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Ardent: Rise playtest
by Potential Entertainment
Ardent: Rise is a fantasy real-time action RPG with strong tank / damage / healing roles, and multiplayer CO-OP PVE focus.
Anyone with a Steam account can join, and it's free.
- Access
- Instant
- On playtest since
- Sep 11, 2025
- Planned release
- To be announced
- Developer
- Potential Entertainment
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Co-op, Multiplayer, Online co-op
- Languages
- English
How to join the Ardent: Rise playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Join playtest button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Use the Ardent: Rise playtest signup there. You're in straight away, with nothing to pay.
- The playtest shows up in your Steam library, ready to install and play.
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About Ardent: Rise
Summary
Ardent: Rise is a fantasy real-time action RPG with primarily tab-target, ability-driven combat, strong tank / damage / healing roles, and a multiplayer CO-OP PVE focus.
What are the core tenets of the game?
- Implement the "holy trinity" (Tank, Heals, Damage) archetypes in a narrative rich environment,
- Create fun, thematic, and customizable RPG classes,
- Focus on an exciting PVE CO-OP experience
Game Play
- 3D semi-open world with real-time combat
- Combat is primarily tab-target with growing hybrid action elements (directional attacks, dodges, and positional play) in tougher encounters.
- PVE CO-OP - 5 Players
- There are Towns and Dungeons with NPCs and enemies/bosses
- Dungeons will provide varied enemy encounters that can be increased in difficulty for more challenging play
- Characters can be leveled by gaining experience through exploration, quests, and interactions such as combat
- There are loot items that you can equip, which can be gained as rewards from quests and combat, or through crafting
- Abilities, Skills, Talents, and Professions can all be applied to customize your character capabilities
- Mild narrative choices during story progression and world exploration
The game is currently a limited-slice prototype and is entirely self-funded. Many of the details above are already implemented in the prototype but the full game vision as described above will depend on additional funding.
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