Black Torchالشعلة السوداء — a free game launcher for Windows

Your games. Your friends. Your Windows.

Play, chat and restyle Windows from one free launcher.

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Games, friends and your PC in one window.

Pointers

Real pointers and living characters, right here.

Try it, then take it with you.

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Folder colours

File Explorer

Switch the folder colours and watch it change.

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Live wallpapers

Real wallpapers, running in your browser.

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The Black Torch launcher home screen: the Wizard's Raid card with a Play button and the community chat below it

Games, friends and chat

Your games and your people in one window.

Free. All of this is in the launcher.

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  • Free
  • Install, update, play
  • English and العربية
  • Every change can be undone

The launcher screens and the Shop screens show sample content.

The Shop · everything free

Dress Windows. Undo it in a click.

Looks, cursors, wallpapers, sounds and more.

The Shop front page: a row of categories and a grid of real wallpapers, live wallpapers and looks, each with an Apply button

Everything in one place

Wallpapers, pointers, sounds and more.

The Shop's Complete looks: the look Orbit Night shown large with an Apply button, and the next looks beside it

Complete looks

One press dresses all of Windows.

The Wallpapers page: the wallpaper in use at the top and a row of real wallpapers with Apply buttons

Wallpapers

Change your desktop in a click.

The Live wallpapers page: moving wallpapers such as Abyss Lights and Aurora over the Fjord, each with an Apply button

Live wallpapers

Moving scenes behind your icons.

The Pointers page: sets of mouse pointers such as Aurora, Jelly and Breeze, each with an Apply button

Pointers

Whole sets of mouse cursors.

A wallpaper opened in the Shop: its pictures, a sentence about it, and the Close, Try for 15 seconds and Apply buttons

Try before you keep

Try any item for 15 seconds, then keep it or undo.

A colour set opened in the Shop, with a picture of the windows it recolours

Colours

Colours that restyle your windows.

A File Explorer style opened in the Shop, with a picture of the restyled folder window

File Explorer

Restyle the folders you open every day.

A taskbar style opened in the Shop, with a picture of the restyled taskbar

Taskbar

Make the taskbar yours.

A Task Manager style opened in the Shop, with a picture of the restyled Task Manager

Task Manager

Even Task Manager gets a look.

An icon pack opened in the Shop, with a picture of its icons

Icon packs

New icons for the desktop and folders.

A sound pack opened in the Shop, with a play button and a volume slider

Sounds

Soft, bold or quiet. The volume is yours.

Your setup: ten slots for what is applied, and saved setups with Apply and Try for 15 seconds buttons

Save your setup

Keep your favourites and switch in one press.

Screens show sample content.

Orbit NightComplete look
Abyss LightsLive wallpaper
Neon PulseComplete look
JellyCursors
Night TorchWallpaper
Aurora over the FjordLive wallpaper
Living MapComplete look
Night PerformanceTask Manager
DeveloperFile Explorer
  • Complete looks
  • Wallpapers
  • Live wallpapers
  • Cursors
  • Colours
  • Taskbar
  • Menus
  • File Explorer
  • Task Manager
  • Sounds
  • Icons
  • Mouse and keyboard feel

Free. Changes only your Windows user, and every item can be reverted.

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Get Black Torch.

Free. Installs your games and keeps them up to date.

  1. DownloadAbout {size}. The games download inside it.
  2. Install and sign inRun it and sign in with your free account.
  3. Press PlayWizard's Raid installs and updates itself.

Before you download

Quick answers.

What is Black Torch?

A free game launcher for Windows with chat, friends and a Shop of free Windows looks. Wizard's Raid is its first game.

Is it free?

Yes: the launcher, the Shop and Wizard's Raid.

What does the Shop change on my PC?

Only what you apply, for your Windows user. Every item can be reverted.

Windows warns me about the file.

The launcher is new and not code-signed yet. The file is offered only here: check its SHA-256, then choose More info and Run anyway.

What do I need?

64-bit Windows 10 or 11, and about 2 GB for Wizard's Raid.

Mac, Linux, mobile or Steam?

Not yet. A Steam release of Wizard's Raid is planned.

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Come and say hello.

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Games on Black Torch

Wizard's Raid

Our first game. Free, and already inside the launcher.

Free-to-play Early Access Up to 12 players
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12Players per match
45m/sTop speed
12Elemental spells
9Active firearms

Movement

Speed you can read.

Chain slides, jumps and wall-runs, and keep every drop of speed.

0m/s
Hold the button (or Space) — release and it all goes.
A hooded wizard sprinting along a castle wall

Three ways to play

Race it. Brawl it. Raid it.

In the build

Deathmatch

Twelve players, one courtyard. Free-for-all or teams.

FFA + Team DMUp to 12 players~2s respawn
Wizards fighting in a castle courtyard

Magic

12 elements.

Active elemental spell

Arsenal

9 weapons.

Heavy pistol Heavy Pistol High Impact · Precision
Pistol Pistol Agile Sidearm · Quick Draw
Burst SMG Burst SMG 3-Round Burst · High Velocity
PDW PDW Full-Auto · Close Quarters
Combat Shotgun Combat Shotgun 16 Pellets · 1-Shell Lethal
Assault rifle Assault Rifle 600 RPM · Pattern Recoil
Burst carbine Burst Carbine Precision Burst · Mid-Range
Heavy sniper rifle Sniper Rifle 1-Shot Lethal · Long-Range Bolt
Combat knife Combat Knife Instant Melee · Backstab Kill

The world

Three factions. One sky.

Nobody here is purely hero or villain.

Void Wizards emblem — dark sun on purple

Void Wizards

Purple Ether · Attackers & Firearms Inventors Void Wizard masked portrait
White Sages emblem — great tree on green

White Sages

Green Ether · Defenders of the Grand Library White Sage bearded portrait
Survived Mages emblem — blue ether shield

Survived Mages

Blue Ether · Lost Castle Architects Survived Mages royal standard