The wait is over.
The Apprentice of Darkness demo is officially available now on Steam!
And the timing couldn't be better, Apprentice of Darkness is also participating in Steam's Party-Based RPG Fest, running September 14–21.
If you've been waiting to step onto the wrong side of the battlefield, now's your chance.
Download the demo and play for free today!
Play the Bad Guys
In Apprentice of Darkness, you're not here to save the world.
You're here to conquer it.
Build a party of monsters, battle the forces of good in grid-based turn-based combat, capture your enemies, and sacrifice them to harvest Darkness Points that can be used to strengthen your Tower of Darkness.
What's Included in the New Demo?
If you played the earlier version of Apprentice of Darkness, you'll find that quite a lot has changed.
⚔️ 7 New Characters
Expand your forces and encounter new enemies across both sides of the conflict.
🩸 Improved Sacrifice Mini-Games
Capturing your enemies is only the beginning. The sacrifice mini-games have been substantially reworked and polished.
🏰 6 New Tower of Darkness Upgrades
Unlock new ways to strengthen your forces and shape your progression.
✨ New UI, VFX & SFX
Battles and abilities have received extensive visual, audio and interface improvements.
🌑 Faster Run Progression
Seasons now contain 3 battles instead of 5, keeping runs moving at a much better pace.
🔧 Lots of Fixes & Polish
Bug fixes, balancing changes, usability improvements and plenty of smaller changes throughout the game.
Your Feedback Matters
Apprentice of Darkness is a solo-developed game, and getting the demo into players' hands is an incredibly important milestone for me, after working on it for more than 2 years.
If you play it, I'd genuinely love to hear what you think, what you enjoyed, what felt confusing, which characters you liked, what you'd change, or even what terrible things happened during your run.
Feedback from the demo will help me continue improving the game ahead of Steam Next Fest, October 19–26, and the planned full release on November 3.
So gather your monsters, enter the Tower of Darkness, and show the forces of good that they've had their turn.
The Apprentice of Darkness demo is available NOW on Steam.
See you on the dark side!
_theRaven
Solo Developer of Apprentice of Darkness