Asura

Asura is a top-down hack-and-slash game set in a fantasy world inspired by Indian mythology, with rogue-like elements and permadeath. Reincarnated as a demon, you invade the five fortresses of the Daeva empire, Pancha Dvora, seeking vengeance against Hasirama, the God-King, Maharaja and Slayer of Innocents. The fortresses are randomly generated, each with its own aesthetics, enemies and challenges.

Combat and progression

You fight with melee, ranged and magic weapons, managing stamina and adapting to enemy resistances: melee attacks deal reduced damage to ranged enemies, while magic enemies resist spells. You can absorb enemies for experience or scavenge their corpses for loot. Each item is unique, and weapons and armour can work with your skills. When you die, you lose all progress and start again with a new skill tree.

The procedurally generated Shastra skill tree changes on each playthrough and contains 82 skills. You can unlock three demon variants, each aligned with one of the core Shastras. Asura contains four enemy races—Daeva, Naga, Vanara and Hathira—as well as 50 unique enemies, 12 bosses and nine champions. Its inventory includes 82 weapons and 41 armours.

Vengeance Edition

The Vengeance Edition update adds new content and features, including Vengeance Mode, an endless mode set in a new level. You fight waves of the Daeva empire’s invading hordes and try to eliminate as many as possible, with a leaderboard for competing against friends.

Defeating bosses unlocks unique perks through the persistent Chakra System; you can equip these perks in battle. Mahasura Difficulty allows any enemy, boss or champion to spawn regardless of the fortress. In this mode, getting burnt destroys your weapon.

New rooms and rewards

Shamshan, or the Crypt, lets you save your Asura and display the gear and skills acquired during your invasion. New artifacts and other drops can boost your stats in combat. Procedural fortresses can also contain new rooms: sacrifice blood in the goblet of Amrut for rewards, or try your luck at Passa, a dice game.