What kind of game it is
He is Coming is a roguelite RPG auto battler with turn-based combat and deckbuilding-style item play. You build a hero out of equipment and artifacts, then let the fight play out as your stats and items trade blows with the enemy. The Demon King is rising, and each run is a fresh attempt to prepare a champion who can stand against him. Combat is turn-based, but you do not control every swing directly — your build decides what happens when the blades meet.
The structure runs on a three-day cycle. By day you explore the realm, hunt for weapons, armor, and magical trinkets, and by night you face the Demon King's minions. Every three days a new boss comes for you, drawn from a pool of over 30 potential bosses, each with its own strengths and unique powers. That means the build you need changes constantly. The Razorclaw Grizzly ignores armor entirely, so stacking armor is wasted against it, while the Black Knight absorbs your attack power and punishes raw damage builds. Reading the threat in front of you and reshaping your gear around it is the core loop.
Playing it with a group
Two multiplayer modes let your group compete directly. In "Kingmaker," your champion faces off against builds made by other players asynchronously — you hunt for the fallen Demon King's crown by taking on their strategies. Against a friend, you can duel in real time: both of you explore the world, prepare your builds, and face each other every three days until a victor is crowned. Planning around the equipment and abilities your opponent might bring is part of the fight, so talk through your ideas, compare approaches, and see whose build survives the clash.
Outside of multiplayer, He is Coming is built around singleplayer runs, and it has Steam features for Online PvP as well.
What to know before starting
The game is tagged as difficult, and runs carry real consequences. Limited inventory space forces constant tradeoffs: an item that solves today's boss may leave you underprepared for the next one three days later. Over 350 items are in the pool, and over 100 unique challenges unlock powerful new artifacts for future runs, so failures still push your progression forward. Procedural generation keeps each run's drops and circumstances different, which is where the replay value comes from.
Everything progresses across runs — your first hero probably will not take down the Demon King, but their efforts add to what later heroes can find. Expect to adapt constantly rather than settle into one fixed strategy.