A 2D arcade beat-em-up from Bitmap Bureau and Limited Run Games, made with Mattel and drawn to look like the 1983 Filmation cartoon. You play He-Man, Man-At-Arms or Teela, with She-Ra unlockable, across 12 stages of Eternia. The current window is early 2027, given at the Pixel Arcadia Showcase on 24 August 2026. No month or day has been named, and Steam still reads "Coming soon".
Platforms: Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 5 · PlayStation 4 · Xbox Series X|S · Xbox One · PC (Steam)
Skeletor has uncovered the Dragon Pearl of Destruction, and with Evil-Lyn he intends to perform a ritual that would drop Eternia into permanent darkness. That is the whole setup, and it is deliberately a Saturday-morning premise rather than a modern reboot plot.
Battle Cat is a rideable mount rather than set dressing. Mounting him changes how you clear crowds.
The Shokoti inclusion is the tell that Bitmap Bureau know the source material. She is not a toy-line character and never had a figure. She appears in exactly one Filmation story, the two-part House of Shokoti, which is also where the Shadow Beasts come from.
Twelve stages across Eternia. Confirmed so far:
Early 2027, with no month or day attached. That window was given at the Pixel Arcadia Showcase on 24 August 2026, where the game was also shown running for the first time. It is the third window the game has had: 28 April 2026 was announced and pulled, summer 2026 replaced it and passed, and early 2027 replaced that. The Steam listing still reads "Coming soon" rather than carrying the new window, so treat any specific day you see quoted as unconfirmed.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction. It is a 2D arcade beat-em-up developed by Bitmap Bureau and published by Limited Run Games, in collaboration with Mattel.
Yes, but not immediately. He-Man, Man-At-Arms and Teela are available from the start, and She-Ra is unlocked for later playthroughs.
Yes. Battle Cat is a rideable mount rather than a cutscene appearance, and riding him changes how you clear crowds of Skeletor’s minions.
Two-player local co-op, shared screen. There is no online co-op listed. Steam does list Remote Play Together, which lets a second player join over the internet using the host’s copy.
Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC via Steam.
No. The film is a separate production. This game is styled after the 1983 Filmation cartoon, and its deep-cut roster, Shokoti and the Shadow Beasts, comes from that series rather than from the movie.
Sources: Steam store listing, Mattel announcement, Bitmap Bureau. Checked 25 August 2026.
