White Guardian Studios is bringing its creature-bonding RPG to Kickstarter, inviting players to try the demo
A game I’m following with lots of curiosity just launched its Kickstarter campaign and new demo. It comes from White Guardian Studios; it’s called Alchemic Beasts and is an upcoming monster-taming RPG featuring exploration, alchemy, town-building, and turn-based combat.
The campaign begins today, July 6, 2026, alongside the release of a playable demo on Steam, giving players an early look at the systems that shape the bond between human and beast.
Set in the wild paradise of Mizu, Alchemic Beasts follows Zieg and Mioni as they work to reclaim the land, tame powerful creatures, and restore a resort that has fallen into ruin. The whole system centers on not simply collecting monsters, but on building relationships with them.
Each beast has its own personality, behaviors, strengths, and social traits, all of which can influence combat performance, obedience, interactions, and evolution paths.
The combat system features all the things you would expect from a monster taming RPG: status effects, weaknesses, beast biology, and powerful ultimate abilities known as Alchemic Bursts. Beasts can also support allies from the bench through passive effects shaped by their personalities, while their attacks are tied to physical traits such as claws, fangs, wings, tails, and other natural features.
Alchemic Beasts also places a strong focus on base-building and long-term progression. Players will help rebuild Mizu by clearing land, constructing structures, rescuing townsfolk, opening new services, and customizing the town with decorations. Bonding is also tied into this loop, as beasts grow closer through shared work, social interaction, battles, and care.
Alchemy plays a major role in creature growth as well. Beasts can evolve naturally through combat and leveling, but players can also use alchemic evolution to unlock special variants under certain conditions, such as specific elements, generations, or environmental requirements.
White Guardian Studios first opened the Kickstarter pre-launch page on June 2, 2026, describing the campaign as a way to build momentum and support the project as it moves closer to release. The studio also confirmed that more information about rewards, stretch goals, and campaign details would be shared around the launch window.
Alchemic Beasts is currently planned for release in 2027 on Steam, where the demo is now available. Below is the official demo launch trailer.
