Backpack Hero

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The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!
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About Backpack Hero

About this game

The inventory management roguelike!
Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!

Backpack Hero is a twist on your standard deck-building roguelike. It isn't just about what you carry, but how you organize the items within your bag!

Placement has a huge impact on your items – find the right spot in your backpack to increase their power! Explore ancient dungeons, caves, swamps, and more! Meet colorful friends and fight deadly foes! Don't get lost!

When you aren't putting your life in danger, you can make good use of the resources you have gathered and rebuild your hometown of Haversack Hill!

Turn it into a charming and efficient hamlet to attract new residents. Buy and sell items, conduct research, and unlock heroes, challenges, and quests. By organizing the perfect village, you will restore the world of Orderia and rescue the animals who live there!

  • Experiment with your strategy and create game-breaking solutions
  • Collect 800+ distinct items, with ingenious powers and synergies to harness
  • Battle with over 100+ enemies. Learn their attack patterns and vanquish your foes
  • Dive into the endless dungeons! Start every run with randomly generated levels and discover unpredictable items, unique layouts, events, and challenges
  • Explore 5 unique play styles by selecting different heroes
  • Play standalone runs or experience the full adventure and meta progression in Story Mode
  • Rebuild Haversack Hill and help its inhabitants
  • Turn the village into an appealing and efficient hamlet to attract new residents. Buy and sell items, conduct research, and unlock heroes, challenges, and quests
  • Enrich your game with mods created by the community
  • Enjoy the game on PC or Steam Deck
  • Play with full controller support

 

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
November 14, 2023
Developer:
Jaspel
Publishers:
Pretty Soon
IndieArk
Supported Languages:
English
Features:
Singleplayer
Steam achievements

Full controller support

Steam workshop

Steam cloud

Family sharing

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 10 and Windows 11
  • Processor: 1.1 GHz Processor
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable.
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 250 MB available space

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Mac OS X 10.6+
  • Processor: 1.1 GHz Processor
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB
  • Storage: 250 MB available space

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and CentOS 7
  • Processor: 1.1 GHz Processor
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+, Vulkan capable.
  • Storage: 250 MB available space

Critic Reviews

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TheSixthAxis

90 / 100
"Backpack Hero is an excellent roguelike that should be on everyone's radar. Every moment of the game is fun to play, the story is solid, and the meta progression is deeply...

Softpedia

85 / 100
"Backpack Hero has a unique core mechanic that works. I liked constantly thinking of what I wanted to pick up and how I could create combos by placing items just right. There...

RPGamer

60 / 100
"There’s plenty to enjoy from balancing the equipment of Backpack Hero. Like fitting everything into a suitcase, figuring out where everything slots in can be very satisfying....
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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, Backpack Hero is Steam Deck Verified.
Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 10 and Windows 11
  • Processor: 1.1 GHz Processor
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable.
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 250 MB available space
Minimum:
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.6+
  • Processor: 1.1 GHz Processor
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB
  • Storage: 250 MB available space
67% of critics on Metacritic recommend Backpack Hero. The Metascore is 76 out of 100.
Backpack Hero was released on November 14, 2023
Yes, Backpack Hero supports MacOS.
Yes, Backpack Hero supports Linux.
Backpack Hero is published by Pretty Soon and IndieArk
Backpack Hero was developed by Jaspel

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