Backpack Raiders is a hybrid survival roguelite + tactical inventory builder where how you arrange your gear is just as important as the gear you choose. Build Your Loadout. Outplay the Swarm. Thrive in the City.

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About This Demo

Get a taste for the City.

Demo content includes:

  • One full run (up to 10 rounds) inside the City

  • Demo Endless mode, fight until you drop!

  • 1 of 3 mercenaries available to play

  • Try 3 of the 9 current weapons

  • A peek at meta progression

  • Core loop: build your backpack, merge upgrades, survive the swarm

Build Your Loadout. Outplay the Swarm. Thrive in the City.

Decades after a catastrophic event wiped humanity off the map, mutated bugs rose from the ruins and turned entire cities into their hives.

You are a mercenary-for-hire, one of the rare survivors trained to breach the infested city walls and bring back what everyone else fears to touch: bug parts. Valuable, volatile, and vital for making a profit in the new world.

⚔️ Fast, Hectic, Wave Combat

Dash, shoot, blast, or slice your way through escalating swarms in quick waves.
Find weapons, merge upgrades, and create powerful builds as you fight to survive long enough for extraction.

  • Auto-firing and manual-aim hybrid combat

  • Runs designed to be quick, chaotic, and endlessly replayable

  • Hundreds of items and endless synergies

🎒 A Smarter Backpack Means a Stronger You

Your backpack is your build.
Every weapon, trinket, attachment, and oddity fits into a grid-based inventory where position, adjacency, and orientation matter.

  • Discover items with unique shapes and effects

  • Build insane synergies based on placement

  • Merge items into new and powerful tools

Pack smarter. Live longer. 

🏗️ About the full game

In the full game:

Raid the city, earn supplies, and use them between runs to construct buildings that grant permanent, run-boosting upgrades. Jump into Endless Mode for shorter, harder rounds and see how far you can push your build, chase a high score, and climb the leaderboard. 

  • Expand your outpost with buildings that stack into powerful, permanent synergies

  • Unlock new mercenaries and stronger starting loadouts by building the right facilities

  • Use the Wanted Board to choose your difficulty level the way you want

  • Push Endless Mode through shorter, harder rounds, chase high scores, and climb the leaderboard

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: intel i7 3570
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce GTX 760
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 300 MB available space

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