A turn-based tactics roguelike from Greek myth
Orpheus Descending
Eurydice is dead, taken by a serpent’s bite on her wedding day. Orpheus takes up his lyre and Apollo’s spear and goes down into the Underworld to bring her back.
Every move is a puzzle
Stab, lunge and stride across a small hex board, or cast Apollo’s spear. Play a Chord to knock the dead into each other, off the edge, or into the fires of the Phlegethon. Shades, Stygian Archers, Furies and Lampads each follow their own rules, so learn them and turn them against each other.
Every depth has two Descents, each leading to a god’s house: Calliope, Apollo, Hermes, Thanatos or Persephone, each with boons of their own, some for the price of a heartstring. Eighteen depths and six regions lie between the Shores of the Styx and the Palace of Hades, where Eurydice waits.
Short runs, no ads, and it plays offline, in nine languages.
Night of the Dead
From October 24 to November 2, the dead walk restless. Three challenges are free to every player, one region of the Underworld each: The Restless Shades, Hecate’s Crossroads and Thanatos Walks. Win all three to keep a lamp burning on the title screen for good.
The Full Descent
A one-time purchase: lead Eurydice deeper than the Palace of Hades, earn achievements that add new boons to the gods’ houses, and take on set challenges.