Creatures guard the unknown
Rare resources and forgotten ruins often sit inside something else's territory.
A dark fantasy first-person survival RPG
Mawforged
Descend into the Maw.Forge your way deeper.
Explore a layered underground world as a dwarven delver. Gather rare materials, study lost technology, build your refuge, craft stronger gear, and survive the creatures waiting below.
Layered worldDwarven explorerStudy / craft / survive
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the maw / scroll to descend
The Maw
Descend into darkness.
The Maw is a sprawling vertical ecosystem split into distinct layers. Each layer serves as its own miniature world, featuring unique materials, creatures, and dangers to overcome. A deadly and magical place, the Maw is filled with the bones and crumbling ruins of previous explorers and civilizations. None have ever survived to reach the bottom.
Surviving requires more than just sword and shield. Each layer of the Maw has a storied past to discover and new challenges to overcome.
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Many Worlds
Every layer has its own biomes, resources, conditions, and visual identities. You never know what you will find next.
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Escalating danger
The deeper you delve, the greater the danger. New creatures, strange environments, and unique hazards make preparation crucial to survive.
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Discovery with purpose
As an explorer, studying the world around you is important. Analyze creatures, materials and ancient ruins to unlock new technologies and tools to aid your journey.
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Rewarding curiosity
The Maw is a vast place full of ancient mystery. Only those that set out to explore every nook and cranny will discover all the secrets the Maw has to offer.
Creatures / dangers
The Maw is not empty.
Every layer has its own predators, warning signs, and reasons to turn back. Learn what hunts there before you become part of the ruins.
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Each layer changes the threat
New depths bring different behaviours, environments, and dangers that force you to adapt.
Observe, prepare, survive
Tracks, remains, equipment, meals, and runes can decide whether you fight, retreat, or return stronger.
Study / runecrafting
Knowledge becomes gear. Gear opens depth.
Study turns discoveries into tools. Runecrafting, equipment work, and practical preparation are the bridge between finding something useful and surviving what comes next.
Read the world
Materials, creatures, fragments, ruins, and old mechanisms are clues. Studying them reveals what can be built, repaired, or understood next.
- Material analysis
- Recovered knowledge
- Recipe discovery
Shape the edge
Fit runes into equipment to shape utility, combat effects, and the way you prepare for each descent.
- Rune fitting
- Passive and active effects
- Build expression
Make the next descent possible
Turn what you learn into weapons, armor, meals, brews, tools, and a base that can support longer expeditions.
- Weapons and armor
- Food and drink
- Base support
Mawforged is in active development. Exact interactions and later-game depth will continue to evolve through testing.
Concept art / visual development
Layers, relics, and things that live there.
These pieces help define the look of the Maw, from layered environments and ancient mechanisms to lower regions, landmarks, and the creatures that make each descent feel uncertain.
Concepts that support the world above.
The gallery shows the Maw's layers, the relics buried in them, and the creatures and ruins shaping its visual direction.
Follow development ↘The studio behind Mawforged
Mawforged is being built by Axiosys Studios, a small independent team based in Switzerland. We are focused on one world, one clear survival loop, and turning the strongest ideas into systems players can actually experience.
Built without shortcuts
A focused indie team building Mawforged one playable system at a time.
Built with UE5
A first-person world shaped in Unreal Engine 5 around atmosphere, combat, exploration, and scale.
Join the team
Development, art, design, writing, and community work.
CommunityFollow the descent
Join Discord, follow development, and help us test what comes next.