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Runestone Keeper is a roguelike dungeon crawler that blends classic RPG elements and turn based strategy. Heroes, monsters, equipment, events, magic and skills, traps and devices, shrines and altars, Goddesses and merchants. Choose your weapon and begin an epic adventure!
Runestone Keeper is a strategy, rpg and rogue-like game
developed by Blackfire
and published by Cimugames.
Released on March 02nd 2015 is available on Windows and MacOS
in 8 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Japanese and Russian.
It has received 2,450 reviews of which 2,071 were positive and 379 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on K4G.
The Steam community has classified Runestone Keeper into these genres:
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System requirements
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10
- Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz or higher
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon 2400 / NVIDIA 8600M / Intel HD Graphics 3000 or higher
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 512 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
MacOS
- OS: MacOS X 10.8 or higher
- Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or higher
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon 2400 / NVIDIA 8600M / Intel HD Graphics 3000 or higher
- Storage: 512 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Not recommended for Intel GMA Graphics or Mac Minis or early-generation MacBooks
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This one was a journey. I thought the RNG was going to be merciless but it was very fair in the end. Runestone keeper is an old game, almost a decade old now but I feel it still holds up on ym favorite genre of turn-based perma-death dungeon crawling. Although the perma-death is used very loosely here as a run can be as quick as 20 minutes or so if you rush it or as long as 3 hours if you go slow. The game mechanics will take a couple of hours to learn but from there the fun begins as you start unlocking new characters and start debating what playstyle fits you best, two handed swords with chain effects, armor piercing ranged weapons, magic based freezing wands, damage reflective tank armor build, etc. In the end, you'll have around 10 characters to choose from each with its own unique spells and preferred builds, some very specific and others very versatile. On top of that, you have Gods you can worship that give you cool effects to strengthen your specific build even further and even if you keep dying, you'll keep your gold to unlock upgrades that will help you slightly in future runs. As far as achievements go, you can 100% in around 50 to 70 hours with some luck since some achievements are tied to RNG (finding events or god statues), others require skills (surviving with heavy debuff effects) and others will test your troubleshooting as they impose challenges during your entire run. I found it very balanced. Music was very limited, maybe 3 or 4 tracks in the whole game but the devs were a small team so I understand, graphics were ok but the game fun comes from the challenge of its game's mechanics. There is almost zero story here. I did enjoy the week or so I spent on the game, in the end, the gridn had me doing runs while listening to audiobooks until the RNG graced me with the things I needed. All in all, Runestone keeper gets 3 overlord enemies with ATK equal to my current health which oneshot me because I wasnt paying attention out of 5 times I died because I clicked on the wrong event answer and the decrease in stats made me unable to wield my main weapon leaving me only with my stupid fist damage. Nice game!
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"Runestone Keeper" sounds a little like "Minesweeper." That's because the games follow a similar format: click on tiles to reveal what's under them. In Runestone Keeper, however, those tiles can have monsters on them, or traps, bombs, helpful items, poison pits, or any number of other things to keep things interesting. The game requires just a little thought, but not much. It's mostly just clicking, but the effects of various equipment and items picked up can be taken into consideration to turn around an unfavourable board, or just help you avoid certain tile types in order to find the exit that much easier. It's a good game to kill some time with - made to be difficult, a single "session" is usually very short before you die and have to start over again. Gold carries on, however, and you are able to buy upgrades to make subsequent trips into the dungeon easier. Eventually you'll find yourself reaching new depths more easily.
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Although the game is certainly rich both in interesting interactions as well as design flaws, it is hard not to recommend Runestone Keeper at its price point, which is set perfectly. I will state this first: the game will repeatedly put you in positions where you are set to lose, without any possibilities of recovery. You will often look back from that point and realize that there was nothing you could have done to save yourself. It is expected that this does not frustrate you as you still "progress" by spending the collected gold on upgrades afterwards. As it currently stands, Runestone Keeper is a very accessible rogue-lite game that offers challenging experiences ranging from 10 to 30 minutes. It is alright at everything it does, your play sessions will sway rapidly between mild fun and curiosity and slight annoyance. Its distinguishment comes from the fact that even with its current flaws, it is very close to a very polished and satisfying experience. The main weakness is balance and polish, numbers don't seem to work well with eachother which makes a few of the in-game systems and interactions useless. Your main source of continuous progress is gold - still the game asks absurd prices for single-use items, synthetizing runes and mediocre equipment - thus rendering all three almost useless. The "gold-making" upgrades and gods are also mostly a waste, either never being able to return its own cost or taking too long to do so. The starting class is bad when compared to the other two, still it matters not much. Most losses come from impossible scenarios - although your first deaths will most likely be to bad planning - where suddenly a "winning" run stumbles upon special rooms designed to kill you unless you meet very specific criteria, which are often simply not a possibility. Overall it is a decent product, for a good price, and very close to being something satisfying or perhaps even great.
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Before you buy this game, there is one thing you need to know: Like many rogue like dungeon games, this one is quite hard and might cause frustration. I'm not saying that it is bad, but the difficulty is part of the game play. Actually, this is probably one of the best rogue-like dungeon games I've ever played. From the game play to art, every part of it is worth the ten dollars I spent. It is true that there are still many bugs yet to be fixed and the characters and stats need some balence to be done. But as far as I know, the developers are working hard on improving the game. If you are a fan of rogue-like and have the patient to play a hard one, this game should end up on your must-play list. 9/10 - Please fix the bugs that some upgrades don't apply to the gameplay. I'm actually quite pissed about that, since I actually saved up gold to unlock them. p.s. valve, workshop support please, games like this will become something totally different with workshop support.
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A very interesting, unique, deceptively simple game. [url=http://youtu.be/X6fwuiVnhnI]Check out the game in action with my Build-A-Review Pro: _Nice, clean art style: Looks good with its own art style. Nice character portraits as well. Isn't really bombastic, but does look unique and coherent. _Unique: The gameplay is something else altogether. It's hard to align this to any specific genre. _Satisfying gameplay: It's very simple stuff, but clicking on tiles to explore them feels satisfying in the way that popping bubble wraps is satisfying, if that makes sense. It's like fapping, it's hard to explain, but try it for yourself and you'll see immediately why it's so great. _Rogue-lite: It's a Rogue-like with persistent upgrades that effects your future runs. That was fun in Rogue Legacy, it's fun in here. _Difficult: It's hard, but never truly feels unfair. _Deceptively simple: It's deceptively simple, but with an underlining devilishness that is very, very rogue-like. The game isn't afraid to troll you. _Great pacing: Short runs (Lasts about 20-30 mins on average), but you'll be playing it over and over. It's really easy to lose track of time playing this game. Cons: _Could use more art assets: The art is nice, but there's not enough of it... I'll be honest, I'm just nit-picking here. I can't really think of anything negative to say. Is it worth 10 bucks? You bet your sweet ass. It's fun, unique, easy to pick up, hard to master. It's very addictive and interesting. Buy it, you won't regret it.
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Runestone Keeper is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.
Runestone Keeper is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 8.19€ on Steam.
Runestone Keeper received 2,071 positive votes out of a total of 2,450 achieving a rating of 8.12.
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Runestone Keeper was developed by Blackfire and published by Cimugames.
Runestone Keeper is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Runestone Keeper is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Runestone Keeper is not playable on Linux.
Runestone Keeper is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Runestone Keeper. Explore additional content available for Runestone Keeper on Steam.
Runestone Keeper does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Runestone Keeper does not support Steam Remote Play.
Runestone Keeper is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Blackfire
Publisher
Cimugames
Release
02 Mar 2015
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