Darkest Exiles vs Deepbound

You are not the hero. You are the Guild Master. Scout, train, and sacrifice heroes in a brutal dark fantasy world where no one lives forever. Deploy your party on a tactical grid. Watch the combat unfold. Adapt or fall. BUILD YOUR ACADEMY Scout unproven youth from the Slums, Iron Peaks, or High Gardens. Assign mentors, manage training, and watch your adepts grow into legendary warriors--or break under the pressure. COMMAND THE BATTLEFIELD Deploy your 5-hero party on a tactical 2x4 grid. Position tanks on the frontline, protect your healers in the back, and watch the tick-based combat unfold. Every formation choice matters. MASTER 8 UNIQUE CLASSES Each class brings distinct abilities and aging curves. Physical heroes peak early but decline; mages remain powerful into their twilight years. CRAFT YOUR ARSENAL Discover equipment with powerful effect affixes--Lifesteal, Phoenix Grace, Formation Master. Use Runes of Flux, Power, and Polish to forge the perfect loadout. But beware: all gear degrades, and fallen heroes take their equipment to the grave. NAVIGATE THE FACTIONS Curry favor with The Iron Decree for military might, The Sanguine Conclave for forbidden magic, or The Night-Silver Pact for gold and secrets. Each alliance unlocks unique benefits--and burns bridges with others. SURVIVE THE CYCLE Edicts reshape the rules of combat. Adapt your strategy or watch your guild crumble. Defeat the Final Boss to Ascend, unlock higher World Tiers, and prove your guild's dominance. FEATURES - Deep hero lifecycle: recruitment, training, prime years, decline, retirement - Emergent narratives through traits, trauma, and mentorship - Deterministic combat you can analyze and optimize - Dark fantasy aesthetic inspired by classic dungeon crawlers The Cycle awaits. Will your guild endure?

Build a crew of mining heroes and dig deeper in Deepbound, an idle mining game about upgrades, automation and lasting progress. Break stone, earn gold from every block and decide how to strengthen your crew. Clear the current row to reach the next layer, then push toward a new depth record. BUILD YOUR MINING CREW Collect heroes with different strengths and choose who joins your active team. Combine their abilities, improve their mining power and try a different lineup when your progress slows. MAKE EVERY BLOCK COUNT Gold arrives as each block breaks. Spend it on hero levels, equipment and upgrades for your current run. Balance immediate damage with the improvements that help your crew reach tougher layers. PUT YOUR CREW TO WORK Your miners handle the digging while you choose what to improve. Unlock automation and shape your crew around the way you want to progress. PRESTIGE FOR LASTING PROGRESS Start a new run to earn fossils for permanent research. Keep your unlocked heroes and permanent progression while rebuilding your gold-funded levels and equipment. Use what you gained to push beyond your previous best. CHOOSE YOUR NEXT UPGRADE A stronger miner, a different team or another research upgrade can change your next run. Explore the balance between current-run power and long-term growth as you work toward deeper layers. For players who enjoy incremental games, hero collecting and building a stronger crew one upgrade at a time. Your next depth record starts with the next block.