Pride yourself on a neatly organised inventory? Well, Backpack Hero might be just the game for you and, what's more, it is available on the Switch eShop today!
Shadow dropped as a part of the Indie World Showcase, Backpack Hero will see you playing as one of five adorable animal creatures, who spend their days crawling dungeons to keep their hometowns in tip-top condition. Making your way through these dungeons is no cup of tea, mind you, and your success in battle will all come down to some skilful bag packing.
Yes, the aim of the game in this one is making the most of your inventory management skills to deal out attacks, boost your power, and set up defences, all from — you guessed it— your backpack. All of this is accompanied by some rather charming pixel art visuals from developer Jaspel for an added layer of cuteness to the whole affair.
You can find out a little more about the game's features and get a look at some screenshots in the following information from publisher Different Tales.
- Experiment with your strategy and create game-breaking solutions
- Collect 800+ distinct items, with ingenious powers and synergies to harness
- Battle with over 100+ enemies. Learn their attack patterns and vanquish your foes
- Dive into the endless dungeons! Start every run with randomly generated levels and discover unpredictable items, unique layouts, events, and challenges
- Explore 5 unique play styles by selecting different heroes
- Play standalone runs or experience the full adventure and meta progression in Story Mode
- Rebuild Haversack Hill and help its inhabitants
- Turn the village into an appealing and efficient hamlet to attract new residents. Buy and sell items, conduct research, and unlock heroes, challenges, and quests
Backpack Hero is now available to pick up on the Switch eShop for £14.52 / $16.99 (which includes a 15% discount during the launch period).
Will you be packing this one into your Switch library? Let us know in the comments.
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This looks pretty great, and probably the one game that caught my interest in the showcase. I could see it having the same appeal that Slay the Spire has, if the gameplay is tight
Might buy on sale. Loved Rogue Heroes. Wish we would see a sequel to that. It was like Gauntlet, Dungeon Explorer, Zelda and a bit of Runefactory. Excellent fun
A female mouse protagonist in a game all about effective inventory management? My god this really is Resident Evil 4.
I thought this and the other Shadow drop, howl, look interesting. Hope to see reviews on here for at least one of them!
considering inventory management is one of the things that people consistently complain about, I am surprised they made a game out of it. I've never been both put off and interested in a game before.
Can not imagine getting bodied in a dungeon because somebody couldn't fit the wand of supreme awesomeness in the bag.
This looks familiar...I remember a online game that has you play as a hero’s assistant and you choose wether to keep or get rid of items in a grid based inventory system and afterwords you give items to the hero to defeat the enemy at the end of a level. I don’t remember what the name of that game is but this game looks similar to that so I got my eyes on it.
This saved the Indie World from being a complete bust for me.
Wow, inventory management is always so much fun.
This is an amazing game. I know it sounds a bit odd, but anyone who enjoys games like Slay the Spire should absolutely give this a shot.
The game has loads of synergies between various items that rely on perfect placement, as well as harmful items enemies may force on you (much like certain enemies do in Slay the Spire). There are a variety of events in each dungeon, from regular battles to shopkeepers to mystery NPC interactions and more. The sheer number of possible "builds" in this game is impressive and will have you strategizing from your very first run.
In addition to the basic gameplay loop, there are multiple characters that each feel vastly different from each other. It's difficult to explain to those who haven't played the game yet, but I highly recommend checking out some video reviews/gameplay if you're on the fence.
Calling this a game about "inventory management," while technically true, doesn't even come close to doing it justice. It's Slay the Spire with added layers of complexity, surprisingly deep yet easy to learn the basic mechanics. The new town building feature is the cherry on top of an already fantastic, multi-layered ice cream sundae. Fans of strategic puzzlers/deckbuilders shouldn't miss out.
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