Five hooded players standing under headlamp beams in the dark
Five hooded players standing under headlamp beams in the dark

Collect. Deposit. Survive. Escape.

Out 16 September 2026 on Steam and 17 September 2026 on iPhone. Android to follow.

Steam 16 Sep 2026 App Store 17 Sep 2026 Google Play date to be confirmed

Windows on Steam. iPhone with iOS 16.4 or later. Android 7.0 or later.

Our first game

Fickle Allies is a first-person multiplayer thriller where alliances shift and trust never lasts.

The only things you can trust completely are your headlamp and the safe zones. Collect and deposit every crystal, then reach a safe zone to escape. First, you need to survive.

Play as a heartless killer, a trusted companion, a cunning thief, a loyal protector, a patient opportunist, a ruthless lone wolf or an unpredictable wildcard. Form groups to coordinate with other players, knowing that a group does not protect your crystals and that leaving one has lasting consequences.

In private matches with friends, attach scares to crystals and spring them on whoever collects the trapped crystal.

Red-lit train car in the Not a Subway map on PC
Not a Subway, on PC
Behind another player on iPhone with steal and kill buttons showing
Steal or kill, on iPhone
Release
16 September 2026 on Steam
17 September 2026 on iPhone
Android to follow, date to be confirmed
Platforms
Steam (Windows), iPhone, Android
Modes
Online PvP and co-op, private matches with friends, Practice with bots
Players
5 to 8 per match; private matches for 2 to 8
Locations
Weird Mansion, Not a Subway, Abandoned Facility
Controls
Keyboard and mouse or controller on PC; touch on phones
Languages
English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Arabic, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

On iPhone and Android the game is free to try. The Full Game unlocks with a one-time US$5.99 in-app purchase, the same price on both.

The studio

Ashfire Gaming Labs

We are an independent game studio in Hyderabad, India. We build multiplayer games about the decisions people make when nobody is watching, and we ship the same game on PC and phones, with every mode, map and language on each.

Fickle Allies is our first release. Our next steps are the Android launch, and then everything the players tell us it needs.

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