You died on the lowest gate. Now build the army that ends them all.

Shadow Gates is a roguelite dungeon crawler where you crawl 5 escalating gates with 5 distinct biomes — Forest, Crypt, Shadow Rift, Frozen Cathedral, Volcanic Forge — each with its own boss, enemies, and music. Inspired by Solo Leveling, every kill extracts a shadow you can deploy on your next run. Lose 100 times. The army grows. Eventually you don't just survive — you walk back in commanding the dead that killed you.

🗡️ Five Classes, Five Fantasies

• Knight — frontline shield, area cleaves, taunts that pull aggro

• Mage — projectile control, elemental combos, freeze-then-shatter

• Rogue — backstab burst, blink dodges, single-target deletion

• Warrior — sustained DPS, rage stacking, mid-range cleave

• Paladin — heal-while-hitting hybrid, holy AoE, party-of-one tank

🌑 The Shadow Army Loop

Every kill leaves an extractable shadow. Deploy up to 5 shadows on your next run. Your worst death builds your strongest army.

🎲 Run Variety

• 5 classes × 5 gates × 14 curses × 25 aspects × 5 ascensions

• Special rooms: Forge, Altar, Merchant, Elite, Event

• Daily challenge with seeded leaderboards

• Boss Rush mode

• Endless ascensions for veterans

⚙️ Built for Replay

Transparent formulas, no microtransactions, no energy timers. Just you, the gates, and the shadows you leave behind.

♿ Accessibility

• 4-step UI scaling (85%-130%)

• Reduce-flashes toggle (photo-sensitive epilepsy friendly)

• Screen-shake toggle

• Damage-number toggle

• Full key rebinding

• 60fps cap, vsync options