Of Ash and Steel

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Of Ash and Steel
Of Ash and Steel Cover 1.jpg
Developers Fire & Frost
Publisher tinyBuild
Writer Alexander Pylin [1]
Engine Unreal Engine 4
Platform Windows
ReleaseNovember 24, 2025
Genre Role-playing video game
Mode Single-player

Of Ash and Steel is an action role-playing game developed by Fire & Frost and published by tinyBuild for Windows. [2] [1] It was released on November 24, 2025. [3]

Contents

Gameplay

Of Ash and Steel takes place on an island called the Kingdom of the Seven that has fallen into a state of disrepair. [4] [5] The game has no quest marker system to encourage the player to explore the map. [6] [4] Combat features swords and bows as well as magical elements. [4] The player's abilities can be customized, which changes how he is viewed by non-player characters (NPCs). [4]

Development

Fire & Frost stated that their goal as a studio is to make games inspired by role-playing video games (RPGs) from the 2000s. [2] Head of Fire & Frost Studios, Victor Kondakov, was the lead developer. [1] The game was developed in Unreal Engine 4. [7]

Release

The game was originally scheduled to be released on November 6, 2025. [8] The development team delayed its release to November 24 after discovering technical issues that needed additional work. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Murphy, Michael (19 November 2024). "New Medieval RPG, Of Ash and Steel, is Pure Nostalgia". Hardcore Gamer.
  2. 1 2 Williams, Katie (18 November 2024). "Of Ash & Steel First Preview: A Medieval Fantasy RPG With Potential". IGN.
  3. tinyBuildGAMES (November 24, 2025). Of Ash and Steel - Official Release Trailer (Video). Retrieved November 24, 2025 via YouTube.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Hore, Jamie (18 November 2024). "If you love Fable and The Witcher, you need to see this newly-revealed fantasy RPG". PCGamesN.
  5. Eastland, Amy (18 November 2024). "tinyBuild Teams up with Fire & Frost Studios To Create Of Ash and Steel". Wccftech.
  6. Romano, Sal (18 November 2024). "Medieval open-world fantasy RPG Of Ash and Steel announced for PC". Gematsu.
  7. Wutz, Marco (18 November 2024). "Of Ash and Steel wants to be the love child of Gothic and The Witcher 3". SI. Archived from the original on 19 November 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  8. Romano, Sal (13 October 2025). "Of Ash and Steel launches November 6". Gematsu. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  9. Suddi, Aran (22 October 2025). "Of Ash and Steel has been delayed". TheSixthAxis. Retrieved 22 October 2025.