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About This Game

The Sleep of Reason Brings Forth Monsters

The magical world of Hitonero is crumbling.
Dreams, the lifeblood of creation, have stopped flowing, and feral monsters now roam freely across the land.

You play as Ollie, a nimble catfolk scout caught in the collapse. To save his world, he’ll need to gather and summon ancient gods, traverse hostile lands, and uncover a hidden conspiracy that threatens the balance of reality itself.

2D Metroidvania with Divine Powers

Ollie and the Merchant of Dreams is a 2D Metroidvania focused on agile platforming, dynamic combat, and exploration.
Traverse a fantasy world using acrobatic movement, call upon powerful Archons, and reshape the world through your actions.

Meet Ollie, the Catfolk Scout from Kindleburg

As a nimble scout trained for hostile terrain, Ollie will gain relics that allow him to scale vertically, slip through danger, levitate over traps, and even bounce off ceilings to reach nearby platforms. His swordplay sharpens with each upgrade, unlocking new combos and mobility options. Exploration and combat are two sides of the same coin, and Ollie is forged for both.

A Pantheon of Archons

Hitonero is governed by six holy Archons, each embodying a fundamental force of reality.

Once, there may have been more, but most have vanished as the dream energy that sustained the Archaic Plane drained away.

The Archons guide the world through sacred spheres and hand-chosen Ministers, but with the fading of dreams, their power weakens.

On his journey, Ollie will cross paths with these divine beings and earn their trust.

Each Archon grants powerful boons, from combat abilities to changing how Ollie moves about the world, allowing players to reshape how they play and explore.

Allies and Opponents

Meet vivid NPCs like Prince Oricoco, Tulipa, and King Lufius, each playing a part in your fate.
Cross paths with the Ministers, mortal agents of the Archons, veiled in mystery, and perhaps no longer bound to their original cause.

Explore the World of Hitonero

Hitonero teeters on the brink of collapse. Once bound by dreams, its realms now fray apart... yet remnants of forgotten wonders still linger.

Travel through the lush Dryadic Forest, ruled by the dryad queen Gyrian, or wade into the Pretty Swamp, home of the Frogfolk. Journey onward to a levitating island, buried temples, godly prisons, and sealed sanctuaries as you uncover the mystery overshadowing Hitonero.
Each handcrafted area features its own architecture, culture, traversal challenges, and soundtrack.

Seek and Discover

Each region is rich with hidden relics, secret passageways, optional encounters, and lore.
Exploration is consistently rewarded, whether with new powers, upgrades, shortcuts, pets, or revelations that let you see the world anew.

Key Features

• Play as Ollie, a sword-wielding catfolk hero, and battle through beautifully animated enemies

• Explore 12+ interconnected regions, each with unique secrets, lore, and bosses

• Master dynamic traversal: wall jumps, levitation, dodging, and ceiling flips

• Summon 6 Archons, each granting unique powers for combat or movement

• Ride a winged unicorn through unreachable zones and shoot 'em up sequences

• Fast travel across an interconnected world via a magic-integrated system

• Defeat and befriend a stone golem who becomes your personal battle mecha

• Unlock multiple endings, including an early ending and a secret true ending

• Upgrade your sword to enhance combos and special abilities

• Discover labyrinthine areas that change as you play

• Collect relics tied to the game's mythology that change or enhance gameplay

• Find 5 lore cards that piece together forgotten history

• Recruit companion pets and learn new skills from NPCs

• Includes a stylized in-game instruction manual in line art

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Ollie and the Merchant of Dreams features fantasy combat with stylized violence, and emotionally intense scenes discussing themes of grief, sacrifice, and extinction.

The game does not depict sexual acts, drug or alcohol abuse, or real-world violence. Some characters wear fantasy-inspired outfits that may be considered mildly revealing, but there is no nudity or sexual content.