Press Kit

SHADOW REALMS

A free dark-fantasy idle ARPG where the whole game shares one persistent world — one economy, one leaderboard, world bosses the entire realm raids together — with cross-play (web · Android · Steam) on a single account. Built and updated daily by one developer.

Fact sheet

Developer	Solo developer (Wisconsin, USA), building with heavy AI assistance — design, economy, and live ops are human
Release	Web & Android: live now · Steam: September 2026
Platforms	Browser (playable in seconds, guest mode — no signup), Android (Google Play), Steam (Windows)
Price	Free to play — every boss, rank, and the full 30-tier battle-pass free track. Power is never sold.
Genre	Idle / incremental ARPG · dark fantasy · loot & build crafting
Press contact	Discord — @ the dev directly (fastest; email alias coming)
Play now	shadowrealmsrpg.com

The story

Shadow Realms started as one person's answer to a genre split in two: idle games respect your time but rarely offer real builds; ARPGs have the loot depth but demand your evenings. This is both — affix rolls, set bonuses, socketed gems, 300+ node skill trees and monthly seasonal ladders, running on an autobattler that fights while you live your life.

It has shipped an update on 86 of its first 88 days — players report a bug in Discord and routinely watch the fix go live the same day. The entire game runs as a single shared world: there are no server shards, so every ladder rank, world-boss kill, and clan war happens in front of the whole player base.

Features

One world, every platform — no server picking; web, Android and Steam share one account, one ladder, one economy.
Endless auto-battle — real offline progress, no energy timers; manual control for bosses and ability rotations.
Eleven server-wide world bosses the whole realm raids together, with damage-scaled loot and Godforged relics.
The Eternal — an infinite wave-survival gauntlet feeding a permanent global leaderboard and prestige economy.
Clans with castles — buildable fortress wings, a pooled Clan Champion, co-op dungeons, weekly wars.
73 companions to collect, raise, and breed into Primal-tier hybrids.
Honest PvP — server-simulated duels of real builds, Bronze to Immortal monthly seasons.
Fair free-to-play — cosmetics and convenience only; the clan premium currency cannot be bought at all.

Art & logos

Logo nameplate (PNG) Shadow Realms key art

Key art vista (PNG) Shadow Realms citadel key art

Citadel key art (WebP)

Screenshots

Character creation Battle in Ashveil Forest

Battle

The hero doll

Quest codex Necromancer class panel

Class depth

All shots are the live game, unretouched — 1920×1080. Need endgame or specific-feature captures? Ask on Discord; same-day turnaround.

Boilerplate

Shadow Realms is a free dark-fantasy idle ARPG played entirely in one persistent world — every player on the same ladder, with cross-play across browser, Android and Steam on a single account. It pairs idle-friendly progression (true offline auto-battle, no energy walls) with ARPG depth: affix loot, set builds, socketed gems, seasonal ladders, server-wide raid bosses, clan castles and wars, pet breeding, and an infinite endgame climb. Built by a solo developer who ships updates daily. Free at shadowrealmsrpg.com.