Into The Inferno

Released: Oct 17, 2023
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Last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 15:42 GMT

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27 Aug 2026Developer post
Game Updated
Fixed an issue that could cause Steam achievements to be delayed or fail to trigger. Changed non-stackable buffs so that the duration will renew when re-cast on a character that already has that effect. Pure spellcasting classes now get a bigger bonus to natural mana regeneration
Fixed an issue that could cause Steam achievements to be delayed or fail to trigger.
Changed non-stackable buffs so that the duration will renew when re-cast on a character that already has that effect.
Pure spellcasting classes now get a bigger bonus to natural mana regeneration when walking around.
Pure spellcasting classes now have a higher base minimum amount of mana per level up.
Resting will now continue after an encounter.
More buffs will be shown in the full list of effects displayed on the character sheet, up to a limit of 6. If a character has more than that, only the most important will be shown.
Some special encounters will now be visible on the map.
The resolution settings dropdown will now be populated with the full list of every screen resolution available on your system rather than a specific predefined set.
Monster special abilities will be shown in the bestiary if they have any.
You can no longer attack an already-dead group of monsters using the attack keyboard shortcut. This will prevent accidentally wasting attacks.
Map notes can now be edited/removed once you hit the map note limit.
Paladins have mana based on wisdom rather than strength. Strength-based mana was set by mistake.
Swapped the icons for healing and mana potions because people have strong color preferences for them.
Many translation improvements, especially with pluralized monster names. Thank you to Mysterio for assistance with some German words.
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22 Jul 2026Developer post
Game Update
Changes in this update: Fixed an issue that would cause identifying items to be far too difficult for very high-level thieves. Mana and hitpoint drain amounts from special attacks now depend on the level of the attacking monster. Added some basic animated open and close transitio
Changes in this update:

Fixed an issue that would cause identifying items to be far too difficult for very high-level thieves.
Mana and hitpoint drain amounts from special attacks now depend on the level of the attacking monster.
Added some basic animated open and close transitions to some UI windows.
Monsters will visibly shake a little in combat when they're hit.
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22 Jun 2026Developer post
Larger Inventory
Characters now have 12 inventory slots instead of 8. Resting is now faster. The chance for thieves, mercenaries, and skalds to detect and disarm traps on chests has has been increased. As a reminder, detecting traps is modified by intelligence and disarming is modified by dexteri
26 May 2026Developer post
Game Update
Fixed an issue that would cause custom portraits not to save. Fixed an issue that would cause the game to get into a weird state when selecting "Leave" after selecting "Use Item" in combat. Fixes an issue where the game would get into a weird state where keyboard movement command
Fixed an issue that would cause custom portraits not to save.
Fixed an issue that would cause the game to get into a weird state when selecting "Leave" after selecting "Use Item" in combat.
Fixes an issue where the game would get into a weird state where keyboard movement commands would function after browsing for a character portrait during character creation.
Drastically reduced monster breath weapon damage. It now does 33.3% of a monster's remaining hitpoints as base damage, rather than 100%. Don't worry, it still hurts.
Added the Quench spell for Paladins and Clerics that will remove a character's burning status.
Running the "add map note" command on a square that already has a note will now edit the existing note. If the text is then set to empty, it will delete the note.
Usable items will now show the number of uses they have remaining in parentheses in the item's tooltip.
Translation improvements.
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17 Apr 2026Developer post
Achievements Fix + Frame Rate
Fixes an issue that could cause the incorrect achievement to be unlocked and adds a frame rate cap setting.
30 Mar 2026Developer post
Small Fix
Fixes an issue with treasure chests.
13 Mar 2026Developer post
Portrait Fix
Fixes an issue with saving and loading portrait changes made after character creation.
19 Feb 2026Developer post
Game Updated
Changed the default key mapping for movement. Q and E are now strafe left and right. The quest log can now be opened with the TAB key. If you have already played the game before, you can reset your key mapping to the new one by clicking "Restore Defaults" on the controls screen a
Changed the default key mapping for movement. Q and E are now strafe left and right. The quest log can now be opened with the TAB key. If you have already played the game before, you can reset your key mapping to the new one by clicking "Restore Defaults" on the controls screen accessible via the escape key menu. Depending on what you're used to, you may want to swap the A-D and Q-E mappings if those feel more normal to you. I didn't go with that because I didn't want to disrupt existing players by changing the A-D mapping they may already be used to.
Added a portrait browser for selecting character portraits. It is accessible on the character sheet as a portrait icon just to the right of the character image. To browse for a file on your local system, there is now a folder icon to click instead of clicking on the character's portrait. This is also available on the character creation screen.
Fixed an issue where using drag-and-drop to equip an item would break the ability to enter the character sheet again. Thank you to Axer for identifying the source of the problem.
The bestiary will now show resistances for enemies at the highest knowledge level, has a working scrollbar, and unique encounter monsters can be viewed. Many monsters that didn't have description text have also had it added.
Fixed an issue that caused the portraits of pregenerated characters not to save. When the game could not load a character's portrait (either a missing file, or no portrait specified), it picked one at random.
A sound effect will now play when a character levels up.
Indicators will now be shown on the affected character or monster for buffs, debuffs, and magic attacks just as they're shown for physical attacks.
Made some changes to the weather system. Raindrop splashes look better now.
The level of the person identifying and the power of the item will now be a factor in identifying items. Overall it will be slightly easier and low-level items will be much easier for high-level rogues to identify.
Moved the popup message window higher.
The Italian, Polish, and Turkish language manuals have been updated.
Translation improvements.
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02 Jan 2026Developer post
Major Update - Many New Features
This update brings in a bunch of new features that were developed for Toward The Ice. Many of them are things players had asked for in the discussion area. Here's what's new in this release: Added the ability to have a roster of "extra" characters. You can have up to 25 character
This update brings in a bunch of new features that were developed for Toward The Ice. Many of them are things players had asked for in the discussion area.
Here's what's new in this release:

Added the ability to have a roster of "extra" characters. You can have up to 25 characters total with 6 in the party and up to 19 "extra". These extra characters will stay at an inn when not in the adventuring party, and new characters can be created at the inn. You can also delete a character. Deletion is not permanent until you save the game. I plan to add a confirmation prompt to the deletion process at some point, but there isn't one now, so be careful.
The option of using a pregenerated adventuring party. If you don't feel like going through the process of character creation and just want to get into the game quickly, you can start with a pregenerated party. You can always create more customized characters at the inn later and leave the pregenerated characters at the inn via the character roster.
A bestiary where you can view info about monsters you've encountered. The more of a monster you kill, the more info is revealed.
Resting in the wilderness to regain hitpoints and mana. It will require that the party be in an outdoors zone (somewhere they can camp) and have enough food in their inventory to feed everyone. While resting, there is the danger of being attacked by wandering monsters, and some or all of the party will begin combat asleep. It may be worth noting that areas can have different random encounter chances (and always could in all of the previous games). I may adjust the amount recovered, but currently the group will recover 6% of their mana and hitpoints per hour of rest, which means two rests will be required for a full recovery. Resting is entirely optional and you can always pay to recharge hitpoints and mana at healers and mana rechargers.
Since resting requires food, there is now a new food shop in town, and one somewhere in the wilderness.
Adding notes to the map. When you discover something like buried treasure but don't have a shovel, you can add a note to the map to remind you that it's there so you can find it later. Notes are visible as the letter "N" on the map and are stored with your game save data. You can also view all of the notes from a window that can be opened from the overview map and they will be displayed as a pop-up message when you enter the location that contains them. Right now there is just basic note adding and I plan to improve the user interface so you can edit and remove notes.
Added footstep sounds. These can be turned on or off via the settings menu.
Counterattacking. When dodging or blocking, all characters will have a chance, based on combat skill and level, to swing back at the enemy. Warrior-type classes will also have a very small chance to do this during normal combat when not actively blocking or dodging. You should not expect to counterattack with low-level characters.
Better resistance bonuses on items that have them. They've been doubled.
You can now drag-and-drop items on the character sheet to equip or unequip them.
Some improvements to some spell sound effects.
Added a graphics quality setting to the settings on the main menu. Since this is a very low-poly game, it's not likely to affect your frame rate much - it's something more useful for the later games.
Added translations for the feedback form so it's easier to send feedback in every supported game language.
Added a loading progress bar when entering the main game. It sits at 90% for a bit and that's just the nature of how the zones load in Unity.
Game manuals have been updated.
Some translation improvements.
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03 May 2025Developer post
Into The Inferno Updated
Fixes an issue where triggering a trap could cause the game to freeze. Fixed a problem with using items in combat. When using an item, the target select buttons will now show more info, just like when casting a spell. A sound effect will now play when a battle begins. Made some e
Fixes an issue where triggering a trap could cause the game to freeze.
Fixed a problem with using items in combat.
When using an item, the target select buttons will now show more info, just like when casting a spell.
A sound effect will now play when a battle begins.
Made some entrances and exits more obvious.
Added some tooltips to the character creation window so you can see how your hitpoints, armor class, or mana is being affected by your ability score rolls.
The game intro no longer auto-advances. You'll need to click the arrow (or hit enter/space or a controller "select" button) to advance the text. You can also skip the intro by hitting "escape".
Items that cannot be sold will have the sell button grayed out in shops.
Translation improvements, including monster names and using items.
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21 Apr 2025Developer post
Into The Inferno Updated
This update includes various fixes and UI improvements. Thank you to those who sent reports using the "Send Feedback" function. Reporting issues using that also includes error logs that help with troubleshooting problems. Fixed an issue that could cause the game to hang during du
This update includes various fixes and UI improvements. Thank you to those who sent reports using the "Send Feedback" function. Reporting issues using that also includes error logs that help with troubleshooting problems.

Fixed an issue that could cause the game to hang during dungeon exploration when a random encounter couldn't be generated. The temporary workaround for this was to click on the minimap to show the overview map and then close it to get back into explore mode.
Fixed an issue where it was possible to get stuck at location 9,22 in the Wilderness 3 area.
Fixed an issue that could cause shop items to be displayed incorrectly.
The large overview map can now be shifted up, down, left, and right with new arrow buttons or the arrow keys so you can view the far areas of larger maps.
Healing a character who has taken enough damage to put them into negative hitpoints will no longer require healing the negative damage before they regain consciousness. Instead, they will be treated as if they have 0 hitpoints. This should make it easier to get fallen allies back into the fight.
Improved the mouse scroll wheel sensitivity for the quest log and message log.
Hidden characters will now get a bonus to flee checks.
Shop transactions will now play a coin sound effect.
Translation improvements, particularly chest trap effects.
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30 Mar 2025Developer post
Into The Inferno Updated
Added experimental French, Italian, Japanese, Polish, and Turkish translations. These are machine-translated, so could probably be improved. Please share any observations in the discussions area. Added unique item awards to each of the miner body retrieval quests. Note that these
Added experimental French, Italian, Japanese, Polish, and Turkish translations. These are machine-translated, so could probably be improved. Please share any observations in the discussions area.
Added unique item awards to each of the miner body retrieval quests. Note that these quests can not be re-done, so this will only be useful for new playthroughs.
Characters with the hide skill will now attempt to remain hidden after a backstab. This will make a skilled thief much harder to kill.
An image will now be shown on characters or monster groups when a hit is scored to give a visual indication of who's taking damage.
When all members of a monster group are killed in combat, its image will dim to indicate that it's been defeated.
You can now hover the mouse over the hitpoint and mana bars of your characters to see the exact values.
Shops, healers, rechargers, and curse removers will now show character names on the numerical selection buttons.
The bridges leading into town have been redesigned.
Increased the shadow render distance so that shadows will no longer weirdly appear as you approach objects.
The grass is no longer so shiny - it was reflecting too much moonlight and just looked odd.
Made some improvements to the UI for non-16:9 screen resolutions.
Improved button focus behavior for the spellcasting window.
Translation improvements for all languages, including tooltip text on the character sheet.
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03 Jan 2025Developer post
Into The Inferno Updated
Added some more powerful weapon drops in the lowest levels of the Inferno. Mana potions can now drop as random loot in the Gnolls, Caves, and Inferno zones. Undead and golems are no longer affected by the Sleep spell. In addition, some monsters with natural resistances will have
Added some more powerful weapon drops in the lowest levels of the Inferno.
Mana potions can now drop as random loot in the Gnolls, Caves, and Inferno zones.
Undead and golems are no longer affected by the Sleep spell. In addition, some monsters with natural resistances will have a chance to save vs. sleep. Most monsters still fall asleep easily.
Warriors now gain a permanent +1 to strength and slightly more hitpoints per level (+1 extra HP every 2 levels on average).
Warriors will now have 15% faster natural base hitpoint regen (fewer steps per hitpoint healed).
Wizards will now have 2.5% faster natural mana regen (fewer steps per point of mana regained).
Fixed an issue where loading a game with the music turned off but sound effects on would also cause sound effects to be disabled.
Fixed an issue where a barrier in the Inferno could be bypassed without disabling it.
Fixed an issue with the sky that could cause clouds/stars to fail to render.
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12 Nov 2024Developer post
Into The Inferno Update
Adds combat sounds, more spell sounds, and directional building entry. Changed the town so that buildings can only be entered from the door side. Previously if a location could be entered, it could be entered from all directions meaning that you could walk through some walls. Tha
Adds combat sounds, more spell sounds, and directional building entry.

Changed the town so that buildings can only be entered from the door side. Previously if a location could be entered, it could be entered from all directions meaning that you could walk through some walls. That was a limitation of the map design code that has been overcome.
All spells now have sound effects, and the spell sound effects have more variety.
Combat now has hit and miss sounds. Sound effects can be enabled or disabled via the settings menu (escape key -> settings).
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to freeze in some cases.
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12 Sep 2024Developer post
Into The Inferno Update
Changes: Custom portraits have been implemented. You can change a character's portrait by clicking on their portrait on the character sheet. That will let you browse for a file to use. Note that these portraits are NOT saved in the cloud and won't transfer across PCs (though if y
Changes:

Custom portraits have been implemented. You can change a character's portrait by clicking on their portrait on the character sheet. That will let you browse for a file to use. Note that these portraits are NOT saved in the cloud and won't transfer across PCs (though if you have images with the same exact file path for the same image on both machines, they will still load). If a character's image is not found, it will pick a random one from the available character images. Be sure to save your game after selecting character portraits so they're remembered.
The amount of hitpoints and mana that a character has gained will now be shown in the level up notification message.
Improved the Thief class's ability to identify and disarm chest traps.
Saving the game (resting) at an inn will now cure sleep on any characters affected by it.
Immobilized (sleeping, paralyzed, etc) characters can no longer identify items.
Fixed an issue with quests being duplicated on the quest log window. Also made some formatting improvements.
Fixed an issue with losing focus while typing in the feedback form.
Fixed an issue where quitting to the menu and then starting a new game could start the new party in an incorrect location.
Some translation improvements.
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15 Jul 2024Developer post
Small Update
This is a small update to improve a few things. Added tooltips to the spellcasting screen that give a quick summary of what a spell does so you don't have to refer to the manual as often. They'll appear when a spell button is hovered over with the mouse or has keyboard focus. Fix
This is a small update to improve a few things.

Added tooltips to the spellcasting screen that give a quick summary of what a spell does so you don't have to refer to the manual as often. They'll appear when a spell button is hovered over with the mouse or has keyboard focus.
Fixed one of the missing miner body recovery quests that wasn't behaving as intended.
Updated the end-of-combat gold drop message to be accurate (it was still showing the amount of gold per character rather than for the full party).
Added a message to the demo version that makes it clear that the exit to the second level of the caves is unavailable.
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30 Jun 2024Developer post
Item Drop Fix
Fixes an issue that caused unique item loot drops to repeat.
26 Jun 2024Developer post
Small Update
This adds shadows and fixes an issue with selling in shops. Fixed an issue that could prevent being able to sell items in a shop. Added shadows to the game. You'll see objects like trees, rocks, and buildings casting shadows now. Some translation improvements.
This adds shadows and fixes an issue with selling in shops.

Fixed an issue that could prevent being able to sell items in a shop.
Added shadows to the game. You'll see objects like trees, rocks, and buildings casting shadows now.
Some translation improvements.
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19 Jun 2024Developer post
Into the Inferno Updated
Changes in the new Into The Inferno version: Your group can now have six characters instead of four. If you have less than 6 characters, you can add more at the inn. It's also possible to start the game with any number of characters from 1-6 if you want to start with a smaller pa
Changes in the new Into The Inferno version:

Your group can now have six characters instead of four. If you have less than 6 characters, you can add more at the inn. It's also possible to start the game with any number of characters from 1-6 if you want to start with a smaller party. Feel free to try to beat the game with a solo rogue.
The character sheet has been redesigned, and items can managed by clicking on them. Mousing over or selecting an item will show its details if it's been identified.
The status window now has character portraits. For existing parties, portraits will be selected randomly and will probably not be right for your character. They can be changed via arrows on the character sheet, and will save along with your game, so don't forget to save when you change portraits.
Gold is now party-wide rather than per-character. There's no longer any need to pool or split money.
Added item statistics to the shop window so you know what you're purchasing.
The healer can also cure paralysis and disease now.
Chests have been added to the game. They are very rare and are typically only found after difficult battles. They will have more gold and a higher chance of dropping an item, but are usually have dangerous traps. The skills of a thief, trickster, or mercenary are helpful in disarming a trapped chest.
Fixed an intermittent issue with selling items in shops.
Game controllers are now supported. Keyboard and controller mapping can be changed by selecting "Controls" on the escape key menu.
The graphics system has changed. There is now dynamic time-of-day-based lightning plus weather and clouds.
The view distance is no longer infinite. You can see 25 map squares at most, although this will only be noticeable in the wilderness zones.
A belt equipment slot has been added and a few belt items have been added to the game.
Added a handful of higher-level equipment drops to the Inferno levels of the dungeon.
A quest log window has been added, and it will show what quests you have in progress.
Sound effects have been added for casting spells and characters dying, and weather/nature ambience.
German language support has been added.
Some translation improvements.
Improved some map icons, particularly in the city.
The game's install size has been decreased slightly due to some build optimizations.
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02 May 2024Developer post
Into The Inferno Updated
Changes in this release: Portuguese translation added. Added the "Exit" spell for paladins and healers that will take the party out of the dungeon when cast. This spell is 9th level, costs 10 mana, and can only be cast when not in combat. Added letter indicators to the map, so no
Changes in this release:

Portuguese translation added.
Added the "Exit" spell for paladins and healers that will take the party out of the dungeon when cast. This spell is 9th level, costs 10 mana, and can only be cast when not in combat.
Added letter indicators to the map, so now you'll see "R" for recharger, "S" for shop, "I" for inn, "Q" for quest, "C" for curse removal, and "H" for healer. Not ALL special events or encounters will show up on the map, but this should help quite a bit with knowing what is what in areas that you've already explored.
Added the "Damage" value to the character sheet after the slash in the "Attack" field. This will show the average amount of damage a character does per hit, which will be helpful for comparing weapons. (implemented a while ago but not announced/released).
Added some message de-duplication so that if you, for example, spin around on the miners' tombstone in the graveyard, you won't queue up a ridiculous amount of messages that you have to wait for.
Shamans and Healers now get a slight bonus to healing if they have high wisdom scores (+4% with a Wisdom of 19, for example). There are also a few items in the game that will increase a character's healing power, but you'll have to discover them through observation.
Items can now give initiative bonuses (or penalties) to make a character act faster (or slower) in combat, and a bug with how initiative was calculated has been fixed. You'll find that a hidden character's "Late Attack" skill is much more useful now.
Poison resistance now makes a character take poison damage more slowly. Before this change, it would only reduce their chance of initially becoming poisoned. This means that the Resist Poison spell is more useful now.
When leveling up, characters will be notified if they gain new spells.
There is now a confirmation popup asking you if you're sure you want to quit to the desktop or menu because losing your progress due to an accidental click on the wrong menu item is no fun.
Fixed a copy-paste error where Luck and agility drain effects were being incorrectly displayed as "drained of intellect".
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