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Ember
Ember is a homage to classic role-playing games (RPG) that features a deep branching story, endless exploration across dynamic and living environments, a robust skill system, and an intricate crafting system.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“I'm going to cover the important points of this game but keep it brief. Now I've played a TON of arpg's, crpg's and...rpg's in my life but this is a bit of an odd one. At first glance, something doesn't quite add up, you look at the price, look at it's popularity and yet notice…”
— a player, Steam review · 54 hrs played“Really good game, with a nice balance of everything a decent RPG is made of, like. + Fun combat system with tactical choice. + Decent voice acting. + Sweet looting system. + Quick save and load system. + Party management, in where you're able to pick which stats and items your…”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played“My problem with this game is the listed key features (and the numerous crash to desktop bugs). Here they are: 1. "Classic-style RPG with 30+ hours of epic adventure" I finished this with 100% completion in 18 hours. I'm not sure where the other 12 would have come from, since I…”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-20). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
A new game in the Ember universe...
Attention Lightbringers, new battles await in the Ember universe! Developed by our friends at Poleaxe Games, Empire of Ember lets you play as a Lightbringer in a first person action RPG. Scheduled for
Attention Lightbringers!
Looking for different dungeons to explore? Ember’s publisher, 505 Games, has just launched a new game that you might want to try out. It’s Underworld Ascendant and it’s made by the same devs who creat
Domus Needs You! - 75% Off Now!
Attention Lightbringers! If you've been waiting to join the quest to save Ember, now is the time - Ember is now 75% off! You're invited to enter the world of Ember and begin your quest to save Domus.
Domus Needs You! - 75% Off Now!
Attention Lightbringers! If you've been waiting to join the quest to save Ember, now is the time - Ember is now 75% off! You're invited to enter the world of Ember and begin your quest to save Domus.
Ember 1.044 Patch Available
We have released a small patch for Ember with the following updates: - added an option to disable dragging the camera with the mouse - fixed a rare crash when exiting the game or just after defeating
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | RPG · Adventure · Indie · Fantasy · Action RPG · Isometric · Singleplayer · Hack and Slash · Strategy · Story Rich · Loot · CRPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 22 |
| Official site | https://505games.com/games/ember/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2000 series or NVIDIA 8000 series DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: No accelerated sound hardware required