Embrace the Chaos Within

Shadowborn Rising is a dark action-adventure forged in myth and magic. Set in ancient Egypt before the first pharaohs, it blends fast melee combat, devastating magic, and exploration with a roguelike twist unlike any other.

You do not play the hero, you walk the path of a cursed bloodline destined for villainy.
There is no health bar, only time. When your energy runs dry, the anchors drag you back, forcing you to rise again, stronger, darker, and further bound to chaos.

Built in Unreal Engine 5, a limited-scope demo is currently in development for PC, offering an early look at the game’s tone, world, and mechanics while the full experience takes shape.

  • A New Breed Of

    Adventure

    The game’s most defining system rewrites what survival means. There is no health bar! You do not bleed out, instead, your life is measured by time itself. A depleting energy timer becomes your true enemy. When it runs dry, the anchors pull you back, not to punish you, but to force you to rise again.

  • Songs Of

    Chaos

    The score for Shadowborn Rising has been created in step with the game itself. In collaboration with one of the greatest musical minds, and a close creative partner, the music has been woven into the development timeline, ensuring that every note is bound to the same pulse of chaos, time, and descent as the game’s story.

  • A World before

    Pharaohs

    Shadowborn Rising is set around 3200 BCE, in Egypt’s Late Predynastic era, just before King Narmer united the land. This world is grounded in authentic history, but reshaped through the mythic lens of the Ancient Bloods universe. Here, fact collides with legend, and the villains of a greater saga begin their descent into chaos.

  • Six VILLAINS

    Six Stories

    Shadowborn Rising is not a single story. The full experience will span six distinct villain-origin tales. Every story carries its own combat style, progression, and path through the Ancient Bloods universe. From hidden temples in desert sands, to thriving oases, from dense, & vast Red Sea coast, each world is distinct.

  • Power Forged In

    Isfet

    In Shadowborn Rising you can strike with precision melee or unleash devastating Isfet-infused powers.  Searing blasts of fire, and levitation strikes that suspend foes helpless in the air. These abilities are not static. Each run feeds into a growing skill tree, unlocking new magic, and traversal techniques.

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From Vision

To Creation

Shadowborn Rising was born from the wider Ancient Bloods universe. First imagined as a vast game, then reshaped into a novel. And now realised as a standalone experience to tell the origins of its villains.

This gallery reflects the journey. Concept art, in-game moments, and development snapshots show how the world was not only written in lore, but forged step by step into code, design, and creation.

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