Play the alpha

The alpha is free to download and play. It runs one world with a small test population, so you'll meet the other testers on the road.

Version 0.4.1, released 9 November 2026

  • Windows

    akarra-0.4.1-windows.zip, 44.5 MB

    Signed by DreamGlyph Studios LLC

    SHA-256 637ba449eb9a60f95a4acd62219e574630f864a8c169b54fe1fe2abf094e0f2f

    Download for Windows

  • Linux

    akarra-0.4.1-linux.zip, 34.9 MB

    Signed with the DreamGlyph Studios release key (GPG)

    Key 51EB 8029 D506 2EDC 9F91 E99D 5C2B FF59 3B90 BE4A. Public key, signature, and how to check it.

    SHA-256 7abc7a94cb405e14dd7bebfc572eae611deb00145709962741c1b1a332d1ca68

    Download for Linux

Before you play

Alpha characters will be wiped at launch. Everything you build in the alpha is for testing; the launched game starts everyone fresh.

Run it on Windows

  1. Unzip the download into a folder of its own.
  2. Open Akarra.exe.
  3. Windows may still warn about a new build until it has built up a reputation. If it does, check that the publisher it names is DreamGlyph Studios LLC before you go on.
  4. Make your account on the login screen: registration is open.

Run it on Linux

Unzip the download, then run Akarra.x86_64 from its folder. If your unzip tool drops the executable bit, set it again with chmod +x Akarra.x86_64.

Check your download

Each build lists its SHA-256 checksum. To check the Windows zip, open PowerShell in the folder you saved it to and run Get-FileHash akarra-0.4.1-windows.zip; the hash it prints should match the one on this page. On Linux, sha256sum akarra-0.4.1-linux.zip does the same.

To see the signature, right-click Akarra.exe, choose Properties, and open the Digital Signatures tab: it names DreamGlyph Studios LLC.

The Linux build is signed with the DreamGlyph Studios release key, fingerprint 51EB 8029 D506 2EDC 9F91 E99D 5C2B FF59 3B90 BE4A. Save dreamglyph-release.asc and akarra-0.4.1-linux.zip.asc next to the zip, import the key once with gpg --import dreamglyph-release.asc, then run:

gpg --verify akarra-0.4.1-linux.zip.asc akarra-0.4.1-linux.zip

It should say Good signature from "DreamGlyph Studios LLC (release signing)" with the fingerprint above. Any other answer means the file isn't the one we published.

Every build's checksum is also in one signed list, akarra-0.4.1-SHA256SUMS (signature: akarra-0.4.1-SHA256SUMS.asc). With both next to your download, gpg --verify akarra-0.4.1-SHA256SUMS.asc akarra-0.4.1-SHA256SUMS checks the list, and sha256sum --ignore-missing -c akarra-0.4.1-SHA256SUMS checks your zip against it.

What you need

  • A 64-bit Windows PC.
  • Or a 64-bit Linux PC (x86_64).
  • An internet connection: the alpha is played online, on our test server.

What's in this build

  • Start as a Mundane, then take a path: Fighter then Warrior, Neophyte then Cleric, or Apprentice then Wizard.
  • Tiers three and four: 28 more classes, from Knights to Druids, open in the next phase of the remake. planned
  • Group up in a fellowship and take the roads together. Members near a kill share its experience, and the coins it gives are split evenly across the whole fellowship, wherever each member is.
  • Learn professions from scrolls sold by the townsfolk: Holger, Hartmut and Arno in Hope, Eckard and Rupert just outside it, and Alera in Rimsin Forest. Today you can skin what you hunt, forage, cook at the campfires and have the townsfolk craft for you.
  • Mining, logging, fishing, farming and smelting ore into bars at a forge, once their nodes, plots and furnaces are placed in the world. planned
  • Banks sit at the heart of Hope, behind its guards, and in Lowmarket. They hold five times what your pack can, for no fee.
  • Strike anyone in good standing inside Hope's guard range, player or townsfolk, and every guard nearby turns on you at once, whatever your record.
  • Fall to the guards and you wake in the gaol on Greyrock Isle, to serve a sentence your deeds have earned. planned