Gothic action RPG · solo + co-op
Descend into a world of blood and bad faith.
Alone, or with up to four players.
Claim your free alpha access now and help report bugs.Windows PC · Berserker & Ashen Priest · Press F8 in game
The intro trailer · 1:15 · click to play, sound on.
Full game expected December 2026. Coming to Steam later.
“Heaven struck. The holy water turned to blood. I told them it was a judgement. God forgive me, I believed it.”Brother Anselm Quill, bell-ringer of Ashenmoor
For three nights a storm circled the town, and no rain fell. On the third, a plague rat found the blessed fountain.
By morning Ashenmoor had drunk its fill. By night the dead were walking. Crawling Darkness is a gothic action RPG of blood, bone and bad faith: hack through a sick country, follow the red water to where it comes from, and find out who has been lying about it.
Melee, caster, healer or tank. Clear it all solo, or descend with up to four players—the choice is yours.
Two classes are playable now. Two new concepts are in development and are not yet in the game.
Create your character, shape your skills and build around the equipment you discover.
Characters & progression →Temper gear, choose forge marks and turn eligible favourites into Masterworks.
Gear, crafting & stash →Explore the Broken Fortress, The Ancients’ Road and the Red Moor in early access.
Dungeons & exploration →Join friends, compare your damage and pursue eligible records in the Book of Blood.
Friends & leaderboards →
Every hit feeds his fury. When the bar is full, he goes Berserk: double damage, faster attacks, harder knockback, and the dead thrown aside like straw.
Born in the blood. Earned by surviving.
The smith, the healer, the watch captain: help them and they show you how.
Carried out of barrows, mines and graves.
Sworn at shrines under the blood moon, paid in ribs, idols and tokens.
Earned chapter by chapter on the main story.
A caster of sacred fire and choking ash, the last of a forgotten funeral order. The Priest burns the unquiet dead and turns what is left of them into a weapon.
Meet The Vessel and The Bound Warden. Explore their character concepts, proposed skills and imagined in-game skill pages.
In development — neither class is playable in the current alpha. Artwork and skills below are concepts and may change.
Healing / lightning caster
A dead saint’s heart. A living host. A fellowship sustained by the same dangerous pulse.
Character, skills & UI concept →
Melee tank / bound guardian
Two bodies. One sentence. Hold the line before you become what holds it beside you.
Character, skills & UI concept →Drop-in online co-op for up to four heroes. Join through Friends, respond to invitations and continue the journey together. Alpha places are limited; an internet connection is required.
A masked stranger called the Beak arrives in Ashenmoor with a flask and a theory. Thirteen chapters from the fountain square to the doors of the cathedral, from level 1 to around 25.
Your home, and the last lit place for miles. The smith, the healer, the tavern and the watch still hold out around a fountain nobody drinks from.
Ash-grey woods where the wolves hunt in packs and the trees remember fire.
Old stones, older bones, and robed singers who do not want you here.
Black water, plague rats, and serpents that spit venom.
Where Ashenmoor prays, and where the Red Choir's hymn is loudest.
The pack's grey king, grown fat on what the fire left behind.
He sings, and the dead remember how to stand.
He sits on a throne of bone above a red lake, and he warns everyone off.
An order of knights once held these walls. The fortress is a dungeon of its own, woven through the story: go in at the gatehouse, and down.
Every enemy in the fortress is an elite. Every named fight pays a Blood Mark the first time it falls.
Bone Thralls in rusted mail, and the captain who holds them.
Two Deathcallers keep the ranks of the dead standing.
Flooded galleries, and something down there that builds.
The Broken King, on his throne above the red lake.
Captured in game · 28 October 2026 · current development build. HUD hidden for these environment captures.
Two floors beneath the old world. A voiced questline with Corvain. Flooded passages and escalating encounters.
Explore its chambers with a minimap, a detailed map and a transparent overlay. Continue into the Red Moor, where Act II remains in early access.
Explore the current world →The story ends. The hunt does not. Under the blood moon the red comes back into the places you cleared, and it comes back stronger.
Play online alone or with up to four heroes. The alpha is actively being tested: use F8 to report a problem, or ask for help on Discord.
The paintings the world is built from. In-game captures and concept art are labelled individually throughout this page. This gallery shows the ideas that helped shape the world. Select one to see it large.
Claim your free alpha access now, play and help shape Crawling Darkness. Press F8 in game to report bugs. Create your free account here, then download the launcher: it installs the game and keeps it up to date with every patch. Want the full game? Pre-order on itch.io for $39.99, expected in December 2026. Coming to Steam later.
Talk to the developer on Discord, share builds and screenshots on Reddit, and hear first when a new place opens.
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