Deus Machina Demonbane

A lengthy (and emphatically adults-only) visual novel that combines Lovecraftian horror, giant robots, noir and good old fashioned Japanese tentacles, Demonbane is indisputably a classic of the medium.


Developer: Nitroplus
Publisher: JAST USA
Available on: Windows PC (18+)


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Tips and Tricks

Here’s how to get all the endings.

Al-Azif

Cover the girl
Grab Al and run
Run over to Leica
Take Leica to her room
I have to fight
Endure it
Scold them
Talk to Alison
Scold them
Endure it
Atlach-Nacha
BRANCH POINT
Either…
Make love to Al
Even so, she wants to stay together (Good ending)
No matter what, that cannot be allowed (True ending)
or…
Don’t make love to Al
Strike with the Shining Trapezohedron
And then even my despair fades to nothing (Bad ending)

Hadou Ruri

Get down
Leave Al and run
Stand in his way
Help Leica up
I have to fight
Let it out
Don’t scold them
Don’t talk to Alison
Don’t scold them
BRANCH POINT
Either…
Look for her
Atlach-Nacha
Action, Our lips met, Say those words to Kurou (Good ending)
Romance, ‘Please hold me,’ she said, Come in her mouth/quickly pull out (two different CGs), No… not yet! (True ending)
or…
Wait
Wait
Wait (Bad ending)

Leica

Get down
Leave Al and run
Run over to Leica
Take Leica to her room
Maybe Metatron’s right
Let it out
Scold them
Talk to Alison
Scold them
Atlantis Strike
Release on her face/release between her breasts (either option here gives a different CG)

Leica only has one ending.

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