Planned Release Date: Q4 2026

About This Game

Every choice on the road to the Cradle shapes who you become, and what it costs.

Elara survives one impossible night and what comes after turns into a road: companions who join her, enemies, and an answer waiting at the Cradle that no one can give her but herself.

Ember and Ash: The Cradle is a story game in five acts.

A road, not a hallway
Every stretch of road between story beats is its own small journey: forks with no hint of what’s down them, fights, hazards, roadside finds and quiet moments by the water.

Battles you play, not just watch
Every fight gives you choices: attack with the spell that fits you, defend, heal or call on your companion. Then you carry it out yourself and your skill decides the result.

Choices that matter
Your choices lean you one way or another. It changes the dialogue options, changes the relationships and shapes the ending you reach.

Friends, and something moreSpend time with your companions, and see how far the trust goes.

The road ends where you took itThere is no wrong road, only the one you chose. See where it leads.

Key features

• Five complete acts and one continuous story, about 1.5 to 3 hours depending on how much you explore

• Over 1400 voiced lines

• Turn-based combat with hands-on minigames

• Moral-lean system

• Optional romances

• Road encounters, forks, hazards, walk-and-talks and camps

• Multiple endings shaped by the choices you made

• Achievements

AI Generated Content Disclosure

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

This game uses AI-generated content. It does not generate anything while you play.

Artwork: Character art, backgrounds and short animated background loops were generated with locally run image and video AI models, then selected, edited and composited by the developer. This includes the store page and marketing images.

Voice acting: Voices for the narrator and characters were generated with a text-to-speech AI model, with the takes chosen by the developer.

Translation: The translations were made with AI assistance.

Story text: The story, characters and plot were created by the developer. Some dialogue and narration lines were written or rewritten with the help of AI, and then edited by the developer.

Music and most sound effects are made by human creators and used under free licences.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Violence: Stylised fantasy combat with swords and magic, injuries, and the deaths of characters in the story.

Themes: War, grief and loss, corrupt institutions, captivity and illness.

Sexual content: Optional romance with kisses and implied intimacy. Intimate scenes are not shown. Some characters wear revealing outfits.