Ysbryd Games has delayed the release of school-life strategy RPG Demonschool from September 3rd, citing the launch of the highly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong the following day (September 4th) as a key factor.
The school-life strategy RPG, slated for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, will now launch on November 19th.
In a Bluesky post, developer Necrosoft Games said the delay was not its decision but “[understands] why the choice was made.”
For Ysbryd’s part, it reassured fans that November 19th will be the final release date for Demonschool in its statement below. The publisher said endings and minigames originally planned for post-release patches would be added by Necrosoft to the November launch.
Official Statement by Brian Kwek, Ysbryd Games
“Demonschool was set to launch on Sept. 3, but after much anguished consideration on our part, we’ve made the decision to move the game’s release to Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025.
With 11 years under our belt as an indie publisher, we at Ysbryd Games are reasonably qualified to say that any point of 2025, on balance, has been or will be as brutal as market conditions can get when it comes to releasing a game. Crueler still, that we should find out with such short notice that Hollow Knight: Silksong will launch just one day after our planned release for Demonschool.
We have to remind ourselves that gaining visibility for Demonschool is our main goal. Thus, the Ysbryd team strongly believes we would not be doing our game any favors by wading into waters we can clearly see are blood red. If the September period is going to be Silksong’s moment, then we need to be elsewhere on the calendar to give Demonschool its own moment to be seen and talked about meaningfully.
We don’t take this decision lightly. Demonschool’s release has been delayed before, and we want to be clear: there are no more delays after this point. We’ve already distributed Steam keys to press as part of a healthy review program, and had every intention to proudly release on Sept 3. We hope fans who anticipated the game will forgive us for one final delay.
Between now and November, Necrosoft Games and ourselves will continue to pour our time into enhancing and polishing up the game experience. For example, there will be more endings and minigames that the developers originally planned to patch in post-release, rather than leave them on the cutting floor; now it’ll all be part of the game’s release in November.
Thank you for your patience and enthusiasm for Demonschool. We truly hope you continue to support Necrosoft Games’ labor of love by showing up for Faye and her madcap band of collegiate demon hunters on November 19th!” – Brian Kwek, Ysbryd Games
Demonschool Overview
Demonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action. Defeat big weirdos in between the human and demon worlds as Faye and her misfit companions, while navigating university life on a mysterious island.
Key Features
- Tactics: Rewind any action during the planning phase and create combos to dispatch your foes.
- Story: A light horror narrative told through huge avatars with side quests aplenty.
- Schedule: Plan your school schedule to level your characters and build their skills.
- Friendship: 15 characters with whom to build relationships.
Screenshots
Demonschool is one of several games due in early September that were pushed back after the reveal of Silksong‘s launch date at Gamescom last week, as reported by Aftermath. The game is now scheduled to launch on November 19th for PS5, PS4, XSX, Switch, and PC via Steam and EGS.
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