A world players have built
for over 30 years.
An original fantasy world, free to play in your browser.
Players and volunteer staff still write new areas and quests, and the game is updated every week.
How you play
Icesus is a text RPG. The game describes the room, the weather and the creature on the path, and you type a command to say what you do.
The browser client shows your map, health and party beside the text.
look
Read your surroundings and see the exits you can take.
What you can do
Your character
Choose one of 27 races, then a profession and a background in the character builder: an elven mage, a dwarven artisan, a four-armed thri-kreen monk.
Later, reincarnation lets you change race and guilds without starting a new character.
Create your character
Exploring the valley
Quests start from details you notice and people you ask. The exploration page follows one, a missing delivery, without giving away its ending.
Quests and exploration
Fighting in a party
A party stands in a three-row formation. Some members hold the front, some heal and some strike from behind the line, and Earthpriests bring undead servants.
Combat and parties
Crafting
Brew potions, turn hides into travelling bags and forge tools for other crafters. Train the skill, choose your materials and sell what you make.
Crafting and the economyProvinces and creators
Province work
Register as a worker for paid jobs, supply the watch, trade provisions and help keep a village’s winter stores full. You can also build a house or tower there.
About provincesBuilding the world
Players write rooms, characters and quests in Icesus Creator. A wizard reviews each new area before it opens to players.
Become a creatorPlayer-run villages
Players run the council, supply the workshops and carry food between settlements. You can cook for the hall, help stock the winter stores or build a house in the village.
Mines, fields and forges
Dig the mines, work the fields, forge and haul. Councils post orders on a board and pay for what you deliver.
Houses and towers
Describe your rooms, fit a vault or stable, invite friends and turn a blessed latchkey to come home.
Cooking for the hall
Practise dishes, sell servings from the hall’s shelf and help stock food for the winter.
Start playing
Make a character in your browser. The tutorial teaches the first commands, and the beginner’s guide explains the basics.