Tinyfolks

Tinyfolks is a minimalist strategy RPG with a retro pixel-art presentation, built around the loop of training adventurers in your town and sending them out to fight monsters across the surrounding biomes.

20+ classes are available, each with unique stats and abilities, and folks can be combined and trained across them. 15+ different weapons, 20+ artifacts with unique effects, and a steady supply of new gear keep loadout decisions interesting throughout a run.

The town is the meta-progression layer. Seven different buildings each handle a different activity — class training, item crafting, research, one-time bonuses, and more. Upgrading each unlocks new options, and the order in which you grow your town matters for run pacing.

13 biomes wrap around the town with 70+ monsters and boss encounters to fight through, with loot scaling appropriately. The overall structure is short, focused, and explicitly minimalist — the kind of game that fits in a single weekend's worth of evenings, with the goal of defeating the evil Sorcerer who started the trouble. Indie release from Vandermaesen Games.