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Runes Quest

Runes Quest is a sokoban-like puzzle game where you guide a knight through 30 levels across light and dark biomes on their journey home. Navigate rooms filled with interactive elements like buttons, grates…

25 September 2026

Runes Quest is a puzzle developed by Lovixsama, released 25 September 2026 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Runes Quest is

Runes Quest is a puzzle game developed by Lovixsama and released in 2026. It was published by Xitilon. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Runes Quest is a sokoban-like puzzle game where you guide a knight through 30 levels across light and dark biomes on their journey home. Navigate rooms filled with interactive elements like buttons, grates, keys, runes, boxes, pits, and traps using logic and careful planning. Enjoy cute visuals and relaxing music as you solve increasingly complex spatial puzzles.
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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.

What it launched against

Runes Quest launched on 25 September 2026, within three weeks of Marvel's Wolverine, Control Resonant, Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Silent Hill: Townfall. It arrived 6 years into the Xbox Series's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Wolverine, Control Resonant, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Silent Hill: Townfall.

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When did Runes Quest come out?
Runes Quest was released on 25 September 2026 for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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