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1 Play the demo first

A free demo has been available since 2021 and it answers two questions at once: whether a deliberately old fashioned dungeon crawler suits you, and whether playing entirely in English is comfortable.

The second is not a small point. There is no other language option, and the game leans on written lore, item descriptions and a dialogue system that expects you to catch words people say. Anyone who reads English slowly should test this before paying.

2 Learn the keyword dialogue

Characters are approached through a detailed keyword based dialogue system. Instead of choosing from a short list of replies, you raise subjects by name, which means the conversation only goes as far as your attention does.

The habit that unlocks this is simple and unfamiliar to most modern players: note down proper nouns. A place, a person, an object that someone mentions in passing is usually a topic you can raise with somebody else.

Because the world is full of peaceful inhabitants as well as monsters, talking is a genuine route through problems rather than a detour from the real game.

3 Interact with everything

The underworld is described as highly interactive, and the list of verbs is long: combine items, trade, pick locks, break doors, throw objects, and bake bread. That range is a promise about how puzzles are solved.

If a problem seems to have exactly one solution and you cannot perform it, that is usually a sign you have not looked at your inventory or the room properly rather than a sign you are underlevelled.

4 Combat is a defensive game

You swing a sword, cast spells, dodge, parry and block, and you move freely while doing it. Three of those five verbs are defensive, which tells you where the design puts its emphasis.

In a game with horrifying monstrosities and a survival oriented structure, winning a fight matters less than surviving it cheaply. Blocking and parrying cost nothing but timing, while healing costs resources you carried down with you.

Since combat is real time and free movement, retreating through a door you already know is often better than committing to a fight in an unfamiliar room.

5 Spending your first points

There are six attributes and thirteen skills, and the developer says the combination unlocks dozens of playstyles. That freedom is generous and it is also the easiest way to build a character who is mediocre at everything.

For a first run, commit to one primary approach early. A nimble assassin and a fearsome battlemage are both named as viable, and either is stronger than an even spread. Spread investment is the classic mistake in systems that let you touch everything.

Keep a small amount aside for the utility skills the world clearly rewards, since lock picking and similar abilities open content rather than winning fights, and content is what you paid for.

6 Getting lost is normal

The environment is vast and interconnected, running from the highest towers to the lowest caverns through a multitude of differently themed areas, with secret chambers and hidden passageways throughout.

Games in this tradition expect you to build a mental map rather than to follow a marker. Landmarks matter, and a themed area is itself a navigation aid: remembering that a route runs through the flooded section is how you find your way back.

If you are the kind of player who sketches maps on paper, this is a game that rewards it. If you are not, expect the first few hours to feel disorienting before the fortress starts to make sense as a place.