Planned Release Date: 2026

About This Game

Rune Runners is a colorful 3D action platformer for one or two players, made for playing together on one couch. The rune torches that keep the magic of the eight worlds alive have gone out, and monsters have moved in. Four young mages, two brothers and two sisters, set out to light them again and open the portals between the worlds.

Every level is made for two players on one screen. You light the torches together, keep each other safe, revive your partner when one of you goes down and step into the portal side by side. A few places need both of you at once. When nobody is around, every level can also be played alone with any mage.

Three difficulty settings, Relaxed, Normal and Heroic, can be changed at any time. A parent and a child can play together on Relaxed, while two experienced players will find a real challenge on Heroic.

Each mage has a spell of their own. Water pushes monsters back and puts out flames, fire burns thorn vines away, thunder jumps on to a second monster and charges pylons, and wind blows flying monsters back and spins wind fans. Some hidden places only open up to the right element, so it pays to look around with every mage.

The journey leads from the Whispering Woods through the Sunscorched Ruins, the Crystal Caverns, the Frost Peaks, the Ember Caldera and the misty Gloomfen up to the Skyreach Citadel and into the Candy Kingdom. Every world has its own monsters and its own tricks: ferries across lava, sinking lily pads, falling icicles and cookie bridges that crumble under your feet.

At the end of each world a boss is waiting, from the Slime King to King Bonbon, the self-declared Sugar Tyrant of the Candy Kingdom. Each one fights in its own way and changes its attacks as the fight goes on. Every attack is announced with warning lanes, circles or shadows, so you can always see what is coming.

Every level has three runes to earn: one for finishing it, one for beating every monster and one for getting through without a defeat. 142 rune shards are hidden across the worlds. Gold from monsters, pots and chests buys wand upgrades, potions, shields and extra hearts at the merchant's stalls along the way.

• 1–2 players in local co-op on one screen, or solo

• 4 playable mages with water, fire, thunder and wind spells

• 8 worlds with 80 levels, 36 kinds of monsters and 8 bosses

• 3 runes per level and 142 hidden rune shards

• Relaxed, Normal and Heroic difficulty, switchable at any time

• Full controller support with Xbox, PlayStation and Switch button prompts, or keyboard

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Generation of marketing materials and concept art was supported by generative AI.