Ignisfall: a dark-fantasy survivor roguelike

A dark-fantasy survivor roguelike

Twenty minutes until dawn. Let the fire fall.

The fire is out and the woods are waking up. You only move: your spells cast themselves, every level-up is a choice, and by the last minutes you are a storm of fire, frost and steel carving through hundreds of monsters.

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PC (Windows) on Steam first. Controller and Steam Deck friendly. iOS and Android planned.

Begin the night

See a run

Captured in the game engine, no mock-ups. The full trailer arrives with the Steam page.

Gameplay capture: a late-night horde in the Ashen Wilds.

20minutes until dawn
6hunters
3lands
13bosses

One night. Twenty minutes.

Easy to pick up, deep enough to chase one more run. Scroll through a night.

00:00
You move. Your spells do the rest.
Every skill casts itself. Your job is positioning, reading the horde and picking the right card at every level-up.
04:00
Every level-up is a choice
Up to four cards, and a reroll when the draw is bad. Five skill slots, and every pick pushes your build toward a school of magic.
09:00
Awaken your spells
Max out a skill, own its catalyst, and the next chest Awakens it. Fireball becomes Ashfall, a rain of meteors. Lightning becomes Stormcaller.
12:00
Wear what you find
Relics show up on your hunter: armor, blades, cloaks and charms change how you look as well as how you fight.
15:00
Bosses you can read
Thirteen bosses across three lands, each with shaped, telegraphed spells to dodge. Elites with deadly affixes rain gold when they fall.
20:00
Dawn.
Survive the twenty minutes and the night is yours: the next Ember unlocks. Or stay in the dark and see how long you last.

Three lands, one long night

Each land has its own monsters, its own bosses and its own music. What hunts you in the marsh never sets foot in the catacombs.

Land I

Ashen Wilds

Ash-grey heath, burnt groves and ruined chapels under a cold moon. The old roads still lead to the rune circle.

Bosses

Infernal Overlord
Frost Wyrm
Necromancer Lord
Ancient Golem
Vampire Queen

Some of its monsters

Skeleton · Goblin · Orc · Demon · Vampire · Dragon

The Ashen Wilds: a dark heath with a graveyard, dead trees and a campfire.

Land II

Drowned Marsh

A black, flooded fen under low fog. Sickly lanterns burn over the pools and the shallows drag at every step.

Bosses

The Bog Mother
The Lantern Ferryman
The Sunken Abbot
Old Gulp

Some of its monsters

Mire Leech · Reed Stalker · Drowned Husk · Mire Siren · Brood Toad

The Drowned Marsh: ruined stone walls and a well in a foggy, flooded village lit by green lanterns.

Land III

Bone Catacombs

An ossuary under the chapel: limestone halls, walls of skulls, candle shrines and soulfire braziers in the dark.

Bosses

The Ossuary King
The Candle Abbess
The Sexton
The Marrow Worm

Some of its monsters

Bone Archer · Revenant · Crypt Banshee · Tomb Ghoul · Bone Colossus

The Bone Catacombs: candlelit stone halls with walls of skulls around a glowing rune circle.

What waits in the dark

Thirteen bosses, each bound to its land, each with spells you learn to read. Pick one.

Land: Ashen Wilds

Infernal Overlord

The Burning Terror

Spells

Infernal StompSignature attackStomps the ground creating a ring of fire
Hellfire BarrageFires multiple hellfire projectiles in a spread pattern
Summon ImpsSummons demon minions to aid in battle

The red shape on the ground is the warning: step out before it lands.

Ashen Wilds

Drowned Marsh

Bone Catacombs

Six hunters

Each hunter starts with their own skill, a passive and a different body of stats. Unlock them with feats inside the run.

The Ash Wanderer
Last of the Ember Watch
A hooded hunter who walks the burnt roads alone, rune-saber low, scarf still smouldering.
Passive
Second Wind
Starts with
Your choice of build
The Pyre Witch
Ash-Mother of Emberfall
She swings a censer of coals and sings the dead to flame. The ash obeys her.
Passive
Kindling
Starts with
Fireball
The Frostbound Sentinel
The Wall That Does Not Thaw
A knight in rime-crusted plate who swore to hold the pass until the last winter.
Passive
Glacial Bulwark
Starts with
Frost Nova
The Tempest Oracle
She Who Hears the Thunder
Blindfolded, she reads the storm instead of the road, and the sky answers when she calls.
Passive
Stormsight
Starts with
Lightning Bolt
The Blood Countess
Mistress of the Crimson Court
An exiled duelist with a silver rapier and a pendant of blood-glass that is never empty.
Passive
Sanguine Thirst
Starts with
Sanguine Tether
The Grave Warden
Keeper of the Last Lantern
A gravedigger-priest with a lantern-headed spade. What he buries does not stay down.
Passive
Gravekeeper
Starts with
Grave Lanterns and Ash Hounds

Build your storm

Pick up to five skills and level them up. Stack a school of magic to wake its Resonance. Then Awaken your maxed skills into something monstrous.

26skills
16Awakenings
32relics you can see on your hunter
7schools of Resonance

Awakenings

A maxed skill plus its catalyst: the next chest turns it into its Awakened form. Flip a card to Awaken it.

Plus eight more to discover in the Codex.

Seven schools, three tiers each

Resonance

Every skill and relic belongs to a school. Stack one and it resonates: at 3, 5 and 7 points its status effect grows into the spine of your build. Burns that spread and explode, frost that shatters, storms that call the sky down.

Fire

Status effect

BurnBurn: 15% of the hit as damage per second for 2.0 s.

Resonance tiers

Tier I, 3 pointsBurns deal ×2.0 damage
Tier II, 5 pointsA burning enemy that dies spreads its burn to a nearby enemy
Tier III, 7 pointsBurning enemies explode on death: 15% of their max health, up to 60 damage

Skills of this school

Fireball
Explosive Aura
Cinder Ray
Ash Hounds
Kindled Soul

Frost

Status effect

Chill, then FreezeChill: −8% speed per stack; 5 stacks freeze for 0.8 s.

Resonance tiers

Tier I, 3 pointsChill slows 12% per stack
Tier II, 5 points3 Chill stacks freeze an enemy
Tier III, 7 pointsFrozen enemies take +25% damage and shatter below 10% health

Skills of this school

Ice Spear
Frost Nova
Rime Breath
Winter's Patience

Storm

Status effect

ShockShock: the next hit deals +20% damage.

Resonance tiers

Tier I, 3 pointsA Shock adds +30% to the next hit
Tier II, 5 pointsEvery 5 storm hits, one chains to another enemy
Tier III, 7 pointsConsuming a Shock calls a sky bolt (45 damage)

Skills of this school

Lightning Bolt
Swift Feet
Thunder Totem

Blood

Status effect

BleedBleed: 4% of the hit per second per stack, up to 5 stacks.

Resonance tiers

Tier I, 3 points+0.3% life steal
Tier II, 5 pointsBleed stacks up to 8
Tier III, 7 pointsKilling a bleeding enemy heals 1 health

Skills of this school

Bloodlust
Vampiric Aura
Sanguine Tether
Crimson Font

Steel

Status effect

SunderSunder: +3% damage taken per stack, up to 5 stacks.

Resonance tiers

Tier I, 3 points+5% critical chance
Tier II, 5 pointsSunder stacks up to 8
Tier III, 7 pointsCrits on sundered enemies deal +0.5× critical damage

Skills of this school

Throwing Knife
Iron Skin
Critical Mastery
Iron Snare
Reaper's Crescent
War Horn

Shadow

Status effect

HexHex: +10% damage taken for 4.0 s.

Resonance tiers

Tier I, 3 pointsHexed enemies take +15% damage
Tier II, 5 pointsA hexed enemy that dies may burst into gold (5%)
Tier III, 7 pointsHexed enemies release a homing soul bolt on death (30 damage)

Skills of this school

Grave Lanterns
Ash Hounds
Reaper's Crescent
Shadow Veil

Earth

Status effect

StaggerStagger: knocked back and stunned for 0.25 s.

Resonance tiers

Tier I, 3 pointsStagger stuns for 0.4 s
Tier II, 5 pointsEarth skills +10% area
Tier III, 7 pointsA Stagger causes an aftershock (12 damage)

Skills of this school

Shockwave
Grave Spikes
War Horn

Points: 1 for each skill or relic of the school, 2 for a skill at max level or Awakened, and 1 from your hunter if it is their school.

A reason to come back

Embers 0 to 10
Win a night and the next Ember unlocks: tougher monsters, earlier elites, weaker healing. One number to brag about.
Endless nights
Keep fighting past twenty minutes until the Pale Reaper, which cannot be killed, catches you. Chase your longest night.
Daily and weekly challenges
The same seed, hunter, land and mutators for everyone. Local scoreboards today, Steam leaderboards planned.
Armory and Codex
Bank your gold win or lose, buy permanent upgrades in the Armory, and fill the Codex with every monster, relic and Awakening you meet.

Screenshots

All captured in the game. Select a screenshot to see it larger.

Made to be played

PCSteamAt launch
iOSApp StorePlanned
AndroidGoogle PlayPlanned

Store badges show platforms, not links. The Steam page link goes live with the announcement.

PC on Steam
Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. Tuned to hold 60 FPS with hundreds of monsters on screen.
Controller and Steam Deck
Full gamepad play with Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo and Steam Deck button prompts. Steam Deck verification is planned before launch.
Mobile (iOS & Android): planned
Phone versions are planned after the PC launch. They are not in development yet, so there is no date.
8 languages
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.
Accessibility
UI scale, colorblind modes, high contrast, reduce motion, camera shake off, large cursor and rebindable controls.

Languages other than English and Brazilian Portuguese are being reviewed by native speakers before launch.

Questions

What kind of game is Ignisfall?

A single-player survivor-like (also called bullet heaven) with roguelike progression. You steer your hunter, your skills attack on their own, and you survive waves of monsters for twenty minutes until dawn.

When does it come out, and how much will it cost?

There is no release date yet. The Steam page comes first: wishlisting it is the best way to hear about the launch. The price will be announced with the release date.

Which platforms?

PC (Windows) on Steam comes first. The game is built for controllers and the Steam Deck, and Deck verification is planned before launch. Mobile versions for iOS and Android are planned for later: they are not in development yet, so there is no date. Consoles are not announced.

How long is a run?

Up to twenty minutes, and you can pause at any time. Endless mode lets you keep going past the twenty-minute mark for as long as you outrun the Pale Reaper.

Is there multiplayer?

Not at launch. Ignisfall is single-player and plays fully offline. Local co-op is an idea for later, not a promise.

Are there microtransactions or loot boxes?

No. Chests and rerolls use gold earned in the game, and gold cannot be bought.

Can I stream it or make videos?

Yes. You may stream the game and monetize your videos. A credit or a link to the Steam page is appreciated.

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You move. Your spells do the rest.

Every level-up is a choice

Awaken your spells

Wear what you find

Bosses you can read

Dawn.

Ashen Wilds

Drowned Marsh

Bone Catacombs

Infernal Overlord

The Ash Wanderer

The Pyre Witch

The Frostbound Sentinel

The Tempest Oracle

The Blood Countess

The Grave Warden

Awakenings

Resonance

Fire

Frost

Storm

Blood

Steel

Shadow

Earth

Embers 0 to 10

Endless nights

Daily and weekly challenges

Armory and Codex

PC on Steam

Controller and Steam Deck

Mobile (iOS & Android): planned

8 languages

Accessibility

You move. Your spells do the rest.

Every level-up is a choice

Awaken your spells

Wear what you find

Bosses you can read

Dawn.

Ashen Wilds

Drowned Marsh

Bone Catacombs

Infernal Overlord

The Ash Wanderer

The Pyre Witch

The Frostbound Sentinel

The Tempest Oracle

The Blood Countess

The Grave Warden

Awakenings

Resonance

Fire

Frost

Storm

Blood

Steel

Shadow

Earth

Embers 0 to 10

Endless nights

Daily and weekly challenges

Armory and Codex

PC on Steam

Controller and Steam Deck

Mobile (iOS & Android): planned

8 languages

Accessibility