Torch of Shadows
Torch of Shadows is a fast-paced roguelite where Light and Dark clash endlessly. Defend the temple, counter enemies with opposing powers, and preserve the fragile balance before the void consumes all.
Torch of Shadows is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Acthera Studios, released 31 March 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Torch of Shadows is
Torch of Shadows is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Acthera Studios and released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Game Maker Studio 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
There was once an age when light reigned supreme. Its radiance spread across the heavens, burning so brightly that shadows fled and people forgot that they had ever existed. People called this state of affairs “peace”. However, peace born of blindness is merely silence before the storm. For in the shadows where light did not dare to venture, darkness stirred; not as evil, but as memory. The forgotten pulse of creation itself waited and watched, whispering to the void that the world had lost its symmetry. When the first shadow rose again, the sky trembled not in fear, but in recognition. Unable to destroy what they did not understand, the gods forged a prison to contain the core of this…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Torch of Shadows launched on 31 March 2026, within three weeks of Crimson Desert Enhanced, Pragmata, Replaced and Mouse: P.I. For Hire.
Released around the same time: Crimson Desert Enhanced, Pragmata, Replaced, Mouse: P.I. For Hire.
Official trailer
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