Hellbound: Reign of El Diablo

About the Game

One 2005 crime city. A hellbound ex–mob boss. And the girl who changed everything.

> Welcome to HELLBOUND: A darkly funny, story-driven crime fantasy about family, regret, and the choices we leave behind.

> Years after the collapse of his once-feared crime syndicate, a half-demon named Zyne is dragged out of retirement for one final, high-risk job: an ambitious heist meant to dismantle the city’s most powerful gang leaders. With his old reputation as El Diablo looming over him, Zyne swears that this time, it’ll be on his terms.

> Backed by a crew of outcasts known as the Otherworlders, Zyne descends into the underbelly of 2005’s Baratrum City. A Californian nightlife district built on sin, survival, and bad decisions that refuse to stay buried. As old alliances rot, violence resurfaces, and long-ignored guilt claws its way forward, it becomes clear this job isn’t an escape from his past; it’s a return to it.

> At first, Hellbound wears its violence lightly. Shootouts are routine, demons bicker like burned-out sitcom antiheroes, and blood spills with a cartoonish shrug. But the city keeps score. As the story tightens its grip, the laughs sour, the violence lingers, and the consequences Zyne once shrugged off begin to leave permanent scars.

> What starts as a crime story spirals into something far darker. Zyne’s descent leads beyond the city streets and into Hell itself, where his legacy becomes judgment and his damnation is no longer metaphorical. To save the family he built, Zyne must finally confront the myth of El Diablo and decide whether there’s anything left beneath the mask.

> Along the way, an orphan alien named Arania emerges as Zyne’s final hope… or his last mistake. In a world shaped by violence and reputation, she represents something unfamiliar: the possibility of grace.

> But what happens to a man like Zyne when there’s nowhere left to run... and he finally understands what he’s been leaving behind all along?

Disclaimer: HELLBOUND is a fictional work intended for mature audiences. It contains depictions of violence, substance use, addiction, and explores complex themes including trauma, identity, queerness, and masculinity.

All characters, artwork, and writing are created and owned by SodaFrizz.