Key art: three pony heroes on a lava ledge facing the Swine King, the Arcane Corrupted Piglet, the Boar Sentinel and the twin boars Swying Swyan

Four bosses. No filler. Every death is on you.

Out October 13, 2026SteamWindows & macOS

About the game

A boss rush that punishes every mistake

PigPonyPocalypse is four hand-built boss fights and nothing else. No levels, no grind, no trash enemies. Just you, the boss's patterns, and a global DPS leaderboard.

Every boss plays by its own rules. Some attacks can only be survived behind cover. Casts have to be interrupted. Curses stack while you get greedy with damage. Floor tiles explode in an order you'll need to memorize.

Forgiving difficulty is there to learn the fight. True Challenge is the real game: new phases, new deadly mechanics and a different rhythm for every boss.

Beating a boss is half the job. Your best DPS on each boss and difficulty goes to a global Steam leaderboard, so the fight keeps going after the kill: pick from nine talents, find a better opener, squeeze out more damage than everyone else.

You don't fight alone, but your party won't make it easier. Facewall the tank dreams of getting punched in the face and rates every boss on its hits. Shawty the healer flat-out refuses to heal him. Command both, and freeze time when everything falls apart at once.

Every death is on you

Every mechanic can be solved. No random one-shots, no stat checks you can grind past.

True Challenge

The hard mode is a different fight: extra phases, new mechanics and tighter timings on every boss.

Out-DPS the world

Eight Steam DPS leaderboards, one per boss and difficulty.

Nine talents

Three tiers of talents change the way you play.

A party with opinions

Command a masochist tank and a healer who won't heal him. Freeze time to plan your next move.

Metal soundtrack

Original metal written for every fight, plus comic-book cutscenes before each boss.

The bosses, in order

Four fights, each with its own rules

Arcane Corrupted Piglet fires spirals of arcane orbs at the player
The arena goes dark while Chasing Boars hunt the player Victory screen with the DPS breakdown by ability
Boss 1 of 4

Arcane Corrupted Piglet

Looks harmless. Corrupts the ground under your hooves, summons towers and boars, and on True Challenge adds a third phase built around Arcane Annihilation.

  • Darkness — the lights go out while Chasing Boars hunt you down.
  • Detonation — someone has to stand in the circle, or everything blows up.
  • Annihilation — the whole arena burns; only the towers give cover.
Swying and Swyan fight together in the temple arena
Running across the crystal bridge ahead of the wall of fire
Boss 2 of 4

Swying Swyan

Twin boars: one is vicious, the other is a little dim. Outrun a wall of fire across a crumbling bridge, then face the brothers in their arena.

  • Wall of Fire — the bridge crumbles and the fire never stops.
  • Flying Boars — they fire homing orbs while you run from the fire.
  • Orb Maze — Swying fills the arena with a maze of deadly fireballs.
Boar Sentinel fires lasers across the temple floor
A storm of lightning strikes covers the Sentinel's arena
Boss 3 of 4

Boar Sentinel

The arena is split in three, and the Sentinel fights differently in each part.

  • Left side — abilities recharge faster, but you take damage every second.
  • Right side — your damage keeps growing, but you take damage every second too.
  • Center — the Sentinel vanishes and gives you a Memory Puzzle to solve.

Enrage: 4 minutes

The Swine King channels the Royal Pyre while fire floods the hall
Fire Cross lines cut through the King's hall Walls of fire split the arena into tiles The Boar General's sword slam lines radiate across the hall
Boss 4 of 4 · Final

The Swine King

Four phases, one for every quarter of his health. The bosses you defeated and purified come back to fight at your side.

  • Fire Cross — place the spears so you can make it through.
  • Boar General — the King's loyal servant, with his own attacks and kamikaze piglets.
  • Fire Memory — the tiles under your feet explode in an order you'll need to memorize.
  • Royal Pyre — the King turns invulnerable and slowly burns the whole platform. Can you figure out what to do about it?

Enrage: 7.5 minutes

Media

Trailer, clips, screenshots

Watch on YouTubeDownload trailer (MP4, 1080p, 41 MB)

1:23 · embed it from YouTube: https://youtu.be/Nrr_NKPHLzY

Short clips

Four spears, one cross
Lights out
Outrun the fire
Get under the dome

Screenshots

11 shots · click to enlarge
Download press kit (ZIP, 13 MB)

11 screenshots in 4K, logo with transparency, key art. All screenshots are real gameplay.

Logo & key art

Main capsule art with the PigPonyPocalypse logo
Key art with logo
PigPonyPocalypse logo
Logo, transparent PNG

Developer

Made by Alterhead

PigPonyPocalypse was designed and built by one person. It's a boss rush for players who want a real, fair challenge: getting better is the only way forward, and the DPS leaderboard lets you compete with other players in execution and creative tactics.

Need a key? Write to the press address on this page.

Press contact

alterhead.games@gmail.com