Planned Release Date: Nov 30, 2026

About This Game

Time has its own ways …

You wake up in your small room – an ordinary morning, or so it seems. But beyond the village, something stirs: guards fail to return, an ancient Titan awakens in old ruins, and from the distant Shadow Castle, shadows reach out for the land.

Ways of Time is a handcrafted pixel RPG with real-time combat, a mysterious story and a living world full of things to discover – alone or together with friends.

Explore a vast world

The village of Lindenbrück with its marketplace, merchants, blacksmith and villagers going about their daily lives

A forgotten dungeon, a path through snow and ice, the frozen village of Frosthain, an icy quarry and the sinister Shadow Castle

Beyond the rifts: the glowing Ember Maw and the Frost Grotto

Day and night cycle – more dangerous enemies come out at night

Rain, thunderstorms, snowfall and blizzards

Fast travel via signposts once you know an area

Fight with sword, bow and magic

Direct real-time combat with melee weapons and bows

Elemental arrows: fire, ice, lightning, poison and explosive arrows

Spells like invisibility, lightning strike, the Fire Staff and the Frost Amulet

Mighty bosses with their own attack patterns and rare loot

Enchanted weapons and armor

Four difficulty levels – from Easy to Nightmare

Better together

Play the entire story in online co-op with up to three friends

Trade items with each other and revive fallen teammates with a healing potion

Enemies grow stronger the more of you there are – but you fight with a group bonus

More than just adventure

Fishing: Choose your bait and reel in rare fish in a fishing minigame – up to the legendary Crystal Trout

Cooking: Grill your catch at the campfire – but don't let anything burn

Farming: Plough, sow, water and harvest

Companion: A loyal animal follows you on your travels

Bounties and quests: Take on jobs from the quest board and help the villagers

Two currencies: gold for everyday life, rare crystals for special gear

Skills: Stamina, melee, archery, toughness and magic improve the more you use them

Collectible books and journal: Find hidden books that tell the history of the world

52 Steam achievements, fully rebindable keys, playable in German and English

The whole story – and more

The story of Ways of Time is complete: gather the light shards, have the Sun Blade reforged and face Anubar once and for all. And once the story is told, the journey continues:

Challenge mode: face every boss again and earn gold medals

New Game+ for everyone who wants to start over

Shadow Echoes, rift incursions and legendary weapons

The Tower of Time – how high can you climb?

AI Generated Content Disclosure

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

Some of the in-game texts (dialogue, cutscenes, notes) as well as the store page texts were written with the help of an AI language model and then reviewed and edited by the developer. The graphics come from licensed asset packs or were created by the developer.