Hela
of Mice & Magic
Free demo on PC now. Full game December 1.
The demo is 2-player split-screen only, with no online play, no saves, and no achievements. It runs on Unreal Engine 5 and takes 8.85 GB. Everything on this site is checked against the store pages and Windup’s own posts — last check 14 November 2026.
Two-player split-screen works in the demo: one screen, two pads.
- · PC gets it on Game Pass at launch, so you may not need to buy it.
- · The demo doesn’t save progress.
Based on the store listings and Windup’s demo notes. Demo and full game are judged separately because their limits are different.
What it looks like
Official store screenshots, linked from Steam’s CDN. Art and characters belong to Windup Games and Knights Peak.
What the demo doesn’t have
The demo is a short standalone area, not a slice of the main game. Missing features here don’t mean missing at launch.
- Free
- Three PC stores. No purchase needed.
- 8.85 GB
- Unreal Engine 5 build.
- 2-player split-screen
- One screen, two pads.
- No online
- There is no networking in the demo.
- No saves
- Nothing carries into the full game.
- Standalone area
- Built for the demo, not cut from the story.
- 1–4 players
- Four-player online co-op.
- 2-player split-screen
- Same as the demo.
- Shade system
- A copy of yourself fills the second role.
- No combat
- Puzzles, climbing and the frog pack.
Where you can play for free
Game Pass means the Xbox/PC subscription library. “Demo” means the free build that is downloadable today.
Dates
- 2026-10-08 Free PC demo goes live on Steam, Epic and the Microsoft Store.
- 2026-10-19 → 10-26 Steam Next Fest. Made Valve’s list of the 50 most-played demos.
- 2026-11-21 → 11-22 WePlay Expo, Shanghai.
- 2026-12-01 Launch, Game Pass day one, Indie Live Expo the same day.
Recipes and materials
There is no recipe list here yet. Every “all recipes” page online was written before anyone could play, so the numbers in them are guesses. The demo ships as UE5 packages; once the item table comes out of them, this section gets a searchable list with real values.
See what is confirmed →