Games Like Cedric's Quest — The Waning Ward

Lift the Waning Ward

You are Cedric, a wandering knight. The ancient seal that binds the Hollow King — a warlord who cheated death and became a lich — is failing. Its three ward-stones have gone dark, the dead walk the forest after nightfall, and his rot is creeping toward the coast and the northern snows. Relight the wards, gear up, and face what the old world buried.

A vast, hand-built world

Roam a huge streaming world in a cel-shaded toon style, in the spirit of Dragon Quest VIII: the home village, rolling hills, autumn forests, a lakeside, a western sea with a walkable sand beach, and a northern snow field. Four settlements to visit — your home village, the walled capital of Duskhaven, the coastal town of Saltmarsh, and the snow-bound hold of Frosthold — each with its own look, NPCs, and secrets.

Reactive real-time combat

Quests, gear, and a living land

Built natively in Rust with the Bevy engine. No launcher, no account, no analytics — just the game.