Hero of Aethric: Fantasy RPG

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4.6
46.1K reviews
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Content rating
Teen
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About this game

EXPLORE, FIGHT, and LOOT in this nostalgia fueled 2D MMORPG. Enter a free to play retro open world of fantasy waiting to be explored. Enjoy turn-based combat in a classic fantasy role playing adventure that puts you in command of your own customizable bit hero. Loot collection and 8 bit action await as you create the perfect build to defeat enemies and conquer the world of Aethric.

Build your origin town as a home base in this open world RPG and set forth on an epic adventure across a unique hand-crafted 8 bit world. Players can create their own 8 bit heroes and watch the lands of this open world game evolve over time with new updates added every month. Discover a fantasy role playing journey of epic proportions that guides you through the story of a fallen land, unlocking new classes and engaging in thrilling turn based action with Hero of Aethric!

Take on the world of this epic adventure RPG with friends or tackle things alone. Battle in multiplayer turn-based combat in the arena or go dungeon crawling with your party. The choice is yours on how your teamโ€™s role playing games will pan out. Make this hero RPG your own with over 100 unique classes, gear, and specializations tailored to your playing style. Explore an exciting open world filled with treasures, challenges, and enemies around every corner in Hero of Aethric today!

HERO OF AETHRIC FEATURES:

CLASSIC RETRO RPG EXPERIENCE
- Discover a fantasy 2D RPG world crawling with treasures and adventure
- Enter an open world filled with characters that will help you explore the world of Aethric and bring peace
- Defeat enemies in turn based fantasy RPG combat with epic weapons and spells
- Classic MMORPGs and modern gameplay combine with an old-school pixel art style for nostalgic fun

TURN BASED RPG COMBAT
- 8 bit heroes can fight enemies in the arena or across the world of Aethric in action-packed turn based games
- Combine your strategy and class setup to take down foes across different fantasy worlds
- Discover an open world MMORPG with deadly bosses around every corner

CUSTOMIZABLE HERO RPG
- Unlock over 50 unique classes and specializations. Start as a thief, mage or warrior and choose your path.
- Combine different armor, weapons, spells, and take on this fantasy role playing adventure your way
- An adventure RPG fit for any play style with endless weapon and class possibilities
- Loot your way into creating the ultimate hero of Aethric with locations waiting to be discovered

FREE TO PLAY MMORPG ADVENTURE
- Join 8 bit heroes from around the world and explore the 2D MMORPG world of Aethric
- Engage in turn based battles with World Raids and join thousands of players to face off against raid bosses
- Join a guild with other players to take on unique quests, missions and much more!

NOTE FROM DEVELOPER
As a follow up to Orna: the GPS RPG, we aim to build and evolve this game alongside you. Weโ€™re a studio that believes in creating games without any paywalls or forced advertisements. We always listen to feedback to make our games the best they can possibly be.

Be sure to join our Discord and be part of the conversation! With monthly updates including features, questlines, and events we canโ€™t wait for you to see what Aethric has to offer โ€“ weโ€™re excited to meet you, Hero!

Official Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/OrnaRPG
Official Discord: https://discord.gg/MSmTAMnrpm

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Updated on
4 Sept 2025
Available on
Android, Windows
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Ratings and reviews

4.6
44.4K reviews
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24 May 2025
It's a decent, mindless grind for the sake of grinding type of game. However, the navigation controls are horrible and the touch joystick for moving doesn't move around the screen, forcing you to keep your thumb in an awkward location. Barely any info provided in-game and completing quests relies on way too much RNG, as monsters you need only sporadically appear. There's also a huge difficulty jump around level 90sh, where mobs suddenly start chunking your HP in one or 2 hits (I was a Mystic).
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Devin Nelson
9 October 2024
So the game is fun and engaging. It has me hooked. Mostly.. The problem I am having right now is, anytime I level up it says my health and mana have been replenished, but it doesn't replenish. This is very bothersome. Secondly when I kill a mission target, it doesn't count it in my quest log. If I have to kill 3 goblins, I end up having to kill 5 or 6 before it registers my kills. That as well is deterring me from continuing. Please fix and you'll get 5 star out of me.
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Chris Holman
28 June 2025
Boring turn-based combat game with no legitimate strategy. It's one of those games where you just have to repeatedly fight the same monsters over and over to complete tasks and level up. The class-changing option is almost interesting but quickly becomes as lame as the gameplay. Equipment is randomly generated and the currencies quickly become a non-issue.
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What's new

(Hero of Aethric) Reduce the vignette effect in the HUD
The cooldowns for Kingdom Raids is not show on the main Raids menu
Reverted newer tap SFX
Fixed the position of the interact button on modals when in left handed mode
(Hero of Aethric) Reset overview map selection when re-opening the map
Other misc bug fixes
(Orna) Fixed the world clock orientation