Temporal Rift: Ashen Vanguard

A top-down wave survival action RPG where the horde learns how you fight. Hold the line in an offline horde survival shooter with a skill tree, base building, bosses and a story - pay once, no ads, no in-app purchases.

A rift in time has torn Emberfall apart. You are the last Ashen Vanguard. Defend the camp, protect the villages, and seal the rift before the horde adapts past you.

New in 4.5 - Controller Update
- Full gamepad support (Bluetooth or USB): left stick moves, right stick aims, triggers fire and charge the Nova Beam
- Menus, shop, skill tree and settings all work with the D-pad
- Touch controls hide automatically while a controller is in use (Auto / Always show / Always hide)
- Redrawn hero: armor, ash cloak, red scarf, a detailed rifle and new walk, recoil, hurt and ascension animations

A Horde That Learns
The learning engine studies every shot. Lean on one weapon and the enemy grows resistant. Camp in one corner and spawn rifts open where you hide. Rotate tactics, reposition, and outthink each wave - no two runs play the same.

Wave Survival Meets Action RPG
- Pulse rifle, chargeable Nova Beam, energy grenades, dash and the melee Aether Nova
- Ascend into empowered forms and unleash the Storm Ascendant
- Level up through a 3-branch, 12-node skill tree
- Upgrade 8 gear tracks between waves with energy cores and supply-cache loot
- Decade bosses every 10 waves, plus Gharok, the warlord bound to the rift

Know Your Enemy
Zombies and skeletons, shamans that swim after pier campers, ork ravagers, armored bulwarks, burstweavers, the towering colossus - each one pushes you to change how you fight.

Build, Fortify, Recruit
- Raise barricades, link fences and place turrets to hold choke points
- Recruit companions to fight beside you and revive them in the field
- Grow a layer of 10 villages and claim holds across the exterior world
- Optional co-op with a friend

A World Worth Defending
Four handcrafted regions - Emberfall Camp, the Shattered Fields, Northreach Fort and Duskmere Marsh - open onto a wide exterior world. Ride the bike between holds, repair a skiff on Ashmere Lake and sail to Driftwood Isle. Story chapters and quests from camp survivors tie it together.

Handmade, Every Pixel
Every sprite, sound effect and font in Temporal Rift was made from scratch in code by a solo developer. No asset packs, no stock art.

Play Your Way
- Touch controls with auto-aim and a movable, resizable layout
- Controller support for couch-style play on tablets and Android handhelds
- Auto-save after every wave; save anywhere from the pause menu

Yours, Completely
- Pay once and own the full game
- No ads. No in-app purchases. No accounts.
- No data collection - saves stay on your device
- Plays fully offline, anywhere

The rift is open. The horde is learning. How long can you hold?