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Runeborn
Runeborn is a dark fantasy roguelike that merges deckbuilding with a slot-machine-like mechanic. Forge your Runebook, crush enemies, and combine Trinkets of boundless power to destroy the forces of Malakar!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“And here i thought "No way this game is interesting" Well well well how wrong I was. This is a really well made roguelike. It has a wide variety of trinkets and you unlock even more with time. Some of the trinkets are very impactfull completely shifting your strategy and…”
— a player, Steam review · 90 hrs played“Great twist on a connect roguelite. Learning curve takes a bit to really understand the scaling and patterns. Starts simple and gets complicated fast in a good way as you unlock more of the characters, relics, and amulets.”
— a player, Steam review · 95 hrs played“It's.... fine. I wouldn't recommend buying it unless on pretty heavy sale, but it just hasn't chosen particularly good mechanics to try to incorporate into a slot machine type of game. On a more subjective note, it just doesn't have any "sauce." The menus are fairly simple,…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Runeborn Patch Notes 1.0.57 - Hotfix
Bug Fixes Fixed a blocking launch issue when last Runebook played was the Tutorial
Runeborn Patch Notes 1.0.51 -> 1.0.56
Changes The Apex trinket now starts at x6 Multi instead of x5 Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where a New Game doesn’t properly use Editions Fixed an issue where the Stirge enemy, and its variants, used the
Runeborn Patch Notes 1.0.34 -> 1.0.51
Changes Clicking to hold Runes is slightly more responsive Resetting the Tutorial now clears your Continue Game if it is a Tutorial Run Updated French translation for the Jade Bell Updated Editions bu
Runeborn Patch Notes 1.0.23 -> 1.0.34
Changes When playing with low VRAM devices (4GB and lower), or when playing at 1080p and lower, will automatically load 2K textures (instead of 4K textures) to save VRAM. If you are playing at 1080p a
Runeborn Patch Notes 1.0.10 -> 1.0.23
Changes The Sell Display will now indicate you’re trying to sell a Bound Trinket Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where there can be overlapping text when playing in Chinese Fixed several localization issues
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Roguelike Deckbuilder · Replay Value · Deckbuilding · Roguelike · Turn-Based Strategy · Singleplayer · Arcade · Roguelite · Strategy · 2D · Casual · Stylized (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese |
| Achievements | 25 |
| Official site | https://www.runeborn.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10, Windows® 11 Processor: Quad Core Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 660, Radeon RX 460 or similar dedicated graphics card DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space