Runecast

Runecast is a strategy game in which battles run automatically and the player’s decisions are made beforehand. Players recruit allies, arrange their company across three lanes and prepare between waves. Three matching runes summon a hero, and the player can adapt their formation to the result or spend gems on a direct summon. At the Forge, stones can be redistributed among the runes to change the odds of later casts.

Heroes can be merged with matching heroes to combine their levels. At level 3, the player chooses a promotion path, each with its own powers, and roles and bonds can be combined to strengthen the company. Equipment can be spread across up to three slots per hero, and the Tent is used to strengthen the troop. Before each fight, the player decides how to spend coins and gems, either on one hero or across the whole company.

The campaign is divided into four acts: the Palisade, the Iron Mouth, the White Gorge and the Basalt Hall. Each has its own enemies, battlefields and story, and includes boss fights such as the Goblin Boss, the Bone Witch, the Web Queen, Hrimgrim, the Ice Golem and Kolgar. In the full game, completing a difficulty unlocks the next, and each adds a rule: elite enemies on Medium, bosses that start at half health and call reinforcements on Hard, and an act-long curse on Infernal. A free demo covers all of Act 1 (10 waves) and Act 2 up to wave 5 on Easy, with the Dwarf, the Archer, the Healer and the Thief as playable heroes. The interface is available in English, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Russian.