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ELDERBORN

ELDERBORN is a Metal Action Fantasy Slasher with brütal FPP melee combat and souls-like/RPG character progression. In the times of legend, the barbarian tribes need a new dark messiah. The player becomes a merciless slayer who will uncover ancient secrets in the city of doom, and forge their own destiny. This ambitious indie game, five years in the making, combines old-school single-player feel, a classic heroic story, and modern level of skill-based challenge. All this and more creates an action-packed, engaging adventure that will last 8-10 hours in a single play-through. Prepare for: Skill-

Release date
January 30, 2020
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Hyperstrange
Publisher
Hyperstrange
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ELDERBORN is a Metal Action Fantasy Slasher with brütal FPP melee combat and souls-like/RPG character progression. In the times of legend, the barbarian tribes need a new dark messiah. The player becomes a merciless slayer who will uncover ancient secrets in the city of doom, and forge their own destiny. This ambitious indie game, five years in the making, combines old-school single-player feel, a classic heroic story, and modern level of skill-based challenge.

All this and more creates an action-packed, engaging adventure that will last 8-10 hours in a single play-through. Prepare for: Skill-based, souls-like melee combat in first person perspective, complete with 11 varied weapons to master Character progression and skill system that allows you to play the game in your very own way A hand-crafted, mysterious, and dangerous world to explore - catacombs, ancient, monolithic city, and more A large selection of enemies, each with their own fighting style, tricks, strengths, and weaknesses An epic and somewhat exotic original heavy metal soundtrack with an occasional electronic beat An unapologetic tribute to Robert E.

Howard-esque heroic fantasy and the awesome pop-culture of the 80's and 90's Get barbaric!

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★ 8.0/10GOG · 167 ratings
GOGLast checked November 3, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 4 / 5
Elderborn rocks, with its pulpy fantasy aesthetic, kick-ass soundtrack, varied weapon selection and design that pushes you forward. My biggest complaint is that it takes…
★ 5 / 5
Yes, the game is hard. So if you buy it, you should know, what you get. Also, this is an indie game, so comparing it…
★ 5 / 5
I got a hold of this from the developers to try out. At first I was scared It would have performance issues, but after playing…
★ 4 / 5
Just finished my playthrough on the default difficulty (3 out of 4) and it took me just over 5 hours. A little on the short…
★ 5 / 5
Discalimer: though there are multiple difficulties, they essentially range from "hard" to "really hard." I expected one thing from this game going in and I…
★ 4 / 5
A good, quick indie game. I completed it on Easy in about 5 hours, so if you want to just experience the game, it won't…
★ 5 / 5
TL;DR It sure is a one trick pony, but it's a metal AF* pony kicking butt and chewing all the bubblegum it can lay it…
★ 3 / 5
The combat is fluid, weapons are unique and the level design reminds me of old doom games which great (clear enemies, find key, proceed to…

Most recent8

★ 3 / 5
AMAZING SOUNDTRACK!! The gameplay is great and enemies difficult, best of all worlds.
★ 4 / 5
Its a fun game, but as you venture through you find that the end game appears rushed. Still a metal as hell game.
★ 2 / 5
just ok, the combat its pretty decent but just boring at the start
★ 5 / 5
It's a perfect "I don't want to think or feel, just to kill with awesome melee weapons" type of game. no cutscenes, no story, just…
★ 5 / 5
Simple and fairly easy hack and slash, not ground breaking by any means but its a fun game, it does have pretty low enemy variety…
★ 4 / 5
It's a cool game, love the combat soo far. It's similar to Dark and Messiah, Vermintide. Therefore I like this one too.

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