The Severed Gods (v0.2.54)

Colossal deities loom over a ruined fantasy realm, and killing them requires more than simply winning a few battles. The Severed Gods is a turn-based tactical RPG built around repeated expeditions, where a doomed party rises again after failure with more knowledge, better tools, and fresh options. Its tone is grim and mythic, filled with broken settlements, cursed wilderness, desperate survivors, and a history that emerges in fragments. Rather than treating death as a hard stop, the game makes each lost run part of a long campaign to weaken the divine rulers crushing the world.

Combat revolves around positioning, turn order, party composition, and an unusual vertical targeting system. Enemies possess separate lower, central, and upper sections, each protected differently and vulnerable to particular attacks; bringing down defenses can leave foes exposed, while removing a limb can erase dangerous moves entirely. Fights against huge enemies therefore become deliberate acts of dismantling, forcing players to decide whether to cripple mobility, deny attacks, or gamble on a finishing blow. Between battles, runs offer relics, skills, recruitable allies, and permanent unlocks, while heroes contribute distinct field and combat talents, such as identifying enemy traits, acquiring goods through less honorable methods, or gaining followers.

The most compelling idea is how tactical dismemberment and roguelite advancement reinforce one another: an unsuccessful attempt still reveals combinations worth pursuing on the next life. Moral decisions add another layer, with a karma-driven route between compassionate choices and riskier, darker rewards that can alter both resources and opportunities. Build variety appears substantial, since relic effects, inherited abilities, and hero specialties encourage experimentation instead of locking players into one optimal squad. Fans of Into the Breach-style tactical clarity and Hades-like incremental persistence should find plenty to enjoy, especially if they prefer slower, more strategic encounters over reflex-heavy action; newcomers can learn through repeated runs, while genre veterans have room to chase sharper synergies.