Netherguild

Netherguild combines turn-based tactical combat, role-playing and roguelike dungeon exploration. You command expeditions of adventurers into deep underground levels, seeking a cure for a strange plague. Explore, camp and fight as far as you can before returning to resupply.

Expeditions and progression

Procedurally generated levels, random equipment and characters with random backgrounds and different skills make each descent different. Characters who survive an expedition remain in your guild, where you can equip them with items and level them up over time. The story advances as you explore and uncover secrets of the world.

Camp underground

You can build bonfires to rest and eat underground. Food affects guild members and the rest of the expedition through passive effects, permanent changes and other benefits.

Plan each battle

Combat depends on managing resources and preventing injuries and harmful effects. Attacks do not rely on RNG, so you can count on abilities from equipment and level-up skills to hit. You must still account for enemies that resist your strategy, difficult circumstances and surprises, and decide when to use powerful abilities with limited uses or save them for later. You also need to manage limited inventory space, weighing valuable loot against supplies such as firewood that let you descend farther.

Choices above and below

Underground oddities present choices that can affect your expedition and the wider game world. Events may also occur above ground while you explore, creating opportunities and choices when you return. The world features strange underground biospheres and inhabitants rather than orcs, elves or wizards casting fireballs.

A dangerous journey

Your party members can perish, and you must decide when to flee from enemies. The expedition’s survival depends on your plans, supplies and ability to adapt as you venture deeper.