Fallen Tear: The Ascension

This one is for players who like slowly exploring a world, backtracking with new abilities and not being afraid to lose to a boss. The mood is melancholic, with warm characters and a sad story about a child who got a heavy fate. What hooks you: - The first hours go into learning the combat rhythm: parries and dodges matter more than raw damage. - You build your party from 22 bonds, each with its own abilities and questline, so it is worth replaying with a different team. - Compared to other Metroidvanias, it puts more weight on characters and JRPG-style party building, not only on the map and jumping. - The biomes feel distinct in mood, from a quiet spring to ruins, and revisiting them is a pleasure. After payment you get a Steam gift: send us your friend quick invite link, we add you as a friend and send the game to your account. You can buy Fallen Tear: The Ascension as a Steam gift for any region right here. A Classic-Inspired Journey, Reimagined in a Modern Metroidvania World Step into the role of Hira, a mysterious child born with the dark element fated to stand against ancient gods. Fallen Tear: The Ascension combines the emotional weight and party-building of classic JRPGs with the freeform exploration of Metroidvanias, plus a touch of souls-like challenge. Every death teaches. Every bond matters. A Love Letter to JRPGs - Told Through a Hand-Drawn Metroidvania + JRPG fusion Fallen Tear: The Ascension is a traditionally animated 2D Metroidvania focused on exploration, slick combat, and a narrative-driven story filled with compelling and lovable characters. Each graphic element, animated sprite, and music note has been lovingly hand-crafted to ensure the best audiovisual experience. - Over 150 enemies to combat. - 26 interactable biomes (Silent Spring, Lilac Mire, Godspire Ruins, and more) - 22 Fates Bonds, each with its own unique abilities, storylines, and quests. - Different combat and skill trees to unlock (Elemental Imbuements, Ascension skills, and more) - Monster hunts. - The game’s intended length: on average = 30 - 40 hours Become Raoah's Fiercest Warrior Slash, parry, and dodge attacks coming from every direction. Customize Hira's loadout with a deep well of combat skills and abilities, then learn enemy attack patterns, swap weapons and items on the fly, and shift strategies mid-battle to keep even the toughest bosses guessing. Form Unwavering Bonds Forge friendships with mages, swordsmen, tricksters and healers through the Fated Bonds system. Inspired by classic JRPG party mechanics, recruit allies to fight and explore alongside you, each lending their own abilities to combat and traversal. Journey alongside 22 allies, each with their own skills to master, sidequests to complete, and stories to unravel. Stake Your Claim Build and customize your castle, the Temple of Oras, towering above all of Raoah. Fill it with friendly faces old and new from across this vast world, and complete minigames to earn upgrades that shape the Temple into a living reflection of Hira's journey and the bonds formed along the way. Conquer Raoah's Guardians Bring Hira's acquired skills and allies to bear against vicious boss battles. Swap tactics on the fly, exploit each foe's weaknesses, and strike at the right moment. Every boss conquered brings Hira one step closer to uncovering his murky past.