About This Game

Rise. Fight. Overcome.

You have risen from the grave. Now your resolve will be put to the test.

Raise is an independent third-person soulslike with a compact journey to a sanctuary of combat trials. Cross the graveyard, face its guardians and prepare for the main challenge: mastering combat and improving your arena times.

Learn the rhythm of combat

Lock on, manage your stamina and choose when to attack, dodge or parry. Combine light strikes, heavy attacks and sprint attacks against zombies, elite enemies and bosses. Learning an opponent's movements matters as much as dealing damage.

Make progression part of your strategy

Defeat enemies, gather essences and strengthen your character up to level 30. Rest at benches to recover and save your progress. Your level carries into the challenges: growing stronger before chasing a new record is part of the game.

Every second counts

Take on four main challenges, each with three waves and different combinations of enemies and bosses. Complete them all to unlock an optional extra challenge featuring all 12 waves in sequence.

• Each hit taken adds 3 seconds to your result.
• Each successful parry subtracts 3 seconds.
• Each healing potion used adds 2 seconds.
• Finishing without taking a hit reduces your final time by 10%.

Refine your execution, beat your personal bests and compare your fastest times on Steam leaderboards.

An independent journey

Originally a student project and revived years later, Raise releases with a smaller scope focused on combat, character progression and replayable challenges. An optional tutorial lets you practise the basics in a separate training arena.

How far will your resolve take you?

AI Generated Content Disclosure

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

The game's development had been on hold for several years. With the help of AI tools, I was able to resume and complete the project, mainly during the programming, debugging, and bug-fixing stages. AI was also used to translate the game's text.

The achievement icons were created using AI, as was the texture for a medieval banner. The potion and key icons were also generated using AI, based on hand-drawn sketches I created myself.

The most substantial use of AI in this project was in programming. Most of the game was programmed manually, but I used AI to help finalize the code, debug, and fix issues in preparation for release.