Striving for Light

Blending the deep buildcrafting of Action-RPGs like Path of Exile and Diablo with the fast-paced action of roguelite like Hades, Striving for Light is an action RPG where you expand and shape a unique infinite skilltree. Battle through dark, ever-changing worlds, collect powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, and unlock new characters, skills, and weapons as you strive to conquer the darkness.

Dive into a dark, mysterious world filled with danger and a voice-acted story Explore random generated maps with plenty of world events and secrets to uncover Level up, utilise and shape a unique random generated and infinite expanding skilltree Near infinite possibilities of buildcrafting and bring your dreambuilds to life Master 9 character classes each with their own unique specialisation skilltree Hunt for randomised loot, craft and reforge weapons to true legendary power Unlock new skills, weapons, maps and characters Over 13 unique environments each with unique enemies and bosses to explore Endgame systems (Rifts, Mapping System, Pinnacle Bosses, Challenges) Online leaderboards with seasons and private league system Local-Coop mode Normal, Hardcore and Roguelike mode as well as 5 Difficulty Tiers Hand-drawn world and an ~100 minute soundtrack

Skill system

Each run gives you a new unique skill tree to explore Combine melee, ranged and more, like pet skills, for nearly infinite builds Dynamic expanding skilltree depending on your skill pathway Additional meta progression skilltree

Shape the infinite Skilltree

Collect skillgems and shape your skilltree Reconnect skill pathways Reroll skills, or the entire skilltree and alter the outcome Refund skills and flexible skill deactivation system

Gearing & Crafting

Deep itemisation system 77+ unique weapon bases with randomised stats can be upgraded to legendaries and ascended by crafting Over 48+ unique trinkets including powerful legendary trinkets 76+ unique skill nodes 9 characters with unique specialisation skilltrees

Combat system

Challenging enemies and boss encounters Active dual combat system with aim & attack (mouse, keys or controller) Dynamically switch between melee and ranged weapons during fights Powerful active abilities like shapeshifting and massive AoE attacks Dual resource system to manage melee and ranged attacks Dodge system to evade enemy attacks

Endgame system

Delve deeper into the darkness and face an ever increasing challenge Infinite expanding map progression system Rift Endgame system 5 Difficulty Tiers including Darkness Difficulty for Roguelike Experience Add and alter map modifiers to increase the challenge but also your rewards

Seasons & Leaderboards

Seasonal leaderboards for hardcore and softcore mode Earn honour points for each run and climb the seasonal leaderboard Compete in seasonal challenges Leaderboard for pinnacle boss fight rush Rift endgame leaderboards Offline mode

Procedural Generated Worlds

Each map layout is procedural generated Ever changing world events like tower defense, arenas, dungeons, trials, and bossfights Wisely choose which maps to play and which world events to engage Hunt for the perfect loot and the ultimate weapons

Leave a Legacy

Craft echo weapons that get added to the lootpool for other players to find Empower your echoes, design the visual appearance of your weapons Embed your personal inscription to share your message with other players