Arcane Ascension: Tactics

Claim the map, hex by hex. Arcane Ascension is a turn-based strategy game where every hex you hold feeds your mana — and mana is everything.

Summon wizards, capture territory, and manage your economy carefully: every wizard you keep on the board costs upkeep each turn, and an empire that expands too fast will starve. Push into rival kingdoms, cut their provinces in two, and seize their castles before they do the same to you.

ASCEND THE WIZARD LADDER Your wizards climb four tiers of power. Higher tiers defeat lower ones in battle — but they cost more to summon and far more to keep. Each tier inherits everything below it: move and claim, ranged zaps, area burns, and teleportation. Timing your ascensions is the heart of the game.

CHOOSE YOUR FACTION Five factions, five ways to fight. March with the balanced Arcanum, burn a path with the Emberkin Legion, hold the line with the Stoneroot Wardens, scheme from the shadows with the Veilborn Court, or farm the blight itself with the fungal druids of the Sporewald Circle. Each faction brings its own innate spells and its own temptations.

MASTER THE SPELLBOOK Unlock a library of tactical spells and draft your loadout before each match: freeze an enemy in place, shield an ally, raise a stone wall, strike with lightning, warp across the map, or seize control of a rival wizard. One well-timed spell can turn a lost battle into a rout.

THREE WAYS TO WIN • Skirmish — classic conquest: eliminate every rival kingdom • King of the Citadel — hold the crowned central hex to claim victory • Survival — outlast round after round of an escalating horde

A NEW SCENARIO EVERY DAY The Daily Challenge deals everyone the same seeded map each day — and rotates game modes through the week. Win to build your streak, earn milestone rewards, and bank streak freezes for the days life gets in the way.

PLAY YOUR WAY • A ladder of hand-crafted challenges with escalating difficulty • Quick matches on small, medium, or large maps — random or curated • Local multiplayer: pass-and-play with up to four human players on one device • Spectator mode: set every seat to AI and watch the battle unfold • Build your own maps in the sandbox, save them as scenarios, and share them with friends as text codes that work on every platform • Optional fog of war for tense, scouting-driven games • Achievements, lifetime stats, and a first-match tutorial that stays out of your way

FAIR AND OFFLINE-FRIENDLY No account. No forced ads. No pay-to-win. Matches work entirely offline; rewarded ads exist only as an optional choice, and you can turn off anonymous usage analytics in settings at any time.

Easy to learn, hard to put down. How far can you ascend?