The Shadowed Rune

The Shadowed Rune

Javifugitivo · December 4, 2025 · Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell, Dungeon Crawler, Roguelite, Action-Adventure

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The Shadowed Rune price by region

The Shadowed Rune costs £8.95 in the United Kingdom, $9.95 in the United States, €9.95 in Europe (EUR), $9.95 in Georgia (USD), CA$11.99 in Canada, A$13.95 in Australia, NZ$15.75 in New Zealand, R$37.49 in Brazil and zł42.49 in Poland right now.

Cheapest The Shadowed Rune offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £8.95 £8.95 — 1
United Statesyour region $9.95 $9.95 — 1
Europe (EUR) €9.95 €9.95 — 1
Georgia (USD) $9.95 $9.95 — 1
Canada CA$11.99 CA$11.99 — 1
Australia A$13.95 A$13.95 — 1
New Zealand NZ$15.75 NZ$15.75 — 1
Brazil R$37.49 R$37.49 — 1
Poland zł42.49 zł42.49 — 1

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About The Shadowed Rune

The Shadowed Rune is a challenging action roguelike where you can create millions of spell combinations to overcome a tower filled with dangers, random levels, and ruthless bosses. Play solo or in co-op and uncover the truth hidden behind the shadows, relying on the power of the runes. This story is not told by the victorsDo you think you're invincible? Imagine entering a forgotten tower and losing your powers. You're trapped, and your only hope is to rely on ancient artifacts granted by a mysterious voice. Join Maia, Brishen, and Veld on a magic-filled adventure as you climb a tower without knowing what awaits you at the top. Create your own spell combinations: millions of possibilities Discover a rune system based on seven elements (water, fire, wind, earth, lightning, light, and darkness). Each equipped rune creates synergies with the others, adding devastating effects to your spells and allowing you to create millions of spell variations, unlock dozens of handcrafted arcane spells, and adapt your style on the fly without pausing the action.By combining and swapping runes during combat, you'll discover new elements and equip secondary spells depending on the order in which you place them. Want to heal yourself? Summon allies? Create support turrets? A “just-in-case” super bomb? Everything is possible! Thanks to a deep yet accessible spell system, you won’t need to pause the action to adapt to the dangers of the tower. All discovered spells are automatically saved in your Compendium. Accessible yet challenging roguelike action
  • In The Shadowed Rune, you'll enjoy bullet hell / bullet heaven-style combat filled with enemies and projectiles.
  • Face giant bosses that will put your skill to the test. Discover their weaknesses, study their patterns, and crush them with elemental power.
  • Random levels on every attempt: you’ll never explore the same tower twice.
  • Interact with the environment: the same runes you use for attacking are the ones you'll need to manipulate levels. Create water, activate flying platforms, grow root bridges, and play with lighting to unlock secret rooms and earn valuable rewards.
Play solo or in local co-op (or online via Remote Play Together)The whole adventure can be enjoyed:
  • Solo, accompanied only by Neku: a cat you rescue in the tower and revive with the power of the runes. It will follow you in your adventures and allow you to store an extra rune for when you need it.
  • In local two-player co-op, ideal for sharing the adventure with friends or family. Choose from 3 characters (7 in the final version) with different elemental abilities to overcome the cursed tower.
  • You also have access to a family mode that softens certain elements of the game to make it more accessible when playing with inexperienced players, perfect for enjoying co-op without frustration.
  • Compatible with Steam Remote Play Together, allowing you to play co-op online.
Co-op mode requires at least one controller connected.Explore the arcane tower and rebuild the campTravel through seven floors with unique biomes filled with enemies, traps, and puzzles. As you ascend, you'll discover the secrets hidden within the tower and the great evil that threatens not only its inhabitants, but the entire world.Throughout your journey, you'll find survivors captured by the tower’s forces. Once you help them, they will offer different services, allowing you to unlock new features in the camp:
  • Unlock challenges and activities to complete between tower runs.
  • Take care of the garden to increase the camp’s morale.
  • Obtain cosmetic items (outfits for your characters and your pet).
  • Learn about the characters’ backstories and befriend the rest of the survivors.
  • Expand the camp and uncover the secrets of the ancient Tyran empire.
In the camp, you'll find only cosmetic rewards, minigames, and activities—nothing that will make your next run “easier”. Victory depends entirely on your skill.EARLY ACCESS – Content available from day one
  • Three playable characters (one of them must be unlocked during your adventures).
  • Dozens of spells and artifacts to discover during your tower runs.
  • Explore three tower floors, with a final battle that will push your skills to the limit.
  • A camp to manage: rescue captured survivors and help them prosper by rebuilding their shops and services. In this first phase, you can help rebuild it and unlock various activities, minigames, and cosmetic shops.
  • Cosmetic item system for your characters and your pet.
  • English and Spanish text available from day one.
  • Achievements.
  • Regular updates following a defined roadmap and based on community feedback.
  • Collect clues during your incursions to uncover what really happened in the tower and who is responsible for the evil threatening the world.
Level editor integrated into the storyCreate your own challenges using the official level editor and share them with your friends. Build rooms, add enemies, create puzzles, and play your levels solo or in co-op. Link levels together (up to 100) and put your skills to the test.The level editor is available in Beta from day one, although it must be unlocked during your adventures (as it’s part of the story). It will allow you to create levels and play them solo or in co-op. A wiki will also be provided explaining how to share your levels with other players while it remains in beta.(A mouse is required to use the editor.)ROADMAPThe Early Access launch is only the first step in telling the story of “The The Shadowed Rune”. In short, during development up to version 1.0, we will include:
  • Greater variety of random levels.
  • The remaining tower floors (for a total of 7).
  • More activities to complete in the camp.
  • Three new elements with hundreds of spells and possible combinations.
  • Two endings.
  • An end-game system that will delight the most experienced players.
  • More customization for the characters.
  • Improvements for the editor.
The first part of The Shadowed Rune development roadmap can be found below.

The Shadowed Rune — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player, Co-op, Split screen
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Dec 7, 2025
[i]The Shadowed Rune is a very promising and distinctive action roguelike on Steam, especially if you enjoy experimenting with builds and magic systems. Its flexible spell‑crafting, co‑op focus, and tower structure make it a smart pick for fans of replayable, mechanics‑driven games. [/i] ​ [h3]Core concept[/h3] The game revolves around climbing a dangerous, cursed tower where each run challenges you to push a bit further using a deep magic system instead of conventional weapons. It is framed as a “challenging action roguelike” with a relatively accessible, even family‑friendly tone, which helps it stand out from the many grim or ultra‑punishing roguelikes on the market. ​ [h3]Combat and magic system[/h3] Its main hook is a rune‑based magic system that lets you combine symbols into an enormous number of possible spells, effectively turning spellcrafting into the centerpiece of gameplay. Previews highlight how satisfying it is to experiment with runes to create different projectiles, behaviors, and effects, giving each run a fresh feel as you discover new synergies. ​ [h3]Progression and replay value[/h3] The tower layout, roguelike structure, and sheer breadth of spell combinat…
4 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 12, 2025
got positively suprized by how such an easy concept as combinatory spells gets so powerful! definitely a game worth trying out, it has great potential
3 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 10, 2025
its pretty good. while in early acess and still rought on the edges this is still worth to play on steamdeck.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 9, 2025
Really charming and cute roguelike. The main mechanic feels exciting and unlocking all spells and combinations drives interest on coming back and back again. As a note of warning, this is an early access title, and it still needs some work, but the dev has been fantastically forthcoming with what updates are planned and how they are approaching them.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 7, 2025
Shadowed Rune is a roguelike that hides more than it first appears. The incredible number of spells is overwhelming because of all the possible combinations, and sometimes the game turns into a true bullet hell with enemies everywhere!. Its challenging, but when you beat the level, it rewards the player. Totally recomended!
1 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 5, 2025
Game has great charm, and the dev has been working really hard in improving it . It is very fluid, and the mechanics are unique. Keep it up Javi
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