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A Song of Steel and Spirits

Lead a squad of hungover heroes on a quest to find their way back to the surface, traversing deadly dungeons, entrancing enemies, and tavern tabs that far exceed their pockets. Level up your champions, master the grid, outwit foes, and outdrink allies to escape in this brutal tactical pixel-art RPG.

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About the Game

A Song of Steel & Spirits is a turn-based tactical RPG set in a pixelated realm where swords are sharp, magic is unstable, and alcoholic spirits are abundant.

Assemble a crew of mercenaries, misfits, and magically inebriated wizards in an attempt to escape the dungeon and uncover the mystery of how they ended up there in the first place. Plot your moves across tight grid-based maps, combining strategic positioning, class synergies, and perfectly timed strikes to survive brutal dungeon encounters, monster ambushes, and the occasional bar brawl.

  • 🗡️ Fast Turn-Based Combat – Master a grid-based combat system that is easy to learn and difficult to master, with positional strategy, environmental hazards, and enemy champions with unique abilities and quirks.

  • ⚔️ Party-Based RPG – Level up your heroes and unlock new abilities that add endless possibilities of team-ups. Expect tactical challenges that will test your mettle, that only all your party members working together can solve.

  • Timed Strikes & Momentum – Master abilities and block enemy attacks by activating your action button at the precise moment in the animation for maximum impact.

Perfect strikes contribute towards your character's momentum. Maxing out your momentum grants your hero a bonus action that triggers immediately in combat.

Save your momentum for the perfect window of opportunity, perhaps during a boss fight when you need it most to deliver the killing blow.

  • 🏰 Satirical Fantasy World – Explore a land of brooding necromancers, belly-dancing snake-charmers, and bureaucracy-obsessed goblins while you fight your way to the surface.

  • 🧙 Pixel-Perfect Nostalgia – Classic 16-bit inspired visuals with expressive sprites, quirky animations, and lovingly handcrafted maps.

  • 🍻 Tavern Tales – Recruit new party members and uncover mysteries, lore, and perhaps even the recipe to the perfect draft.

Jule: "I really should lay off the experimental ale."


Farryn: "Somebody needs to stay sober and be the designated ranger."

Duward: "Like a fine wine I only get better with time; I did not intend for that to rhyme."

Feng: "If there is greater meaning in life than stealing from the rich, I have yet to obtain it."

Mr. Purreach: "Being a devout cleric of the Church of Nepeta Cataria precludes me from indulging in such frivolities. But doesn't mean I can't watch."

Stol: "For long I've had nothing but spirits for company. Its a welcome change to have ones of the living variety."

Purnima: "I doubt you can handle my moonshine."

Pintxo: "Woof"

Lord Raze wants YOU to join the undead army. Will you answer the call?

Lady Moltraine: "You look nutritious-ss. You'll make a fine meal for my pets-ss."


Gromp: "Nobody bosses around my goblins. 'cept me, of course."