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Prelude Dark Pain

Prelude Dark Pain is a Tactical RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Assume the role of a local blacksmith named Soren, lead an uprising against the Order of the Ashen Crusade and save a world ravaged by war.

Released Jul 27, 2026Early AccessMostly Positive · 77% of 362
Steam Deck PlayableAdventureIndieRPGStrategyEarly AccessTurn-Based Strategy
Prelude Dark Pain
Prelude Dark Pain
Prelude Dark Pain
Prelude Dark Pain
Prelude Dark Pain
Prelude Dark Pain
Prelude Dark Pain
Prelude Dark Pain
Prelude Dark Pain
Prelude Dark Pain
Prelude Dark Pain
Prelude Dark Pain
Prelude Dark Pain
Prelude Dark Pain
Developer: QUICKFIREGAMES
Publisher: Firesquid
Prelude Dark Pain
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About Prelude Dark Pain

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Prelude Dark Pain


About the Game

Prelude Dark Pain

Assemble a roster of heroes, build out your squad to face any scenario, learn how their skills interact for even greater strategic synergy and master the battlefield:

  • With more than 20+ playable heroes, each with two talent branches and a pool of 25 skills, there are a variety of strategies to approach each battle.

  • Up to 5 heroes can fill your roster from 8 class types: Ranged DPS, Magic Support, Assassins and more.

  • Each skill has it's own unique characteristics. Equip the ones that best suit your play style and create powerful synergistic combos between skills and across your squad.

  • Equip you characters with greater equipment as you progress and upgrade it all at your base with resources you get from missions.

Prelude Dark Pain

Assume the role of Soren, an retired warrior, now living as a blacksmith, who will mark the steps of a great revolution following an attack on his family:

  • Engage in turn-based tactical battle with several enemy factions. Across a grid-based field, maneuver your squad and the enemy to optimize your strategy and dominate.

  • Every battlefield is different; from using higher ground to increase your attack, to navigating moving environments. Consider your surroundings and use the battlefield to your advantage.

  • Each mission will have a special challenge, pushing your knowledge of the mechanics with even greater rewards if you succeed.

Prelude Dark Pain

Prelude Dark Pain takes place in the world of Statera, a territory ravaged by the Dark Pain, an ancient and mysterious source of destruction. The Order of the Ashen Crusade rules with blood and terror over a great extent of this territory while praying to the Lord of Pain. However, there are still free people who fight against the lurking evil, like Soren and the Blue Net faction.

The reality of Statera is being torn apart by the conflict, causing tears in the veil between worlds that protects it from supernatural forces. Through these rifts, the creatures of Pain can break through their reality to invade and cause even greater devastation.

Players will have to make important decisions that will influence both the main story and the heroes that can be recruited in battle. You may miss some of them because of your previous choices!

There will be more than 20 different factions with their own cultures scattered throughout Statera. Many of them are hostile, guaranteeing more than 70 different enemies to face. You'll also find final bosses among them!

Prelude Dark Pain

In addition to the main story, Prelude Dark Pain will be loaded with sidequests and ways to influence the world outside of the main story. These will give you access to recruit certain heroes and even more lore:

  • World Missions can be picked up from NPC's across the world map and lead you to even more content.

  • Raids can undertaken by heroes from your settlement, helping to push back against the tide of enemies, save the innocent, spy and gather resources.

  • Craft new weapons and equipment for your heroes from your settlement as well, taking your skills warriors to an even greater degree of strength.

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PRELUDE DARK PAIN is a TACTICAL RPG set in a dark fantasy world where you will become one of a group of heroes, determined to save reality from the evil that has afflicted it for generations. Choose the fate of a world in danger: you will feel the real weight of your decisions that will change the story that is being told in front of you, accompanied by a countdown that will take you to complete the adventure unifying more than 20 nations and cultures, 8 different playable species among all the realities and more than 70 different enemies in this exciting adventure.

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Game details

Developers
QUICKFIREGAMES
Publishers
Firesquid, Gamersky Games
Release date
Jul 27, 2026
Genres
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Early Access, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics, Tactical RPG, Dark Fantasy, Singleplayer, Turn-Based Combat, Choices Matter, 2D, JRPG, Story Rich, Fantasy, Isometric, Medieval, Strategy RPG, Class-Based, Stylized
Themes
Action, Fantasy
Camera
Isometric
Engine
Unity

Languages

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishSupportedNot supportedSupported
Spanish (Spain)SupportedNot supportedSupported
Traditional ChineseSupportedNot supportedSupported
JapaneseSupportedNot supportedSupported
FrenchSupportedNot supportedSupported
GermanSupportedNot supportedSupported
Simplified ChineseSupportedNot supportedSupported
RussianSupportedNot supportedSupported

Ratings

Steam reviews

Mostly Positive

77% of 362

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Steam Deck & Linux

Steam Deck Playable

  • SteamOS: Playable
  • Steam Machine: Playable
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