Ember
N-Fusion Interactive · 2016 · RPG, Adventure, Fantasy, Indie, Action RPG
PC
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About Ember
✦ AI summary
Ember is a classic-style RPG where you play as a resurrected Lightbringer protecting magical Embers across vast, handcrafted worlds filled with 70+ quests and hundreds of NPCs with their own stories. With over 30 hours of adventure, real-time tactical combat, 65+ skills, deep crafting, and meaningful choices that shape your destiny, it's a passion project that delivers old-school role-playing on an epic scale.
About Ember
“Back in the earliest days, there was no sun and the world was dark. The heavens opened up and stars fell like beacons into the pitch black world, and they were known as “Embers”. Powerful and wise druids of a primordial race, “the Lightbringers," roamed the land searching for this luminous matter. They performed a ritual of awakening to call the “Embers” out of their deep sleep. Suddenly the world became bright, and the veil of darkness was lifted. The Embers were the embodiment of magical flame, light, and life, but as word spread about the sheer power of the Embers, they came to be hunted and captured…and so the War for Ember began…”
Gameplay overview
A passion project 10 years in the making, Ember is a homage to classic role-playing games (RPG). Enter the world of Ember as a resurrected “Lightbringer” summoned to protect the dying Embers as the world is on the brink of collapse. Beginning in the Deep Barrows, traverse vast environments divided between above ground and underground realms – ranging from lush forests to dry deserts and dark abysses – to reach the City of Light. See how the story unfolds through encounters with strangers by making pivotal decisions about your own destiny.
Key features
- Classic-style RPG with 30+ hours of epic adventure
- Epic storytelling filled with fascinating characters, lore, adventure, and humor
- Over 70 quests with diverse gameplay enabling players to choose their path
- Engaging party-based real-time combat system with tactical pause
- Over 65 combat skills for the player to use in customized battle party strategy
- Encounter hundreds of NPCs with their own tales to tell
- In-depth crafting system, from baking bread to forging magic weapons
- A seamless world with over 20 handcrafted environments and dark dungeons that are fully interactive and feature movable objects, weather changes and day / night cycles
- Adventure with different companions with their own backstory quests
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Ember is an isometric action role-playing game developed by N-Fusion Interactive and published by 505 Games, conceived as a tribute to the classic CRPG era that defined the late 1990s and early 2000s. From its opening moments, it is clear that the game draws inspiration from genre staples such as Baldur’s Gate and Ultima VII, embracing a top-down perspective, real-time combat with tactical pause, expansive quest design, and an emphasis on player-driven exploration. Rather than chasing modern cinematic spectacle, Ember focuses on delivering a traditional fantasy adventure rooted in worldbuilding, character progression, and handcrafted environments. The story places players in the role of a resurrected Lightbringer, awakened in the fractured world of Domus. Long ago, celestial artifacts known as Embers infused the land with life and magic, but their power is waning. As civilization teeters on collapse and shadowy forces rise, the Lightbringer must navigate political conflicts, ancient ruins, and supernatural threats to preserve what remains of the world’s fading light. The narrative leans heavily into classic fantasy tropes—lost knowledge, moral ambiguity, rival factions, and loomin…4 found this helpful
possibly one of the worst crpgs of all time, it screams "we make games cuz its a job" not "we play games", they learned nothing from the greats and youll be wishing for the glory days before you leave the first area....trash UI, looting, items, abilities, combat, tone, style etc etc, i hated it all, but if youre an incel simp cuck...it might be just your thing,
Different and fun. Can play with mouse.
Pretty good game! worth a playthrough
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Clunky sums this up quite well. It's not really worth playing, unfortunately.
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