Striving for Light

From the Devs

Blending the deep buildcrafting of Action-RPGs like Path of Exile and Diablo with the fast-paced action of roguelite like Hades, Striving for Light is an action RPG where you expand and shape a unique infinite skilltree. Battle through dark, ever-changing worlds, collect powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, and unlock new characters, skills, and weapons as you strive to conquer the darkness.

• Dive into a dark, mysterious world filled with danger and a voice-acted story
  
• Explore random generated maps with plenty of world events and secrets to uncover
  
• Level up, utilise and shape a unique random generated and infinite expanding skilltree
  
• Near infinite possibilities of buildcrafting and bring your dreambuilds to life
  
• Master 9 character classes each with their own unique specialisation skilltree
  
• Hunt for randomised loot, craft and reforge weapons to true legendary power
  
• Unlock new skills, weapons, maps and characters
  
• Over 13 unique environments each with unique enemies and bosses to explore
  
• Endgame systems (Rifts, Mapping System, Pinnacle Bosses, Challenges)
  
• Online leaderboards with seasons and private league system
  
• Local-Coop mode
  
• Normal, Hardcore and Roguelike mode as well as 5 Difficulty Tiers
  
• Hand-drawn world and an ~100 minute soundtrack

Skill system

• Each run gives you a new unique skill tree to explore
  
• Combine melee, ranged and more, like pet skills, for nearly infinite builds
  
• Dynamic expanding skilltree depending on your skill pathway
  
• Additional meta progression skilltree

Shape the infinite Skilltree

• Collect skillgems and shape your skilltree
  
• Reconnect skill pathways
  
• Reroll skills, or the entire skilltree and alter the outcome
  
• Refund skills and flexible skill deactivation system

Gearing & Crafting

• Deep itemisation system
  
• 77+ unique weapon bases with randomised stats can be upgraded to legendaries and ascended by crafting
  
• Over 48+ unique trinkets including powerful legendary trinkets
  
• 76+ unique skill nodes
  
• 9 characters with unique specialisation skilltrees

Combat system

• Challenging enemies and boss encounters
  
• Active dual combat system with aim & attack (mouse, keys or controller)
  
• Dynamically switch between melee and ranged weapons during fights
  
• Powerful active abilities like shapeshifting and massive AoE attacks
  
• Dual resource system to manage melee and ranged attacks
  
• Dodge system to evade enemy attacks

Endgame system

• Delve deeper into the darkness and face an ever increasing challenge
  
• Infinite expanding map progression system
  
• Rift Endgame system
  
• 5 Difficulty Tiers including Darkness Difficulty for Roguelike Experience
  
• Add and alter map modifiers to increase the challenge but also your rewards

Seasons & Leaderboards

• Seasonal leaderboards for hardcore and softcore mode
  
• Earn honour points for each run and climb the seasonal leaderboard
  
• Compete in seasonal challenges
  
• Leaderboard for pinnacle boss fight rush
  
• Rift endgame leaderboards
  
• Offline mode

Procedural Generated Worlds

• Each map layout is procedural generated
  
• Ever changing world events like tower defense, arenas, dungeons, trials, and bossfights
  
• Wisely choose which maps to play and which world events to engage
  
• Hunt for the perfect loot and the ultimate weapons

Leave a Legacy

• Craft echo weapons that get added to the lootpool for other players to find
  
• Empower your echoes, design the visual appearance of your weapons
  
• Embed your personal inscription to share your message with other players