- ROCKBEASTS is heading to Tribeca Festival! - 12 May 2026
We're excited to announce that ROCKBEASTS will be featured in the 2026 Tribeca Festival in the Games program!The Tribeca Festival is returning for its milestone 25th edition between June 3rd-14th in New York City. The festival continues its tradition of celebrating visionary storytelling in film, TV, music, podcasts and video games.ROCKBEASTS is one of just 12 games featured in this year's Tribeca Festival! We're honoured that our game was chosen to be featured in such a prestigious event!Find out more about the Tribeca Festival:https://tribecafilm.com/festivalLearn more about ROCKBEASTS and wishlist now:
- ROCKBEASTS featured in the Day of the Devs showcase! - 10 December 2025
Did you catch ROCKBEASTS in the Day of the Devs Game Awards showcase today?We're very excited that ROCKBEASTS was one of the featured games in the showcase! Check out the video above where Rafal and Bartek from Lichthund Games sat down to talk about our upcoming rock-and-roll management RPG! š¤What is ROCKBEASTS?ROCKBEASTS is a rock-and-roll management RPG where you guide a 90s grunge band from garage obscurity to stadium glory. Set up gigs, manage egos, and navigate the music industry in an alternative America inhabited by larger-than-life anthropomorphic characters. Make it big without selling out.Wishlist now on Steam š
- ROCKBEASTS wins Excellence in Audio Award at the DevGAMM Awards! - 10 November 2025
We're extremely excited to say that ROCKBEASTS has won the Excellence in Audio award at the 2025 DevGAMM Awards in Lisbon!A massive congratulations to everyone in the team for all of the hard work that made this award win possible!And a congratulations to all of the DevGAMM winners and nominees! It's a big honour to be in the company of so many fantastic Indie games!Here's to hopefully many more awards! š
- ROCKBEASTS Nominated for Two DevGAMM Awards! - 4 November 2025
We're thrilled to announce that ROCKBEASTS has been nominated for two DevGAMM Awards, including the Grand Prize Award!ROCKBEASTS is nominated in the following categories:š The Grand Prizešµ Excellence in AudioWe are incredibly honored to receive these nominations, especially before the game's release! Congratulations to the whole Lichthund team for all their hard work and dedication, all of which made this possible!Fingers crossed for the awards show on November 7th! š¤About ROCKBEASTS:Lead a band of misfits on a roller-coaster ride to stardom in the age of MTV, rock anthems, and bad haircuts. ROCKBEASTS is a story-driven, role-playing management game that puts you in the shoes of a manager of an up-and-coming rock band. Your job ā take them to the top.Find out more about all the DevGAMM nominees and wishlist ROCKBEASTS on Steam:https://store.steampowered.com/sale/devgammawards2025Learā¦
- Watch the ROCKBEASTS Galaxies Gameplay Trailer! - 23 October 2025
What the hell is ROCKBEASTS? Some sort of rhythm game? A visual novel? A management sim for furries? Here's the deal! You manage a band, plan their gigs, pick venues, sell tickets, and then you deal with the ungrateful little shits that are supposed to be your talent!Watch the new ROCKBEASTS trailer:Being a band manager is more than just booking gigs and deciding what is the best tune to get the masses hooked, itās about dealing with big egos, spoiled brats and a lot of sticky venues!Game Features:Manage your band's resources and timeComplete different opportunities and quests as you propel your band into the limelightLevel up song list and unlock sweet rock'n'roll gearCustomize your band and instrumentsPlan and play every gig! Choose what songs to play, what gear you'll use (from smoke machines to disco balls, we've got it all), and even how the band will look on stageUnlock a full souā¦
- ROCKBEASTS nominated for Best Audio at the Gamescom Awards! - 21 August 2025
ROCKBEASTS has been nominated for the Best Audio category at the Gamescom Awards!Rock 'n' Roll is at the heart of ROCKBEASTS so we couldn't think of a more fitting award nomination! š¤Voting closes today at 2 PM (CEST) so make sure to get your vote in now! Vote using the link below!VOTE NOW
- Watch the new ROCKBEASTS Gameplay Trailer! - 18 July 2025
Are you ready to lead a band of misfits and losers to the top of the rock 'n' roll mountain in ROCKBEASTS, the upcoming narrative rock band management game?It's 4am. You've just left a gig at another shitty dive bar in the wrong part of town. Your head pounds. Partly from the booze, partly from the awful din of the headline band, a trio of tortoises torturing their instruments for something they call 'experimental neo-fusion rock'. They called themselves To Shell and Back or something equally shitty.You light another cigarette as you wonder how your band management career fell apart and landed you in this backwards ass city.But then something clicks in your mind, like a flash of electricity. Tonight's support act - the ostrich on vocals, the deer on lead guitar, the bass on bass, and the rabbit behind the drums.They were rough around the edges sure, but you think you might just be ableā¦
- Backstage Pass #4 - The Voice Acting of Rockbeasts - 15 July 2025
With so many unique and quirky characters in the world of Rockbeasts, we knew early in development that we needed an incredible cast of voice actors to bring them to life! In this Backstage Pass Dev Blog, we'll be pulling back the curtain on our voice acting process!Plus, we've released two more tracks from the Rockbeasts soundtrack! Head over here to give them a listen on the music streaming platform of your choice!The Casting ProcessWe knew early on in development that Rockbeasts was going to have a strong narrative focus and that we needed to a talented roster of voice actors to bring the diverse and quirky characters to life. So we reached out to PitStop - a casting and voice direction studio. PitStop have worked on lots of games you've probably heard of, including Baldur's Gate 3, Helldivers 2, and Metaphor: ReFantazio!Our lead voice director, Josh Weeden (who also worked on Baldurā¦
- Backstage Pass #3 - The Music of Rockbeasts - 22 April 2025
Rockbeasts! Ready to go wild and let your fur fly? We've just released four songs from the Rockbeasts soundtrack ready for you to listen to and rock-out ahead of the game's release! Listen to them now on your preferred music platform: Rockbeasts EP 1 So, stick on the EP and get ready to this next Backstage Pass Dev Blog! Today we'll be handing over to our composer, Marcin Sonnenberg as he talks about creating Rockbeasts' soundtrack and the creative process he's been on with the team! Without further ado, over to Marcin! First Steps to Rock and Roll Hi! My name's Marcin Sonnenberg, and I'm a composer, songwriter and music producer based in Warsaw. I'm very excited to finally talk about the music that I helped to create for Rockbeasts together with my colleague and fellow musician, Adam! I started working with Rockbeasts' developer, Lichthund on their very first game, Lichtspeer, so I'veā¦
- Backstage Pass #2 - Developing The Art Of Rockbeasts: Part Two - 2 April 2025
Rockbeasts! We're back with the second of our Backstage Pass Dev Blogs! Today we're continuing our series looking at the art process behind Rockbeasts! In this blog, we're taking a look at the art design of the environments and world you'll be exploring on your journey to rock stardom! Thank you again for supporting the game and don't forget to wishlist if you haven't already! Interior Design In our quest to create immersive and atmospheric environments, we knew that the location interiors of Rockbeasts' world needed to match the distinct style of our characters. This meant that we needed to incorporate the strong bold lines and detailed coloring found in the rest of the game's art. Initially, we considered creating simple, flat backgrounds for each location. But as the early stages of development progressed, we realized we wanted to make the environments more interactive and realistic.ā¦
- Backstage Pass #1 - Developing The Art Of Rockbeasts - 5 March 2025
Rockbeasts! Welcome to the first of our Backstage Pass Dev Blogs! In this series of short posts we want to give you a glimpse behind the scenes as we move towards Rockbeasts' release, sharing our insight into the development process and more detail about the game itself! In this first Backstage Pass blog, we're pulling back the curtain on the art process behind the character designs in Rockbeasts! Our fantastic lead artist, Mateusz took inspiration from a few different sources when designing the look of Rockbeasts: animated shows like Daria, Beavis and Butt-Head, Bob's Burgers and Bojack Horseman, as well as graphic novels like Blacksad and Maus, and games such as Night in the Woods! As you'll see below, the game's art style went through several iterations before we honed in on the final designs! Original Human Design Style One of the toughest challenges we faced when designing the artā¦
- Listen to the first two Rockbeasts tracks on Spotify! šø - 25 February 2025
What's a band without some killer songs? Crank up the volume and hit up Spotify to check out the first two tracks from the Rockbeasts soundtrack! š¤ š¤ Let Sleeping Dogs Lie šŖ Eight Arms Listen to the first Rockbeasts EP now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1445880/Rockbeasts/
- Announcing Rockbeasts, an upcoming rock band management game! š¤ - 24 February 2025
Welcome to Rockbeasts! The upcoming rock band management game from Lichthund and Team17! šø Lead a band of misfits on a roller-coaster ride to stardom in the age of MTV, rock anthems, and bad haircuts. Rockbeasts is a story-driven, role-playing management game that puts you in the shoes of a manager of an up-and-coming rock band. Your job ā take them to the top. Will you stay true to your art? Or will you sell out for fortune and fame? The choices you make as a manager will have profound and lasting impacts on your band members! Rockbeasts is coming to Steam in 2025! Wishlist now! Watch the announce trailer! Pick the venue, prep the set and make sure it all goes according to plan. Pull it off and the band might just finally take those first steps to fame and glory. Sure, this one was in a grimy basement, but even rock legends had to start somewhere, right? Experience the characters thatā¦
