Apprentice of Darkness

Apprentice of Darkness is a turn-based rogue-like set in a dark fantasy world. The player takes the role of a dark magician and assembles a war group of summoned creatures. The main character can be either a Warlock or a Sorceress, and each uses Dark Magic against enemies. The game includes dark humour elements.

Battles are turn-based and take place across different lands. Players can use tactics, features of the terrain and passive skills to defeat opponents. After a successful battle, defeated enemies can be added to a sacrifice list or killed on the battlefield to heal the player’s recruits. Sacrificed enemies earn Darkness Points, which are spent to unlock new powers or summon new recruits.

The seasons change every three battles, which raises the tier of the enemies and introduces new enemy types. The player’s Tower of Darkness also gains a new floor at each change, and each new floor offers a choice between three powers or the unlocking of a new creature. Losing a certain number of battles removes a floor from the tower. If all floors are lost, the tower collapses and the player starts again from the beginning.