Sagas of Sonya

The Gauntlet

Sagas of Sonya is a dark, tactical dungeon crawler. Depth, danger, and the thrill of permadeath. Every run is a new story. Every decision matters.

— built on the Dungeons & Dragons 5e ruleset —

One Goal: Survive and reach Immortality.

Coronation · Demi-God · Apotheosis (Godhood)

Quests:CollectionAssassinationInvestigationCombatRetrievalDeliveryRescueEscortDefend

A solo quest runs from 5 landscapes and 10 Dungeon Segments at its smallest to 12 landscapes and 75 at its largest.

Intelligent creatures have a voice. Hear the Black Dragon.

His whole voice, nine lines deep

On sighting you “Sssswamp-meat — fresh and softly walking.” “Drown for me, little wurm. Slowly. Politely.”
Wounded “Insolent flesh-thing! My acid shall strip thy bones!” “Thou DAREST! In MY swamp! In MY waters!”
As it kills you “Sink. Bloat. Feed the leeches.”
As it dies “Tiamat… see… thy faithless… daughter…”

Every creature clever enough to speak has a voice like this. Back the saga and the lines for one of them are yours to write — and yours to hear, spoken in its own.

And the hero answers.

He speaks differently alone than in company

Charging, with friends “Do go ahead. I insist. I will be right behind.”
Charging, alone “Just me. I am excellent company.”
Opening a chest “Do buy a pig in a poke. Then sell the poke.” “Somebody loved this once. How sad. How convenient.”
Sharing the find “Shares, of course. I am wounded you wondered.” “All mine, and no one to be gracious in front of.”
A trap spotted “Someone went to trouble. I do appreciate trouble.” “Not that step, my dear. Not that one.”
Quiet moments “Everything here is for sale. It simply does not know it yet.” “Talking to myself. A very good listener.”
Something beautiful “I would not sell that. I am as surprised as you.”
Freeing a prisoner “Well, hello. You are alive and I am delighted.”
A friend goes down “Oh, my dear. And you were doing so well.”
Down to the next floor “After you. I insist. Truly.”
After the fight “It really was not personal. It is now, I suppose.” “No one saw. That is rather the appeal.”

Twenty-two voices, each with its own turn of phrase — and each knows whether you are alone or among friends.

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The Trial

Play the first six levels free on Steam. Fight, loot and level a Warrior — alone, or with two friends.

The Ascent

Coronation · Demi-God (Lvl 20) · Apotheosis (Lvl 30)

The TrialfreeV1.0$50k$70k$85k$110k$150k$180k$210k$250kThe Shared Saga$350k
ReleaseAvailable now12/15/26········
WarriorWarrior
RogueRogue
WizardWizard
ClericCleric
Levels1–61–20·1–30······
Boons 21–30Warrior·RogueWizardCleric··
Exterior Biomes12+ unique exterior texture sets
Interior Biomes56+ unique interior texture sets
Quests139·······
Beasts3030 + 50 (= 80)80 + 50 (= 130)130 + 40 (= 170)170 + 40 (= 210)210 + 40 (= 250)250 + 30 (= 280)280 + 30 (= 310)310 + 30 (= 340)·
Relics
NPCs5+2020 + 5 (= 25)25 + 5 (= 30)30 + 5 (= 35)35 + 5 (= 40)40 + 5 (= 45)45 + 5 (= 50)50 + 5 (= 55)55 + 5 (= 60)
Multi Player Co-opYesYes·······Full quests
Multi Player PvPYes · 2–3·····
In company, no one is the poorer for it — each of you takes the full measure of the fight, the full weight of the purse, and every treasure the party turns up
Fauna, Ambience & dozens of Epic Tunes (incl. Medieval & Retro 80s)
Gore ModeYes (Bloodsplatter+)·
Dozens of harmless creatures — deer, rabbits, chickens, boar. Hundreds of unique RPG quips — taunts, death cries, level-ups, family talk, ruler boasts — fully voiced across dozens of speakers. Dozens of ambience tracks that change with the setting you are standing in, and hundreds of creatures with audio of their own.

CR Challenge Rating  ·  Boons levels 21–30, past the 5e cap

No advertising, no in-app purchases, no tracking, and nothing to watch for a reward. You buy the game once and it is yours.

Back the Sagas

Every tier below is delivered whatever the campaign raises. Everything beyond them is a stretch goal, and marked as one.

$15WayfarerSteam key at launch — Version 1.0, co-op included.
$25ChroniclerEverything above, plus supporter builds, the soundtrack, the digital bestiary and a Founder credit.
$45Runespeakerlimit 40Name a magic item, in the epic tradition. Your wording, in the game.
$90Namegiverlimit 40Name a soul who walks the world — a merchant, a smith, a beggar — and meet them there.
$150Voicegiverlimit 20Write what a creature says: sighting you, wounded, killing, dying. Your words, spoken aloud in its own voice.
$350Saga-Writerlimit 15Brief a magic item — its flavour, its stats, its name. The ByteBlade Creative Studio builds it.
$600Beastwrightlimit 5A monster drawn to your brief, in the game’s own style — a beast that meets you eye to eye.
$1,000Dragon’s Hoardlimit 3A hero texture drawn to your brief, and everything above.
$1,500Wyrmwrightlimit 3A Huge beast — a giant or a wyrm, the kind that fills a doorway and blocks the hall behind it. Drawn to your brief and speaking words you wrote, in a voice made for it. Nothing else in the game is more yours than this.

Everything made from a backer’s brief is built to the Dungeons & Dragons 5e ruleset — an item carries a proper stat block, a creature carries a Challenge Rating. Names and lines must suit the world; if one cannot be used, we’ll ask you for another.

Goals

Version 1.0 is the Warrior, start to finish.
Everything past it is what the saga becomes.

WarriorRogueWizardCleric
$50k
Warrior ClassQuestsCollectionAssassinationInvestigationVersion 1.0SoloMulti Player Co-opThe Warrior · Levels 1–20 · Collection, Assassination and Investigation · the whole ascent (Single Player): Coronation, Demi-God (Lvl 20), Apotheosis (Lvl 30) · 30 + 50 creatures (= 80 total) · 200 relics · 20 NPCs
$70k
QuestsCombatRetrievalDeliveryRescueEscortDefendAll Nine Quest TypesSoloMulti Player Co-opCombat, Retrieval, Delivery, Rescue, Escort and Defend join the three above · 80 + 50 creatures (= 130 total) · 200 + 25 relics (= 225 total)
$85k
Warrior ClassLevels 21–30SoloMulti Player Co-opThe Warrior’s Boons — ten levels past the 5e cap, each one its own quest · 130 + 40 creatures (= 170 total) · 225 + 25 relics (= 250 total)
$110k
ArenaThe ColosseumMulti Player PvPPvP for 2–3 players · 170 + 40 creatures (= 210 total) · 250 + 25 relics (= 275 total)
$150k
Rogue ClassThe RogueSoloMulti Player Co-opMulti Player PvPLevels 1–30, Boons included · 210 + 40 creatures (= 250 total) · 275 + 25 relics (= 300 total)
$180k
Wizard ClassThe WizardSoloMulti Player Co-opMulti Player PvPLevels 1–30, Boons included · 250 + 30 creatures (= 280 total) · 300 + 25 relics (= 325 total)
$210k
Cleric ClassThe ClericSoloMulti Player Co-opMulti Player PvPLevels 1–30, Boons included · 280 + 30 creatures (= 310 total) · 325 + 25 relics (= 350 total)
$250k
Full BestiaryEvery Creature in D&D 5eSoloMulti Player Co-opMulti Player PvP310 + 30 creatures (= 340 total) · Gore Mode · 350 + 25 relics (= 375 total)
$350k
In CompanyThe Shared SagaMulti Player Co-opFull quests in company — a party takes a contract together and carries it clear across the open world, to the end · 375 + 25 relics (= 400 total) · 29 NPCs
Each class arrives whole — Levels 1 to 30, Boons included. The bestiary grows between them.
Art & assets including GandalfHardcore PixStuff Dreams Circle CraftPix

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