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Burning Knight

Steal everything you can and flee from the Burning Knight's castle in this action-packed roguelike! The game features tight bullet hell, tons of items, characters to meet... and secrets!

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Developer
Rexcellent Games
Publisher
2Awesome Studio
Release
June 5, 2020
6 years and 59 days ago
Steam Reviews
Mixed126 reviews69.8%

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About the Game

Steal everything you can and flee from the Burning Knight's castle in this action-packed roguelike! The game features tight bullet hell, tons of items, characters to meet... and secrets!

Features


  • Endless adventures with procedurally generated dungeons
  • Unlock and explore 300+ unique items along the way, that open up insane playstyles

  • All items can be combined together, so you can build your very own game-breaking combos!



  • 28 unlockable hats!
  • We've been told that our Original Soundtrack is really good
  • 5 challenging areas to discover.
  • 14 unlockable NPC's and more!



  • Free content updates!
  • Supports keyboard, mouse, and controllers
  • Show off to your friends by filling the Hall of Achievements (the game includes more than 50 of them!)


  • Find a unique challenge every day in the Daily Runs!
  • Seeded runs for practice and speedrun tactics!
  • Play either as a ranger, melee tank, mage, or anything in between!



  • Vibrant pixel art look with amazing lighting
  • Compete on the leaderboards to get to the best of the best!
  • Tons of easter eggs (no they are not bugs, seriously)
  • The Vegan mode
  • Twitch Integration
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