Planned Release Date: 2027

About This Game

Sceadu Eard is a retro-style open-world dungeon crawler set in a dark fantasy world.

Prepare supplies and craft gear at your base before venturing into an interconnected landscape of eerie forests, ancient ruins, caves and abandoned castles.

Search for resources, equipment and hidden treasures, but choose carefully how long you remain outside the base. The world becomes increasingly dangerous during each expedition, forcing you to decide whether to push deeper for greater rewards or return before unpredictable encounters put your loot at risk.

Some regions offer moments of strange beauty and calm, while deeper dungeons and corrupted places shift toward an oppressive horror atmosphere.

New abilities, tools and crafted items allow you to reach previously inaccessible parts of the world.

Open sealed doors, overcome environmental obstacles and activate ancient mechanisms. Return to earlier locations to uncover secret rooms, optional dungeons and shortcuts leading into unexplored regions.

Valuable areas may be protected by traps, environmental hazards or powerful enemies.

Choose from different character classes and fight using melee weapons, ranged weapons and spells. Adapt your loadout and combat style to the enemies and environments ahead.

Each weapon type has its own range, speed, attack patterns and stamina costs. Attacks can collide with walls and nearby objects, making positioning especially important in narrow corridors and confined rooms.

Different enemy types require different tactics, weapons and damage types. 

• First-person open-world dungeon crawler

• Retro-style dark fantasy visuals

• Expedition-based gameplay loop

• Seamless interconnected world with unlockable paths, shortcuts and secret areas

• Increasing danger during longer expeditions

• Methodical melee combat and ranged combat

• Multiple character classes, weapons, spells and enemy types

• Resource gathering, crafting and inventory management

• Hidden treasures and rare equipment

• Traps and environmental hazards

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game contains fantasy violence, blood effects and depictions of dead or decaying bodies. Players fight and kill hostile creatures using melee weapons and magic. The game also features dark horror imagery, disturbing environments and themes related to death, decay and the occult.