About This Game

What is Arhaekon?
A challenging roguelike, turn-based RPG dungeon crawler set in a grimdark world on the brink of collapse. You lead small bands of units through procedurally generated dungeons, battling corruption and eldritch abominations to save humanity.

Is it finished?

Yes, Arhaekon left Early Access and is officially released since July 4th 2025.

Why play this instead of other similar titles?

If you are into highly synergic focused combat, battles of attrition, nasty surprises and learning through failure, Arhaekon might just ruin your weekend - in the best way.

• No handholding. No tutorials that play the game for you. This game is rated 16+ for a reason!

• Victory comes from party synergy, clever combos, and adapting. If you're here to button mash, you'll have a bad time!

• The AI is ruthless. Forgiving enemies are for toddlers.

• The learning curve assumes you're curious and literate. If reading a tooltip sounds exhausting, this isn’t for you!

• Yes, the difficulty is intentional. No, it’s not impossible. We did the math. Literally.

Features:

• Turn-Based Combat: Engage in battle-centered, turn-based gameplay with very limited mobility

• Roguelike Elements: Enjoy units permadeath, procedural dungeons & loot

• Diverse Units: Command 12 units across 4 classes, each with unique abilities and progressions

• 14 Themed Regions: Explore diverse dungeons filled with themed enemies & lore

• 4 boss fights with unique mechanics

• Punishing Decisions: Every choice matters in both management and combat - there's no going back

• Varied Loot: Discover crafting recipes, lore pages, and ritual rites of five rarity tiers

• Augment Equipment: Equipment system to that prevents hoarding, with randomly generated, soul-bound augments

• Dark Atmosphere: Immerse yourself in a bleak, grim world

• Endless Music: Experience experimental, quasi-procedurally generated music

• Corruption System: Manage your units' health and sanity as they tune into the enemies' song

• Unit & Party Management: Recruit, enhance, level-up, mend wounds and strengthen resolve of your units

• Camp Management: Upgrade and manage your refugee camp and facilities

• Crafting System: Use the compendium of shaping to upgrade or obtain new equipment

• Progress Management: Non-linear dungeon progression and allocable unit stat points on level-up

• Collectible Lore: Enjoy bonuses from lore, or at least the experience - if lore isn't your thing.

• Indie Development: Created by a very small, passionate team.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI was used to reduce time investment in illustration art. The AI art can be seen in various UI elements where illustrations are present. Please note, all of the AI art you see wasn't merely generated and thrown into the game, it obviously needed a fairly extensive degree of retouching.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

"Mature content" takes the form of violence and blood, some partly uncovered statues of monsters, humans or other entities or summarily clothed/ragged/uncovered humanoids.