Hero Realms

Hero Realms is a deckbuilding game with trading card game-style combat. You choose a class, play actions and recruit champions, using Gold to add cards to your deck from a shared center row. Played cards can generate effects, provide more Gold or attack your opponent and their champions; reduce your opponent’s health to zero to win. Each game starts with a basic deck, so victory depends on play rather than collecting rare cards.

Heroes and combat

Create a hero from several character classes, then level them up with skills, abilities and equipment. Online player-versus-player matches pair heroes of equal level, or you can challenge higher-level opponents for additional XP. The Fighter and Wizard classes are available to free players; the Cleric, Ranger and Thief are also available with the Base Set.

Game modes

Hero Realms includes competitive, cooperative and offline play. You can battle the AI, team up online with another player to fight AI bosses, or play the story-based Welcome to Thandar campaign, whose scripted chapters pit you against varied AI opponents.

The free version includes the first three Welcome to Thandar missions and the Pirate Lord co-op mission. The Base Set unlocks the full campaign, the Necromancers, Inquisition and Orc Riot co-op missions, and hard AI difficulty.

Classes and progression

Free players can level the Fighter and Wizard up to level 3. The Base Set unlocks the Cleric, Ranger and Thief, and raises the level cap to 12.