Defeat bosses to gain cards.Find shops, trade health or cinders.
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Welcome warriors to the Ashen Vault (Ember Vault)!
Ember Vault is an independent, non-profit indie roguelike game built with passion for classic dungeon crawlers and retro 16-bit pixel art. Our mission is to deliver a smooth, strategic action experience that runs instantly on any web browser and remains 100% free for everyone.
Created and maintained by indie roguelike enthusiasts in Vietnam. We actively listen to player feedback to continuously balance cards, polish mechanics, and introduce new dungeon floors.
Last updated: September 17, 2026
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Ember Vault is a client-side browser game. We do not require user registration, and we do not collect personal identifiers like names, emails, addresses, or phone numbers.
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Ember Vault is family-friendly and does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under 13.
Ember Vault is provided free of charge for personal, non-commercial entertainment. You may play the game freely in any compatible web browser.
All pixel art graphics, game code, card synergy mechanics, and sound effects are owned by the Ember Vault development team. Unauthorized extraction, duplication, or commercial redistribution is strictly prohibited.
The game is provided on an "as-is" basis. The development team shall not be liable for local save loss caused by browser cache clearance or temporary server maintenance.
We warmly welcome player feedback, card balance suggestions, and bug reports:
Each floor has a 45% chance to feature a safe shop room. Three fixed cards, each purchasable once: pay with current health or cinders. You cannot purchase if the health cost would kill you. Bosses reward a card once per floor. Normal monsters have a 2.5% chance to drop random cards; summoned swarms and revived dead drop none. Picking up cards grants them immediately, including curses. Each combat room has a 35% chance to spawn a miniboss (max 3 per floor); slaying a miniboss grants a card if available.
Select Add to gain one card level, up to its limit. The game pauses while this menu is open. Press Backtick or Esc to close.
Regenerate the floor and return to its entrance. Your cards, health and cinders are preserved. Values outside the range are adjusted automatically.
Safeguard your Soul Ash and unlocked mythical cards securely on the server.
Unfinished run progress will only remain saved locally in this browser.
All 166 core cards are fully unlocked by default. Here you can unlock new legendary mythic cards using Soul Ash collected from runs.
You have shattered the highest score in Ember Vault history! Inscribe your royal title and decree for all kneeling subjects.