Guns & Gargoyles

A top-down pixel-art action RPG in the Black Forest. Free demo out now on Steam.

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Trailer

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About

"A beast stalks us. I have seen it in my dreams."

The letter came from a priest. Eight children in a modest orphanage beside the ruins of Kloster Allerheiligen, and something circling them in the dark.

Hasko Brand took the work but the carriage never reached the abbey. You come to in the wreck, in the mud, somewhere deep in the Schwarzwald. Your rifle is gone with everything else. What you have is a torch, a handful of knives, and a long walk through the Black Forest.

There are no guns in Hasko's hands. He fights with what survived the wreck and what he can improvise: throwing knives he pulls back out of the corpse, molotovs that turn a thicket into a killing field, and a sword for whatever closes the distance. Aim with the mouse, move where you like, dash when the teeth get close. Each weapon has a job, and reading the fight is the skill.

Guns and Gargoyles is a top down pixel art rpg. This grimdark rpg with old school design incorporates real time combat as opposed to the turn based mechanisms of its predecessors/inspirations. Set against the backdrop of the infamous black forest of germany in an alternate reality where monsters out of folklore comes to life. Even if you survive the feral wolves, bats and bears, the creatures of the night will not spare you and in the black forest the sun never shines. Step into the world of Hasko Brand and his adventures across old Europe in this story set in the darkest parts of Germania.

The demo shows how it begins, If you want to see how it ends, wishlist us.

Fact sheet

TitleGuns & Gargoyles
Developer / PublisherTeam Ruphi
PlatformWindows (Steam)
DemoFree demo — out now on Steam
Full gameComing soon
GenreTop-down pixel-art action RPG, real-time combat
InputKeyboard and mouse
EngineGodot 4
LanguagesEnglish
Age ratingsBrazil 14 · Germany USK 16+
MusicJordan Micheal Peterson, Phoenix Down Music

Screenshots

A wolf pack closing at the edge of the torchlight
A wolf pack closing at the edge of the torchlight
Bats harrying Hasko in the open
Bats harrying Hasko in the open
The bear — deeper in the Black Forest
The bear — deeper in the Black Forest
The ruined abbey, Kloster Allerheiligen
The ruined abbey, Kloster Allerheiligen
Torchlit fog-of-war in the deep wood
Torchlit fog-of-war in the deep wood
The gargoyle
The gargoyle

Logo & key art

Logo (transparent)
Logo (transparent)
Header capsule 920×430
Header capsule 920×430
Main capsule 1232×706
Main capsule 1232×706
Vertical capsule 748×896
Vertical capsule 748×896
Hero art 3840×1240
Hero art 3840×1240
App icon 184×184
App icon 184×184

Video policy

You are free to record, stream and monetise video of Guns & Gargoyles, including the demo, on any platform. No permission needed and no copyright claims will be made — the soundtrack is licensed for use in the game and in videos of it.

Contact

ruphiresearch@gmail.com : Team Ruphi