Realms and Ruins: Abencor
Realms & Ruins: Abencor is a first-person, grid-based, open world, retro, pixel art dungeon crawler harkening back to the days of yore. A boomer role-playing game (or bRPG), Realms & Ruins takes inspiration from games like Wizardry, Might & Magic, and other cRPGs of the '90s.
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Overview
Realms & Ruins: Abencor is a first-person, grid-based, open-world dungeon crawler with retro pixel art harkening back to the days of yore. A boomer role-playing game (or bRPG), Realms & Ruins takes inspiration from games like Wizardry, Might & Magic and other cRPGs of the '90s. Embark on an epic open-world adventure filled with combat, magic, exploration, and puzzles!
Explore the hand-crafted world of Abencor. Dungeons, monsters, treasure and more in this 90's inspired open-world dungeon crawler!
Storyline
For centuries, the land has been ruled by three powerful leaders, ensuring peace and prosperity for their people. These rulers each hold an artifact of great power, which have been passed down through generations. These artifacts were used to lock away a great evil that once plagued the land.
All three rulers have suddenly died under mysterious circumstances, leaving the civilized lands in disarray and the threat of monsters seems to be growing.
Your quest will take you through treacherous mountains, mysterious forests, and ancient dungeons, it's up to you to stop the impending evil that may rise again!
Key Features
First person, grid-based RPG
Real-time combat - fight with fast/ light or slow/heavy weapons and explore in real time
Open-world - Over 100 hand crafted maps, including towns, overworld areas and over 20 dungeons
Fight monsters, level up and pick your stats to focus on strength, dexterity or magic
100+ monsters to challenge and 150+ weapons, armor and other treasures to discover using charming pixel art
