The Infection Spreads: Winnie’s Hole Demo Is Bursting into Steam Next Fest

Join Winnie on a new adventure, from within!

October 8, 2025

8 OCTOBER 2025 - Twice Different has evolved the Steam Demo of Winnie's Hole and will officially participate in the upcoming Steam Next Fest (13-20 October)!

Winnie's Hole is a viral roguelite in the most literal sense of the word. Explore his cells and influence Winnie’s adventure as you use tetromino shapes to spread a virus in randomly generated inner worlds.

Enter his brain and activate Winnie’s mutations in combo-driven combat. An accessible union of fast-paced, turn-based gameplay that goes beyond common roguelite conventions to create a challenging new format.

Winnie's Hole - Steam Next Fest Gameplay Trailer:

📥 Trailer download 📥

The Demo is Always Mutating Too!

Just like our huggable friend Winnie, the Steam demo is constantly evolving, based on player feedback. The studio's name is Twice Different for a reason, no two playthroughs will be the same!

💪 New Mutations Actions & Perks
A lot of new community-suggested Actions and Perks have been added! Such as Spike, Counter & Lock. Making a new demo playthrough feel fresh again.

⭕️ Level Generation Adjustments
There are new Exit types and Events, weirdly shaped rooms, randomised pickups, and overall just MORE pickups!

⚖️ Combat Rewards and Progression Overhaul
Mutation and Perk rewards now need to be harvested from your foes. Different enemies give different rewards, which can be previewed in their profiles in combat, or Exit Hole tooltips when exploring.

🦠 Reworked Virus Strain Setups
With the rebalance to progression comes a pass on the demo Virus Strains. The game shifted away from deck hoarding and towards more curated decks in general. The starter decks have been trimmed down to give them more flavour and less bloat, making new additions more meaningful.

↕️ Random Spread Token Modifiers
Your Virus Blocks can now get Spread tokens, which act as a modifier to make a block capture extra adjacent tiles. In combat, these randomly captured actions aren't previewed and happen after the captured actions, so you can influence the order of actions by using these strategically... Or with a bit of luck.

🎮 Controller Support!
The first pass on controller support is in the demo! Hello Steam Deck! More testing will happen, and the devs are very open to feedback, but it's very much playable!

🎨 New Visual FX, Art, UI Improvements
The game is gradually getting spiced up with extra polish.

Steam Page: store.steampowered.com/app/2319730/Winnies_Hole
Press Kit: notion.so/Winnie-s-Hole-Press-Kit
Press Contact: press@twicedifferent.com (Interviews welcome!)

About the game

Join Winnie on a new adventure, from within!

Play as a virus in his body and mind. Capture cells to mutate, explore randomised cellular worlds, and build a deck of actions to unleash in combo-driven combat. Another genre-blending roguelite from the creators of Ring of Pain, with a dark yet charming story.

Embrace discomfort - Sometimes we can't help being seen as a monster...

Key Features

Evolve with each run - Unlock new Perks, Mutations and Virus Strains.
Mutate your host as a symbiotic virus.
Bodybuilding in the worst way.
A storybook narrative which reimagines Winnie in a world of dark science.
A fresh take on exploration, replacing the typical roguelite node map with strategic, turn-based building using a set of tetromino-like virus blocks which you can evolve and reshape.
Dynamic battle system where each turn is an action combo for fast-paced gameplay.
Holesome horror comedy with gritty art inspired by old school Nickelodeon and Brothers' Grimm fairytales.

For more updates on Winnie's Hole, follow the developer on:
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About the studio

Nurturing seeds in the void between genres

Twice Different is a small, Melbourne-based indie team with a passion for creating new experiences in the realm of dark-yet-accessible roguelikes. Winnie’s Hole is their second game, after the debut title Ring of Pain.