Mistborn: Ashes still isn’t a real Brandon Sanderson game: there’s nothing to download

By early 2026, Mistborn: Ashes, a fan-made proof-of-concept game based on Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn, was still exactly that: a concept showcase. SoulForge first revealed it in 2021, during the COVID lockdowns, and there’s still no sign of a full release.

SoulForge always framed Mistborn: Ashes as an unpaid, non-profit demonstration of what a big-budget Mistborn game might look like, not as an officially licensed commercial release. And even with the attention it got from readers and gaming outlets, the bigger picture hasn’t changed much. There haven’t been major public updates, no AAA publisher has stepped in, and nothing suggests Mistborn: Ashes is on its way to becoming a finished game.

The pitch itself was pretty easy to grasp. You’d play Vin in a third-person, “open-world lite” stealth-action game set in The Final Empire, moving through Luthadel and using Allomancy for both traversal and combat. SoulForge described Spider-Man-style Pushes and Pulls, rooftop movement, and coin attacks.

SoulForge also released a teaser, prototype gameplay footage, concept art, and music. Its reveal materials promised a mix of stealth and direct combat, heist missions, unlockable powers, dynamic AI, reactive NPC dialogue, development in Unreal Engine 4, and possibly a move to Unreal Engine 5 later on if Mistborn: Ashes ever advanced beyond the prototype stage.

If you’ve been hoping for an official Mistborn game, that’s still the thing to keep an eye on, not this project. In State of the Sanderson 2025 and in comments posted through early 2026, Brandon Sanderson said multiple AAA studios had shown genuine interest. Even so, an official Mistborn game is still only at the pitching stage, years after Mistborn: Birthright was canceled in 2017.

You can still watch Mistborn: Ashes online. There’s just nothing to download.