Spire of Ash

Spire of Ash

Aaron Lilla · 2026 · Action, RPG, Simulation, Action RPG, Arcade

PC
Mostly Positive75% · 12
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About Spire of Ash

Spire of Ash

A dark-fantasy auto-battler dungeon crawler where strategy is everything. Build your team, forge your gear, and push deeper into an ever-scaling spire — where every decision compounds and every run tells a different story.Inspired by the depth of Path of Exile's crafting, the tactical positioning of TFT-style hex combat, and the endless scaling of Mythic+ dungeons.

Assemble Your Heroes

Choose from 36 unique heroes spanning Defensive, Offensive, and Support roles. Each hero brings a distinct identity to the battlefield — tanks that anchor the front line, assassins that exploit positioning, healers that keep your squad alive through impossible odds.Build a 5-man team from your unlocked roster. Composition matters: the right synergies turn a good team into an unstoppable one.

144 Skills. Infinite Builds.

Every hero wields a deep toolkit of skills, ultimates, stances, and party buffs. With 144 unique skills across the roster, no two teams play the same way.Watch your squad execute in real-time hex-based combat — positioning, timing, and ability interactions all matter.

Gear Up

Equip your heroes with powerful gear enhanced by 42 distinct affixes, each scaling across 8 tiers of power. Chase the perfect rolls. Stack the right stats. Turn a solid hero into a force of nature.Six elemental influences shape your gear's identity — build around fire, ice, lightning, shadow, holy, or poison to amplify your strategy.

Deep Crafting

A crafting system built for theorycrafters. With 290 crafting currencies, you have granular control over every piece of equipment. Reforge, augment, and fine-tune your gear to exact specifications.This isn't random-and-pray crafting — it's a system that rewards knowledge and planning.

Aether Cards

Collect and build decks from 988 Aether cards across 3 types and 4 rarities. Cards provide powerful passive bonuses and build-defining effects that reshape how your team fights.Rip open booster packs to expand your collection. Chase rare cards that unlock entirely new strategies.

Dungeon Runs

The core of Spire of Ash. Push through procedurally challenging dungeon floors, fighting enemy packs and collecting loot along the way. Every run scales with infinite key levels — the deeper you go, the harder it gets, and the better the rewards.Dynamic affixes modify each run, forcing you to adapt your strategy on the fly.

Loot That Matters

Every enemy pack is a chance at meaningful drops. Gear, crafting materials, Aether cards, and currencies flow through a loot system designed to keep every run rewarding — whether you're on key level 1 or key level 100.

Four Game Modes

- Dungeon Clear — Push through floors of enemies and bosses. The classic dungeon crawl, endlessly scaling.- Boss Rush — Skip the trash. Face a gauntlet of bosses back-to-back. Pure mechanical challenge.- Survival — How long can your team endure? Waves of enemies with no end in sight.- Gauntlet — A curated challenge run with preset conditions. Prove your mastery.Each mode supports both Softcore and Hardcore variants. Hardcore means one life — no second chances.

Challenges & Objectives

Unlock rewards through a progression system of challenges that push you to explore every corner of the game. Master each hero, conquer specific modes, and hit milestones that test your depth of play.

Global Leaderboards

Compete against players worldwide with per-mode global leaderboards. See how your deepest clears, fastest boss rushes, and longest survival runs stack up.Every mode. Every key level. Ranked.

Key Features

- 36 heroes across Defensive, Offensive, and Support roles- 144 unique skills — ultimates, stances, buffs, and more- 988 Aether cards with booster pack collection system- 290 crafting currencies and 242 affixes across 8 tiers- 4 game modes with Softcore and Hardcore variants- Infinite key scaling with dynamic run affixes- Global leaderboards for every mode- Real-time hex-based auto-battler combat- Deep team composition and build crafting

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended May 25, 2026
vibe coded ai trash that manages to rips off artistic assets from other games (most of the art of straight ripped from POE with some ai modifications). no tutorial, no explanation, very confusing. I can recruit the same character 15 times with the same name?? I cannot recommend this game at all. Also, the developer aka Clushiy is toxic individual who likes raging at people at online and calling them slurs. this is what you call soulless AI garbage
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Not recommended Apr 5, 2026
this is some crazy chromium wrapper with a "game" inside it. it masquerades as a free to play game, but upon launch the word DEMO is everywhere and it mentions you have to buy the full game? That's the DLC listed here. With this being a chromium wrapper there are constant json, js, and other web-language errors you could expect from someone's first foray into vibe-coding with Gemini (derogatory). Most "art" in the game is bad AI Slop. It is an auto-battler, not a dungeon crawler nor tactical combat. The sprites for all heroes appear to be the same, Then you get to the worst part, itemization. Every character is picking up gear. Gear drops at level one are reminiscent of end game Path of Exile or Last Epoch. You need to learn the item filter system asap otherwise you're just playing inventory management simulator. Overall 0/10.
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Recommended May 7, 2026
Great game its not really free though but its worth the 8 bucks. Its not perfect which is why all the negative reviews but there is alot of interactions and theory crafting . Dont expect perfection treat it as a beta and you will have fun. I got 1st place on ruthless hardcore leaderboards but its so slow to push further(it needs optimization) I just quit. Also the leaderboards are mostly just the best players names over and over because its not limited to 1 entry per name. The dev claims to be working on massive update so im excited for the future.
Recommended May 7, 2026
First common in 10 year steam. I dream for this game when I played POE. 真的期待了有十年之久的游戏,我已经电子阳痿了,ED了靠他治好了。 五星好评哦。真的是太好了,能活着玩到这款游戏。找到很多手游原来到头来才发现就是差这款游戏。
Recommended Apr 12, 2026
I don't usually review games but this game is an absolute gem. 10/10
Not recommended Apr 2, 2026
+Free +Music +Player choice +Certainly possible builds etc, but... -Utter grind that doesn't feel good -Difficult to read UX/UI; especially on 4k - even with max 150% scale -Idle/roguelite really -> not my cup of tea. = Neutral review still, after all it's free. As I wouldn't recommend such game for myself, I won't do it to you either.

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