Sir Solomon storms the Devil Lord’s castle in a hilarious pixel-perfect quest for love. No friends allowed.
Developer LABS Works and publisher DANGEN Entertainment have announced the release date for Lovish, the outrageous 8-bit action-adventure from indie creator Matt Kap (Astalon: Tears of the Earth and Castle in the Darkness), launching on February 5, 2026 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, GOG, Humble, and itch.io.
The new Release Date Trailer offers a glorious glimpse into Sir Solomon’s monster-slicing mayhem and his reckless adventure to rescue Princess Tsuna from the Devil Lord’s clutches, before someone else steals her heart.
Special pre-orders are right around the corner:
- Nintendo Switch pre-orders begin January 15, 2026, with a 10% launch discount
- Xbox pre-orders open January 22, 2026, also with a 10% discount
Created by Matt Kap, Lovish blends tight, bite-sized action with wild surprises, absurd humor, and pure retro spirit. Every room conquered brings Sir Solomon closer to Princess Tsuna… and farther down a reckless path paved with love. With randomized events, strange encounters, and more secrets than a lovesick knight can handle, Lovish is a pixelated romance spiraling gloriously out of control.
About Lovish
Lovish is an outrageous 8-bit action-adventure game! Quest with Sir Solomon through a series of bite-sized rooms, as he attempts to free Princess Tsuna, the woman he loves, from the Devil Lord’s clutches!
Sir Solomon and the saviors of light depart Castle Cornelius to free Princess Tsuna from the grasp of the evil Devil Lord! But the knight is worried… What if after being freed, the princess falls in love with one of his friends instead of with him? So he does what anyone would do when blinded by love, and ditches his friends! Solomon ventures into the Devil Lord’s castle alone, vowing to make the princess his.
LABS Works and Matt Kap present Lovish, an outrageous 8-bit-styled action-adventure! Venture through a series of bite-sized rooms, slicing up monsters, collecting items, and getting to the exit! After exiting each room, enjoy a short event scene, in which anything could happen! Will you find an item? A random encounter RPG fight? Will the world get destroyed? Find out by conquering each room of the Devil Lord’s castle, one challenge at a time!
Key Features
– 50+ fun levels to play through, each with multiple objectives!
– Wacky randomized event scenes between levels with hundreds of outcomes! You never know what you’re gonna see next!
– Collect a variety of items to upgrade Solomon’s abilities, or expand the game in meaningful (and unmeaningful) ways!
– Spend your pennies (in-game currency to be clear, no microtransactions here) in the in-game shop!
– 100+ characters, some of which were designed by world-famous manga artist Ryusuke Mita (Dragon Half)
– An exciting, 20+ tune soundtrack by Matt Kap (Castle In The Darkness, Astalon: Tears of the Earth)
– Beautiful human-artist-made pixel art! Even the in-game AI art is drawn by a human person!
– More secrets than ever before! (But this is the first game in this series, so that doesn’t mean much, I guess.)
– Unexpected guest characters
– And lots more!
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