SkyRift
Relics of the Aether. A full action RPG on your watch.
Get it on Garmin Connect IQFree on the Connect IQ Store, for 44 touchscreen AMOLED Garmin watches
A real RPG, on your wrist
Not a minigame. A complete action RPG with a story campaign, real-time combat and an economy, built for round watch screens.
Ten-quest story campaign
Ten quests from three quest givers in the town of Haven-Rest, building to a final showdown at the Throne of Hollows.
Procedural islands
Every corrupted floating island is procedurally generated. No two expeditions into the Rift are the same.
Eight enemy types, plus bosses
Fight Rot-Hounds, Wraiths, Scrap-Golems and more in real-time combat. Each has a boss variant guarding an island.
Gear, shops and an economy
Earn coin, upgrade your gear through five tiers, stock up on potions, and rest at the inn between expeditions.
Permadeath high scores
Death is permanent. Every run ends on the scoreboard, with how far your Sky-Strider got and how long it took.
Free, and works offline
No phone needed, no ads, nothing to buy. The whole game runs on the watch.
The corruption
Eight kinds of corrupted creature roam the floating islands. Each fights differently, and each has a boss form.
Rot-Hound
Vermin
Raider
Treant
Scrap-Golem
Wraith
Amalgam
The Voice Beneath
The Rift so far
The watch sends back what happens out on the islands. These are the real numbers, and they move as people play.
What kills Sky-Striders
Of the 397 who have fallen, this is what took them.
The state of the campaign
- 6 Sky-Striders have reached the Throne of Hollows and come back.
- The furthest anyone has got is quest 10 of 10, and 4 Sky-Striders are there.
- The longest-lived Sky-Strider lasted 6 hours 10 minutes before falling.
- 231,395 coin has crossed the counter in Haven-Rest. The shop sells more Explosive Blasts than anything else.
Counted from runs that have ended. A Sky-Strider still out on the islands is not in these numbers yet, and a watch that has never been online is not in them at all.
The story
You are a Sky-Strider
The floating islands of the Aether are falling to corruption. From the safe town of Haven-Rest, you step through the portal to clear island after corrupted island, fighting what the corruption has twisted and gathering the relics that remain.
Three voices in Haven-Rest
Brother Milo, Sage Aldric, and Young Lyra each need your help. Their ten quests slowly uncover what really lies beneath the corruption.
The Throne of Hollows
Every answer points to the same place. At the end of the campaign waits The Voice Beneath, and a final battle at the Throne of Hollows.
Shops, an inn, and permadeath. Choose your battles carefully. A fallen Sky-Strider does not return.
Tips for Sky-Striders
A few things worth knowing before you step through the portal.
Set your watch up first
SkyRift needs touch to move and fight, so turn touch on and the brightness up to full before you play. A watch Focus mode switches both in one go. Turn sounds on too if you want audio feedback.
Leave town prepared
Never enter the portal at half strength. Top up your health potions at the shop and rest at the inn until your health is full. The islands do not forgive a careless start.
Use the mini-map
Press the DOWN button to toggle the mini-map. Lost in Haven-Rest, or not sure what's left to explore on an island? The map shows everywhere you have been, and everywhere you have not.
Quick-use in combat
Press the UP button to open the quick-use menu and drink a potion mid-fight without breaking the action. Faster than dying.
Know when to fall back
Death is permanent, but retreat is free. If a fight is going badly, head back through the portal. Your progress is saved, and a healed Sky-Strider can always return. A dead one can't.
Don't outgrow your gear
Coin spent is better than coin carried. Upgrade your weapons and armour at the shop between expeditions. Later islands punish a Sky-Strider still in starter gear.
Ready to enter the Rift
SkyRift is on the Garmin Connect IQ Store. Free, offline, no ads.
Device support
SkyRift runs on 44 touchscreen AMOLED Garmin watches, from 390x390 up to 466x466. That covers the Fēnix 8 and the new Fēnix 9 family, including the Pro models at 43mm, 47mm and 51mm; Epix Gen 2 and Epix 2 Pro; Venu 2, 3, 4 and Venu X1; Vivoactive 5 and 6; Forerunner 165, 170, 265, 570, 965 and 970; MARQ Gen 2, the D2, Descent and Approach lines, and the quatix, tactix and inReach variants Garmin builds on the same hardware.
A full RPG needs touch to move and the screen space to read, so MIP-display and button-only watches are not supported. The Connect IQ Store will tell you whether your watch is on the list before you install.