ForgeKing

ForgeKing is a fantasy action-adventure video game developed by Emberforge Studios and published by Nebula Interactive. Released in 2024 for Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, the game centers on a guild of blacksmiths striving to restore a war-torn realm’s forges to their former glory.

Gameplay centers on running a central forge, crafting weapons and armor, and managing resources, calendars, and customer orders. The crafting system emphasizes alloying, heat control, and signature finishes, offering hundreds of recipes and upgrade paths. Exploration drives ore gathering, featuring procedurally generated dungeons and villages to visit. Town-building elements let players recruit apprentices, hire guards, and expand forge infrastructure. Combat blends melee and magical elements, using forged gear to confront dynamic encounters.

The game’s world, Eldhollow, features kingdoms in conflict as factions vie for control of rare metals. A central storyline follows the player as ForgeKing, a title earned by leading the guild through trials, rebuilding supply lines, forging alliances, and confronting an antagonistic faction seeking to monopolize the realm’s metal resources.

Development began in 2021, with the game built on Unreal Engine 5, offering stylized visuals and a cinematic score. It includes a main campaign, side quests, local co-op, and post-release updates.

Reception to ForgeKing highlighted the depth of the crafting system and environmental design, while some critics noted grind in progression and pacing issues on release. See also: crafting simulators, blacksmith simulators, world-building games.