Ashen

Ashen is an open-world co-op action RPG about a wanderer searching for a place to call home. You explore a dangerous world, face its hostile creatures and survivors, and can build relationships with other players and the people you bring to your Town.

A shifting world

As you travel through the massive open world, you may encounter other players. You can fight together against evil, invite them into your party or ignore them. The game uses passive co-op multiplayer akin to Journey.

Your location shapes the course of your adventure: exploring bogs, investigating a fjord or pillaging an old palace can lead to different experiences. The world’s flora and fauna can be fatal, and even seemingly minor confrontations can have dire consequences. Studying your surroundings and their inhabitants helps you plan for dangerous encounters.

Stamina-based combat

Combat is based on stamina and is punishing. You face hostile enemies and indigenous creatures, and must consider the potential consequences of each confrontation.

Build your Town

You can invite survivors you discover to join your Town. They can become collaborators, bringing crafting skills such as blacksmithing and foraging expertise.

Story and music

Fantasy author Mark Lawrence, known for The Broken Empire trilogy, and the band Foreign Fields worked with A44’s development team on the game’s narrative and sound.