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Deepening Fire

Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle

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April 19, 2023
3 years and 105 days ago
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Mostly Positive637 reviews71.7%

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About the Game

⦁ Ruinous Fire mode strikes and accidentally turns into a werewolf
⦁ Freely choose your appearance, origin, and flexibly choose more than 10 professions
⦁ Immerse yourself in over 10 massive maps, with hidden routes and Easter eggs
⦁ More than 30 original bosses, unpredictable moves, and dual-form attacks
⦁ over 100 type of weapons, equipment and firebrand
⦁ Original parry skills, predict enemy actions according to the sound effects of the screen, and customize the strongest tactics
⦁ 25,000 words of fragmented plot, double ending to solve the puzzle in the heart
⦁ No random maps, no duplicate content"



"††† Free choice of roles, reveal the of the world of chaos †††
Freely character customization, there are more than 10 roles to choose from, and you can flexibly change your career paths to explore this dark chaotic world and restore the truth of the broken world.



††† Cracking Mechanism and Explore the Scene†††
Non-linear process, explore more than 10 maps, not only treasures and adventures there, but also extremely fierce enemies, strange residents. More hidden maps and Easter eggs waiting for you to discover, and you will turn into a werewolf if you are not careful!



††† Diverse equipment sets adapted to local conditions †††
Choose from heavy swords, giant axes, spears, staffs, gloves and other weapons, with hundreds of equipment and a variety of firebrand, and you can also match the appropriate suit strategy according to the terrain, such as choosing the night vision suit on the dark map at night to see more clearly.



††† Precise blocking, gorgeous parry†††
Experience souls like combat, predict enemy movements according to the sound effects, seize their flaws and accurately counterattack, use precise operations to weaken enemies, and completely defeat them with firebrand!



††† Original Boss, Dual Form Attack †††
More than 30 original bosses, including bosses custom-designed by players, find pattern of their movement carefully. Even if you knock them down, don't take them lightly. Because they will most likely summon companions, or enter a more powerful second form!"