Dark Fantasy Arena Roguelite

Ashen Swarm

Your sins shape every run.

Take the Oath and stay clean — or go Unbound and let Corruption take root. Seven sins. A Judge who remembers everything.

All power is paid for.

Ashen Swarm key art — a hero channels arcane power against a swarm beneath the Judge and the Reaper

Every run is a choice of who you become.

Ashen Swarm is a dark fantasy arena roguelite built around one question you answer before every run: take the Oath, or go Unbound?

Multiple heroes. Brutal arenas. A swarm that won't stop. Fifteen minutes of relentless pressure and choices you can't take back. Every hero is a different way to die — or a different way to live through it.

The Oath or the Unbound

Before every run, you choose.

The Oath

Go in clean.

No deals. No Corruption. No handouts from the Void. Just discipline and precision.

Your reward: perks that work — as long as you don't slip. One mistake, and they die in front of you.

The Unbound

Take the power.

It's yours from second one. Corruption takes root and starts climbing. Every step, you hit harder. So does everything hunting you.

The Void gives generously. It never returns what it takes.There's no going back.

One choice. Every run. It cannot be undone.

Elemental Carnage

Fire

Ignite the swarm and let it spread.

Ash

What the fallen leave behind — currency and fuel.

Blood

Pay in it. Weaponize it.

Combine all three. Unlock devastating Fusions. Turn the arena into a kill zone nobody walks out of.

The SALIGIA System

Seven deadly sins. Every run, one comes for you — not as a boss, but as a choice.

A quiet moment in the middle of the slaughter, where the game asks: who are you, really?

Sin

Take what no altar will give you — a forbidden Void perk, power that shouldn't exist.

Resist

Receive a Grace reward — a perk for staying yourself.

But sins don't forget. Neither does what you refused.

Face the Judge

He watched. He remembered.

Sooner or later, you'll stand face to face. He judges you for everything you brought with you — every deal, every refusal, every sin you fell to, and every sin you withstood.

ALL POWER IS PAID FOR.

The Judge waits. Scales in hand.

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Fact sheet

Title
Ashen Swarm
Developer
Ashen Depths
Publisher
Ashen Depths (self-published)
Genre
Dark fantasy arena roguelite
Platforms
Windows · SteamOS / Steam Deck · Linux
Players
Single-player
Languages
English + 6 more (7 total)
Status
In development — demo coming soon