you can also attack with the R1 button.
- Frost Breath has been improved.
- The boss's attack hitbox has been adjusted.
- After using a portal, an invincibility period is granted.
- Fixed a stick control bug in the settings screen.
- Various other minor bugs have been addressed.
We hope you continue to enjoy playing the Never Grave demo. Thanks for your support.
Current Release
Build 22831728
Uploaded Jul 15, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
NeverGrave.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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