Cinderia, a dark fantasy roguelike action title developed by MyACG Studio and co-published with NPC Entertainment, deployed its first major update on the 7th.

Set in a world reduced to ash by a witch’s fire, Cinderia tasks the player with surviving the corruption of dark magic while hunting for the truth behind the apocalypse. Much like the Hades-style action games you might be familiar with, the loop relies on blending 'Cursed Embers'—passive items—with various gear and skills to craft builds capable of wiping out anything in your path.

This update marks the first significant overhaul since the game entered Steam Early Access this past March, incorporating heaps of player feedback. The standout change is the total rework of the playable character 'Izdra'. Moving away from a purely counter-focused approach, Izdra has been redesigned for a more aggressive style that weaves dashes, blocks, and counters together. Players can now utilise a piercing dash attack, and the cooldown for the shield block has been slashed.

Furthermore, a successful perfect block now clears incoming projectiles and grants a brief window of invincibility. The old 'Frost' resource system has been scrapped in favour of a new 'Guard' system, which depletes upon blocking and regenerates automatically, making the flow of combat much more intuitive. To top it off, the developer has added a suite of new abilities and modules to support various builds, including perfect block, dash-specialised, and freeze-control setups.

Performance optimisation and content expansion were also on the agenda. Memory usage has been trimmed to prevent the performance drops that tended to occur during long sessions, and ten new maps have been added to Chapter 2. The team has also tweaked the balance for the legendary item drop system and the double-boss encounter in Chapter 4.

Cinderia is currently available in Steam Early Access, and you can grab it at a 20% discount until the 24th.