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Devilbreath: The First Seal

Devilbreath: The First Seal is a dark fantasy tactical RPG set in a medieval frontier, where an ordinary village boy follows a hell-born mist into a dying forest to find its source—and stop it before his village is lost.

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Tomáš Hellebrand
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Hellish Games
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About the Game

The mist arrived without warning.

It rolled out of the deep woods like a slow exhale—cold, bitter, and wrong. Crops dulled. Animals fled. People stopped sleeping. And at the edge of the village, shapes began to move where no living thing should.

You are not a knight. Not a mage. Not chosen by prophecy. You are a villager with no army behind you—only stubbornness, fear, and the growing certainty that if you turn back, nothing will remain to save.

Follow the Devilbreath. Find its source. Stop the spread.

A dark fantasy tale with unsettling moments—focused on tactics and atmosphere rather than constant horror.

Tactical Combat Built on Hard Choices

Every fight is a puzzle under pressure: commit to an action, anticipate the enemy, and survive long enough to push deeper into the mist.

  • Turn-based tactical battles focused on planning and counterplay

  • Simple, readable actions with meaningful consequences (strike, defend, risk heavier hits, and unleash dark effects)

  • Limited healing—potions buy you time, not certainty

  • Enemies that punish habits, forcing you to adapt instead of repeating a “best move”

A Small Human Story in a Dark World

Devilbreath is about what happens when the world expects heroes—and none arrive.

Meet villagers, wanderers, and figures of faith in the fog: some will help, some will lie, and some will wear kindness like a mask. The further you go, the more the line blurs between protection and obsession, faith and fear, duty and doom.

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