Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands

Melt a face, slap a bass or kiss a drum in this RPG about three idiot musicians. Praised for its refreshing take on the JRPG genre.

Upon signing up to a perfectly normal battle of the bands contest for a bit of fun, Faye, Ian and Briff are cursed with an unusual power and find themselves sealed to a horrible fate. Surely there's a way to get out of it, there has to be! Even if it means... *shudder* working together.

Gameplay features:
- 15-20 hours of game time
- Kick down every single door you come across
- 100+ skills, 50+ accessories and 9 classes to customize the band with, each with their own special outfit
- Outfit choices are reflected in ALL dialogue portraits and cutscenes
- Excessive amounts of hand-drawn frame-by-frame animation
- Inventive battle system that combines real-time and turn-based gameplay
- Rich soundtrack spanning a wide variety of genres
- Highly praised writing and humour
- Memorable dungeons - From traversing the hair of a giant tree lady to crowdsurfing through an entire arena
- Item system that says GOOD RIDDANCE to tedious inventory management
- 120+ unique NPCs, all with their own dialogue portraits
- Late game dating segment with 12+ endings
- You can actually use status effects on bosses!
- Singing fish are an integral part of the story
- NEW! Easy mode
- NEW! Bonus area with brutally difficult challenges

This product supports the following languages: English

• Offline play enabled
• 1 player
• PS5 cloud streaming supported only with Premium subscription
• Accessibility features (12)

Accessibility Features

• Audio

  • Volume Controls

    You can turn down and mute individual audio volumes.

• Subtitles and Captions

  • Playable without Subtitles

    You can play without subtitles because the game does not include spoken dialogue.

• Controls

  • Controller Remapping (Advanced)

    You can fully customise the game controls.

  • Playable without Rapid Button Presses

    You can play the game and navigate menus without needing to press buttons rapidly or within a time limit.

  • Playable without Motion Controls

    You can play the game without needing to use motion controls.

  • Playable without Touch Controls

    You can play the game without needing to use touch-based controls.

  • Playable without Controller Vibration

    You can play the game without turning on controller vibration/haptic feedback.

  • Playable without Adaptive Trigger Effect

    You can play the game without the adaptive resistance in the triggers turned on.

• Gameplay

  • Adjustable Difficulty (Basic)

    You can reduce the overall challenge of the game by choosing an alternative preset difficulty level.

  • Tutorial Reminders

    You can review gameplay tutorial information at any time.

  • Game Pausing

    You can pause the game at any time during gameplay or cinematics (offline play only).

  • Manual Saving

    You can create manual save points that allow you to return to the game exactly where you left off.

• Platform: PS4, PS5
• Release: 30/6/2026
• Publisher: Five Houses LLC
• Genres: Role Playing Games
• Screen Languages: English