Din’s Champion prepares for its full 1.0 release on August 24th, bringing Soldak Entertainment’s signature dynamic, evolving worlds to a new generation of action RPG fans.
[August 17th, 2026]: Soldak Entertainment, the independent studio behind Din’s Curse and Din’s Legacy, has announced that Din’s Champion will launch out of Early Access on August 24th, 2026. The sidescrolling action RPG has spent nearly two years in Early Access on Steam, where it has earned a Very Positive rating from players ahead of its full release.
Founded in November 2004, Soldak Entertainment has spent more than two decades building action RPGs and space RPGs around the same idea: worlds that keep moving whether or not the player is watching. Din’s Curse, released in 2010, offered 141 class combinations and an infinite number of dynamically generated towns, and remains part of the same Din series as Din’s Legacy and Din’s Champion. Din’s Champion carries that same lineage forward, bringing Soldak’s dynamic, evolving worlds to a new, sidescrolling setting.
In Din’s Champion, the goddess Valta is scheming to devour and remake the world, and players stand as the last line of defense against her machinations. Set in one of Soldak’s trademark dynamic, evolving worlds, the game challenges players to fight through hordes of monsters, mine and gather resources, craft gear and buildings, and grow a town of NPCs, all while the forces of darkness plan ambushes, spread plagues, and pursue their own devastating goals.
Players can take on Din’s Champion solo or bring friends along in online co-op, choosing from dozens of classes and building out skill trees suited to their own playstyle. Along the way, they will face hundreds of different monster types spread across a variety of biomes, along with powerful bosses that scheme and strike with wills of their own.
Din’s Champion entered Early Access on September 25th, 2024, marking the sixth time Soldak Entertainment has used the model to shape a game alongside its community. Over the following months, the studio worked player feedback into new clans, bosses, quests, optimizations, and UI improvements, continuing a development approach the studio has followed since its earliest games.
Key features of Din’s Champion include:
- Truly Vast Character Customization. Choose from dozens of classes, each with its own skill tree, strengths, and weaknesses. Craft and equip gear with different stats and perks to build the perfect warrior.
- Online Multiplayer. Bring friends along in online co-op to survive, thrive, and push back the forces of evil together.
- Mighty and Varied Enemy Forces. Face hundreds of monster types across different biomes, coordinated by powerful bosses with wills of their own. Left unchecked, they will plan ambushes and even instigate uprisings.
- Every Choice Has Consequences. Decide who to save and what to prioritize. Every moment offers a hundred different possibilities, and the world responds to what players choose.
- Mine, Gather, and Build. Collect resources from the world around you, from stone and clay to trees and mountains, to craft items, potions, buildings, and more, all while the enemy grows stronger.
Din’s Champion launches out of Early Access on Steam on August 24th, 2026, for Windows and Linux, priced at $19.99. Players can wishlist the game on Steam.
About Soldak Entertainment
Founded by Steven Peeler on November 22nd, 2004, Soldak Entertainment is an independent studio with more than two decades of experience building action RPGs set in dynamic, evolving worlds. Din’s Champion marks the studio’s sixth game developed through Early Access, continuing Soldak’s long-running approach of building its games alongside player feedback.
About Din’s Champion
Din’s Champion is a sidescrolling 2D action RPG from Soldak Entertainment, set in a dynamic fantasy world where players fight to stop the goddess Valta from remaking the world in her image. Featuring deep character customization, online co-op, resource gathering and crafting, and a world where monsters scheme and strike back, Din’s Champion launches out of Early Access on Steam on August 24th, 2026.
