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DeveloperHotate
PublisherSpawn Kill Studios
FreeNo
Required ageNone
Etymancy is a dark fantasy roguelike dungeon crawler where every spell is a word. Craft your pile of magic letter tiles, collect strange grimoires to grow stronger, smite enemies, and descend deeper into the Lexicon.
Etymancy
noun
e·ty·man·cy | EH-tuh-man-see
1. the school of magic that derives its power from language
2. the practice of shaping letters into words, and words into spells
Etymancer
e·ty·man·cer | EH-tuh-MAN-ser
noun
One who braves the Lexicon
Etymancy is a roguelike dungeon crawler about turning language into damage. Craft words from a rack of letter tiles, cast them as spells, and survive foul creatures that burn, curse, obscure, shatter, bleed, disable and rewrite the tools you rely on.
Key Features
Cast spells by forming words from your rack of letters.
Stack grimoires that boost power, give coins, and shake your kit up in wild and unpredictable ways.
Collect blessed and cursed letter tiles with dangerous side effects.
Navigate encounters, markets, chests, bonfires, and other mysterious zones of the dungeon.
Face foes that attack your health, your rack, your pile, and your preparation.
Challenge Deities which test your mettle and alter the very play surface itself.
Craft explosive builds, face your fears, and ascend.
Etymancy is actively in development, with new grimoires, enemies, bosses, tile effects, balance changes, and visual updates being added constantly.
Currently Included:
40+ grimoires across common, rare, epic, and legendary rarities
Blessed, cursed, and mutated letter tiles
Multiple enemy families with distinct rack, pile, health, and scoring effects
Elite encounters with harsher enemy behavior and better rewards
Deity fights with unique mechanics, intros, phases, threats
Path choices including encounters, markets, chests, and bonfires
A market with grimoires, special tiles, healing, and tile removal
A guided tutorial that introduces you to the dungeon
Persistent run memory and a grimoire archive
Full keyboard word entry with mouse support
Trailer music by Novalley
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