A ragged exile with a staff in a crystal cave, a glowing inscription on a standing stone, a goblin and a shaman in the shadows.

ZIFT

A pixel-art tactics roguelike where every skill grows by use.

Exiled into a dark valley with a staff and two syllables of magic. Fight turn by turn, watch your skills grow, wake the inscriptions.

Play the demo Free · in your browser

Skills grow by use

No skill trees, no points. Every swing of the staff, every spark and bolt makes that skill stronger, and each level adds a trait you can see in play.

Spells react

Set a foe alight, then strike it with lightning: it bursts. Every move shows its exact outcome before you commit.

A story that teaches

Inscriptions wake as the valley falls silent. Read them to learn new spells, and follow the trail of the missing hunter.

Screenshots

Lightning leaps from foe to foe, and bursts the burning.
At night you see four tiles. So do they.
Pull them into the fire. The outcome is shown before you cast.
Inscriptions wake as the story moves on.
Use a skill and it grows: a new trait every level.
The notebook remembers how you grew.

Demo

Move, attack
Arrows / WASD · Stick
Spells
1–4 · X
Cast, confirm
Enter · A
Wait
Space · Y
Next target
Tab · L1 R1
Lantern
F · View
Menu
Esc / P · Menu

Best with a gamepad. The demo needs a keyboard or a gamepad.