Hero of Aethric: Fantasy RPG

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4.4
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PEGI 7
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About this game

EXPLORE, FIGHT, and LOOT in this nostalgia fueled 2D MMORPG. Enter a free to play retro open world of fantasy waiting to be explored. Enjoy turn-based combat in a classic fantasy role playing adventure that puts you in command of your own customizable bit hero. Loot collection and 8 bit action await as you create the perfect build to defeat enemies and conquer the world of Aethric.

Build your origin town as a home base in this open world RPG and set forth on an epic adventure across a unique hand-crafted 8 bit world. Players can create their own 8 bit heroes and watch the lands of this open world game evolve over time with new updates added every month. Discover a fantasy role playing journey of epic proportions that guides you through the story of a fallen land, unlocking new classes and engaging in thrilling turn based action with Hero of Aethric!

Take on the world of this epic adventure RPG with friends or tackle things alone. Battle in multiplayer turn-based combat in the arena or go dungeon crawling with your party. The choice is yours on how your team’s role playing games will pan out. Make this hero RPG your own with over 100 unique classes, gear, and specializations tailored to your playing style. Explore an exciting open world filled with treasures, challenges, and enemies around every corner in Hero of Aethric today!

HERO OF AETHRIC FEATURES:

CLASSIC RETRO RPG EXPERIENCE
- Discover a fantasy 2D RPG world crawling with treasures and adventure
- Enter an open world filled with characters that will help you explore the world of Aethric and bring peace
- Defeat enemies in turn based fantasy RPG combat with epic weapons and spells
- Classic MMORPGs and modern gameplay combine with an old-school pixel art style for nostalgic fun

TURN BASED RPG COMBAT
- 8 bit heroes can fight enemies in the arena or across the world of Aethric in action-packed turn based games
- Combine your strategy and class setup to take down foes across different fantasy worlds
- Discover an open world MMORPG with deadly bosses around every corner

CUSTOMIZABLE HERO RPG
- Unlock over 50 unique classes and specializations. Start as a thief, mage or warrior and choose your path.
- Combine different armor, weapons, spells, and take on this fantasy role playing adventure your way
- An adventure RPG fit for any play style with endless weapon and class possibilities
- Loot your way into creating the ultimate hero of Aethric with locations waiting to be discovered

FREE TO PLAY MMORPG ADVENTURE
- Join 8 bit heroes from around the world and explore the 2D MMORPG world of Aethric
- Engage in turn based battles with World Raids and join thousands of players to face off against raid bosses
- Join a guild with other players to take on unique quests, missions and much more!

NOTE FROM DEVELOPER
As a follow up to Orna: the GPS RPG, we aim to build and evolve this game alongside you. We’re a studio that believes in creating games without any paywalls or forced advertisements. We always listen to feedback to make our games the best they can possibly be.

Be sure to join our Discord and be part of the conversation! With monthly updates including features, questlines, and events we can’t wait for you to see what Aethric has to offer – we’re excited to meet you, Hero!

Official Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/OrnaRPG
Official Discord: https://discord.gg/MSmTAMnrpm

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Updated on
17 Apr 2025
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Ratings and reviews

4.4
39.5K reviews
Mita-chan
12 March 2025
I got hooked on this game relatively quickly from how easy it is to navigate through the controls and the interface. I also love the freedom to still play and enjoy the game without following factions (my indecisiveness got the better on me and I can't still settle on one, lmao). Speaking on which, the only thing I find annoying was the pop up menu for the factions that appear every level up, it would be nice if it would end as another tab on the character menu. Overall, very fun game!
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Ru. Gu.
12 January 2025
Really hate their choices of classes removed and REALLY hate their choices of classes added. Edit:To answer devs question. I hate this blademaster to shadowmancer, wasn't even close to an adequate replacement. A class with physical gear, but stats and skills are magic based. Let alone the learned skills are T5 while playing T6. Shadowmancer needs to be removed forever. The runner up choice couldn't possibly be as bad or worse. Hard to hold out til T7. Even then my belief it'll get better is shot
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Northern Forge
11 January 2025
Hey Ru - which removed class are you referring to? Any class removed over the years should have had an equivalent class added. Edit: Blademaster was replaced with Templar, which has the same skills and stats as Blademaster. The Grand Mystic was replaced with Shadowmancer.
Francis
9 May 2024
It's an everlasting grinding JRPG, which is not a bad thing! It's a game that's easy to pick up, easy to put down, yet offers a lot of depths in its character optimisation! My only gripe is the slow start of the game; Thieves don't really get worthwhile skills for a long time, and upgrading material (looking at Iron) can be impossible to get your hands on. Overall good game, though!
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What's new

* New appearance menu, featuring character Auras and Flair
* Support for in-game Chat Moderation
* Added each class's Ascension Level to the class selection screen
* Improved the selection of building themes
* Chosen dungeon settings now persist between runs
* Improvements to inventory filtering
-- Filters can now be inverted
-- "Nots" can be used (ie: "Exotic" vs "Not Exotic")
* Bug fixes and translation updates