Hellheart Breaker, a genre-blending action game from Cuisineer developer BattleBrew Productions, is targeting a 2027 release on PC and consoles. Combining dungeon crawling, roguelite mechanics and dating simulation systems, the game is being showcased by Red Dunes Games at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
Red Dunes Games is presenting nine titles at Hall 7, Booth N03 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, during the Sept. 17-21 event, giving attendees an opportunity to see projects from several development teams.
Hellheart Breaker Introduces the Underworld City of Aashraya
Set in an Asian-inspired Underworld characterized by smoke, neon and supernatural inhabitants, Hellheart Breaker begins with the protagonist awakening inside a forgotten room in a bathhouse.
With no memory of their identity, the protagonist becomes a resident of Aashraya, described as the last remaining city in the Underworld. An ominous prophecy provides another mystery as players begin searching for answers about the character’s past and their role in Aashraya’s future.
The game’s world features seven clans and seven areas to explore, with characters including a Naga princess, an Oni blacksmith, a Kitsune courtesan and an Asuran enforcer. Each has individual motivations, conflicts and ambitions that can influence the player’s journey.
Romance Directly Influences Combat
One of Hellheart Breaker‘s central mechanics connects its relationship system directly to character progression and combat.
Players can form relationships with Clan Scions to acquire their abilities and elemental powers. Choosing not to pursue certain characters, however, can have significant consequences: characters left behind may eventually become bosses that players must fight.
The system creates a connection between the dating-sim and action portions of the game. Players can build a relationship with a character, obtain new powers through that relationship and then use those abilities while progressing deeper into the Underworld.
Relationships can develop into friendships, rivalries or romances depending on player decisions.
Roguelite Combat Includes Weapons, Elements and Augments
Beyond its relationship mechanics, Hellheart Breaker uses procedurally generated roguelite gameplay as players battle through the Underworld in an attempt to escape.
The game is planned to include 35 weapons, including the jian and katar, along with seven elemental skill trees. Augments will allow players to further modify their abilities and customize how they approach combat.
Players can learn elemental techniques associated with different clans while developing a combat style suited to their preferred weapons and abilities.
Player Decisions Lead to Multiple Endings
Choices made throughout the story will affect the fate of Aashraya and its inhabitants. Players can support the Clan Scions, oppose their beliefs or develop different relationships with them as the narrative unfolds.
BattleBrew Productions currently plans nine endings, giving decisions made during the campaign potential consequences for the conclusion of the story. The protagonist can ultimately influence whether Aashraya survives its escalating crisis or falls as darkness spreads through the Underworld.
The game will also offer two versions, or “flavours,” of the protagonist.
Customization and Side Activities Expand the Underworld
Outside combat and relationships, Hellheart Breaker includes several activities intended to give players more ways to interact with Aashraya.
Customization options include different outfits and home decoration, while players can also spend time fishing. Food-related activities will be available at the Kappa Market, adding noncombat elements between dungeon-crawling sequences.
Together, these systems are designed to complement the game’s larger focus on relationships and player choice rather than keeping progression limited to battles.
Hellheart Breaker Targets PC and Consoles in 2027
Hellheart Breaker is currently scheduled for release on PC and consoles in 2027. Specific console platforms and a firm launch date have not yet been announced.
With seven clans, multiple worlds, 35 weapons, elemental skill trees, procedural gameplay and nine planned endings, the project combines several established genres around a central mechanic in which personal relationships can directly alter combat abilities and future enemies.
Its Tokyo Game Show appearance offers an early look at how BattleBrew Productions plans to bring those action, romance and roguelite systems together when Hellheart Breaker arrives in 2027.
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