I hadn’t come across Empyreal before, but I already have Opinions, mostly positive.

There’s barely any meat on them.

It makes me feel like I’m beating up a checkout machine, not thwacking golems.

A woman with a double-bladed sword confronting a robot with two flaming knives in Empyreal

The biomes are housed inside a huge alien Monolith.

I probably don’t need to tell you that it also harbours a lot of loot.

I think it looks fun, though I find certain animations a bit jerky.

Cover image for YouTube video

The spread of realms, meanwhile, makes me think of Gunfire’sRemnant 2.

Unlike the Gunfire game, however, Empyreal doesn’t have procedurally generated environments.

I like the sounds of this.Nightingalehas a similar system involving tarot cards.

I’ve got a Steam link for you.