Inheritor

LAST UPDATED: January 16, 2026

Inheritor is a dark fantasy, sword-and-sorcery game in the old-school tradition where players take on the roles of Inheritors: failed nobles, flagrant merchants, cursed mystics, and errant magicians trying to lay claim to a violent and uncaring world.

It is inspired by the following:

Games

• Cairn; Yochai Gal (2020)
• Caves of Qud; Freehold Games (2024)
• Dark Souls, Elden Ring; FromSoftware (2011-2022)
• Into the Odd; Chris McDowall (2015)
• Mork Borg; Pelle Nilsson & Johan Nohr (2020)
• Rain World; Videocult (2017)
• Shadow of the Colossus; Team Ico (2005)
• Ultraviolet Grasslands; Luka Rejec (2019)
• Wolves Upon the Coast; Luke Gearing (2021)

Writing

• The Book of the New Sun; Gene Wolfe (1980)
• The Dying Earth; Jack Vance (1950)
• Elric of Melniboné; Michael Moorcock (1972)
• Vermis I, Vermis II; Plastiboo (2023-2024)
• The Worm Ouroboros; E.R. Eddison (1922)
• Zothique; Clark Ashton Smith (1970)

It is in active development.

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