Remnant: From the Ashes

Moderate overall intensity
Highest flag: Violence — graphic & gore
Post-apocalypticRPGShooter

What's in it

Violence graphic & gore
High

Third-person gunplay and melee against monstrous, undead, and humanoid enemies with blood spray on hits; combat is frequent but stops short of focused dismemberment.

Dark themes intense
Moderate

A post-apocalyptic Earth where humanity is nearly extinct and a worldwide extinction event drives a bleak survival premise.

Horror & psychological frightening
Moderate

Grotesque interdimensional monsters, tense boss encounters, and a dark, oppressive atmosphere across ruined and alien worlds.

Animal combat combat mechanic
Low

The player fights beast-like and insectoid creatures as ordinary combat enemies.

Language mild
Low

Occasional mild profanity in survivor dialogue.

Who can reach your kid

Voice chatChat with strangers

What it is

Remnant: From the Ashes is a third-person shooter role-playing game with a Souls-like difficulty, playable solo or in online co-op with up to two others. You fight through randomly generated, monster-overrun worlds using guns and melee weapons against hordes of interdimensional creatures and corrupted enemies, with blood on hits but no dismemberment. The tone is dark and often frightening: humanity is nearly wiped out, environments are ruined and eerie, and grotesque bosses create a horror-tinged atmosphere. There is no sexual content, nudity, or substance use, and dialogue carries only occasional mild language. The game includes voice and text chat when playing with strangers online.

How it's framed

The player is framed as one of humanity's last survivors fighting to reclaim a world lost to an ancient evil; violence is directed at monstrous invaders and framed as survival and resistance rather than glorified, and the story leans into bleak, mysterious tragedy across dying worlds.

Details

Developer
Gunfire Games
Publisher
Arc Games
Released
Aug 19, 2019
Metacritic 78critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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