Once Glorious Artahk
Explore the ruins of an ancient city. Solve puzzles to unlock new paths, abilities, and forgotten lore. Read the lost stories you uncover to gain insight into a tangled web of mysteries. Using only your wits and your trusty torch to guide you, you must find a way to return light to a starless sky.
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15 itemsAbout the Game
In Once Glorious Artahk, you’ll explore the ruins of the ancient city of Artahk in search of a way to save the world from an endless night. Solve a variety of different puzzles to unlock new paths, abilities, and forgotten lore, then read the lost stories you uncover to gain insight into a tangled web of mysteries. Using only your wits and your trusty torch to guide you, you must find a way to return light to a starless sky.
Taking notes to help remember hints and puzzle details while you play is highly recommended! There is also a free prologue story, "Flowers Beneath A Starless Sky", available to read in the News section as a sample of what the game has in store!
EXPLORE
Explore crumbling ruins, darkened halls, and tangled forests as you scour what remains of the once-glorious city of Artahk. The game world is divided into five distinct zones that can be explored non-linearly and feature many puzzles that overlap and build upon each other.
SOLVE PUZZLES
From piecing together the proper sequence to arrange ancient runes, to deciphering cryptic murals, or using mirrors to redirect the light from your torch in order to activate magical mechanisms, the ruins of Artahk are littered with all manner of puzzles waiting to be solved.
UNLOCK ANCIENT LORE
Using the magical Tome of Apocrypha, you’ll uncover long forgotten stories that will give you insight into the many mysteries of Artahk. All you need to do is discover the right “words of power” hidden throughout the city. The lore presented here is more than just set dressing—you’ll need to use what you learn from the Tome to solve certain puzzles and piece together a way to restore the stars to the sky!
Features
Explore 5 major zones and several subzones throughout the city, each interconnected and filled to the brim with puzzles waiting to be solved.
Avoid the dreaded beast that prowls the ruins of the city
No combat—you must rely on your wits alone to survive and find victory
Discover 90+ lore entries within the Tome of Apocrypha, short stories that will give you insight into the many mysteries of Artahk
Unlock 4 exciting abilities to augment your torch and open up new paths and possibilities
Unravel the tangled mystery of why the world was cast into an endless night, and how the stars can be returned to the sky once more
