History VideoGame / DemoniacaEverlastingNight

The {{Retraux}}-style {{Metroidvania}} platformer game is based on gothic themed games such as ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' and tells the story of the titular ActionGirl as she avenges those that brought her unbearable pain and loss. She must explore the Tower of Babel where she gradually obtains new items that are in the height of fashion as well as being useful for combat and survival. In a unique twist on the genre formula, the game sports a fighting system akin to classic arcade fighters; most notably the VideoGame/KingOfFighters franchise.

* HiddenVillian: Aside from vague mentions from other characters, we have no detailed info on Void even when we fight and defeat him at the end. He never even shows his face at any time save for the promontional image on this page.

** Some sprites are lifted wholesale from ''{{Franchise/Castlevania}}'' (Axe Knights and Giant Skulls) and ''VideoGame/KingOfFighters'' (many of the protagonist's combat moves).

[[caption-width-right:350:A dark, gothic, mature and sexy action RPG inspired by the Castlevania series.]]
''Demoniaca: Everlasting Night'' is an indie action-adventure RPG developed by [=AKI=] and published by Valkyrie Initiative and released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on September 19, 2019 with releases on UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne in 2020 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2021.

* DamageSpongeBoss: All of them; and alot of enemies too in the early game. Especially the "special" enemies throughout the game. Even with good stats expect to spam some of them for a conservative estimate of 30 minutes before the croak.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: Void aborts your fight with him upon defeat, reveals that the Tower of Babel spans across dimensions, and how you are destined to stay there for eternity as it's guardian. Then Crow rips your eye out and eats it. Then the protagonist grows bone "wings", gives a SlasherSmile to the camera and is then seen in future with an eyepatch giving an authoritative look ahead with what looks to be an older Klin(?) beside her. Then we are given a Creator/WilliamBlake quote the credits roll with cheery music as our heroine looks to the horizon. Okay...]]

* PreFinalBoss: Upon entering the final area ("The Peak"); a there is a slightly out of the way alcove that leads to a ominous monster (named "Nefarious") who call you "fresh meat".
* {{Retraux}}: The game has a 16-bit art style reminiscent of the ''Castlevania'' series.

** The horned demons in Pivot are called [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic "Brony's"]].

* RatedMForMoney: The game's store description prides itself on being a "sexy and mature metroidvania".

* HiddenVillian: We have no detailed info on Void even we fight and defeat him at the end. He never even shows his face at any time save for the promontional image on this page.

* TheChessmaster: Crow is a self proclaimed one. [[spoiler: Fitting as he built the tower. Though we never learn exactly what nor get an explicit reason why he does so. Yet it seems to imvolve Eva; who he fuses with (to horrifying result) in the GoldenEnding]].

* TheLostLenore: Played straight and inverted. In "The Core" and later areas, you meet a woman named Eva in who speaks of having lost a loved one to building the Tower of Babel. She then reveals she killed herself because of this and the horrible things she saw take place in the tower; and now it is her spiritual prison. Inverted when we learn [[spoiler: Crow was the the lover and architect in her story, and he is shocked and confused when you hint that you know her in the climax]].

* DamageSpongeBoss: All of them; and alot of enemies too in the early game. Especially the "special" enemies throughout the game.

* FlippingTheBird: Klin does this in her character protrait.

** The "Mirror Halls" all but litterally have {{Franchise/Metroid}}s as their primary enemy type (called "molecules").

** The enemy type "{{Manga/Devilman}}" looks exactly like you'd expect.