Barony is a first-person roguelike RPG from Turning Wheel LLC, combining procedurally generated dungeons, permadeath, deep character progression, and cooperative play for up to four adventurers.
Barony Key Features
- Explore procedurally generated dungeons that change with every new adventure.
- Play alone or form a party of up to four players in online, cross-platform, or split-screen cooperative modes.
- Choose from 13 RPG classes, including warriors, wizards, rogues, sextons, jokers, and arcanists.
- Develop your character through detailed statistics, equipment, skills, spells, and class-specific abilities.
- Search for weapons, armor, magical artifacts, potions, books, and other useful dungeon supplies.
- Face challenging monsters, hidden traps, environmental dangers, and permanent death.
- Return as a ghost after dying and use supernatural abilities to help or hinder the surviving party.
- Discover additional challenges and community-created content through Steam Workshop and the included level editor.
Gameplay
Barony combines the direct controls of a first-person action game with the complex systems of a traditional roguelike RPG. Each expedition takes players through a newly generated dungeon filled with enemies, traps, locked passages, valuable equipment, and limited resources.
Survival depends on careful exploration and effective use of everything found along the way. Players can identify mysterious items, learn spells, improve skills, manage hunger, equip specialized gear, and adapt their tactics to unexpected situations. Permadeath means that failure can end an entire run, but every attempt provides new knowledge that can help during the next adventure.
Cooperative play allows party members to combine complementary classes and abilities. One player may fight on the front line while others use magic, ranged weapons, healing abilities, or stealth. The game supports online multiplayer, cross-platform play, and local split-screen for up to four players.
Story
The town of Hamlet has fallen under the control of Baron Herx, a cruel ruler who became an undead lich. His curse devastated the settlement and trapped its people within a vast, dangerous dungeon.
A lone hero or a party of adventurers must descend into the Barony, overcome its monsters and traps, and confront Baron Herx in his lair. Reaching him requires persistence, resourcefulness, and the ability to survive a dungeon designed to punish careless decisions.
Graphics
Barony uses a distinctive combination of voxel environments and detailed pixel art. Its visual style is inspired by classic PC role-playing games from the early 1990s, including dungeon crawlers such as Ultima Underworld and Daggerfall.
Block-based characters and environments give the game a recognizable retro appearance, while atmospheric lighting, animated enemies, magical effects, and varied dungeon locations create a dark fantasy setting. The clear visual design also helps players quickly identify threats, equipment, and interactive objects during fast-paced exploration.
Who will like Barony
- Players who enjoy challenging roguelikes with permadeath and procedural generation.
- Fans of first-person dungeon crawlers and classic computer RPGs.
- Groups looking for a cooperative fantasy adventure for up to four players.
- Players who appreciate detailed character statistics, equipment systems, and class development.
- Fans of games that reward experimentation, preparation, and learning from failure.
- Players interested in retro-inspired voxel and pixel-art graphics.
- Solo adventurers looking for a demanding RPG with high replay value.
