Pixel Art Roguelite Aethermancer Explores A New Major Content Update

We first reported on Aethermancer, a pixel art turn-based roguelite from developer offbrand games, late last year. Since then, the game has been released and is now ready for its biggest update yet. The update is out now on Steam and is free for those who have already purchased the game. The update, titled Alchemical Awakening, has been described by the developer as the game’s first major update and sets Aethemancer on the road to leaving early access.

Players’ll explore an alternate starting biome called the Alchemical Woods, where they’ll encounter nine new monsters. Players will become the Aethermancer and fight alongside mythical creatures. They can explore the ever-changing Fractured Ruins, plan their moves in challenging turn-based battles, and watch their monsters grow stronger from previous lives and defy death. 

In Aethermancer, players will also encounter the monsters of Terastae that defied the virtues of this world and are trapped in a cycle of death and rebirth. The characters use special abilities as Aethermancers to form bonds with monsters to guide the party of three through a sprawling world and dangerous battles. The team must make smart skill choices as their monsters grow stronger and find synergies between their monsters.

With every level up, players get to decide in which direction their monsters will grow. Every monster has a dynamic skill pool that reacts to previous choices and other monsters players have in their team, enabling them to create powerful teams.