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As Weaver Brynn, explore the Enclave, combine elemental magic with physics, and climb colossal foes to attack their weak points.
Released 28 Jan 2025
Climb Colossal Foes
Freeze Flying Wings
Set Forests Ablaze
A next-generation action experience where the elements obey you, the terrain bends to your will, and every victory is entirely your own.
Developed by Yellow Brick Games · Published by Yellow Brick Games
You play as Brynn, a young Weaver exploring the Enclave, a long-isolated realm filled with secrets. On expeditions from a camp of companions, she takes on quests, encounters hostile creatures, and searches the region for clues about its past.
Combat combines weapons with kinetic, fire, and ice magic. The elements affect enemies and surroundings: fire can spread through vegetation and structures, while ice can hinder foes or form platforms. Climb colossal creatures, damage their armor and weak points, and use magic and mobility to bring them down.
Explore connected open zones, gather resources, and return to camp to craft or reforge weapons and armor. Materials from the environment and defeated foes shape equipment, while strands harvested from colossal enemies improve Brynn’s magic. Quests and conversations with camp companions reveal more of the world.
Players who enjoy the game often highlight the freedom to combine elemental magic with a reactive environment, the distinctive fights that involve climbing giant creatures and targeting their weak points, and exploration across colorful zones. Some also praise gear crafting and the voice performances. Criticism commonly focuses on repeated trips and fetch quests, awkward climbing or physics, and combat or boss encounters that can feel repetitive; reactions to the story and dialogue vary.
Eternal Strands is a third-person fantasy action game where ARPG-style elemental mastery meets open-zone exploration and improvisation. Players step into a richly reactive world, not just to follow a path, but to forge one.
You play as Brynn, a young Weaver, wielding fire, ice, and kinetic magic as tools of survival, strategy, and power. Whether freezing a dragon’s wings mid-flight or tearing apart the battlefield with physics-driven chaos, every encounter demands quick thinking and creative control, not just reflex.
With full traversal freedom, dynamic environments, and colossal foes that must be scaled and outwitted, Eternal Strands invites players to explore on their terms and fight on their instincts. There are no locked builds, no scripted solutions - just raw power, a broken world, and the legend you choose to create. A game where the elements obey you, the terrain bends to your will, and every victory is entirely your own.
At the heart of Eternal Strands beats a revolutionary new system for gameplay interactions: heat spreads, cold chills, and real-time destruction allows for unprecedented reactivity in combat. Hurl burning tree trunks at enemies with telekinetic powers, snap nearby trees to block opposing fire, or channel raw telekinetic force to rip boulders from the ground.
Wear the Mantle, a magical cloak that channels raw magic into raging flame, chilling ice, and telekinetic force. Combine your growing array of powers with enchanted weapons and armor crafted from slain enemies to create a custom look and style. Block incoming attacks with a wall of magical ice, lash out waves of flame from a massive two-handed blade, or toss enemies off a cliff with raw force.
Face gigantic adversaries and defeat them through a mix of sword, spell, and mobility. Leap onto and climb their massive forms to attack from different angles. Shatter armor or slice at weak spots to diminish their protection. Use ice to pin limbs of a towering foe, arcane flames to burn their fur, or catch lobbed projectiles and turn their attacks back upon them in battles that will leave scars upon the land.
Enhance the effectiveness of your ice abilities during a flash freeze to open up new paths. Use a heatwave to start a wildfire and watch it spread towards enemies as it consumes the tinder-dry trees and grass around it.
Explore the wilds, the capital city of Dynevron, and the secrets beneath as every surface is climbable. Magical abilities can create bridges, burn barriers, or launch Brynn across the world. The next-generation physics system encourages and rewards player creativity in exploration as much as combat. As the Enclave’s secrets unfold, return to base camp to consult with a rich cast of characters. Each are keen to discover the mysteries of what happened to this lost bastion of power and knowledge.
A realm of mystery, opportunity, danger, and wonder: the Enclave awaits.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 44 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
