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Game Modes
May 31, 2026 at 03:46 PM
Initial version (2026-05-31)
The Hidden Ones is built around three core modes that have been shown so far: a cinematic single-player Story, a competitive PvP Duel, and a Trial boss rush. The store listing also advertises broader online categories, including Online PvP, Online Co-op, and Cross-Platform Multiplayer, though the full structure of those has not been detailed. This page is the hub for all of them.
Official material confirms that the test build features three named modes. Story Mode is the cinematic, single-player path through the original campaign, where you fight through waves of enemies into boss encounters. Duel Mode is the competitive player-versus-player arena, where each player fields a team of three fighters in best-of-three rounds. Trial Mode is a boss rush that pulls the bosses from the Story and ramps up their difficulty to test mastery across the roster.
All three lean on the same skill-based Combat System, and Duel in particular ties into the Doppelganger Loadouts customization layer for tuning a team before a match.
Mode | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
Single-player PvE | Cinematic campaign with cutscenes, voice acting, and chapter-themed boss fights; brawler-style progression through enemies into bosses. | |
Competitive PvP | Best-of-three rounds where each player picks three fighters who sub in when one is knocked out; ties into a Doppelganger point budget. | |
Boss rush | Refight the Story bosses with scaling difficulty to test mastery across multiple characters. |
Beyond the three named modes, the store listing tags the game with Online PvP, Online Co-op, and Cross-Platform Multiplayer. The competitive Duel side leans on a fair-competition design with a stated zero-tolerance stance against cheating.
The exact shape of these categories has not been spelled out. The structure of the Online Co-op mode (how many players it supports and what content is co-op) has not been confirmed, and it appears only as a store category rather than in the modes breakdown shown for the test. A ranked structure has been hinted at in test material but has not been documented as a finished feature.
Cross-Platform Multiplayer is listed as a supported category, but the exact crossplay matrix (which platforms actually pair against each other) has not been confirmed and is still marked as pending. Treat crossplay as planned rather than finalized until the platform pairings are announced.
Story Mode: the cinematic single-player campaign and its boss fights.
Duel Mode: competitive three-fighter PvP and the action roulette.
Trial Mode: the scaling boss rush.
Doppelganger Loadouts: the support-power customization that feeds into Duel.
Combat System: the four pillars that every mode is built on.
