Rowan Ashcombe
Creative Director & Lead Writer
Wrote the Vel'Draan lore bible over three years of lunch breaks before quitting his day job. Still hand-scripts every boss's dialogue.
8-Bit Turn-Based RPG
Dragon Victory Quest
Forge a four-hero party, master rune-charged turn-based combat, and climb the ashen spires of Vel'Draan to topple the Ember Dragon. Over 40 hours of hand-pixelled adventure, built one sprite at a time in Bermondsey, London.
- 40+
- Hours of quest
- 220
- Hand-drawn sprites
- 4.8/5
- Player rating
What You'll Play
Four Ways to Slay the Dragon
Every mode runs on our custom 8-bit engine at a crisp 60fps, with chiptune scores recorded on original hardware. Pick a path and start your descent.
£18.99
Story Campaign
40+ hours · Single-player · 12 chapters
The full quest from the Fallow Village to the Ember Throne. Branching party dialogue, 60+ side quests, and three distinct endings decided by the alliances you forge along the way.
Play the Demo — Free
£8.99 DLC
Endless Spire Roguelike
Procedural · Daily seeds · Leaderboards
A fresh dungeon every run with permadeath, 140 stackable relics, and a shared daily seed so you can compare your descent against players across the realm. New floors every fortnight.
Play the Demo — Free
Included free
Two-Player Co-op
Local & online · Split-turn combat
Hand a second hero to a friend and share the initiative bar. Combo attacks chain when your turns overlap, and downed allies can be revived with a well-timed Phoenix Rune.
Play the Demo — Free£4.99 DLC
Pixel Forge Editor
Creator tools · Steam Workshop-ready
Draw your own sprites, script custom encounters, and stitch together whole side-quests with our tile-based editor. Publish to the community browser and play what others have built.
Play the Demo — FreeBehind the Pixels
The Maltby Street Studio
We're a five-person team working out of a converted railway arch in Bermondsey. Everyone here draws, writes, or scores — no middle layers, just the people making the game.
Priya Nandakumar
Lead Pixel Artist
Animates every hero frame-by-frame at 32×32. Responsible for the Ember Dragon's 48-frame wing cycle that took a full month.
Callum Reyes
Engine & Combat Systems
Built our turn-based engine from scratch in Rust. Obsessed with initiative math and making 60fps feel weighty on old hardware.
Esme Whitlock
Composer & Sound
Records every track on a restored 1987 synth chip. The Fallow Village theme has been stuck in three continents' heads.
From the Party
Players Who Reached the Throne
Thousands have descended the spire. Here's what a few of them said after the credits rolled.
Launch trailer — 1:48 · Recorded live at the Bermondsey studio
“The co-op turn-sharing is genius — my partner and I finished the whole campaign over a fortnight of evenings and never stopped arguing over relic picks. That final Ember fight had us both off the sofa.”
“I bought it for the nostalgia and stayed for the writing. Every side quest actually pays off, and the three endings genuinely feel earned rather than tacked on. Best £18.99 I've spent this year.”
“As someone who makes games myself, the Pixel Forge editor blew me away. I built a five-room dungeon in an afternoon and had strangers playing it by the evening. Rare to see tools this open.”
Before You Descend
Questions from the Guild
Everything you might want to know before starting your quest. Still stuck? The contact form below reaches us directly.
The game runs natively on Windows, macOS, and Linux, plus Steam Deck (verified). A Nintendo Switch port is in certification and expected in late 2026. Save files sync across every platform through your free guild account.
The demo includes the first two chapters — roughly three hours — with full combat, party forging, and the opening boss. Your demo save carries directly into the full campaign, so no progress is ever lost when you upgrade.
Not at all. The custom engine is built for old hardware and targets any machine from the last decade. It needs about 400MB of storage and runs at a locked 60fps on integrated graphics.
Yes. The Endless Spire roguelike gets new floors every fortnight, and we're committed to at least two major story DLCs through 2027. All balance patches and quality-of-life updates are free for everyone who owns the base game.
Absolutely. We honour a 14-day, no-questions refund window as long as playtime is under two hours, in line with UK consumer rights. Email us at the address below and we'll process it within two working days.
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Reach the Studio
Send a Raven
Press enquiries, partnership ideas, or just want to tell us about your run? Drop us a line and a real member of the team will reply — usually within a working day.
Phone
+44 20 7357 1126Studio
56 Maltby Street, Bermondsey, London SE1 3PA
Studio hours
Mon–Fri, 10:00–18:00 GMT