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Riftcleaver

Carve a rift. Turn it against the dark.

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How to play

Goal
Reclaim the twelve breaches of the shattered citadel.
How it ends
Defeat the guardian of the third chamber to win an expedition; falling ends that attempt, but keeps your unlocked equipment and cleared breaches.
Record
This browser keeps your campaign, unfinished expedition, fastest victories and least damage taken for each breach.
Worked visual example for Riftcleaver
Worked example. See the rule happen, then follow the numbered rules below.
  1. Defeat each chamber’s enemies, then choose a rift gift and recover health. Defeat the third chamber’s guardian to reclaim the breach.
  2. Slash attacks nearby foes. Cleave opens a rift; strike the seam with Slash to burst it. Dash through a rift to travel farther and burst it.
  3. Red warnings mark incoming attacks. Move away or dash before they land. Keyboard and touch attacks face the nearest enemy; the mouse aims directly.

Controls

WASD / arrowsMove
J / left mouseSlash; hold to repeat
K / right mouseCleave and open a rift
Space / LDash
Joystick + action buttonsMove and slash with one thumb; Cleave and Dash with the other
P / EscapePause

Campaign and unfinished expeditions save in this browser. Touch assist slashes while using the joystick; switch it off in Settings for manual attacks. Two cleared breaches unlock twin blades; five unlock the hammer. Pause whenever you need; best time counts active combat. No advertising or analytics inside the game.

Watch how to play

The rules, then The Broken Gate played start to finish. Played by an automated player at a person's pace; the narration is a synthetic voice. English captions.

About Riftcleaver

A fantasy hack-and-slash in a shattered citadel. Swing a greatsword, dodge warned attacks, and open violet rifts that release stored force when struck or crossed.

Reclaim twelve breaches across the Moonwall, Cinderworks and Astral Crown. Unlock twin blades and a rift hammer, choose six kinds of rift gift, and face flanking formations, forge eruptions and falling stars.

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