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Amaranth Source Online
Qaranzo Games · Published by Qaranzo Games
5 user reviews — 40% positive (5 reviews)
Last updated 2 Oct 2026
Begin the journey of a nameless soul in a seamless world with a single life. Realistic combat, full city destructibility, large-scale battles, and a live economy with a complete absence of microtransactions await you.
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Adventure, Indie, RPG, Massively Multiplayer · 2026 · More £15 - £30 games
Embark on a nameless journey filled with realistic combat and destructible cities. As you navigate this vast, living world in 2026, your actions impact an economy free of microtransactions.
About this game
IMPORTANT PING NOTE: If you are playing from remote regions (Oceania, US West Coast, South America, Asia, etc.), keep in mind that you can expect delays, as the server is located in Germany.
You begin your path as a simple nameless soul. You will have to find a physical body for yourself, learn a craft or magic, decide on a class, and even earn your own name. After obtaining a body, at first you differ little from the common residents of the Empire ruled by the eternal Emperor, you are only a grain of sand in this system. Will you be able to change at least something? Your character has only one life, and death here is final. So starting a family and leaving offspring will be a good decision.
Movement and positioning are tied to tiles, like in turn-based strategies, but the entire gameplay and combat encounters happen in real time. Characters are physical and cannot pass through one another without special abilities, which allows you to hold a tight formation or form tactical combat formations. Mounts are also full-fledged physical objects, and they can be used in battle, for example by pushing aside and dealing damage to other characters.
The game is focused on slow character progression, interaction with factions, and characters in the world.
Other features of the game:
One shared seamless world with an area of about 2000 square kilometers of land. There are no layers or channels at all. All players and characters exist in a single space.
Every class has access to any type of equipment, with enormous potential for buildcrafting and a deliberate move away from meta builds. Pick rare pets, mounts, and familiars for yourself. Prepare for battle the way you think is necessary. But remember physics: an archer in heavy plate gauntlets will not be able to shoot effectively, and combat magic in most cases does not distinguish allies from enemies.
Join any faction or serve faithfully for the good of the empire, capture locations or even entire cities, just do not think it will be easy, especially alone. There are more than a hundred cities and villages in the world, and many locations. When important objectives are captured, the game turns more into a strategy. Living trade is sustained by caravans, ships, and airships, all items and resources are gathered or created, nothing simply disappears.
Players have access to 68 races and 340 subraces, many classes, types of magic, and equipment. The attribute system includes more than 2000 values, and there are additional racial and professional talents. Take care of your equipment and your character, watch their cleanliness, satiety, fatigue, thirst, and other indicators.
A realistic combat system takes into account the height, weight, and exact position of the character's body, tracks damage to specific limbs, bones, and vital organs. A strike to the head checks the durability of the worn helmet, armor on the boots will not help the injured hand. A sword will almost never be able to pierce plate with a simple cutting motion, and pikes and spears are useless in point-blank melee. To protect yourself from injuries, it is necessary to use layered equipment and layers of clothing: wear a gambeson, chainmail, and even just a cloak to protect yourself from the cold.
Any tree or bush in the world can be chopped down. Full destructibility is implemented, characters can completely destroy, besiege, and ravage any settlements or locations. For serious warfare, siege equipment, warships, catapults, mortars, cannons, or even a steam tank are available. Be prepared for the high cost of upkeep, shells, arrows, or simply feed for mounts, all of this is part of the economy.
A deep crafting system, including the ability to model items directly in the game.
Items are fitted to the race, sex, and body build of characters. Choose metals, leather, wood, and fabric while taking their properties into account. Improve your equipment. Weapons require tuning and balancing. Engraving, runes, gemstone inlay, weaving magical threads into fabric, and much more are available.There is no in-game cash shop at all. There are no lootboxes, paid skins, bought gold, items, or mounts here. No paid DLC of any kind. All content is available immediately and forever. The only form of support is a subscription, which gives access to creating guilds and some specific things that do not affect combat balance in any way.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i3-8100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4GB) / AMD Radeon RX 560 (4GB)
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 30 GB available space
- Additional Notes: OpenGL 4.5
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-10400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (6GB) / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (6GB)
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 30 GB available space
- Additional Notes: OpenGL 4.6
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Update 1.30
Version 1.30Added:Linux & SteamOS: Amaranth now runs natively on Linux.Faction Posts: Every city's roster grew from a handful of officials to a full court masters of the crafts, guild elders, treasury, customs, garrison, faith, court and chancery. 691 offices in all, grouped under headings.Interface and global map redesign.Fixed & Improved:The Posts tab could only show sixteen names per settlement. The rest of the roster never reached you.A drained body stood at zero forever it could not be finished, struck or looted. It now dies.A garrison gun whose crew was killed stayed locked to the dead and could never be taken back.Taking a capital left the conquered region still working for its old owner.Invasions could run back to back once the world had been busy, and seated land creatures in open water.Refusing a quest still wrote it into your journal.Guild and garrison faults that could only be cleared by a restart.Smoother frames in a crowd: no more freeze when the cursor crosses a large building.Read full article on Community Announcements (Legiox)Patch NotesOfficial
Update 1.28
Hello! Added:Snow And Blizzards: Rain falls as snow and storms become blizzards over cold ground. Blizzards still throw lightning.Atmosphere: Every land and every sky now tints the world. Colour, fog and the sky shift as you travel or as a front rolls in. Trees bend harder in bad weather.World Window: New "World" button. The three camps' might, six traits of the world, and all 50 lands with their Might, Stability and Influence.Troops: New Troops tab. Every Imperial city has its own recruit tree, each soldier showing his weapon, armour and mount.Faction Posts: New Posts tab. Who holds each office of a settlement.Ashen Reaper: A new world boss.Equipment: Flask and Waterskin slots added to the paperdoll.Fixed & Improved:Invasions spawned at level 1 everywhere, even on land raised to 400. An incursion is now as strong as the ground it lands on.Quest cards promised level 1 and level-1 rewards for the first minutes of a session, then the desk refused the work. The world's levels now arrive the moment you enter.The place readout said "Beast levels: 1 to 1" above "Level here: 220". Both rows now tell the truth.Patrols take the level of the region they ride through, not of the village they left.Mounts now heal on their own.Read full article on Community Announcements (Legiox)Patch NotesOfficial
Update 1.24
Hello! Added:Roads Are Populated: Patrols, villagers and settlers travel the roads again. Hit one and the band turns into real bodies that fight back, then returns to its route.Caravans: Caravans are back and can be attacked. Patrols will defend them.Free Ships: The ghost fleet, viking drakkars and fishing boats sail again, all visible on the map. Restored the Ships, Airships, Routes and Caravans map layers.Personal Errands: Residents now offer you jobs on their own: carry something to another resident, or gather a species nearby and bring it back. Quest marks over heads work again, gold when ready, grey when waiting, and diamonds mark the plants that count. New Errand tab on the resident card. Both residents involved gain reputation.Quest Markers: Quest targets are back on the map and minimap. "Show on map" now points at the turn-in desk instead of the last place you cleared, and the address in the journal is a link. World map zooms to 32x, minimap down to 2 km.Creature Hides: All 356 creature types now wear their own hide with real resistance. Before this no beast had any, which made mobs softer than an unarmoured player.Armour Layers & Weight: Trousers now cover thigh, knee and shin, hauberks cover torso and belt, hoods cover head and neck. Armour also costs you something now: plate strikes at 0.80, shoots at 0.45, casts at 0.66 and evades at 0.69, so plate is no longer strictly better than leather.Hit Locations: Blows land by weapon and height instead of always going to the head. Bows and staves aim at the torso, halberds at head and shoulder, axes at legs, short blades at wrist and neck, flails can hit the back.Magic Materials: Magic materials are a real trade now, x0.5 against physical and x4 against magic. Shield magic values raised. Nothing needs recrafting.Spell Shapes: All 68 elements now have their own damage split. Before this every spell in the game landed identically.Friend Or Foe: Players now show three colours instead of two. Spouse, friends, squad, ...Read full article on Community Announcements (Legiox)Patch NotesOfficial
Update
Important Empire NewsScouts report strange monsters who are gaining physical bodies. They were committing evil deeds right near the capital in the sacred grove: chopping down trees, killing horses, and blocking roads, sowing chaos among the common folk. Some even attacked settlements, but were successfully repelled. A few of them even transformed into humans.Seeing the panic, the Empire's search parties located the clearing where these creatures were appearing. Traitors were also found there, profiting off the monsters and trading with them. The traitors have been arrested and executed, and through the power of our druids, the clearing has been fully restored. Archmages are investigating the cause of their appearance. A portal to another dimension was discovered, but it is currently closed.New UpdateEveryone who has already purchased gear, earned coins, and gained levels will keep their progress. However, it will now be much harder for new souls to enter this world. The undisguised presence was detected, and the loophole was shut down. What is there to do now? Has the world of the Empire closed its gates forever?The Emperor has introduced patrols and wandering adventurer groups. Beware of them while in your soul form, as they will attack without warning. A bounty has been placed on every soul, so there are plenty of hunters looking to profit.Fortunately, a certain Elder and his helper Gizmo have come to the souls' aid. For some reason, they sent these souls into our world, and there is hope that things can still be fixed. The Empire faces severe trials. The Elder asks you to unravel the mystery of the Amaranth Tower, find the source, and prevent the inevitable.Pray to spawn in a good location. Spawn points are now random, which is the most the Elder could manage.How to Play?Gain a body and a name.Dynamic World: Locations, villages, and towns develop gradually. Their level directly affects resource gathering and the level of surrounding monsters. The more developed a...Read full article on Community Announcements (Legiox)Community & EventsOfficial
Event: Free Game Keys
Hello! While the new patch is being prepared, I am announcing an event. There is a chance to get a free game key to send it to a friend or a sub-account.Option 1. Get 12 Legendary Souls, leave a comment here with the name of your body or your soul, and I will contact you directly in game to hand over the key. Option 2. Gain x30 of Crimson Cream (not Desert) dropped by Ice Spirit (white bunny). Leave a comment here with the name of your body or your soul, and I will contact you directly in game to hand over the key.Option 3. Craft any full gear set for your race, with fitting. Making the recipes alone is enough. Icons are not necessary. The set must cover the top layer of these slots:HeadNeckShouldersChestHandsWristsBeltAny LegsThigh, Knee, or ShinFeet10 items in total. Paired pieces such as vambraces, gauntlets and boots count as one item each, not two.Option 4. Craft any 8 weapons or Shields/Quivers/Bags/Cloaks/Covers for your race. May be same type but must have different look. Making the recipes alone is enough. Icons are not necessary.Name your set, weapons and their material, and leave a comment as well.Good luck! ːarmheadː Keys are limited: up to 100 keys in total. Event is active until September 15Read full article on Community Announcements (Legiox)
