A hardcore wrestling game · Forbidden Cheese Development

Forbidden ForgeWrestling

In a hidden city, behind doors no one will name, the fires never go out. There is no crowd. There is no mercy. There is only the Forge — and the champions who bleed in it.

Back the Forge → Watch it burn
In development Solo dev Android + PC Playable Fall 2027

§ 01 — The Forge

No crowd.
No mercy.
Just the fire.

The Forbidden Forge sits in a hidden, forbidden city — tended for generations by people who never speak its name aloud. There are no fans in the seats. No cameras. No sanction. Only the heat of the forge, the iron of the ring, and whoever is still standing when the fire burns down.

This is hardcore, the way it was meant to be — the brawl spills out of the ring, and the ring keeps the blood.

The Mortician faces Lucha inside the Forbidden Forge ring In-engine · The Mortician vs Lucha

§ 02 — See it move

Now playing — the FFW promo, scored with two of the original Forbidden Forge theme songs. More on the channel ↗

§ 03 — The Champions

The Forge Manifest

Fourteen fighters answer the fire. Five are playable at launch — marked PLAYABLE. The rest arrive in free roster waves after. Hover for their creed — click any champion for the full dossier.

+ Dossier01PLAYABLEThe Mortician
The Mortician
6'11" · Origins unknown · Remorse
“Rest now.”
+ Dossier02PLAYABLEBulk Brogan
Bulk Brogan
6'9" · Muscle Beach, USA · The Big Drop
“Pick on someone your own size.”
+ Dossier03PLAYABLEStone Hold
Stone Hold
6'3" · Odessa, TX · Quitting Time
“Fire's lit. Let's go.”
+ Dossier04PLAYABLEBoss Mane
Boss Mane
6'2" · Chicago, IL · Solitary Confinement
“Cell's open.”
+ Dossier05PLAYABLELucha
Lucha
5'7" · Mexico City · Vuelo del Dragon
“I carry them all.”
+ Dossier06Brooklyn Blade
Brooklyn Blade
6'6" · Milan / Brooklyn · The Italian's Edge
“Same fight. Different alley.”
+ Dossier07Macho Deux
Macho Deux
6'5" · Las Vegas, NV · The Doppelganger
“C'est magnifique.”
+ Dossier08Hasha
Hasha
6'6" · Nagoya, Japan · The Dohyo Drop
“Itadakimasu.”
+ Dossier09The Lepre
The Lepre
5'9" · Ireland / Tír na nÓg · The Cosclach
“Again.”
+ Dossier10The Saud
The Saud
6'8" · Undisclosed · The Ithlal Impact
“Bow.”
+ Dossier11Dinx
Dinx
5'11" · No fixed home · The Last Laugh
“…Dinx.”
+ Dossier12Šílenec
Šílenec
7'3" · Prague, Czechia · The Šoc Treatment
“No cage holds me.”
+ Dossier13Papa V. Due
Papa V. Due
6'9" · Haiti · The Lwa Lift
“The flames must be fed.”
+ Dossier14Ultima
Ultima
6'7" · Russia · Code Red
“The experiment continues.”

§ 04 — The Fight

Hardcore, by design

Inspired by ECW and CZW. Two fighters, one AI, no rules worth mentioning. Win by pinfall — if you can hold them down.

Bleed

Blood Pooling

Damage shows. Fighters bleed progressively as their health falls — a light trickle becomes a crimson mask, and the canvas keeps the stains. When a champion's drowning in red, you know it without checking a bar.

Finish

Signature Finishers

Fill the meter by dealing punishment, then end it. Remorse. The Big Drop. Quitting Time. Solitary Confinement. Every champion closes the show their own way.

Escape

The Kickout

Pins aren't automatic. A pendulum swings, a window opens — hit it to kick out. The lower your health, the tighter the window and the faster the swing. The three-count is a fight of its own.

Spill

Out of the Ring

The brawl doesn't respect the ropes. Throw them to the floor, take the fight to the stone, then crawl back inside to catch your breath. Rest inside, punish outside — that's the loop.

§ 05 — The Prize

One belt. Forged, not given.

The Forbidden Forge Wrestling championship belt

Serpent-knot gold, green and amethyst set deep in the plate. There is exactly one, and the fire decides who wears it.

§ 06 — Back the Forge

Help me finish it

I'm one person building this — no studio, no investors, just a solo dev with a lot of fire and a game I fully intend to finish. Every dollar goes straight back into the Forge. It won't buy me a coffee; it'll buy the game a faster road to your hands.

Goes toward
Licensing better assets
Goes toward
Short-term help on the heavy lifting
Goes toward
A playable build, sooner
Back the Forge on GoFundMe →

§ 07 — About the Developer

One bear, one forge.

Forbidden Forge Wrestling is built by Bear — the whole of Forbidden Cheese Development, a one-person studio. No team, no publisher. Every wrestler, every line of code, every fire in the scene is made by hand, learning out loud as it goes.

FFW isn't the first trip to the workshop. Two more games are already up on itch.io — Bears Den and DangNearDucked — built the same way: by hand, self-taught, one lesson at a time.

Bears Den ↗ DangNearDucked ↗ All on itch.io ↗ The studio ↗