# Emergent Fates

> Artistic mobile JRPG with deep customization and a compelling narrative. (iPhone/iPad app by megaphemeral limited.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/emergent-fates/id1015056835 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [megaphemeral limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/656485537)
- Category: Games, Entertainment, Role Playing
- Price: $4.99
- Rating: 4.20/5 from 18 App Store ratings · 11 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 1015 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2020-07-07
- Data updated: 2026-08-07
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/emergent-fates/id1015056835/reviews.md

## What is Emergent Fates?

No in app purchases or ads. Only a one time upfront payment. If you haven't had a chance to experience the game yet, this is the perfect time.

EXPERIENCE A MODERN MOBILE JRPG HOW THEY ARE MEANT TO BE PLAYED.

"a pleasant introduction to what can at times be a daunting genre"
- the pocket gamer

"the perfect visual impact"
- hackhome.com

Personable characters, rich world history, and a thought provoking storyline are combined with beautiful water-coloured 2d graphics for an artistic and narrative experience, while multi-class levelling, turn-based battles and player-chosen skill development allow for deep customization and immersion.

A young student, Rasch, graduates into the Knight's Academy and is suddenly thrust into political intrigue... An enigmatic woman, Ava, travels the world hunting powerful spectral beings for reasons known only to herself.... A scientist with few scruples, Glass, examines the coexistence of parallel dimensions and their lifeforms... Through the eyes of a few people, uncover the grander underlying stories of an entire world.

• Immerse yourself in a brand new narrative driven role playing game

• Watch a complex and engaging story unfold with unique, vibrant, and sometimes untrustworthy characters

• Hunt monsters and demons across multiple world regions

• Buy, Sell, and Forge new items in each town you visit

• Carefully strategize your actions via a classic turn based battle system

• Choose from among multiple unique classes per player to level up

• Pick and choose abilities across each class to bring into battle

## Key features

- Narrative-driven role playing game
- Engaging story with unique characters
- Monster and demon hunting
- Item trading and forging
- Classic turn-based battle system
- Multi-class leveling
- Player-chosen skill development

## Recent user reviews (10 of 11)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/emergent-fates/id1015056835/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Allow external audio

*2024-12-14*

RPGs are great to play with podcasts. Allowing external audio will make this perfect

**Developer response:** Hey thanks for sharing. I'm looking into this and will hopefully have something at some point.

### 5/5 — Are there still updates?

*2024-02-15*

Is this game still being worked on or is it "as is" at this point? Im poor. I cant afford another game thats been abandoned for another project by a studio.

**Developer response:** Hey, the game is finished and I'm working on rebuilding it for PC and Console. That said, I still continue to add quality of life improvements (eg. difficulty selection) and am always open to suggestions. Feel free to email me contact@emergentfates.com

### 4/5 — A hidden gem.

*2023-08-04*

It is absolutely criminal that a game of this quality has received this little attention. There are no guides for this game, only a handful of internet reviews, and not nearly enough media coverage. It’s by no means a perfect product, but the game design shows that the dev(s) know what goes into a good turn based RPG. 

Gameplay: 4/5
At first it seems like standard JRPG fare, but there’s a surprising amount of depth that can be gleaned from the mechanics. Battles are turn based with a turn order list present at the top of the screen. Striking combat units with their elemental weaknesses staggers them for an entire turn. Normal battles don’t push this mechanic too far, but there were some boss fights where victory hinges on effective exploitation of enemy weaknesses. Makes the battles feel more like puzzles. The only reason gameplay isn’t 5/5 is because certain basic attacks miss far too often for them to be reliable. 

Music: 4/5 
The music is odd. It’s not necessarily what I would have expected from an RPG, but it’s not bad. Some of it is really catchy, like the regular battle theme or that one boss theme that had a woman’s vocals echoing in the background in a hypnotic manner. The shop theme is absolutely terrible, however. That song was just eargrating. 

Devs, if you’re reading this, I’d love it if you released the OST on some music platform. I really want that boss theme. 

Story: 4/5 
The story is entertaining and engaging, although I found some parts moved a tad too quickly and were somewhat hard to follow. 

The part of the story where Glass and Tristessa suddenly joined you were a bit…fuzzy. Maybe I read the dialogue a little too quickly, but they did a rather quick 180 when they realized that the Spectr of Ice (I think?) starting turning on the people.  

Both Rasch and Ava’s backstory with the political corruption in Tyr had me hooked, however. I effectively despised the authority figures in Tyr, so the story there definitely did its job. Seeing Ava regain her sense of self was engrossing. Seeing Rasch put his foot down and realize the kingdom he admired was just a load of balogna was a very inspiring scene. 

The flashbacks to Karellen and the four Spectrs left me wondering if they were just heavily affiliated with the main squad or if the four MCs were actually reincarnations of them in some way.

I only have a few gripes with the game, all of them minor. 

1.) This game originally had one single microtransaction in order to unlock the full game. The current payment model is vastly superior, yet there are some lingering elements of the original payment philosophy. Sometimes the game will tell me it failed to connect online and that it needs me to connect to an appropriate source of internet. The most prominent example being the two NPCs in the beginning of the game. 

They stopped me to ask for 100 Gold, and I obliged. I realized rather quickly that they were originally meant to ask the player for real life currency. 

If the original payment model was removed, then I think the game randomly telling you to connect to the internet should also be fixed in some way. I was very confused when I found an option in the menus to ‘Restore Purchase’ when this game doesn’t have that payment model anymore. 

2.) I think this game could benefit from a map. It’s very linear and it’s…probably my fault in the first place, but I was lost for a good half hour when the game told me to go to the Altar of Fire. It was a facepalm worthy moment when I eventually realized it was in the Weeping Woods. Regardless, I think a map would still benefit the game. 

3.) I think a fast travel point should be added to the Altar of Fire and the Altar of Ice. The Altar of Earth has a fast travel point, so I don’t see why the other two didn’t. It would help the pacing tremendously. 

4.) Cutscenes should be skippable. All the cutscenes are relatively short, yet with the occasional difficulty spikes, some bosses may take another try or two. Being able to skip cutscenes would alleviate some minor tedium. 

All in all, I enjoyed the game quite a bit. 

I’d rate it 4.5/5

**Developer response:** Hey huge thanks for writing this up and providing all feedback! I also feel that it's "absolutely criminal that a game of this quality has received this little attention." Please spread the word. And apologies for taking so long to respond, the past few months have been a bit chaotic.

Overall it looks like you understood and appreciated where I was coming from. This is my first proper game so I was learning along the way.

I'm not sure why you were seeing those "failed to connect" errors. If you want to send a screenshot to contact@emergentfates.com I can try to look into it.

I'll see what I can do about the posting the soundtrack somewhere. Some of the songs are licensed but I can easily post all the ones I wrote.

I agree with your other feedback about maps, fast travel, and skipping cutscenes/dialog but it's a bit hard to justify sinking more time into this right now since not many people are playing it. Instead I'm in the process of remaking it for PC so I can eventually release it on steam and consoles.

Seriously appreciate you playing the game though!

### 5/5 — Nice game

*2022-05-29*

I’m infatuated with the game but the wolf things in the first part are just a really big pain in the butt

**Developer response:** Thank you so much. I'm glad you're enjoying it!

### 5/5 — Best rpg

*2020-12-16*

I have been playing for a while now and I am attached to this game. I love the character design and the battling. I’m so glad it’s free. May only have 2 rates at the moment but we both think it’s great. Thank you for making it and I hope you are making more games like this. It would be nice to have a second one. Thank you for think gift on the App Store.

**Developer response:** Thank you so much. This means a lot. I'm really glad you're enjoying the game!

EDIT: Thanks again for your support theredpanda269! Globally the game has been rated well so I'm happy about that. And while I don't have immediate plans to make another game like this, I am working on new projects. I encourage you to subscribe to the mailing list on https://megaphemeral.com if you want to keep updated. Take care.

### 3/5 — Feels simple but fun

*2020-07-30*

The game has a classic RPG feel to it and I do like the character animation but the trial period is short. Around 5-10 mins into the game, you have to pay $9.99 if you want to continue playing. For people who do not want to pay, you can’t experience the full potential of the game thus giving a low rating.

**Developer response:** Thanks for checking out the game. The idea behind the demo is to drop the player into the world and get a sense of what the gameplay feels like, instead of having to buy the game blind. I would appreciate if you can message me through the website with more details about what you feel is missing and would like to see in the demo. Also if I can send you a video or provide more info about the game I would be happy to.

### 5/5 — Probably the most interesting iOS RPG I’ve encountered in a while.

*2020-07-28*

I think the title says it all. I’ve only played the first chapter, but if that’s of any indication, the game looks fun and well worth the modest in-app fee to unlock the rest of the game.

I think the best feature of this game is the art: it’s beautiful.

**Developer response:** Thank you very much, I'm glad you're enjoying the game, and especially its artwork, so far! I appreciate you leaving a review.

### 2/5 — Boring

*2020-07-25*

I gave this 2 stars (and I know it is the free version)cause of the drawn graphics are nice. But if they are going to give you a taste of a game to buy it they would show you more to entice you to buy. This game as they have shown does not have much to it. Not worth the download or the purchase.

**Developer response:** Thanks for trying the game and I'm glad you like the artwork, however I'm sorry to hear you did not enjoy the demo. I would appreciate if you could provide more info about what you'd like to see that isn't present in the demo. Personally I think if you didn't like the demo though, it's unlikely you'll like the rest of the game, and I want to save you the money. Feel free to reach out through the website if you'd like to discuss this.

### 5/5 — Fun iOS original RPG

*2020-07-18*

This is a good one. Awesome art (IMO) good writing, typical JRPG style battle system (which is exactly what I’d expect from a homage to JRPGs), and a great UI. 

Also, the dev is very quick to fix bugs, so the support is there too.

**Developer response:** Thank you very much for the kind words. I'm glad you're enjoying it!

### 5/5 — Information for the players.

*2020-07-10*

At the time of writing this review the developer has included no info on the in app purchases, so here’s my experience.

The first forest level (a tutorial really) gets you acquainted with the game and it’s mechanics, allows roughly three level ups and 10-15 minutes of linear gameplay. After completing this mission you are greeted by two non player characters blocking the road, who in turn demand that you hand over five ninety nine USD real life money if you want to pass. It does not inform you if it is to unlock the full game or not. And it goes as far as to taunt the player if they decline the purchase. There is no indication if there will be more of these ‘pay walls’ later on or if this is a one time purchase for the full game. 

There is no auto save feature, if you die, all progress will be set to your previous Manuel save. Not necessarily bad on its own, however, there are enemies in this game that can ‘ambush’ you and defeat you within a single round of combat. This is a bit unbalanced for the players, and not necessarily what some might consider ‘fair play’.

The final criticism here is the lack of balance regarding economy. If you reload an area (takes less than 3 seconds) all things in it re-spawn, including the free money sitting on the ground right at the beginning of some areas, that you do not need to fight to gather, grinding up 6000 in under 5 minutes...

**Developer response:** Hello, sorry to hear you had a less than stellar experience.

Regarding the in app purchase, it's specified in the App Store that there is only one, and that it unlocks the entire game. Additionally when you are prompted to pay, it should display as "Unlock full game for $5.99". I'm sorry you found that confusing.

The rest of the game is working as intended. Sometimes you can get unlucky. I think it's best to make peace with that. And regarding the economy, ultimately it's up to you if you feel excessive gathering is the best use of your time. You can't buy much with gold alone though since augments also require essences acquired from defeated enemies, and items (of which there are only 3 kinds) are capped at 5 each.

Thank you for trying out the game.

## Frequently asked questions about Emergent Fates

### What is Emergent Fates?

Emergent Fates is a narrative-driven mobile JRPG featuring beautiful 2D watercolor graphics, a thought-provoking storyline, and deep character customization through multi-class leveling and skill development. It offers a classic turn-based battle system for strategic gameplay.

### What kind of gameplay can I expect in Emergent Fates?

Gameplay in Emergent Fates focuses on a rich narrative, monster hunting across multiple world regions, and strategic turn-based battles. Players can also buy, sell, and forge new items in towns, and develop their characters through multi-class leveling and choosing abilities across different classes.

### Does Emergent Fates have ads?

No, Emergent Fates does not contain any advertisements. The game is designed to be a complete experience without interruptions from ads.

### How much does Emergent Fates cost?

Emergent Fates is a premium game with a one-time upfront payment of $4.99. There are no in-app purchases or subscriptions required to play the full game.

### What devices is Emergent Fates available on?

Emergent Fates is supported on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices. It is designed for iOS platforms.

### What is the age rating for Emergent Fates?

Emergent Fates has an age rating of 9+, making it suitable for a younger audience while still offering a mature and engaging storyline.

### How often is Emergent Fates updated?

The latest version of Emergent Fates is 1.0.53, and it was last updated on July 7, 2025. This indicates a recent update, suggesting ongoing support and potential for future content.

### What do players think of Emergent Fates?

Emergent Fates has a rating of 4.2 stars from 18 ratings. This suggests generally positive user sentiment, with players appreciating its artistic style and narrative depth.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.53 — 2025-07-07

Added achievements. Tell your friends!

### 1.0.52 — 2025-03-17

Fixed a bug when playing Simplified Difficulty.

### 1.0.51 — 2025-02-04

Updated the Tyr Kingdom music.
Removed all references to old in app purchase.

### 1.0.50 — 2023-07-12

New "Simplified" play style for those who prefer "Final Fantasy" over "Shin Megami Tensei". Allows for a more forgiving reactive (as opposed to proactive) approach to the game. Expect more play styles to come in the future!

### 1.0.49 — 2022-10-25

Added an auto-save feature in case you forget to.

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