A folk tale, played
The Legend of Kawa
A free 2D action-adventure browser game inspired by the Kurdish and Persian legend of Kawa the Blacksmith. Twenty chapters, four modes, no downloads, no pay-to-win. Play instantly in Arabic, Kurdish or English.
The story
Long before empires wrote their own histories, a tyrant named Zahhak ruled the lands between the Zagros mountains and the Persian plateau. Two black serpents grew from his shoulders — a curse for his cruelty — and every dawn the beasts demanded the brains of two young men. In a dusty smithy far from the throne, Kawa the Blacksmith lost sixteen sons. When they came for the seventeenth, he raised his leather apron high on the tip of his hammer, painted it with the ember of the forge, and marched into the marketplace. That leather apron became the Derafsh Kaviani — the Kavian Banner — a symbol of popular resistance still remembered every Nowruz, 3,000 years later.
Every system, free
There is no ability, chapter, or hero locked behind a paywall. Twenty story chapters. Four game modes (Story, Endless Arena, Boss Rush, Speedrun). Three playable heroes with distinct combat kits. Seasonal Battle Pass with cosmetic-only rewards. Skin Builder Pro, cloud save, Progressive Web App with offline support. Sharia-friendly audio pipeline that avoids all melodic instruments.
Quick answers
Is the game free?
Yes. All 20 chapters, 4 modes, and 3 heroes are free. Battle Pass Premium and USD bundles are cosmetic-only.
Does it have music?
By design, no melodic instruments. War drums and hand percussion only, respecting Islamic audio guidelines.
Which languages?
Arabic with full RTL support, Kurdish (Kurmanji, Latin script), and English.
Latest updates
We ship in small, versioned drops. The developer blog tracks every release — from the first playable build (v0.1.0) to the current Enemies CMS + 20-chapter roster (v0.5.0). Every entry is a real dev-log with the shipped features, bug fixes, and design notes.