Venture Within

Venture Within is a deep-sea roguelite about Alice Tharp, daughter of the famous Geomancer Dr. Talia Tharp. She travels to the submarine Simon to join her mother’s research expedition to magically altered hydrothermal vents, but arrives to find the team missing and the submarine damaged and nearly empty. With Silex, her mother’s magic rock, and Fritz Boulder, the submarine’s Mechanist, Alice must search the vents for the expedition team and, hopefully, her mother.

The expedition

Nearly a century after the discovery of magic transformed the world, scientific research has been largely set aside in favour of arcane studies. A small group of mages founded Aeon Academy to pursue both science and magic, and the Academy sends its first expedition to study deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Dr. Talia Tharp leads the team aboard the Simon.

You climb the walls of vent towers, fight magically altered creatures and avoid natural hazards while searching for the missing researchers. The creatures include forms based on fauna found in today’s deep-sea hydrothermal ecosystems, from tube worms to animated sulfide minerals.

Collect and upgrade

You can collect up to 25 minerals and scientific items dropped by the lost geomancers. Activating mineral samples temporarily boosts your skills, while carrying scientific items in your field bag increases them passively. Harvest Pyrite to power the Simon’s 3D printer and produce permanent upgrades.

Research the items you find and creatures you defeat to earn research points. Spend them to unlock up to 16 unique 3D Blueprints for the GeoTech, the Simon’s 3D Printer.

Deep-sea science

The game’s geological events, scientific items, minerals and rocks, vent types, and descriptions of hydrothermal circulation are based on scientific data and practices.