Ashen World

Ashen World is a turn-based strategy RPG where you battle failed genetic experiments called Ashen. You draft teams, splice DNA to change how your Ashen behave in combat, and try to win a run in which every loss sends you back to the beginning.

Draft and battle

Enemies use randomized teams. At the start of a battle, each player drafts Ashen until both have four, then the teams fight to the death. Winning gives you the choice to buy new Ashen or genetically modify them with new passives, abilities and steroids.

Build your team

Every Ashen can learn any move and passive, so you can explore different strategies from run to run. Success depends on designing teams that can handle a growing range of challenges as enemies scale in power.

Manage each run

Battles can inflict debilitating status conditions, cause significant health loss or kill an Ashen outright. Damage and status conditions persist throughout the run, so you need to plan battles carefully, protect key Ashen’s health and decide when to save fossils.

Fossils are used for DNA splicing, healing status conditions and restoring health, but there are never enough to do everything. You must choose whether to heal a strong early-game Ashen or invest in a powerful late-game one, and that decision can determine how the run goes.