Illuminate an Empire of Lost Treasure
Excavate gilded relics, restore forgotten maps, and raise a golden kingdom — one illuminated page at a time. Free to begin on Android.
Free to play · No ads in story mode
Features of the Empire
Every system in HyperTreasureEmpire is hand-illustrated like a page from a monastic ledger. Unfold each chapter to see what awaits your reign.
Tap-and-hold across 40 hand-painted dig sites to unearth coins, gemstones, and cursed reliquaries. Each excavation runs a live 8-second animation and rewards rare fragments used to illuminate your ledger. New sites unlock roughly every three player levels.
Restore a torn 12-region atlas by spending recovered gold leaf. Completed regions passively generate tribute even while you sleep, and each finished map page reveals a short animated fable about the treasure hidden there.
Combine three lesser relics at the guild anvil to forge a single legendary artifact, a 15-minute timed craft that you can rush with earned emeralds. Forged relics grant permanent bonuses to excavation speed and vault capacity.
Every six weeks a new illustrated chapter arrives with limited-time regions, a leaderboard of fellow stewards, and a cosmetic banner set. Chronicle progress is saved to your account so you never lose a page of the story.
Your kingdom keeps working when the app is closed. Return after a night away to collect up to 8 hours of stockpiled tribute, then reinvest it into taller towers, deeper mines, and brighter gold-leaf borders.
The Makers Behind the Gold
A small studio of eleven, working above a print shop on Wellington Street. These are the hands that illuminate every screen.
Marcus Trần
Creative Director
Sketches every region by hand before a single pixel is drawn. Keeps a real jar of gold leaf on his desk for reference.
Priya Nair
Lead Game Designer
Balances the tribute economy so early players and empire veterans both feel the pull of one more excavation.
Elliot Baxter
Android Engineer
Squeezes 60fps out of a decade-old handset and wrote the offline-stewardship engine from scratch.
Sofia Ricci
Illustration Lead
Paints the manuscript borders and relic art in a Collingwood studio flooded with morning light.
Daniel Okafor
Audio & Score
Records the choral score with a local ensemble and hides a lute motif in every seasonal chapter.
A Kingdom Already Thriving
Since launch, stewards across the world have joined the excavation. The ledger grows heavier by the day.
2.4M+
Android downloads
480K
Monthly active stewards
61M
Relics excavated
4.7 / 5
Google Play rating
Tales From the Stewards
What players are saying about their time inside the illuminated empire.
"The offline stewardship is dangerous in the best way — I check my kingdom before coffee every morning and my mine is always three levels deeper than I remember."
"I have played idle games for years and this is the first one that feels beautiful. The map restoration actually made me pause and read the little fables."
"Forging three junk relics into one legendary artifact never gets old. Reached the Empire Sovereign tier and the gold-leaf borders are worth every cent."
"No obnoxious ads interrupting the story, the seasonal chapters keep me coming back, and support actually replied to my save-file question within a day."
Choose Your Standing
Play free forever, or pledge tribute for deeper vaults and illuminated cosmetics. Cancel any time from the Google Play store.
Novice Steward
Everything you need to begin your reign.
- All 40 excavation sites
- Full illustrated story mode
- Offline idle up to 4 hours
- Standard ledger borders
Treasure Seeker
For the daily digger who wants a little more shine.
- Offline idle up to 8 hours
- Double relic-forging speed
- Exclusive gold-leaf borders
- Ad-free across all modes
- Early access to seasonal chapters
Empire Sovereign
Command the whole realm with sovereign privileges.
- Everything in Treasure Seeker
- Offline idle up to 16 hours
- Two extra kingdom slots
- Animated illuminated throne room
- Priority steward support
Reach the Scriptorium
A question about your save file, a partnership, or just a word of praise? Our team on Wellington Street reads every message.
Studio Details
Telephone
+61 3 9418 5357Studio
66 Wellington Street, Collingwood VIC 3066
Email
[email protected]Support Hours
Mon–Fri, 9:00am – 5:00pm AEST