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LEAD THE RESISTANCE AND HAMMER DOWN OPPRESSION in PRELUDE DARK PAIN
Game description
Synopsis
Prelude Dark Pain takes place in the world of Statera, a territory ravaged by the Dark Pain. The Order of the Ashen Crusade rules with blood and terror over a great extension of this territory while praying to the Lord of Pain. However, there are still free people who fight against the lurking evil. Step into the shoes of the retired hero Soren, now a blacksmith trying to fit in this corrupted world. Despite leaving his warrior life behind him, he will have to return to his roots to rescue his wife, Hegoa, and forge a resistance against the dark plans of the Ashen Crusade.
Engage in a +30 hour campaign, recruit over 20 different heroes to build the perfect squads and lead them into dozens of missions and fulfill side quests, while upgrading the Citadel, your headquarters, where your tactical plan will be drawn.
The experience is wrapped in a unique Andalusian dark fantasy aesthetic with Mignola-style art and a soundtrack featuring industry legend Kumi Tanioka. Prelude: Dark Pain promises a hardcore experience that respects the genre’s roots while delivering the fluidity and spectacle of modern gaming.
Key Features
- Squad with multiple viable synergies: Prelude Dark Pain is squad-oriented, where each successful encounter requires you to take advantage of class variety, skill synergy, and strategic positioning to own the battlefield. The large pool of heroes available allows for multiple strategies that cater to all kinds of playstyles and preferences.
- Narrative Consequences & Dark Fantasy. Set in a decadent world where the veil between dimensions is fracturing, players face a non-linear story where decisions affect alliances, team morale, and the final fate of the protagonists. Whether fighting the Ashen Crusade or closing dimensional rifts, your choices determine which of the multiple heroes join your cause.
- Strategic Meta-Management. Beyond the battlefield, players manage a Citadel where they can deploy their roster of over 20 heroes on expeditions and contracts. This “Pokémon-like” collection factor adds layers of strategy, forcing players to manage resources and rotate their main heroes to face simultaneous challenges.
- Uncompromising art direction. The game boasts a unique artistic direction featuring hand-drawn art with Andalusian influences and Mignola-esque comic cinematics. This is elevated by an incredible soundtrack featuring work by Isaac Montes and Kumi Tanioka, ensuring an emotional and atmospheric experience.
- Hardcore Challenge. Designed for players seeking a challenge, the game features enemies with advanced AI that react intelligently to the environment. The gameplay is easy to grasp but difficult to master, akin to a “Dark Souls” of tactical RPGs, rewarding players who learn from their mistakes.
- Made by players, for players: Prelude is a game made by players for players. We are a small studio and we are all very active video game users; we understand the sector. We know what the public wants regarding sales policies, transparency in our development, a clear roadmap of intentions, and above all, proposing an attractive game formula that draws from classic games but with many modern contributions to adapt it to our times.
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About quickfire Games
Created in 2020, Quickfire Games is an indie game studio based in Seville (Spain). The studio was born with the dream of creating video games that their own developers would play, exploring creative mechanics and bringing new experiences to the players. Prelude Dark Pain is their first project with the idea of a clear, playable, and creative identity.
Factsheet
- Developer: Quickfire Games
- Publisher: Firesquid
- Genre: Turn-based, Dark fantasy
- Languages: Spanish (SP), English, Japanese
- Players: Single player
- PC Release: Early Access Summer 2026
- Platforms:
- Windows (Steam)