The game is currently slated to release by the end of 2026 and it’s not actually Regal Pigeon’s first game. The solo developer previously released a 2D top-down bullet hell roguelike in Early Access called Neophyte. Like Chivalware it was a very slimmed down experience but received very positive reviews for the $3 price tag. Players only recently started review-bombing it after Regal Pigeon declared it had to move on from developing it.
“While Neophyte sold much better than I ever could have imagined for my first commercial game, it unfortunately wasn’t enough to sustain long-term support and the way it was coded made adding new content time-consuming and prone to crashes and bugs,” they wrote last month on Steam. “I’ve had to take on other work to support myself financially, which has left me with no time to work on Neophyte.”
Hopefully, Chivalware gets more time to cook.