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Backpack Hero is an inventory management roguelike and my new favourite game

Backpack Hero is a dungeon crawling roguelike where you need to constantly sort out your small backpack and it's absolutely sucked me in.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/08/backpack-hero-is-an-inventory-management-roguelike-and-my-new-favourite-game

An amazing first day!

Thank you to everyone who has supported the game in Early Access! Our launch was far better than we ever expected! If you haven't already, please leave us a review. They really help!

We're devoted to making this game as good as we can! There will be bug-fixes and new items in the next week. And next month we'll be introducing our fourth character - Satchel! There's tons of new content on its way including more items, more enemies, more bosses, more lore, and much more!

One of the biggest concerns has been meta-progression. Right now when you die, the game is over and you don't get any permanent upgrades. This will be resolved shortly! The game is in Early Access and we have new content being worked on! Each time the player does a run, they'll get permanent resources that they can use to upgrade their town, plant plants, build buildings, and attract new villagers! This will be released by February of next year, and we will work to have some meta-progression in the game even before then.

The Roadmap:


In the meantime, I hope you have fun with the different challenge modes! Please join our Discord:
https://discord.gg/v7dJYk6gtw

You can share the best strategies, show of your builds, and talk with the devs!

More content is coming soon! In the meantime, keep organizing!

Here's a whole roguelike about inventory management




Today's new release trending upward on Steam is Backpack Hero, a whole roguelike about inventory management. You're a literal pack rat, a critter delving into a dungeon with a big backpack and a craving for the ancient and powerful cheeses held within. Your real power? That packpack is magic, and it gets bigger as you defeat enemies, letting you store more items in ever-puzzlier combinations for ever-greater results...
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Backpack Hero Early Access is here!

Our early access is here!


Hello Backpackers! I hope you're ready to Storm the dungeon! Early Access is available today! Please pickup a copy and be sure to give us a review too!

Here's what we have in Early Access:
  • New items!
  • New character - Tote
  • New character - CR-8
  • New costumes for Purse
  • New events including the Forge
  • Challenge modes!
  • Harder difficulties
  • More enemies and bosses!
  • Bigger backpacks!
  • Multiple save slots!
  • New secrets!
  • More options and settings!
  • Bug fixes and updates!


Plus you will get continued access to the game as we continue work through Early Access! Soon we'll be adding even more features including...

  • Controller support
  • An overworld with metaprogression
  • Even more characters, events, enemies, and items

(These features are not in the game yet)

THANK YOU FOR ALL WHO HAVE SUPPORTED OUR INDIE PROJECT!

Early Access First Day Hotfix!

Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue when selecting "New Game" at the end of an IronMouse run
Fixed a glitch that could occur with poison status effects