Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch (v1.3.13)

A cursed island caught between death and ambition provides the stage for a tactical RPG that mixes grim fantasy storytelling with roguelite unpredictability. Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch follows an amnesiac survivor pulled from a shipwreck and recruited by an enigmatic witch whose promises come with dangerous strings attached. Undead hordes, Imperial zealots, and ravenous monstrosities turn every expedition into a hard-won push toward answers about your past. The mood is bleak and tense, but the constant chance to build a stronger, smarter party gives its setbacks real momentum rather than simple frustration.

Battles play out on compact grids where positioning, turn order, terrain, and elemental effects matter as much as raw damage. You recruit from nine playable characters, combine weapon types and class-like abilities, and build tactical synergies that let a carefully planned team dismantle enemies that can otherwise end a run quickly. Each journey branches through randomized routes and choice-based encounters, forcing decisions between safer rewards, risky fights, supplies, upgrades, or story opportunities. Death sends you back, but it also unlocks persistent improvements, new skills, powerful Relics, and memory fragments, so failed attempts gradually widen your options for the next assault.

What separates Veil of the Witch from a standard campaign-driven strategy RPG is its run-based structure: party builds shift constantly, maps and encounters refuse to become routine, and experimentation is rewarded. More than 200 skills and over 30 major Relics support wildly different approaches, from elemental setup chains to aggressive weapon-focused squads and defensive control tactics. Companion bonds add welcome human stakes to the supernatural conflict, with each recruit carrying personal scars and a reason to keep fighting. Fans of Fire Emblem’s grid combat, Hades-style repeated runs, and Darkest Dungeon’s oppressive atmosphere should feel at home, while tactical newcomers need patience for its punishing early encounters.