Never’s End, the tactical RPG with systems-driven combat and element-manipulating magic from Hypersect, was revealed at the MIX Summer Games Showcase. This latest RPG game will soon be available on PC via Steam and PlayStation consoles.
Support your newly reclaimed temples with a growing community of weaponsmiths, tavern keepers, tanneries, logging camps, and more. Explore a world in ruins, beautifully rendered in 3D pixel art with character designs by Masayoshi Nishimura (Octopath Traveler, Triangle Strategy) and music courtesy of Doseone (Enter the Gungeon).
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“Our collective influences from tactical RPGs like Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre came together to spark a grander idea,” said Ryan Juckett, founder of Hypersect. “Never’s End fleshes out turn-based tactics combat with reactive systems empowering players to co-author the story and make it their own, which is a feeling we loved in Divinity: Original Sin 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Together with Nishimura-san, Doseone, and you, we’re excited to finally get to show you all just how memorable this forgotten world can be.”
How do these ideas all come together into Never’s End? Let’s dive in and find out.
What is Never’s End about?
Never’s End is a turn-based tactical RPG about possession, sacrifice, and the power to reshape your world. Turn townsfolk into your mortal vessels, imbue them with elemental magic, and explore a vast and deadly wilderness in your quest to finally end the Never.
Humanity stands on the brink of extinction. Only one village remains—an island of safety in a world devoured by the creeping darkness of the Never. You are their last hope: an undying warrior spirit, embodied in living silver, with the strength to face the Never’s endless hordes.
The world of Never’s End is deeply simulated and completely interactive. Temperature, weather, wind, water level, and even the density of the earth beneath your feet can all be manipulated to gain the advantage in combat. Dive deep into how you can change your world to your liking, but most importantly, how you can interact in the RPG to the fullest extent.
Key Features & Expectations:
Be Reborn and Fight
- Transcend death as a reincarnated, immortal warrior forged from living metal, able to harness the elements and bend them to your will.
- Be reborn into a world on the brink of extinction and defend the last surviving human settlement from an apocalyptic force known as the Never.
Tap Into Your Power
- Manipulate fire, water, wind, and earth to permanently alter the environment during challenging turn-based combat, leaving your mark on an ever-evolving world.
- Clash with undead wights, monstrous bats, demon squid goats, and a host of other soulless constructs brought to life by the Never’s corrupting influence.
Possess Your Party
- Control a band of possessed warriors in an open world, driving back the Never as you help mankind reclaim the ruins of their fallen empire.
- Upgrade towns, temples, and other locations to build businesses, establish trade routes, and recruit new companions to your cause.
- Customize your team to explore different equipment, battle formations, and tactical synergies to lay waste to enemies, returning from each journey into the Never with valuable new loot to support a budding economy.
Reclaim Your World
- Restore ancient temples to unlock new elemental magic – each a versatile tool that persists through death. Drain rivers dry or flood the battlefield.
- Create rain and fog to hamper your enemies, or mighty winds to hurl them over cliffs. Freeze your foes or set them aflame.
- Reshape earth to gain the high ground, or melt it into deadly lava.
- Every battleground is unique, challenging you to find new ways to use magic and shift the odds in your favor.
Never’s End redefines the creative possibilities of tactical RPG combat, launching on PC via Steam and PlayStation consoles in late 2025.
