Wardrum Rhythm Master Edition

Wardrum is a turn-based rhythm roguelite in which you lead five warriors through a harsh fantasy world corrupted by off-beat magic. Neighbouring settlements have fallen, and your warband must find and stop the source of the threat. You plan tactics on a grid and execute attacks and abilities in time with a tribal wardrum, using rhythm magic to strengthen your strikes.

Lead your warband

Choose a group from units including warriors, assassins, summoners, warlocks, archers and rogues. Each character has distinct abilities and beat patterns to master. As units level up, you select abilities along branching paths; each can equip two trinkets found in the wild, and powerful combinations can shape your build. Custom rhythm abilities and ultimate abilities give you further ways to turn the tide of battle.

Fight in time

Careful planning and rhythmic execution determine how effectively your units use their abilities, with well-timed inputs enabling critical strikes. Bleeding, blinding and deafening can disrupt the beat. You can set rhythm difficulty to Easy, which compensates for input timing and makes missed beats less punishing for your units.

Use the battlefield to combine attacks with hazards: push enemies off cliffs, activate traps, or pull foes into kill zones set by your archer. Encounters can also feature hazards, ambushes, weather and other environmental challenges.

Repeat the journey

Death is expected, but the weakening Rhythm Mother's final blessing lets your warband repeat the beat and try again. Losses help you improve your tactics and power up your warriors before you set out once more.

Each run has randomised encounters, enemies, battlefields and map paths. Trek across six distinctive biomes, moving between battles, sanctuaries and other events before facing dangerous bosses. The biomes have their own enemies and environmental dangers, including Rhythmstorms, dense mists and eclipses, which can hinder or help you.

Enemies and bosses

More than 35 enemies demand careful tactical planning. Boss battles pit your warband against fallen gods, ancient dragons and other monstrosities as you seek to challenge the false gods and save the land.