Unlock words of power and fight to unshackle your fate in mythic Kalevala! Slay hordes of enemies, overcome bullet hell bosses and challenging trials while exploring handcrafted environments. Learn from every defeat and craft your optimal build to rewrite your saga. Here, verses wield power!
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Unlock words of power and fight to unshackle your fate in mythic Kalevala!
Slay hordes of enemies, overcome bullet hell bosses and challenging trials while exploring handcrafted environments. Learn from every defeat and craft your optimal build to rewrite your saga. Here, verses wield power...


Versebound is a challenging roguelike bullet heaven, where the tragic characters of Finnish folk epic Kalevala get a chance to redeem themselves of their familiar calamities. Guide your heroes towards liberty as the spirits and gods of finno-karelian mythology are compelled to stop you at every step.

Features

  • Weave, fight and survive through thousands of mythological creatures
  • Defeat special minibosses to acquire their souls
  • Imbue your weapons with souls to create powerful artifacts
  • Experiment with different weapons and poems to craft your favorite build
  • Test your mettle against epic, old school boss encounters
  • Explore handcrafted maps in search of upgrades and secrets
  • Varied cast of characters, each with different starting points (not included in demo)
  • A true roguelike experience - meta progression won't save you this time
  • Brilliant score by notable dungeon synth artist Elyvilon
  • Hundreds of verses from John Crawford's 1888 translation of Kalevala to immerse you in the finno-karelian iron age setting and folklore

Full release plans

  • Progression (unlocks, achievements)
  • Completely new mechanics
  • More levels, weapons, poems, playable characters, trials…
  • Improved controls, sound- and quality of life settings
  • Secrets and easter eggs
  • Polish
  • Better optimization

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows 7 and up
    • Processor: Dual core
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 1 GB Vram
    • Storage: 300 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Sound Blaster AWE32
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
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