{"id":56633,"date":"2026-02-12T13:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=56633"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:26:13","slug":"former-devil-may-cry-dev-releases-new-demo-for-3d-high-school-girl-action-game-mightreya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/former-devil-may-cry-dev-releases-new-demo-for-3d-high-school-girl-action-game-mightreya\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Devil May Cry dev releases new demo for 3D high school girl action game MIGHTREYA\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Solo Japanese developer&nbsp;Wazen&nbsp;has released a new&nbsp;<strong>MIGHTREYA<\/strong>&nbsp;demo ahead of Steam\u2019s February Next Fest.&nbsp;Based on player feedback from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/former-devil-may-cry-devs-anime-superhero-action-game-mightreya-launches-open-playtest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previous&nbsp;playtests<\/a>,&nbsp;this one features&nbsp;improved gameplay, localization in&nbsp;French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese, as well as the much-requested Japanese voice overs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MIGHTREYA - Demo Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_c5HWmi4mZA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MIGHTREYA follows Reya, a high school girl with superpowers, and Rio, her manager, as they&nbsp;livestream themselves&nbsp;fighting&nbsp;monsters from another dimension. Reya does most of the fighting, which is executed in 3D arenas using simple controls&nbsp;that allow her to fly, dash, and execute combos.&nbsp;Reya will have three weapons and over 30 unique actions and attacks at launch.&nbsp;She\u2019ll&nbsp;need them too, as MIGHTREYA includes 38 levels and 24 enemy&nbsp;types,&nbsp;bosses included. The monster faction&nbsp;Rasetsuten&nbsp;is featured in the demo trailer, which includes four high-level threats that Reya&nbsp;will&nbsp;encounter&nbsp;over the course of the game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For the voice cast curious.\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MIGHTREYA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MIGHTREYA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tkNhdXLaoy\">pic.twitter.com\/tkNhdXLaoy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Wishlist MIGHTREYA on Steam (@WZN__K) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WZN__K\/status\/2021421825528566180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With regard to&nbsp;the Japanese voices, Anna Nagase (Ushio&nbsp;Kofune&nbsp;in&nbsp;Summer Time&nbsp;Rendering, Riko&nbsp;Amanai&nbsp;in Jujutsu Kaisen) provides the voice of Reya. She is joined by Sumire&nbsp;Morohoshi&nbsp;(Tine&nbsp;Chelc&nbsp;in&nbsp;Fate\/strange Fake)&nbsp;as Rio,&nbsp;Sayaka Kinoshita&nbsp;(Mirko in My Hero Academia) as the antagonist Shura,&nbsp;Yoko&nbsp;Hikasa&nbsp;(Yoh Asakura in Shaman King,&nbsp;Rias Gremory in High School&nbsp;DxD) as the hero Chiyoda,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Kenta Miyake&nbsp;(All&nbsp;Might in My Hero Academia,&nbsp;Muhammad&nbsp;Avdol&nbsp;in Jojo\u2019s Bizarre Adventure) as the hero Captain.&nbsp;H\u014dch\u016b&nbsp;\u014ctsuka&nbsp;(Jiraiya in Naruto,&nbsp;Mont Blanc Noland in One Piece)&nbsp;serves as&nbsp;the&nbsp;game\u2019s&nbsp;narrator.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While MIGHTREYA was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/former-devil-may-cry-series-developer-announces-new-anime-style-3d-action-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first announced in 2024<\/a>, the game has been in development for&nbsp;nearly four&nbsp;years. Based on a stream of playtests and this new demo, it looks like it is on track to meet&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/devil-may-cry-developers-anime-3d-action-game-mightreya-delayed-to-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">its&nbsp;revised&nbsp;2026 deadline<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MIGHTREYA is scheduled to launch in 2026 for PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3077640\/MIGHTREYA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).&nbsp;The demo has a separate Steam page, which can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4159360\/MIGHTREYA_Demo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/interview-former-devil-may-cry-developer-talks-about-their-new-action-game-mightreya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interview: Former Devil May Cry developer talks about their new action game MIGHTREYA and the enthusiastic support they\u2019ve received from English-speaking fans as an indie<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wazen, the solo Japanese developer behind 3D action game MIGHTREYA, has released a new demo for the game with Japanese voice acting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":56636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-56633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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