2025-11-21 20:41 UTC · Community Announcements · chris.groves
Empyreal’s development team Silent Games is a proudly northern English studio, based in the game dev hotspot of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. You can imagine, then, that the crew were so pleased to win the ‘Best Indie Game Made in The North’ award earlier this month. The UK-based honour in the Game Republic awards, voted for by the public, featured a very strong field of 15 games, but it’s Empyreal that takes the gong! If you’re yet to check out the game there’s never been a better time to do so. Since Empyreal’s launch there have multiple major free content drops, other additions, and performance impr
2025-09-16 09:22 UTC · Community Announcements · chris.groves
Hey folks,We're pleased to announce that Empyreal is now Steam Deck verified! Mercenaries can now enter the Monolith anytime, anywhere via the handheld gaming device, with the game optimised and fully approved to play on Steam Deck. The news comes just a few months on from Empyreal's launch across PC and consoles, as well as multiple content updates and performance improvements. There's never been a better time to jump into this challenging, feature-rich action RPG - and via Steam Deck you can do just that, whenever and wherever you want.The latest update for Empyreal introduced transmogrifica
2025-08-07 10:08 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeEli
Hey folks, Empyreal’s newest update is now rolling out for free across most platforms, with PlayStation coming a little later! Amongst plenty more additions and improvements, this update brings a highly requested feature: Transmogrification!Starting today, the game will also be a massive 67% off on Steam until August 21st, so now is the perfect time to dive into the Monolith, if you haven’t already checked out Empyreal!Here are the full Patch Notes:New Feature: Transmogrification! Armour & Weapons can have their appearance swapped with other Equipment you've obtainedNew Feature: Illusory Orb!
2025-07-31 14:27 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeEli
Hey everyone, Last week we teased a few things coming to the game in an upcoming update, so here are more details on what's coming to your game on August 7th! Illusory Orb During a playthrough, you will be able to re-customise all aspects of your character at any time in The Hub! Add scars as you venture through the monolith so your character tells a story, or try out different hair colours and styles to switch things up! Transmogrification SystemDon’t like the look of your high-level Armour? That's not a problem. Now you can keep those stats while rocking a different look! Armour & Weapons ca
2025-07-24 14:00 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeEli
Hey folks, We’ve got a treat planned for you in the upcoming weeks: a free content update to Empyreal! Here are some key things to look out for in the update, with more details and patch Notes soon.New Hub Vendor‘Illusory Orb’ customisation tool Transmog systemMore bug fixes and improvementsWe’re super excited to get more player-requested features into the game with this update, alongside further improvements that will help new and existing players get the most out of Empyreal! Stay up to date with the latest Empyreal news and be the first to know about updates by joining our Discord, followin
2025-07-09 14:00 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
A few months ago, we announced our partnership with Just, providing Empyreal mercenaries with the chance to win real money by completing bounties. We’re proud to have continued this partnership through launch, with several bounties still ongoing, such as designing a new boss, speedrunning a cartogram, and leaving some tips for new players who are beginning their journey. Today, we wanted to share just a few of the brilliant submissions across a couple of categories, to not only celebrate the incredible work that’s been created, but to inspire more of you to get stuck in. You can read more abou
2025-06-30 10:05 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeEli
Hello folks, We rolled out our first major patch for Empyreal a week-and-a-half ago that addressed quite a lot of things, but our team is keen to add some more improvements! Today's patch is a small one that brings optimisations to some Ultimates, Abilities, and Sets, as well as bug fixes. Below are the full set of patch notes for this update:Final Boss Aerial Abilities now have longer cooldowns (reduces total time he can spend in the air).Super Nova (Ultimate) will now pull Enemies to its epicentre with greater effect.The projectiles spawned by The God of Death Looks Down (Ultimate) will now
2025-06-25 14:25 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
Throughout your exploration of the Monolith in Empyreal, you’ll obtain different pieces of equipment from enemies and in chests, each with different stats and rarity. However, there are special pieces of equipment, marked with a red indicator, that are part of equipment sets. These special sets will provide additional bonuses the more pieces you have, alongside an upgrade to certain abilities when you have completed the set (7 or 9 pieces depending on the set). Some sets are specific to certain weapon archetypes, while others can be used across all three weapons. These sets can make a drastic
2025-06-19 09:05 UTC · Community Announcements · chris.groves
Hey everyone, The latest update for Empyreal is rolling out now across all platforms. Our biggest update since launch in early May focuses on adding community-requested features, balances to improve the early-game experience, and gameplay optimisations across the entire game. Thank you so much to the Empyreal community for your thoughts and helpful feedback in recent weeks, which has helped shape this key update. We’d love to hear your thoughts on what’s added and changes, so don’t hesitate to join the development team over on Discord, or speak up over on Steam Discussions. Below are the full
2025-06-13 13:00 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeEli
Hey folks,Thank you to everyone in the Empyreal community who has shared their thoughts in reviews, Steam discussions, and our Discord since the game’s launch! We’ve been reading it all and we’re using this feedback to focus on what changes to make in the game’s first post-launch update, which is set to arrive on all platforms on June 19.There are a lot of fixes coming in this patch - almost 100 individual changes in all - but particular focuses were around addressing player feedback on enemy difficulty, and finding Characters/Objectives in The Hub . Here are some of the key changes to expect:
2025-06-11 14:00 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
In Empyreal, your playstyle is determined by the weapon you equip. The game offers three distinct weapon archetypes for you to try; the Mace & Shield, Glaive, and Cannon. Simply equip a specific weapon to open up the abilities of the archetype associated with that weapon. Throughout your time with Empyreal, you’re given the freedom to experiment with each playstyle to find the one that’s right for you. You can change your weapon archetype and loadout whenever you visit the hub by opening an armoury crate. Test out new builds in the Monolith or head to the hub’s training area for a more control
2025-06-04 14:00 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
In Empyreal, players are able to pick their character’s background after carefully crafting their appearance. This will determine their personality and provide unique dialogue options when talking to Expedition members and build trust with them. Additionally, your background also determines what weapon class and equipment you begin with. However, you are not locked into a specific weapon, equipment set or abilities, as they can be changed at any point throughout the game. Each background provides a hint to what your character’s interactions and mannerisms will be. Here’s a handy rundown of all
2025-05-19 14:00 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
Can you believe that it’s nearly been two weeks since Empyreal launched? Time has flown by and it’s been amazing to watch your journeys unfold, talk strategy, and discuss the secrets of the Monolith over in the Silent Games Discord. During that time, we gave you an additional task: to ask the developers questions! This blog is a summary of what was discussed with the development team. Still have questions eating away at your core afterwards? The team are regularly hanging out in Discord, so join the conversation there. Questions answered by CEO Sally Blake, Co-Founder Joseph Roberts, and 3D Ar
2025-05-08 09:01 UTC · Community Announcements · SecretModeLiam
Gather your courage, mercenary. Your time has come. Empyreal is launching today on Steam, PlayStation®5, and Xbox Series X|S. Priced at £24.99/$29.99/€29.99, there is a 10% launch discount here on Steam. How will you tackle the task of conquering the Monolith and unearthing the secrets inside. Which weapon will you wield? Whose questlines will you complete? Will you aid fallen mercenaries or leave them to die? Just how stylishly can you defeat the automatons in your way? Need more information before you set out? Over the past few months, we have released several pieces of intel - such as a Gam
2025-05-08 01:00 UTC · CGMagazine · Jordan Biordi
I was initially excited to take a look at Empyreal. Based on the initial trailers I watched in preparation, it looked like a pretty fun ARPG—and I’ve been on a bit of an ARPG kick lately, but I’ll get into that a little later. As they say, though, never judge a book by its cover—or a game by its heavily doctored reveal trailers. It’s been a while since I’ve wanted to stop playing a game as quickly as I started. Empyreal is a bog-standard ARPG that tries to use a modicum of style to wallpaper over its lack of depth and immediately unenjoyable gameplay. The story of Empyreal is moderately intere
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