Bandit

Bandit is a single-player open-world action RPG with optional tower defense elements. You play as Argos, who begins as a weak bandit and fights to survive in a dangerous world. By defeating enemies and gaining levels, you grow stronger; death brings you back at the nearest graveyard and has no consequences. Your choices on quests can lead you toward becoming a hero or a villain.

Explore the world

The game includes two large worlds and over 100 unique locations, with hand-designed cities, dungeons, caves, forests and other places rather than randomly generated areas. You can search for hidden treasures and items, find exploration rewards and weapons, and fight through anomalies to earn artifacts. The world is home to powerful beasts, dragons, trolls, corrupt guards, the undead and many other creatures, as well as friendly and hostile NPCs.

Fight and grow stronger

You can use swords, axes, hammers, shields and bows, along with weapon-specific skills such as kicks, Battle cry and earthquakes. Three schools of magic offer offensive, defensive and support spells, including healing, fireball, lightning, fire rain, summoning creatures and teleportation. As you fill the experience bar and level up, you gain learning points to develop attributes, skills or magic, and blueprint points to unlock crafting and city-building blueprints. Some blueprints can also be bought or found.

Enemies vary in strength, so you may need to seek out weaker opponents before taking on more powerful creatures. The game includes goblins, undead, giant worms, spiders, trolls, golems and other creatures. You can also gather resources by mining minerals, cutting trees, collecting plants and hunting creatures.

Build and defend

You can build a base or an optional small city, using ready-made buildings or constructing them from components. Build mines, farmland, lumberjack huts and houses for workers, then decorate buildings inside and out or build and furnish your own house. Different buildings serve different functions, and workers need to meet requirements for their jobs.

Your settlement is periodically attacked. Build defensive towers and deploy soldiers to protect its city obelisk, or defend your base yourself. The game includes simplified, optional tower defense elements; you can also send out raids and manage your gang.

Craft and complete quests

The game has over 700 items, including weapons, armor, food and potions, many of which you can craft. Resources gathered from trees, rocks, minerals, plants and creatures can also be used to make rings and medallions or to build your settlement. Each level grants blueprint points for unlocking more crafting items.

Quests include a lengthy main storyline, missions from NPCs, notice board tasks and faction quests. Some missions offer moral choices. Mercenaries and the arena are available quest options; Mages and Monster Hunters are not yet available.