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AlterMage is a first-person metroidvania where you explore a forbidden island citadel, mastering sorcery by attuning a staff with elemental runes. Cast and upgrade spells, customize gear, and outsmart magic-powered machines through combat, stealth, and puzzles across six regions.

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Release Date

17 Nov, 2026

Publisher/Developer

AlterTech

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AlterMage description

AlterMage

AlterMage is a first‑person metroidvania that blends spell-slinging action with cerebral exploration. As an aspiring mage, you wash ashore on a forbidden island fortress and take up your staff to begin a journey that tests mind, body, and spirit. Explore the labyrinthine citadel to uncover its origin, uncovering a truth hidden within its walls.

The island is a maze of converging passages where traps, puzzles, and menacing machines push your resolve. Overcome these challenges to acquire new spells and traversal abilities, granting you control over both environment and foes.

Combat offers multiple paths: confront the machines with staff and sword, set up stealthy ambushes, or use acrobatics and alternate routes to bypass threats. Your spells and abilities grow stronger the more you train them, letting you reach new heights, slip past detection, and unleash devastating magic.

Learn the Art of Sorcery by attuning your staff with elemental runes to access a full arsenal at any moment. Customize your staff with components found in the world, imbuing it with unique properties, and gather rare materials to unlock powerful Knowledge that expands your playstyle. Artifacts grant special moves like teleportation and gliding, opening new routes and strategies.

Core experiences center on six regions within the island citadel, each offering its own terrain, secrets, and challenges. You will face magic-powered machines that coordinate to hunt you, solve intricate traps, and overcome perceptual puzzles that reward keen observation and quick reflexes.

Core Features
  • Attune: Elemental rune combinations create powerful spells on the fly.
  • Cast: Spells can be charged and released for maximum impact.
  • Slash: Swords swing in four directions based on your movement.
  • Explore: A vast island citadel with six unique regions.
  • Fight: Combat against coordinated, magic-powered machines.
  • Overcome: Traps and puzzles that test reflexes and perception.
  • Learn: Knowledge trees unlock special powers for unique builds.
  • Improve: Attributes and elements level up the more you use them.
  • Discover: Artifacts that grant abilities like teleportation and gliding.
  • Modify: Interchangeable staff components yield new effects.