Welcome to Etrom - The Astral Essence’s 20th Anniversary Edition, an immersive point and click action RPG set in a dark future where societies are not only divided by walls, but also laws, secrets, and the treacherous Void Lands.

In a dark futuristic Middle Ages, between arcane rituals, endless wars and bloody fights with techno-mystical blades, you will play the role of Etrom, a former HWD (Human World Defense) attacker who has suffered the mysterious call of the Astral Essence.

As an elite soldier turned fugitive, you must navigate through hostile cities, ancient civilizations, and otherworldly realms to uncover the truth about the enigmatic Astral Essence and your own existence. With a multitude of locations and settings, each brimming with rituals, secret-service plots, and dark spells, Etrom offers a rich and captivating world to explore.

Engage in intense battles against hordes of enemies, from humans to monsters and extradimensional beings, fighting will be gruelling, bloody, and constant! Use a variety of spectacular Astral Powers, such as Meteor and Lightning Storm. Depending on the choices you make in game, you'll be able to unleash incredible transformations, becoming a fearsome Demon, Draconian Guardian, or an Abyssal Knight. You can also learn to pilot powerful war mechs and experience the thrill of strategic combat against formidable adversaries.

The voice of the Gods resonates in the astral worlds and you can now hear their Call. Will you have the courage to answer it and discover the secrets that lie beyond the gates of a dark reality, to follow your path of Truth and Justice?

Etrom was first released in 2003, and this is the first time after two decades, that our old, ambitious and dark Point and Click RPG, returns with its rich storyline, nostalgic graphics, and eerie score, to excel on or haunt your much more advanced operating systems of today! The game features a proprietary style of controls, so players should be prepared to familiarize themselves with a gameplay experience which was both revolutionary and controversial for its time, a truly unique way of experiencing RPG, point and click gameplay that divided the masses.

We will launch the game on Steam as a piece of archaeological videogame history, for the symbolic price of $2.99, and remind you that you may not be able to run the game on your platform and/or could encounter bugs.

Etrom was first developed by a group of young dreamers from southern Italy who, mad as they were, decided to begin by creating a proprietary engine, which they then used to develop the game. The game, made by AgeofGames (known at the time as PMStudios Italia) should therefore be considered an Artifact, a piece of the Independent Videogame Archeology from the beginning of the millennium. The proprietary engine, developed by a single programmer, was imperfect back then, and likewise right now, as hardware configurations have swiftly evolved.

Players should also note that the game cannot be saved until the first level is completed. The first level takes between 15 to 45 minutes to complete, depending on skill and the amount of each player’s interaction with the enemies in the map.

Some antivirus systems may also block the game altogether. Not being able to update the code in the engine in any way, we will not be able to solve the problems that will be reported to us.

We remind you that you can easily request a refund here on steam. If you are one of the 30% of folks who will not be able to run the game, please request a refund within 2 hours of gameplay, as unfortunately the game may continue to crash.

We would have loved to fix its deepest issues but after twenty years of technological advancement, that task has become far too difficult. One thing we did manage to fix was the English dialogue (only dialogue not Etrom’s journal unfortunately), which has been overhauled by the award winning science fiction writers of the CyberScrivens collective.

Key Features:

• 20th Anniversary Edition of Etrom - The Astral Essence, first announced in 2003
• Unique Proprietary Controls - Experience an alternate way of playing point and click RPGs
• Includes the first episode of the novel written by Fabio Belsanti and CyberScrivens!
• Seven possible endings, shaping the fate of the parallel dimension
• Over 70 huge environments with a total of approximately 50 hours of gameplay
• Pilot powerful war mechs and engage in strategic battles
• Discover secrets and unravel the mysteries of ancient civilizations
• Encounter demons, secret divinities, dragons, and intelligent entities
• Over 500 types of weapons, armor, rings, magic amulets, and more
• First-person sniper mode for precise targeting and deadly accuracy

Etrom 20th Anniversary Edition will be available for PC (Steam) on November 2, 2023 at $2.99.