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Vambrace: Cold Soul

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Vambrace: Cold Soul
Description
The King of Shades has cursed the great city of Icenaire. Now cast under a permanent blight of frost fall, its former residents have returned from the dead as mad Wraiths. Survivors take refuge deep underground where they lead a desperate campaign against this unearthly power. Woefully outmatched...
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3.3/5

( 138 Reviews )

3.3

138 Reviews

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Product details
2019, Devespresso Games, ...
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8 / 10, Core2Duo, 3 GB RAM, Any with hardware 3D acceleration, Version 9.0, 4850 MB avai...
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Vambrace: Cold Soul Soundtrack
Time to beat
7.5 hMain
18.5 h Main + Sides
33 h Completionist
18.5 h All Styles
Description

The King of Shades has cursed the great city of Icenaire. Now cast under a permanent blight of frost fall, its former residents have returned from the dead as mad Wraiths. Survivors take refuge deep underground where they lead a desperate campaign against this unearthly power. Woefully outmatched, they are forced into hiding as the King of Shades amasses an army of the undead above them. One fateful day, a mysterious stranger appears in the city with an enchanted vambrace. She may now be their only hope…


You are Evelia Lyric, bearer of the Aetherbrace and the only human capable of entering Icenaire. The survivors now look to you as their best hope against the King of Shades. Only one problem...you’re woefully outmatched, and survival is not guaranteed.

Vambrace: Cold Soul is a narrative-driven game filled with memorable characters, brutal challenges, and deep strategy. To succeed, you must choose perceptive party leaders, camp to recuperate, navigate strange encounters, and survive deadly combat. Will you scavenge for supplies to sell or use them to craft new items for your next expedition? The surface of Icenaire is cold and unforgiving. So, prepare your party well before departing...lest you join the cursed city's undead.

In this game, the difference between life and undeath all comes down to good planning and smart tactics!


  • Embark on an epic fantasy-adventure spanning 7 intriguing chapters.
  • Complete sub-quests to unlock up to 26 new, thematic character skins.
  • Assemble your party from 5 races and 10 unique classes of recruits.
  • Craft items and armor from precious materials gathered on your trips.
  • Make crucial decisions where one wrong turn can seal your party's fate.
  • Prepare well or condemn your comrades to permanent death.
  • Find codex pages to expand upon Ethera's history and mythical lore.


Games that inspired us:


  • The side-scrolling action of Darkest Dungeon
  • The epic lore of the Elder Scrolls
  • The gothic horror of Castlevania
  • The character-driven narrative of Final Fantasy VI
  • The roguelite design of FTL: Faster Than Light

Vambrace: Cold Soul Copyright (C) 2017-2019 Devespresso Games Inc. all rights reserved. © 2019 Headup GmbH, all rights reserved.

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
7.5 hMain
18.5 h Main + Sides
33 h Completionist
18.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.11+)
Release date:
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Size:
2.6 GB

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Posted on: September 3, 2025

G.Grant

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Games: 6 Reviews: 4

it needed polish

great concept and lore, but it needed more love and to stop being repetitive about the expeditions


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Posted on: December 29, 2019

Three Tailed Fox

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Games: 261 Reviews: 6

Worth to explore

It looks like Darkest Dungeon but it is not and that's fine. Fights and explorations seem easy and/or weird at first ? Yeah, the challenge is among the boss fights and... that's fine too because it gives more interest to the main story. Give this game a chance. "Vambrace: Cold Soul" really deserves it.


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Posted on: January 3, 2025

SCARaw

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Games: 237 Reviews: 55

i got this game for free and tried it

right from the start game is heavy and very poorly made unity bullcrap Cinematics can not be skipped and are narrated by some lady who think she can scale the ice mountain alone? or go to lone wanders in the cold place to suddently discover super powers damn authors definitely have 0 idea how leaving house under 10 degree is like what is with this new developers and they dire need to ground my dark fantasy in superpower girl fantasy bullshits Every character looks like was designed by edgelord you can not rename or style anybody... YOU CAN NOT TURN OFF TORTURIAL basically bad darkest dungeon clone.. its honestly awful, in DD Helion was my hard-carry subby wife, in vambrance i wanna start hitting my own characters to stop saying lame shit interesting part of the game: its 1.10 Fix GOG version, which makes me believe developers no longer work on games, which might be for the better Graphics: 4/5 - outside of character design game looks good Gameplay 2/5 - grindy, slow, can't skip faster! Story 1/5 Characters 1/5 - im sorry i could not like one and they never shut the hell up Performance 2/5 - idk if its just how game works, but it feels stiff and slow BTW i love darkest dungeon, this game is just lame replica in my eyes without looking thru lens of DD its interesting attempt to make narrative game by potato farmers


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Posted on: June 6, 2025

howong

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Games: 121 Reviews: 4

Good game marred with flaws

Game is really good overall but there are some very annoying things about it. Firstly, on GOG the achievements don't work at all for me. Secondly, putting points into Perks with the keyboard is glitched in that depending on which way you scroll, you could end up putting points into a non-selected Perk - workaround is to use the mouse cursor instead. Thirdly, the game sometimes saves you exactly where you are and sometimes teleports you all the way back to the start of a dungeon - thus losing all your progress even though the game clearly told you it saved near the end. Lastly, the game's ending cutscene glitched out on my. It got to the part right before the protagonist should awaken, but instead the ending credits suddenly appeared instead...


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Posted on: February 19, 2022

Tupikou

Verified owner

Games: 310 Reviews: 2

Two sentences

Beautiful visual novel. Horrible Darkest Dungeon clone


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