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Prelude Dark Pain

SteamEurope and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Prelude Dark Pain is a Tactical RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Assume the role of a local blacksmith named Soren, lead an uprising against the Order of the Ashen Crusade and save a world ravaged by war.

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Steam clientPC: Windows. Needs a free Steam account.
Activates in
Europe and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.Activates on accounts registered in the EU, EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.Will not activate on accounts registered in North America, Asia, Latin America or Oceania.
You get
A digital activation keyStandard edition. No disc, no box.
Delivery
To your account and by emailDelivered to your account and by email once it is ready. Some orders get a short manual check first.

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Prelude Dark Pain

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About this game

Assemble a roster of heroes, build out your squad to face any scenario, learn how their skills interact for even greater strategic synergy and master the battlefield:

  • With more than 20+ playable heroes, each with two talent branches and a pool of 25 skills, there are a variety of strategies to approach each battle.

  • Up to 5 heroes can fill your roster from 8 class types: Ranged DPS, Magic Support, Assassins and more.

  • Each skill has it's own unique characteristics. Equip the ones that best suit your play style and create powerful synergistic combos between skills and across your squad.

  • Equip you characters with greater equipment as you progress and upgrade it all at your base with resources you get from missions.

Assume the role of Soren, an retired warrior, now living as a blacksmith, who will mark the steps of a great revolution following an attack on his family:

  • Engage in turn-based tactical battle with several enemy factions. Across a grid-based field, maneuver your squad and the enemy to optimize your strategy and dominate.

  • Every battlefield is different; from using higher ground to increase your attack, to navigating moving environments. Consider your surroundings and use the battlefield to your advantage.

  • Each mission will have a special challenge, pushing your knowledge of the mechanics with even greater rewards if you succeed.

Prelude Dark Pain takes place in the world of Statera, a territory ravaged by the Dark Pain, an ancient and mysterious source of destruction. The Order of the Ashen Crusade rules with blood and terror over a great extent of this territory while praying to the Lord of Pain. However, there are still free people who fight against the lurking evil, like Soren and the Blue Net faction.

The reality of Statera is being torn apart by the conflict, causing tears in the veil between worlds that protects it from supernatural forces. Through these rifts, the creatures of Pain can break through their reality to invade and cause even greater devastation.

Players will have to make important decisions that will influence both the main story and the heroes that can be recruited in battle. You may miss some of them because of your previous choices!

There will be more than 20 different factions with their own cultures scattered throughout Statera. Many of them are hostile, guaranteeing more than 70 different enemies to face. You'll also find final bosses among them!

In addition to the main story, Prelude Dark Pain will be loaded with sidequests and ways to influence the world outside of the main story. These will give you access to recruit certain heroes and even more lore:

  • World Missions can be picked up from NPC's across the world map and lead you to even more content.

  • Raids can undertaken by heroes from your settlement, helping to push back against the tide of enemies, save the innocent, spy and gather resources.

  • Craft new weapons and equipment for your heroes from your settlement as well, taking your skills warriors to an even greater degree of strength.

Description, images and details are taken from this product's Steam page.

Details

Developer
QUICKFIREGAMES
Publisher
Firesquid, Gamersky Games
Released
27 Jul, 2026
Genres
Adventure, RPG, Strategy, Indie
Runs on
Windows
Activates on
Steam client, Europe and UK
Interface
English, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean
Controller
Full controller support
  • Single-player
  • Full controller support
  • Camera Comfort
  • Custom Volume Controls
  • #category_playable_at_your_own_pace
  • Playable without Timed Input
  • Stereo Sound
  • Subtitle Options
  • Steam Cloud
  • Family Sharing

System requirements

Windows

Prelude Dark Pain system requirements on Windows
ComponentMinimumRecommended
OSWindows 10Windows 11
ProcessorCore i5 4690K or AMD Ryzen 3 1200Intel Core i7-4770 or AMD Equivalent (AMD Ryzen 5 1500X)
Memory8 GB RAM16 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 460Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 390
DirectXVersion 11Version 12
Storage6 GB available space8 GB available space

Activating it on Steam client

  1. Open the Steam client and sign in.
  2. Choose Games in the top menu, then Activate a Product on Steam.
  3. Paste the key and confirm. It appears in your library.

The key is listed for the Europe and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. region. Read how regions work before you buy.

Prelude Dark Pain€20.87