Fight. Master. Ascend.
The Shape of
Battle
The Shadow Wars await your participation, learn about the core gameplay features of this action packed genre mix.
Explore the features
Fast paced action combat
The combat system of Shadowfall is built to be fast and engaging. It aims to bridge the gap between third-person shooters, beat-'em-ups, and action RPGs. You aim free to land your attacks, need to know your class to peform devastating combos and be fast and creative to use the movement abilities of your character to take advantage on the battlefield.
Create your gladiator
Become a master of your class and choose between 5 iconic fantasy archetypes that offer different playstyles to fulfill the roles of damage dealers, supporters and healers. You can customize your character by choosing between 5 different species from the world of Aranthia. After you started your journey, you will gain new armor pieces and weapons that make you stand out on the battlefield by playing the game and completing different achievements and challenges.
Intense PvP battles
The Ranked Arena (2vs2, 3vs3) is the core competitive game mode of Shadowfall. Fight your way to the top of the leaderboards by building a team of up to 3 gladiators to compete in an best of 5 elimination mode on small symmetric arena maps against players from all over the world. You can also team up with 2 additional playes for the second ranked game mode Domination (5vs5). In this classic multiplayer mode, you are going to fight over 3 control points on a middle sized map with the goal of reaching the score limit before the enemy team. Teamwork and individual performance alike are key to be victorious on the battlefield so be ruthless and creative on your own, but work as one unit with your team to reach the full potential of your characters.
Challenging Coop Missions
Participate in the so called Shadow Trials, MMO-like dungeon experiences for up to 5 players that can scale to extreme difficulty. Fight against unpredictable bosses and enemies that require you to adapt your strategy and tactics on the fly. The Shadow Trials are designed to be replayable and offer a variety of challenges. Teamwork, communication, and skillful execution are essential to overcome these trials and earn valuable rewards on the hardest difficulties.
Progression Systems
As a mercenary walking between the lines of the Shadowpact and the Lightsworn, other Side Factions of Aranthia seek for your support to complete Bounties and Challenges for them to reward you with experience, weapons and armor such as minor cosmetic unlocks like calling cards. Increase your renown rank of the different side factions and get even bigger rewards. Shadowfall features a replayable leveling system for your account and each of your characters called Ascension system. This allows you to unlock class specific elite armor sets and weapons for your favorite character classes to show off your dedication to mastery.
An ever expanding Battle
The core PvP modes of Shadowfall are only the beginning of what you can expect from this world. We plan to add new PvP modes of bigger scale for up to 30 players such as PvE Coop missions that let you dive deeper into the world of Aranthia to understand what fate this world has experienced so far, what the origin of the Shadowfall was and what the future holds up for this shattered world. As the core of the game, the small scale PvP will receive new maps, game modes and balancing patches for the existing classes but there will also be new playable classes and races added to the core game in the future. Since Shadowfall is developed by a small team of hobbyist game developers, we will focus on the core gameplay and balance of the game first and then slowly but surely expand the world of Aranthia and work together with the community to drive the vision of the game and franchise forward.
