SHADOWREALM: AGE OF DARKNESS

A free dark-fantasy RPG in your browser. Steal, fight, scheme and rise.

The realm is rotten. The Shadow King sits on his throne, the cities choke on soot and ash, and you start with 100 gold, 10 energy and a bad reputation.

Shadowrealm: Age of Darkness is a free dark-fantasy RPG that runs in your browser. Steal, scheme, fight and trade your way up eight ranks, from Peasant to Wraithking. Then Ascend, start the climb again, and come back stronger.

WHAT IS SHADOWREALM?

Shadowrealm is a persistent browser game (a PBBG) in the tradition of the classic crime RPGs, set in a dark world of four cities, old magic and worse people. Every deed costs energy, and energy, health and mana refill in real time, even while you are offline. A two-minute check-in and a two-hour session both move you forward.

There is no season wipe and no server reset. The character you make today keeps every coin and every scar. The economy is shared by all players, PvP damage is real, and much of what gets added started as a player suggestion.

CRIME AND THE UNDERWORLD

- 24 deeds across four cities, from begging for coin to dethroning the Shadow King, each with a real chance to fail
- 32 Ascended actions for prestige players, unlocking from Ascension +10 to +80
- Three heists, pulled by crews of up to four players
- Get caught and do real time in jail, unless another player breaks you out
- Bust parties, jail riots, bust bounties and a 16-rank jailbreak ladder
- Steal carriages from the Stables and sell them at The Fence
- A rotating Black Market with contraband you cannot buy anywhere else
- Own a Black Lotus den, set its price and sell energy to other players, or raid a rival's den
- One journey in four brings an encounter: rob a tax wagon, face a bounty hunter or meet a wandering trader

COMBAT

- Player Hunt: open PvP fought with your real health, so wounds carry over
- A ranked Arena with an ELO ladder, monthly seasons and 21 tiers from Clay to Shadowlord
- Earn Glory and spend it in the Arena Shop
- Duels: formal one-on-one challenges with an optional gold wager
- Four dungeons, one per city: choose your path, fight in real time, pick locks and loot the end boss
- The Tower: 150 hand-drawn floors, a boss every tenth floor and perks of its own
- City Bosses the whole realm fights at once, with Parry, Charge and Arcane Bolt
- Story bosses fought live: the Iron Magister, the Widow and the Crownless
- Arena and PvP fights play back on an arena scene with health bars and floating damage

GROW YOUR CHARACTER

- Eight ranks of power, from Peasant to Wraithking
- Shape your build with talent points and train your stats at the Training Grounds
- Ascension: reset at the top for a permanent Ascendancy tree whose endless nodes keep growing
- 12 gear slots and six rarities, from common all the way to divine
- Divine gear with 30 unique effects, a second effect to Awaken and upgrades to +20
- The Heirloom: a relic you empower with gold, tier after tier, without limit
- Craft from 65 recipes at the Forge, enchant your gear and socket 48 kinds of gemstone
- Save gear sets and swap your whole loadout in one click
- A 28-chapter story campaign across four storylines
- Daily and weekly quests, login streak rewards up to a full year, and 82 achievements
- Titles, avatar effects and 13 hand-written lore books to collect for the Library

PROFESSIONS AND YOUR STRONGHOLD

- Four professions, Mining, Hunting, Herbalism and Woods, with expeditions that run while you play
- Level each trade to 150, from Novice to Shadowborn
- Refine and craft tools at the Workshop, brew potions and weapon oils at the Apothecary
- Claim a ruined Stronghold and raise 22 buildings on a zoomable map
- Pray at the Church and trade blood for power at the Blood Shrine

A LIVING ECONOMY

- A shared, player-driven economy where nothing resets
- Gear Market with auctions, plus a Material Market, a Gem Market and safe Escrow trades
- A weekly auction for legendary gear
- A Bank that pays daily interest, and loans for the bold
- Buy a casino and run the house: dice, blackjack, roulette, slots, Plinko, the Wheel of Fate, the Fight Pit and poker
- A weekly lottery and the Gold Gamble, with up to 100 pulls at a time

TOGETHER, OR AGAINST EACH OTHER

- Guilds of up to 30 members with a treasury, a Warcamp, boosts and shared contracts
- Claim a city for your guild and fight guild wars to hold it
- A weekly Guild Race between every guild
- Global chat, guild chat, mail, friends and a forum
- Tavern Contests: arm wrestling, knife throwing and drinking games with a monthly Hall of Fame
- Leaderboards, realm-wide statistics and a public wall of shame for cheaters

BUILT FOR REAL LIFE

- Plays on phone, tablet and PC, and installs to your home screen
- Push notifications with quiet hours, so nothing buzzes at night
- A pet companion that naps on your chat button and answers questions about the realm
- Ten colour themes, including free holiday themes that switch on in season
- Weekend and holiday events, a guided tutorial and a full wiki

WHY PLAY

Shadowrealm is free to play, with nothing to download. Optional Shadowgems and a monthly VIP Pass buy convenience and cosmetics, and Shadowgems can also be earned in play, from quests, login streaks, votes and free reward tasks. Every system in the game is reachable without paying.

It is made by one independent developer who ships an update almost every week, posts every change in public release notes, keeps a public roadmap and reads every suggestion and bug report.

Come and say hello on Discord: https://discord.gg/xbwTDtahS9

PLAY NOW

Your descent begins with one click. Create a free account, or try it as a guest, and play now:
www.playshadowrealm.com