Backpack Hero is all about arranging weapons and items inside your massive sack to develop powerful synergies, see.

Except you have no character class and don’t equip any spells or items.

It tends to start simple.

An archer mouse melts baddies in a Backpack Hero screenshot.

Maybe you’ll soon find an item of armour which passively adds a small amount of block each turn.

Maybe a two-energy weapon which does more damage, or a zero-energy weapon which does less.

Then a magic wand which can cast a spell but needs to be touching a mana source.

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Some items buff other items they touch, or which are in the same row.

The buildcrafting can lead to pleasingly silly results.

I’ve had builds which deleted bosses in three turns.

A very messy inventory in a Backpack Hero screenshot.

I’ve had builds which made a flurry of zero-cost attacks that grew from gentle stabs to murderous woundings.

In one run, I built a wall along the bottom of my backpack.

you’re able to even put a roof on top for extra bonuses.

The biggest change is two extra characters who play in whole new ways.

The hope is for early access to last seven months, leading to a full launch in April 2023. you’re able to see that and more laid out onthe roadmap.

Backpack Hero is available nowon Steam Early Accessfor Windows, Mac, and Linux.

The 10% launch discount brings it down to 12.14/12.59/$15.29 until Monday the 22nd.

you could download a demo from Steam or play it in your browseron Itch.io.

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