UNDER CONSTRUCTION - You've sworn an unbreakable oath to a demon lord. Now you must find a way to escape your contract before it claims your life.
At a glance
- Genre
- Dark · Horror · Fantasy · Survival · Action
- Format
- Playable interactive novel — narrated live by an AI dungeon master
- Length
- 4 chapters
- Players
- Solo or 2–6 player multiplayer party (multiplayer hosting requires Library Pass)
- Difficulty
- Adaptive — survival mechanics tighten or relax based on your actions. Hardcore permadeath available.
- Access
- $12.00 (or free with Library Pass)
- Platforms
- Web (dovorite.com) and native iOS / Android apps
- Language
- English
What awaits you
The Iron Pact unfolds across 4 chapters. Chapter titles only — the AI dungeon master narrates the rest in real time as you play.
- Chapter ?: The Binding Ceremony
- Chapter ?: Fulfilling the Bargain
- Chapter ?: Breaking or Deepening the Pact
- Chapter ?: Freedom or Eternity
How it plays
In The Iron Pact, you create a character with a point-buy stat spread, then trade blows with the AI dungeon master through stat-modified dice rolls; manage rising dread, hunger, and injury while the narrative tightens around you; forage, rest, and weigh every step against hunger and the elements. The AI dungeon master (GPT-4o, with Gemini 2.5 Flash as a fast fallback) narrates each scene, reacts to your typed or spoken actions, and calls for dice rolls when the outcome is uncertain.
Your inventory, gold, health, and 15 equipment slots update automatically from the narrative — pick up a sword in chapter one and the AI remembers you have it in chapter four. Food, rest, potions, and healing magic each affect survival in distinct ways, and difficulty adapts to how aggressively you play. In hardcore mode death is permanent; in standard mode you can rejoin the story through the Resurrection system.
What players say
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