Open now · By request
Broken Oath playtest
by Crater Studios
Broken Oath is a fast, loot-driven ARPG. Choose one of six classes, tear through ever-changing Ruptures, and shape your build with linked skill gems, a sprawling passive tree, Blessings and Curses. Slay Guardians, chase red uniques, and hunt the Primal few.
It's free to ask. The developer chooses who gets in.
- Access
- By request
- On playtest since
- Oct 30, 2026
- Planned release
- Coming soon
- Developer
- Crater Studios
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian and 8 more
How to join the Broken Oath playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Request access button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Request access to the Broken Oath playtest there. It's free and doesn't commit you to anything.
- The developer lets players in, often in batches, so it can take a while. Steam emails you when you're in, and the playtest appears in your library.
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How AI is used
Broken Oath was developed with the help of AI tools for programming, tooling and writing, and some marketing artwork was created with AI assistance (yes, I suck at coding). In-game art, models, animations, effects, music and sound come from our artists or from human-made, licensed asset packs. The game does not generate any content with AI while you play. All design decisions, direction and feel are made by CraterMan.
The developer's own words, from Steam.
About Broken Oath
An oath was broken.
Ruptures have split the lands of the Dwarven Realms universe: frozen peaks, burning deserts, drowned fens and buried crypts, each one reshaped every time you enter. Step through, cut down everything that stands in your way, and come back stronger.
Broken Oath is a classic action RPG built around two things: the feel of the fight and the depth of the build. Zoom through packs with a movement skill, watch them fall, pick up the loot, and keep going.
Six classes, endless builds
- Warrior, Mage, Ranger, Samurai, Paladin and Necromancer, each with its own skills, weapons and playstyle.
- Skill gems and supports: link supports to your skills to change how they work. Spin a Cyclone that fires Ember Bolts while you channel, raise a burning legion, or rain arrows in your chosen element.
- A sprawling passive tree with notables and keystones that turn a good build into your build.
- Blessings and Curses: swear Vows for power, lay Woe on a pack, and mark the strong for death.
Ruptures that never repeat
- Randomized maps across forests, deserts, snow peaks, swamps and the Underrealm, with weather and time of day that change how each run looks and sounds.
- Eight danger bands on the Rupture Map, from your first steps to the deep end-game.
- Guardians that grow deadlier as you climb, gaining new attacks and phases.
Loot worth chasing
- Magic, rare and red unique items with build-defining effects.
- Primal items: a chase tier so rare that most players will never see one.
- The Forge: find rune stones in each land, learn their recipes, and craft your gear with Edda Ironhand.
Made for the long grind
Broken Oath is built to reward you from your first fifteen minutes to your two hundredth hour: new power, new unlocks and harder Guardians all the way up.
Created by CraterMan, part of the Dwarven Realms universe.
From the game's Steam page.
