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Obsidian Spire
A grim campaign book you inhabit by typing. Last night wrecked Elderglen. Walk north. Wash the bruise, wear it, or leave it. Written burial horror. One campaign. For adult tables.

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Single-player
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Steam Cloud
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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Obsidian Spire is a playable typed campaign book today, but I want Early Access so players can shape the remaining polish and content before 1.0. Goals: fix rough edges from real playthroughs, tighten combat and travel pacing, improve clarity of typed commands and journal/board feedback, and decide what belongs in the finished module versus what stays out. Early Access is for community feedback on a game that is already worth playing, not crowdfunding from scratch”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Roughly 6–12 months, depending on how much feedback arrives and how large the remaining content/polish work turns out to be. There is no fixed calendar day for leaving Early Access; when the campaign and systems feel feature-complete and stable, it will leave Early Access”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“Plans for 1.0 (subject to change based on feedback): more polish on combat, travel, and NPC talk; clearer feedback for typed commands and save/journal/board; bug fixes and balance; possible additional rooms, rumors, or endings if playtests show gaps; and platform work Nothing listed here is a guarantee—buy based on what ships today”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

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A complete single-player typed campaign is playable now: Session 0 through Elderglen and the north road, inns and shops, combat, journal/board/book, the Darkwood, Crypt, Spire, First Vault, and the main ending paths (wash / wear / leave the bruise). Windows and Linux builds. Offline. Keyboard and mouse. Optional speech-to-type and OS narration. Steam Cloud for saves when enabled. Achievements on the Steam build. Content includes written burial horror Expect bugs, uneven pacing, and systems that may change during Early Access”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Early Access uses the current base price. Early Access owners keep the game through 1.0 at no extra charge. The base price may rise at or after full release if the finished game clearly adds more than what Early Access buyers got; if that happens, Early Access supporters will have paid the lower entry price”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Steam Discussions and Steam News/announcements for patch notes and questions. I read bug reports, confusion points, and pacing feedback and prioritize accordingly. Larger changes will be called out in news posts before they land when saves or major systems are affected”
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About This Game

A campaign book you inhabit by typing

Obsidian Spire is a grim module for adult tables. You type what you do. The Spire table is the dungeon master. It rolls the dice. DRM-free Windows and Linux builds. Offline. No always-online client.

You grew up in Elderglen. Last night the harvest bell rang for three houses and nobody answered. Beds still made. Purple glass in the north-road ruts. Walk north on foot through towns that still have mill-wheels, into a wood that buries travelers who camp, to a black tower. A wizard found a cursed book; it ate him; he is a purple crystal on the Spire's crown.

Wash the bruise in the Crypt and Elderglen can live again. Wear it, or leave it on the nail, and the hometown stays a hole. Those are real doors in the story. Kill the lung and you can take the bruise by steel, then wash. Under the First Vault, counted brass and softer hungers wait if you learn how to go deeper.

Content. Written burial horror: fused remains, packs kept in the bark.

The marches

- Elderglen, Wayford, Hollowford, Millpass, the Darkwood, the First Vault, the Crypt, the Spire — and what opens under the lid

- Type North, South, East, or West. Type map for the travel chart; map under when the under-march matters

- Inns: type tavern — rumor, bread, ale, a loft. Do not camp under burial oaks without meaning to

- Shops in Hollowford now; Elderglen's trades open after a wash: smith, potions, books, staff

- Type journal for the spine. Type board for leftover nails. Type book for this room's leaf

- You hear animals. It runs in the family. At the burned barn, listen

The Spire table

- Six scores. A d20 on the hit and on persuade. Open dice keep the high; shut dice keep the low. Saves on the six

- Type rest on the road. Type sleep behind a barred door

- Session 0: custom race and class, then scores, then two workings

- Talk: type talk Marta, a number, or write your own line. People remember what you did

- Yggdrasil: type tree

- Keyboard and mouse. Optional: Control or F8 to dictate

- Optional spoken narration uses your operating system voice. There is no language model in the download. This is a scripted module, not a live AI dungeon master

One campaign

One grim typed book — Session 0 through the Spire, the Crypt, and what comes after. Same save. Your character and the people they know stay in the slot. On Steam, Cloud can sync those saves between machines when enabled. Steam ships Windows and Linux.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Obsidian Spire is a typed text RPG. Violence and horror are conveyed through writing (combat, burial remains, fused bodies, packs kept in bark). There is no 3D gore, no sexual content, and no drug systems. Intended for mature adult players

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit
    • Processor: Dual-core 2.0 GHz
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: OpenGL 3.3 capable
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Mic for Speak; OS text-to-speech for narration
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit
    • Processor: Dual-core 2.0 GHz
    • Graphics: OpenGL 3.3 capable
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Mic for Speak; OS text-to-speech for narration
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