Indie Free-to-Play Online Bullet Hell RPG Runeward Online Officially Announced

Developer FatHatCat has unveiled Runeward Online, a free-to-play online bullet hell RPG coming to PC. Players take up the mantle of a Runeward: a dungeon diver exploring a beautiful but brutal handcrafted pixel art world overrun by monsters.

Runeward Online brings the adrenaline of fast-paced bullet hell combat into an online RPG world. Built with a heavy emphasis on cooperative play, the game offers in-depth build customization that allows players to evolve their characters and craft powerful synergies. It features a lively community hub where dozens of players can chat, form parties, and trade rare loot recovered from the depths.

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What’s in the Game

  • Enter the Bullet Hell: Blast, cast, and dodge through procedurally generated runs of handcrafted rooms. Survival demands quick thinking – hesitation is death.
  • Build Defining Runes: Fundamentally transform your character, growing wings to fly over pits or reversing knockback to pull in enemies instead.
  • Weaponized Pets: Pets aren’t just companions; they act as weapon modifiers. Enhance your bullets to bounce, duplicate, or track down your targets.
  • Massive Arsenal: Discover a sweeping variety of weapons, ranging from ancient spellbooks that rain fire from above to heavy greatswords that cleave through hordes.
  • Persistent Online World: Play alongside dozens of other Runewards in a fully multiplayer environment. Team up and enter dungeons, defeat massive bosses, and bring back epic loot!

About the Game
Runeward Online is an online bullet hell RPG where survival demands reflex and strategy, but success rewards you with epic loot. Evolve your class, experiment with a wild variety of builds and synergies, and tackle unforgiving dungeons alongside a global community of players.

“We wanted to make a bullet hell experience that gives players the long-term progression and freedom of a deep online RPG,” said the development team at FatHatCat. “Between weapon modifying pets, build defining runes, and a fully persistent multiplayer world where you can trade and squad up with friends, we’re aiming to build something incredibly deep and replayable.”

About FatHatCat
FatHatCat is an independent, two-person development team building ambitious multiplayer experiences from the ground up. Operating entirely without external investors, the duo consists of Zoagel (Art & Design), a former Minecraft MMO-server architect, and Morfeusz (Programming & Networking), a programmer specializing in complex multiplayer systems.

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