You play as a Seeker — a customizable character whose origin, stats, and starting relics determine your early playstyle. The game blends real-time exploration with grid-based, turn-initiated combat. Each zone contains combat encounters, interactive puzzles, hidden lore scrolls, and faction-based events. You'll manage stamina, gear weight, resistances, and mental corruption, all of which affect how you survive long expeditions through cursed temples and buried sanctuaries.

Core systems include relic crafting, multi-class builds, companion bonding, and faction alignment. You'll unlock gear via exploration or crafting, with modular slots that affect stats like bleed chance, sand resistance, divine charge, and cooldown recovery. Combat allows for dodge-rolls, timed parries, environmental manipulation (e.g. dropping pillars on enemies), and ultimate abilities tied to the gods you've aligned with. The deeper you go, the more tactical the systems become — terrain effects, light/shadow positioning, and passive curses all play a role.