The Keep

The Keep is a first-person dungeon crawler with real-time combat. You play as a young warrior seeking to destroy the wizard Watrys, exploring caves and mines beneath and around his tower, fighting monsters, solving puzzles and searching for treasure.

Story

The blue depths of the Crystals have mesmerized many. Those who tried to control them became their slaves: the weak were killed and the strong were broken. After ancient magical knowledge was rediscovered, old terrors returned to the Realm and a new wizard rose to power. As the Council stays behind its stone walls and ignores the spreading Darkness, a young warrior confronts Watrys, though they are not the first to try.

You must level up your character and find powerful weapons and armor to face Watrys. The caves and dungeons hold supplies, hidden treasures, deadly traps and mechanisms that guard secret passages.

Explore and fight

Combat uses gestures: you swipe horizontally or diagonally, but must also break an enemy’s defenses by targeting the upper or lower body, or the head. Each enemy calls for a different strategy, and each weapon class has its own combos.

Puzzles include elaborate mechanisms, trapdoors and other surprises. You can also experiment with rune magic, arranging runes on a 5×4 board and chaining them to cast elemental spells of Fire, Ice or Lightning. Runes are scarce, so choosing the right combinations matters.

Choose your challenge

The Keep has three difficulty levels, from an option for newcomers to a greater challenge for seasoned players. Each difficulty also has a Permadeath option.