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Runers

Runers is a top-down rogue-like dungeon shooter where you explore a vast underground labyrinth and face fierce monsters and bosses. As the game advances further into the dungeon, you will gather Runes, which…

2 September 2014

Runers is an indie developed by LGK Games, released 2 September 2014 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Runers is

Runers is an indie game developed by LGK Games and released in 2014. It was published by Mastertronic. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Microsoft XNA.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Runers is a top-down rogue-like dungeon shooter where you explore a vast underground labyrinth and face fierce monsters and bosses. As the game advances further into the dungeon, you will gather Runes, which will be used to combine into 285 unique spells. Discovering new spells will unlock their entries in your Runedex; unlock them all! But be careful – if you die, your playthrough is finished. We wanted to make a game that had a lot of replayability, customization, and discovery. Almost every design choice we made focused on furthering those three goals. We want the player to be able to choose the playing style that suits them: long range sniper, mid range run and gun, or an up close…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Runers launched on 2 September 2014, within three weeks of Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux, Bayonetta 2 and Destiny.

Released around the same time: Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux, Bayonetta 2, Destiny.

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When did Runers come out?
Runers was released on 2 September 2014 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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