Steam Next Fest · Oct 19–26

RUNZ

Your magazine is the build. A top-down roguelite arena shooter where every bullet you load changes the run.

Play the Demo on Steam Download Kit Discord

Assemble the perfect magazine.

Survive twenty rounds of escalating waves, then a boss. Between rounds, spend your cash in the shop: buy bullets, merge three copies into a stronger one, enchant slots, equip mods, and choose the order your magazine fires in. Then let the build loose.

  • 90 bullets, 23 synergies and 89 mods to draft from
  • Merge 3 copies of a bullet to star it up and pick its upgrade
  • Auto-battler style synergies that read your whole magazine
  • Enchant slots so any bullet inherits a new synergy
  • 7 characters, each with its own magazine and rule
  • 5 Depth difficulty tiers, each ending on its own boss, plus an endless mode
  • 43 achievements that unlock characters, bullets, mods and deeper Depths
Action Twin Stick Shooter Bullet Hell Roguelite Action Roguelike Pixel Graphics Top-Down Singleplayer

Quick Facts

Game
RUNZ
Developer
sardin-ventures
Publisher
sardin-ventures
Genre
Top-down roguelite arena shooter
Platform
Steam: Windows, macOS, Linux.
Players
Single-player
Status
Free demo on Steam, playable in Steam Next Fest (Oct 19–26, 2026). Full game coming soon.
Price
Demo free. Full-game price TBA.
Release
Coming soon
Engine
Godot 4.6.3
Languages
English and French. Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese in progress.
Steam
store.steampowered.com/app/4704420/runz
YouTube
@sardin-ventures
TikTok
@sardinventures
Discord
discord.gg/5Zy9YzUEvS
Press Copy
RUNZ-press-copy.md
Press Contact
sardin-ventures@gmail.com

Screenshots

In the arena

Wave 18 of 20: the player in the middle of a crowd of enemies, an explosion spraying debris beside them, at a 124 combo.
Late-game build, wave 18
The Maw, the wave-20 boss of Depth I, taking a stream of multicoloured bullets while its red shots ring the arena.
The Maw, Depth I boss
The Bloom, the Depth II boss, about to leap at the player inside its red landing reticle.
The Bloom, Depth II boss
Wave 16 of 20: a horde of enemies closes in on the player at a 41 combo.
Wave 16 horde

Between rounds

The RUNZ shop on wave 14: a full 12-slot magazine of starred bullets, three mods, the backpack, active synergies and new bullet offers.
The shop: magazine, mods and synergies
The STAR UP moment in the shop: three Cinder bullets merge into a 3-star Cinder amid fireworks.
STAR UP: three Cinders merge into a 3★
Choosing one of three upgrades for a freshly merged 3-star Rewind bullet.
Choosing a star upgrade
The detail panel of a 3-star Wildfire bullet, with its three chosen star upgrades and full stats.
Bullet detail: Wildfire 3★
The Choose an Enchant popup offering Burn, Frost and Echo synergies to empower a magazine slot.
Enchanting a magazine slot
The Codex, tracking discovered bullets and synergies, with undiscovered ones hidden as ???.
The Codex

Characters & progression

The character select screen with Scatter selected, its stats panel, and the Depth selector on II Twilight.
Character select: Scatter, Depth II
Bimbimbam fires a continuous pink beam into a pack of enemies, with lightning arcing off it, at a 62 combo on wave 16.
Bimbimbam's beam, wave 16
The Hooded One charges a volley, a row of loaded arrows above the player, as enemies close in on wave 16.
The Hooded One charging a volley
A new achievement reveal unlocking the character Scatter, with fireworks behind the card.
Achievements unlock new characters

Creator Notes

Coverage

Creators may stream, record, clip, review, and monetize RUNZ gameplay videos.

No embargo is active unless we state one directly in writing.

Best Hook

Your magazine is the build: Brotato-style wave survival meets SNKRX and TFT drafting. Every slot changes what fires next and which synergies light up.

Disclosure

If you receive a free key or early build, please disclose that connection according to your platform and local rules.

Downloads

Creator Kit ZIP

The ZIP bundles the RUNZ icon, splash image, demo badge, factsheet, press copy and a full set of high-res screenshots.

Download ZIP Press Copy Factsheet
  • High-resolution PNG screenshots
  • RUNZ icon and splash image
  • Steam, Discord, YouTube, and TikTok links
  • Copy-paste pitch, facts, and Steam page links
One Sentence

RUNZ is a top-down roguelite arena shooter where every bullet in your magazine matters.

Short Description

RUNZ is a top-down arena shooter where you draft your bullets like an auto-battler. Between waves you roll the shop, buy three copies of a bullet to star it up, chase synergies and choose the order your magazine fires in. Then you survive with what you built.