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Fireside Hero

Can you find and defeat five legendary monsters in twenty days? Plan your moves carefully – the lair may be right in those woods! Buy rumours, hire adventurers, explore the map, and win tactical combats. A compact strategy with an old-school look and a puzzle twist!

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Demid Tishin
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Demid Tishin
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About the Game

Find and defeat five legendary monsters before time runs out.

Hire adventurers, explore the map, identify monster hideouts, and win tactical combats!

“This is a game I would like to see succeed”
— Ian Livingstone, co-creator of Games Workshop and Fighting Fantasy; former CEO of Eidos Interactive

Interactive hand-drawn game world


  • Emergent story with bite-sized narrative
  • Dynamic map events
  • Elements of procedural generation — each replay is different
  • Rich landscape ambience

Original puzzle mechanics


  • Buy clues about the monster hideout
  • Narrow down possible locations
  • Mark the hideout for your hero to investigate

Cunning enemies


  • Original combat rules based on rock-paper-scissors principles
  • 14 monsters with sophisticated AI

Powerful items


  • 12 Artifacts
  • 6 consumable herbs

Role-playing


  • 4 hero types
  • 6 secondary skills

P.S. Beware of the perils!
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