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Silverland Games · Published by Silverland Games
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Lead a caravan of survivors fleeing from the Black Breath. Manage your resources, explore, and choose your path carefully, as the journey will be unforgiving. When hardships arise, you will rely on a diverse group of heroes willing to give their lives to defend the caravan.
Indie, RPG, Strategy · 2026 · More free games
Manage a caravan of heroes fleeing from the Black Breath's grasp, making tough decisions as you explore and face unforgiving hardships in this strategic RPG.
About this game
A CARAVAN ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE
The Black Breath is a tactical survival RPG in which you manage a caravan of survivors that must cross several dangerous regions, each with its own identity, to reach the Port City of Serria and escape the spreading pestilence known as the Black Breath.
Features:
Manage the caravan’s scarce resources to ensure the civilians survive the journey.
Choose where to travel among several Regions, each with its own enemies, climates, and mechanics.
Explore maps made up of procedurally connected nodes, and decide which path to follow using the information you have gathered.
Encounter different Retinues along the way that may join the caravan and contribute in their own way.
Rely on the protection of characters from different classes, each with distinct traits, abilities, and development possibilities.
Defend the caravan in turn-based tactical battles fought across opposing grids, where positioning, resources, and party composition are essential.
Every successful caravan will leave behind civilians and resources that will help improve the Port City, unlocking support for future caravans.
TURN-BASED TACTICAL BATTLES
The Black Breath features a turn-based tactical combat system in which positioning can decide every encounter. Battles take place across opposing grids that force your characters into direct confrontation with unique enemies.
The caravan will face dozens of different enemies, each with its own behaviors, weaknesses, and unique mechanics depending on the current region and the level of the Black Breath.
The caravan’s characters are generated from six main classes, each offering a wide variety of abilities and traits to ensure that every Character is unique.
During the journey, each character may perform a campaign activity to help the caravan in different ways. They may also become sick, suffer from fatigue, or even die permanently.
ROGUELITE REPLAYABILITY
Each game begins with a new caravan, but the world does not reset. Global Corruption permanently advances every time you begin a journey, whether that caravan succeeds or fails.
Once Corruption reaches a certain level, no more caravans can be started. All that remains is to face the Final Mission at the Port of Serria, where characters from the different caravans that managed to reach the city must defend the civilians as they board the ships and prepare to escape.
Between caravans, rescued civilians take refuge in the city and contribute to upgrades, the construction of new structures, and bonuses that will aid future caravans.
A DEATH RATTLE
After his destruction at the hands of humanity’s united forces, the Lich Kadryn released, with his final breath, a pestilence of death and decay that condemned every living creature on the Great Blue Peninsula.
Several caravans of desperate survivors began forming throughout the region, all hoping to flee toward the Port of Serria, where dozens of ships are being prepared to carry them safely across the ocean and away from the Black Breath.
To see how far the caravan can make it… add The Black Breath to your wishlist.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 o equivalente
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics with 2 GB VRAM and DirectX 11 support
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 8 GB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
The Black Breath Demo Is Available Now!
The The Black Breath demo is now available on Steam.In this first playable version, you’ll guide the Caravan through The Burning Forest, making decisions along the way, managing resources, and facing challenging turn-based battles.The demo includes:The complete first region of the game.Tactical combat with different characters and classes.Caravan and resource management.Route exploration and decision-making.Enemies, special encounters, and a final battle.The Black Breath is still in development, so any feedback, suggestions, or bug reports will be incredibly helpful as I continue improving the game.Thank you to everyone who has been following the project.See you in The Burning Forest.Anelorfin.-Read full article on Community Announcements (Anelorfin)AnnouncementsOfficial
The Black Breath arrives to Indie Dev Argentina!
The Black Breath at INDIE DEV ARGENTINA 2026The game is taking part in Indie Dev Argentina 2026, Steam’s event dedicated to video games developed in Argentina.IDA on X: HereEvent page: HereTo celebrate the occasion, we have decided to reopen the Playtest for the entire duration of the event.The open Playtest will be available from August 1 to August 8.During this week, you will be able to play version v0.75 of the game, featuring several changes and improvements ahead of the upcoming Demo release.In this version, you will be able to play—and replay—the Burning Forest region, as well as the game’s tutorial, of course.Each new caravan features a different combination of heroes, paths, enemies, and events. Even within this first region, no two expeditions will be exactly alike.Version v0.75 Patch Notes:SIGNIFICANT performance improvements across all devices.Improved particles and combat effects in general.Added a new pre-game screen, where several settings can be selected before starting a New Game.Added the Caravan Protector mechanic: before starting a new game, you will be able to select a class. During that run, one character from the selected class will begin at Level 2 and receive the “Caravan Protector” trait.Added Omens: before beginning a new expedition, you will be shown the Omens currently active in that region. Omens are random modifiers that affect the region during that particular run. Some are positive, while others... not so much.Added Character Banter: both during battles and throughout the campaign, your heroes will now comment on the situations unfolding around them. This adds a new layer of immersion to each run while giving the characters more personality.Numerous bugs have been fixed.Thank you for playing the game!Remember that your feedback will help me continue improving it.You can share it through the usual channels listed within the game.If you would like to stop by and chat, join the Discord: HereYou can also follow us on X: HereBest regards, ...Read full article on Community Announcements (Anelorfin)AnnouncementsOfficial
Playtest of The Black Breath concluded!
Hello everyone!We’ve reached the end of The Black Breath’s Open Playtest on Steam.Over the past few weeks, 181 people joined and played the game, leaving comments and reports that were incredibly valuable at this stage of development. So, first and foremost: thank you!Thanks to the feedback received, several hotfixes were released during the Playtest, including:Support for 16:10 aspect ratio displays.Improved graphical compatibility and performance on lower-end systems.Fixes for tutorial softlocks that prevented some players from completing it.Difficulty and balance adjustments, as certain situations could become overly demanding.Other minor fixes and improvements.Now that the Playtest has ended, the official Steam demo is beginning to appear on the horizon.I’m currently working on several general aspects of the game to make sure it launches with the level of quality players deserve.I’ve also been developing the new menu that appears before the start of each run, which will include different options and information related to metaprogression. I’ll be sharing more details about this system soon.Exciting months lie ahead for the development of The Black Breath, including its confirmed participation in two festivals that will be announced soon, and possibly a third one as well.Thanks again to everyone who took the time to play the game, submit reports, or share their impressions.The journey continues.AnelorfinRead full article on Community Announcements (Anelorfin)AnnouncementsOfficial
The Black Breath Open Playtest is Live!
The Open Playtest is now Live!Hello everyone!The open playtest of The Black Breath is now live on Steam and you can request access from the steam page of the game.HereThis version (v0.75.2) includes:The Tutorial.The playable region The Burning Forest, procedurally generated each run.Six playable classes, with up to 72 skills and 60 unique character traits.26 different enemies.The main goal of this playtest is to gather as much feedback as possible before releasing the public demo soon.Join the playtest, and feel free to join the Discord community here:(Here)I’d love to hear your thoughts about the general experience of the game, balance, visuals and everything that can be improved.Thank you for playing and helping shape the game!Anelorfin.-Read full article on Community Announcements (Anelorfin)AnnouncementsOfficial
New Trailer and Open Playtest on June 18
I've been working on a visual upgrade and UI rework following the valuable feedback of the Discord community.If you want to participate join our Discord at: https://discord.gg/sds5NJCWShSo, with all this new changes, a new Trailer was needed:I’m also happy to announce that an open playtest will begin on June 18.During the playtest, you’ll be able to try the first part of the campaign, including the tutorial, tactical combat, exploration through the caravan map, events, resting, resources, and the pressure of the Black Breath advancing behind you.The goal of this playtest is to gather feedback before the public demo, especially regarding balance, clarity, pacing, bugs, and how the first campaign zone feels as a full experience.Thank you to everyone who has followed the project so far. The game has changed a lot, and this playtest will be an important step. So stay tuned!Anelorfin.-Read full article on Community Announcements (Anelorfin)
