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Runeomicon

88% positive of 75 Steam reviews

Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by TLR Games. Published by Joystick Ventures.

About the game

Perform a dark ritual with your own hands under relentless pressure. Draw runes in real time, defend the ritual from enemies trying to stop it, and upgrade your skills to unleash devastating magic. Summon ancient eldritch gods in this dark fantasy game driven by skill, strategy and constant tension.

Tagged by players

Lovecraftian
Real Time Tactics
Tower Defense
Demons
Side Scroller
Supernatural
Resource Management
Difficult
Dark Fantasy
Medieval
Magic
Tactical

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Positive

What players say

Recommended
Definitely fun and unique game if you like tower defense and/or little memory puzzles. Can recommend! The gameloop is amazing. The progress feels rewarding, and I love the art style and how you slowly uncover the story. They have a demo if you want to have an idea how the game plays. I will update my review with my findings once I've finished the game. Hint: as long as you retry a level without going back to the map…
106 h played when written. 11 found it helpful.
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Recommended
I have not yet had the chance to explore everything Runeomicon has to offer, but I can tell it will be worth exploring and enjoying for quite a while. The central conceit is, essentially, a somewhat randomized, timed puzzle where you have to draw the right shape with a given set of points while beset by angry villagers trying to stop your puzzle...er, ritual from completing. The game balances tower defense, the…
1.2 h played when written. 10 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Cool concept and design....until they go 0 to 180 with the rune complexity. Like ffs, I was looking for a casual laid back rune drawing game and after 2 levels in they went from fun to me doing calculus. Its not needed....at all. Just ripped the enjoyment out and turned it into massive nuisance to play. It would be fine, but the timer/constant assault on the gates just makes the game unreasonably high pressure in a…
17 min played when written. 12 found it helpful.
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