Evertried

Evertried is a turn-based action game about a warrior climbing a tower after death. Your actions determine when enemies move, so you control the pace of each fight. Move, attack, dash, use skills and lure enemies into hazards to outmaneuver them.

The Tower

The Tower gives lost souls who cannot be assigned to eternal penitence or the afterlife a chance to prove their fate by reaching its top. You have no clear memory of your past, but you know you failed to prove your worth while alive. After killing a confused, wolf-like beast with an eerie Scythe, you recognize the weight of the weapon and the cold decisions involved in wielding it: you were a warrior.

Warriors are usually celebrated in the afterlife when they die honorably, so being tested in the Tower suggests your death was without honor. You climb to find the Tower’s creator and uncover what happened, while your bond with your past life grows stronger through battle.

Fight on your terms

Evertried’s free-flowing turn-based combat lets you alternate between movement, attacks, dashes, skills and luring enemies into hazards. A dash moves you twice the distance and ignores collision, letting you cross obstacles or take a better position.

Hitting or defeating enemies in succession raises your Focus Level, which determines the shards you receive and unlocks special powers called Modifiers. Focus falls when you are idle or simply moving; luring enemies into traps and getting hit by hazards also affects the gauge.

Skills and upgrades

Skills and Modifiers let you shape your build. Skills improve and carry over into later runs, while Modifiers grow stronger according to your Focus Level. Each area has a Shop Floor where you can spend shards on health recovery, Skills and Modifiers.

Floors and guardians

The Tower has 50 floors across 5 Areas. Each area introduces new types of enemies, and floors become more complex as you climb. A Floor Guardian ends each area with a boss battle.

If you lose all your health, the Warrior dissipates and loses previously acquired powers, then reappears on the First Floor to begin climbing again. Mastery of Skills carries over between runs.