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Press release:
18th June 2026, Bristol UK – Develop: Star Awards nominees Yogscast Games and Gamersky Games are proud to announce the release of The Gate Must Stand – a dark fantasy action-strategy game about holding the line against impossible odds.

The Gate Must Stand blends clever systemic gameplay with a highly replayable run-based structure. Part tower defence, part Survivors-like but all-action roguelite, The Gate Must Stand sees players building defences, deploying troops, managing resources, and entering the battlefield themselves in order to keep the kingdom’s final gate intact for just one more night.

Each run allows players to recruit and upgrade heroes, construct defences, unlock powerful abilities and discover increasingly absurd synergies as enemy waves become larger, stranger and significantly more terrifying. Success depends not just on surviving, but on adapting, with players needing to balance short-term survival against longer-term strategy as the battlefield spirals into chaos.

Visually, the game combines a dark, fantasy atmosphere with huge on-screen battles and satisfying, chunky combat feedback, creating a constant sense of escalation as each run pushes players further towards inevitable catastrophe.

Set during the final defence of the Kingdom of Belrak, players are placed in command of a desperate fortress defence against endless waves of monsters, horrors and things with far too many teeth. Heroes can fall. Entire squads can be wiped out. Carefully laid plans can collapse into panic and fire. But the gate must stand.

The Gate Must Stand launches with:

4 Heroes, each with their own unique playstyle
149 Hero Skills
19 Base Followers
38 Ultimate forms
150 Follower Skills
3 Stages
6 Maps
5 Difficulty Levels
13 Bosses
10 Elite Enemies
46 Advanced Skill Options
53 Game-Altering Relics

The Gate Must Stand is the third co-published title between Yogscast Games and Gamersky Games. It is out now on PC via Steam for $9.99 with a 30% discount for launch. Visit the Steam page to check out how you can purchase The Gate Must Stand in a Bundle Deal here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3975750/The_Gate_Must_Stand/

About Yogscast Games
Yogscast Games was established in 2017, with a simple goal: to work with independent teams to develop and publish games that are as fun to watch as they are to play. Responsible for a string of hits such as PlateUp!, which has sold over two million copies on Steam, and Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers, which grossed over $1m in its first month on sale, it prides itself in working with tiny teams doing brilliant things.