Passtech Games is adding another fairy-tale bruiser to its co-op roguelike, and this one brings a passenger. Kintaro is a new playable hero for Ravenswatch, built around a partnership with Kuma, a giant brown bear that fights beside him and carries him into battle.
Quick answer: Kintaro arrives as Ravenswatch DLC in October 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam. No exact day has been confirmed.
Kintaro DLC release window and platforms
The release window is a month, not a date. Kintaro is slated for October 2026, and the only other thing attached to that window right now is a wishlist prompt. The hero is coming to every platform the base game runs on, so console players are not waiting on a delayed port this time.
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Xbox One
- Nintendo Switch (eShop)
- PC via Steam
The base game is required for access. Ravenswatch comes from Passtech Games, while Nacon handles publishing; wishlist it or buy it via the Ravenswatch Steam page.
Kintaro and Kuma: How the pair fights
In battle, Kuma actively joins the fight instead of serving only as a cosmetic companion. Kintaro appears as a young warrior dressed in blue and white with red accents; his dark hair is tied up, and red paint marks his face. His oversized battleaxe bears red patterns resembling flames, and Kuma has the same red markings.
Riding versus fighting on foot
The core idea is a mount you can step off. Kintaro can stay on Kuma’s back and fight from there, or dismount and swing his axe while the bear attacks alongside him. Both modes appear in combat footage, including a stretch where the two clear a wooden bridge together and another where Kintaro fights on the ground with Kuma covering a different angle.
Kintaro’s axe attacks
Kintaro’s own kit leans on heavy, telegraphed swings. He performs a spinning axe slash that hits everything around him, and a slam attack that lands with a red glow. A larger circular area-of-effect attack shows up too, marked by the red ground indicator the game uses for danger zones. The biggest hit in the footage is a massive slam wrapped in green and blue energy, which reads as an ultimate-tier ability.
What Kuma does
Kuma is not passive. He roars, drops a ground-pound that shakes the area around him, and charges forward to plow through multiple enemies in a line. That charge is the clearest crowd-control tool of the pair, and it lines up with the green circular range indicators visible during those moments.
How a new hero plays inside a Ravenswatch run
Every hero in Ravenswatch runs on the same frame. You get a dash, three attack types, a defensive move, and an ultimate that unlocks once you reach level 5. Levelling opens the Grimoire of Monsters, where you pick one upgrade card at a time to steer the build, and the Sandman sells upgrades, power ups, and artifacts for Dream Shards between fights.
Runs are timed. You have three days and three nights to build power before facing a chapter boss, and death ends the attempt. Sessions support solo play or online co-op for up to four players, with difficulty scaling to the party size.
Kintaro’s exact unlock method has not been detailed. Recent additions have gone two ways, with story heroes tied to clearing Chapter 1 as another character and later heroes sold as separate DLC.
Ravenswatch hero roster before Kintaro
Kintaro follows a steady drip of new characters that started in Early Access and has continued well past the 1.0 launch in September 2024.
| Hero | Added in | How to unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet, The Pied Piper, Beowulf, The Snow Queen | Early Access Alpha | Default |
| Aladdin | Early Access Alpha | Clear Chapter 1 with Scarlet |
| Melusine | Early Access Alpha | Clear Chapter 1 with The Pied Piper |
| Geppetto | Spring Update | Clear Chapter 1 with Beowulf |
| Sun Wukong | Sun Wukong Update | Clear Chapter 1 with The Snow Queen |
| Carmilla | 1.0 Release | Clear Chapter 1 with Aladdin, Melusine, Geppetto, or Sun Wukong |
| Romeo and Juliet | 1.2 Update | Romeo & Juliet DLC |
| Merlin | January 2026 | Paid character DLC |
Merlin landed alongside a free update in January 2026, which is the pattern worth watching here. Hero DLC in this game has tended to ship next to a free patch that touches the base experience, so October’s drop is unlikely to be Kintaro in isolation. Until Passtech names a day, the bear stays asleep.
