Ereban: Shadow Legacy launches on 16 April 2026 digitally on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, with physical editions available exclusively for PS5. Developed by Baby Robot Games and published by SelectaPlay, this stealth platformer puts players in the role of Ayana, the last descendant of a forgotten race, navigating a dying universe controlled by the energy empire Helios. A playable demo is available now on the PlayStation Store.
The game sits in morally grey territory and stays there. Ayana's journey to uncover what happened to her people isn't framed as a clean rescue mission or a righteous crusade. The choices players face, whether to spare or consume, avoid or assassinate, are positioned beyond simple good and evil. Each encounter shapes the path forward and pushes closer to understanding the fate of an entire race, but also what Ayana herself might become in the process. The question the game keeps asking is how far you're willing to go for the truth, and whether the answer changes who you are by the time you find it.
That tension plays out across a world where faith, technology, and corruption have grown into each other. Lifeless cities sit in ruin alongside gleaming industrial complexes. Sci-fi facilities have been carved directly into ancient temples, creating spaces where the sacred and the corporate occupy the same architecture. Helios, the energy empire that rules this universe, has built its power over whatever came before, and the remnants of that older world are everywhere. The mood is one of quiet decay dressed up in corporate polish, a universe running on borrowed time while its rulers extract what's left. Ayana moves through these layered environments as both archaeologist and infiltrator, forging alliances and piecing together a history that Helios would rather keep buried.
The core of the gameplay is Shadow Merge, Ayana's signature ability that lets her slip into darkness and move freely through it. Shadows become traversal routes, letting her climb walls, reach otherwise inaccessible places, advance unseen, or strike from cover. The level design is built vertically around this mechanic, giving players multiple angles of approach through each environment. On top of Shadow Merge, Ayana can absorb echoes to unlock both lethal and non-lethal shadow powers and craft high-tech gadgets, combining all of it with her natural agility to infiltrate Helios lines. The game encourages players to approach each level with their own style, whether that means ghosting through without a trace or cutting through opposition as a deadly shadow.
That flexibility in approach feeds directly into the stakes. Every encounter is a small decision point. Killing is efficient but carries weight. Stealth is safer but demands patience and precision. The game reacts to how you play, and the accumulation of those choices shapes both the narrative and Ayana's identity. Helios isn't just a faceless enemy to dismantle; investigating what they're hiding is the thread that pulls everything forward, giving each infiltration purpose beyond the mechanical challenge of getting through undetected.
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The pacing moves between fluid traversal and careful stealth, with the platforming carrying real momentum. Shadow Merge isn't just a stealth tool but a movement system, letting Ayana phase through environments and scale heights that would otherwise be impossible. The shift between slipping through darkness and engaging directly keeps encounters from settling into a single rhythm, and the vertical level design means there's usually another route to consider before committing to one.
Ereban: Shadow Legacy is a stealth platformer built around a single strong mechanic and the moral weight of using it. Ayana's Shadow Merge turns every dark surface into a path, and the game's layered environments give those paths real variety, from the hollowed temples beneath Helios facilities to the ruins of cities that no longer have anyone left to remember them.