Mesopotamia: The Game

Mesopotamia: The Game is a top-down action game set in Kur, the underworld beneath Uruk in ancient Mesopotamia. As an Ember-bearer, you carry a lamp that holds back the dark and descend through successive Gates. Each descent ends, but you start the next one a little stronger.

Kur and its guardians

Your journey passes through reed marshes, burning oil fields, royal tombs, drowned rivers and a library that remembers too much. You face more than 50 kinds of enemies, including Utukku, scorpions and demons, each with its own behaviour. The realms also threaten you with sandstorms, rising dust, cave-ins, stampedes and floods. Each guardian has signature attacks and ends in a finishing blow from your bearer.

Fight through each Gate

Your weapons fire automatically, leaving you to move, dash and time your parries. A well-timed parry counters an attack and can stagger a boss, making it take far more damage. Each of the 14 bearers has a personal ultimate, an exclusive signature weapon with its own Fury strikes, and a rule that changes how you play. Gates receive a grade from S to D, and the game also has a daily descent and a weekly challenge.

After each guardian falls, the Gatekeeper takes his toll: a wheel gives you a weapon you did not choose, then you pick a reward. Each Gate asks you to decide what you can do without, rather than letting one build dominate.

Weapons and rewards

You can choose from more than 50 weapons, many of which fuse into stronger forms, and more than 100 items and tablets that change how a build plays. Between descents, spend shekels at the Bazaar of Ur, unlock realms and bearers by playing, and add the finds you bring back to the Museum of Ur. Optional cosmetic skins, trails and auras are sold for real money; nothing available for purchase makes you stronger.

Play solo or together

Play solo, share a screen with up to four players, or play online through Steam by inviting friends from your friends list or sharing a room code. Each player chooses their own upgrades, fallen friends can be revived, and co-op sessions can be saved and resumed when the same players return.

Realms and presentation

The 24 realms include the Marshes of Eridu and the River of the Dead. Pixel art accompanies a chiptune soundtrack with a separate track for every realm and boss.

The game also includes Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud saves, leaderboards and controller support.