Gargadusa's Tower

Gargadusa's Tower is about building an adventurer guild and sending its members into a buried, 100-floor tower to fight the monsters emerging from it. Death is permanent, so your best warrior or mage may not return. As Guild Master, you recruit and develop adventurers, manage the guild and its resources, and make alliances and enemies while trying to save the realm of Irda.

The tower and the realm

An ancient, immovable tower has awakened beneath the frontier town of Hiltcrest and is sending monsters across the realm. The Crown authorizes independent adventurer guilds to fight back. You are one of many Guild Masters who answer the call, and the world unfolds over years and decades of play.

World Events and World Bosses can change the course of a playthrough. A goblin horde may descend from the mountains and burn everything in its path, a great winter may bring the realm to a halt, or an Ashen Stag corrupted by the tower may threaten the northern reaches with fire.

Recruit and develop

You recruit from 56 classes, scouting adventurers as they arrive in Hiltcrest, from common Archers to ultra-rare Oath Paladins. Each is procedurally generated, with zodiac sun, moon and rising signs, personal history, stats, ambitions and flaws. Friendships, rivalries, successes and failures shape their personalities and how they respond to orders; your choices help determine whether a group becomes a Party of Heroes.

Train adventurers and unlock traits through lifelong milestones. They can become renowned heroes, retire and join your staff as instructors, scouts or cooks. You can also run an Academy, where instructors develop students from age 14; sign the best at 18 or sell their contracts to a Rival Guild.

Manage contracts, wages, chemistry and morale. Push adventurers too hard and they may leave; coddle them and they may not survive the tower. Party assignments affect how they get along, while quiet conversations between quests can earn their trust and help friendships or rivalries form.

Build your guild

Raise more than 30 buildings, including barracks, an armory, infirmary, training yard, tavern, observatory and workshop. Hire scouts to find talent, astrologers to read the stars, and crafters to forge, enchant and brew equipment. Your guild can grow from an upstart into a force known across the realm, then choose a specialization that shapes the late game.

Your Commander reads the room, writes letters and helps guide the guild through difficult times. You also decide how to deploy resources and support your adventurers as they take on the tower and the wider realm.

Quests and battles

Send parties on quests ranging from simple bounties to full raids, then watch them fight in tactical auto-battlers. They can descend through the tower's 100 floors, face deadly challenges and bosses, and confront the power at its summit. At the War Table, you can send patrols and garrisons, organize supply lines and work to keep the frontier's roads safe.

Rivals and factions

More than 30 rival guilds have their own rosters, personalities and agendas. You can trade with them, poach their members or become their nemesis. Compete for Annual Renown within your division and fight for the Crown Cup, a championship held at the end of each year.

The realm's factions send letters asking you to swear oaths, earn their favor and take on Crown contracts.

Game modes

• Challenge Runs with their own rules and goals.
• Multiplayer leagues where you play alongside friends in one shared realm.
• Twitch Mode, where viewers join the guild as adventurers.
• Cozy, Normal and Custom difficulty, with sliders for every setting and an optional time limit.
• Academy-only mode.