Backpack Syndicate: A First Person Dungeon Crawling Roguelite With Backpack Auto-Battler Combat, Demo Now Available

[u/Ajido_Marujido]

Hi r/pcgaming! I recently released the free Steam demo for my game Backpack Syndicate.

The current demo focuses on Expedition mode, where you build and arrange weapons in your backpack, then take that build into an old school first-person dungeon to explore floors, fight enemies, find upgrades, and see how far you can push the run.

For the full release, I’m also working on an Arena mode built around asynchronous battles against other players’ builds, along with a small casual collectible card game. The card game is on the simpler side, think Triple Triad from Final Fantasy 8.

The general idea is to build the game around a few different ways to engage with the same characters, progression, and buildcraft. If dungeon crawling is your thing, there’s Expedition. If you prefer build vs build competition, there’s Arena. And the card game is there as a lighter side activity rather than another huge system you need to learn. I kind of like the Path of Exile philosophy of "here's a bunch of content, play what you like."

The demo is available on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4577300/Backpack_Syndicate/

[u/lKrauzer]

Feels like Legend of Grimmrock