Duskward

Survive a twelve-minute run while light serves as health, visibility, and weapon reach. Recover light from defeated enemies and risk trips into darkness for lanterns. Choose upgrades carefully as Dread rises, then spend persistent Ember Dust between runs. Losing light simultaneously shortens attacks and limits sight, so a low-light position is harder in several ways at once. Upgrade choices can raise Dread, creating a reason to weigh a reward rather than always accepting it.

Maintain light by defeating enemies and reaching lanterns while surviving the twelve-minute run. Choose weapons and upgrades, manage rising Dread, and spend Ember Dust between attempts.

Drag anywhere with the mouse or a finger to move. Weapons fire automatically.

A lantern offers more recovery but appears out in darkness. Consider declining an upgrade when its Dread cost would make the current situation harder to survive.

Light as health, visibility, and range Constant light drain Kill recovery and distant lanterns Twelve-minute survival target Weapons, vessels, and evolutions Persistent Ember Dust