About the Game
Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!
Backpack Hero is a twist on your standard deck-building roguelike. It isn't just about what you carry, but how you organize the items within your bag!
Placement has a huge impact on your items – find the right spot in your backpack to increase their power! Explore ancient dungeons, caves, swamps, and more! Meet colorful friends and fight deadly foes! Don't get lost!
When you aren't putting your life in danger, you can make good use of the resources you have gathered and rebuild your hometown of Haversack Hill!
Turn it into a charming and efficient hamlet to attract new residents. Buy and sell items, conduct research, and unlock heroes, challenges, and quests. By organizing the perfect village, you will restore the world of Orderia and rescue the animals who live there!
- Experiment with your strategy and create game-breaking solutions
- Collect 800+ distinct items, with ingenious powers and synergies to harness
- Battle with over 100+ enemies. Learn their attack patterns and vanquish your foes
- Dive into the endless dungeons! Start every run with randomly generated levels and discover unpredictable items, unique layouts, events, and challenges
- Explore 5 unique play styles by selecting different heroes
- Play standalone runs or experience the full adventure and meta progression in Story Mode
- Rebuild Haversack Hill and help its inhabitants
- Turn the village into an appealing and efficient hamlet to attract new residents. Buy and sell items, conduct research, and unlock heroes, challenges, and quests
- Enrich your game with mods created by the community
- Enjoy the game on PC or Steam Deck
- Play with full controller support
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Fixed an issue where some item descriptions were not visible (specifically Relics)
Whimsy Wand's shape is now fully visible on card
Whimsy Wand is now categorized as a wand
Sunlight Wand is now categorized as a wand
Removed the forge slot from the Hot Stones
Hey, Backpackers!
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- Added a special item for Thanksgiving!
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- Fixed achievements for Item Expert and Item Hero
- Updated fonts for Chinese, Korean, and Japanese
- Updated translations!
- Fixed a glitch that could occur if an item caused an event at the end of combat before a fight with an elite on the same tile
- Fixed a missing conversation that could occur when talking to the Mayor after completing the "Campaign Trail" quest
- Fixed a glitch where you could lose resources by pausing the game while placing a building
- Fixed a bug where you can place items in the water and other invalid positions
- Fixed a glitch where the fisherman would say that there's no fishing shack
- Added save protection for Meta-Progress as well as town updates
We really appreciate your kind words and honest feedback!
Hey, Backpackers!
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Thank you to all of our new players! The launch has been exciting for all of us here at Team Backpack! It has gone very well and we're super happy with the feedback that we've received!
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We've been listening to you and we already have several hotfixes planned for the next few days. We're starting with the biggest issues:
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- Updated fonts for Korean and Japanese
- Fixed an issue that caused the Town save file to be lost
- Fixed a translation issue that said "Translation not found for key 'Any'" in some research menus
We really appreciate your kind words and honest feedback!
- Updated translations - especially for Korean, German, and Japanese
- Major improvements and redesign of controller support in the Town
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed the carpenter - which was offset from the grid
- Fixed issues with the "Spin the Wheel" game in Story mode
- Fixed saving bugs that could occur in Story Mode
- Opening "Options" in another language is more performative
- Updated issues with resolution in the overworld
- You can now connect buildings to the Town-Hall via Bridges
- Fixed issue where items could sometimes move into Pet Pouches when swapping
- Fixed fonts for other languages for conversations in town
- Fixed fonts for other languages in the "Resources Gained" panels
- Corrected damage calculation for the Scratch attack
- NPCs are now alphabetized in the NPC menu of the overworld
- Removed the energy-cost from Prada's Locket
- Tasty Flies now have to be given directly to the Merchant - instead of just lifted from your inventory
- Removed the second boss-fight from the Frozen Core in quick runs
- Fixed issues where searching from the Town-Hall for connected buildings could be unreliable
- Removed Forge-Slots from Blessings
- Fixed translation for the "Sacred Sword"
- Blessings now appear in the Atlas
- Fixed the Exposed Wire, which was still partially offset
- You cannot pick-up the same "Simple Click" item twice by running in and out of the space
- Fixed a glitch when you pressed "Level-Up" while at max level
- Fixed translations which the last update broke (Sincere apologies to all on the testing branch!)
- Fixed an issue when trading relics to the Shady Trader
- Added a back-button to the NPC menu
- Expanded the NPC menu to four columns
- Fixed the card for the fishing shack, which wasn't properly explaining that it needed to be near water
- Removed the prompt to interact with the fishing shack
- The controller prompt for doors now re-appears after doors are unlocked
- Fixed issues where the game would soft-lock after defeating Pochette/Satchel/Tote
- Fixed lag, which occured on summon enemies
- You cannot click a second save-slot while the first one is loading
- Scratch is effected by Spikes.
- Rage and weak effect scratch - it cannot do less than 1 damage
- Fixed issue where Pochette's conversation could overlap "End of Combat" events
- Fixed offset componenets including the Capacitor, the transformed director, and the heavy grinder
- The Ethereal Blade only destroys itself at the start of your turn - it won't constantly destroy itself if no mana is attached
- Fixed a typo in Stumpy's conversation when you get attacked
- Fixed an issue where the Jeweler couldn't be moved after placement
- Fixed the "Mayor_FirstHouse" conversation
- Items in pouches no longer display text errors
- You cannot open the options menu while in a conversation
- Fixed a message that would display incorrectly when reorganizing your backpack in combat
- Fixed the outline of the Skull Goblet
- Fixed an issue where scrollbars would scroll automatically
- Fixed an issue where some events like the master forge would not spawn in quick play
- Fixed an issue where ghostly arrows and helmets would detect their own space as empty
- You can now replace duct tape by placing another item over it
- Fixed a glitch where particles from cave-ins wouldn't go away
- Pacifist run now starts with a shield instead of a sword (oops!)
- Fixed a glitch where bridges could not be placed if they were dragged over another building
- Fixed a glitch where bridges could be placed on top of each other
- Greaves now count themselves when counting armor in your Backpack
- Fixed a typo where it said "Your" instead of "You're"
- Fixed a glitch where you couldn't view the Shoe Hat card in Haversack Hill
- Fixed the name of Purrteller, which said "Banker translation could not be found" previously
- Fixed a glitch with the Moth Bomb
- Both versions of the Shady Trader can now trade relics
- Removed forge-slots from all bows except for Carving bows
- Removed sound from the Blacksmith
- The temple now connects to the TownHall
- In town you can click a "NPC" pop-up and choose an NPC from a list - no more searching for NPCs in crowded towns!
Changes:
- Updated translations
- Reenabled Steamworks for Mod-Support
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed issues where you could view the cards of items when viewing a pop-up window
- Fixed an issue where Tote could take more than 1 carving after a battle
- Tote's carving interface works more smoothly with the controller
- You can now stop CR-8 charges with "Y" on the controller
- Updated moving Pochette's pets with the controller
- You can now move blessings during reorganization
- Items that are removed from your Backpack when replaced by a new item you created, now return to their original position if you pick the item back up
- The mandatory plush cannot be found except in a quest
- Fixed conversation with the Mayor. He now accepts the Quillswish Plush
- Redesigned minigames so they work better with the controller and look better too!
- Fixed a glitch where you could squeeze extra items into the edge of Pouches
- The Rat Trader now trades loot and curses. If he cannot give you a rarer item, he'll try his best
- Fixed a glitch where you couldn't leave the event after defeating pochette/satchel/tote
- Cotton Ball displays itself as conductive
- Cannot delete structures or tiles when hovering over the build menu
- The banker has the appropriate portrait set
- Fixed a crash in the CR8 tutorial
- Fixed the chest at the end of CR8's tutorial
- Added in a missing translation for the Greenhouse
- Fixed an issue when calculating population
- Fixed an issue with the letter after loading a save
- Fixed an issue with the Fragile tribe quest. You now start with a pet
- Fixed an issue with the Archery quest where it said the ending floor twice
Fixed multiple typos
Added additional protection against items being offset after a load
If an NPC has multiple dialogues, they will go through all of them without the player needing to click on them again
Fixed a glitch where the atlas wouldn't close after viewing tutorials
Fixed a glitch where you couldn't close the Jeweler research window
Fixed a glitch where conversations would sometime appear before combat was fully complete (Coral runs)
Fixed the temple's icon, which was showing as the Fletcher
Updated fonts for foreign languages in several places
Fixed a layering issue when standing in front of the Temple
Fixed a glitch where the Magical Mycelium wouldn't connect to the Town Hall
Fixed Lore items - specifically the "Hymns" which Vivienne couldn't read properly
Fixed a glitch where the wrong costume would be set when starting new runs
Cr8's parts are now less common
Fixed mechanized toy, which was adding the incorrect amount of rage
Fixed the name of the "Huge Bag of Coins"
Some early quests include "Cornucopia" as a reward to give the player more food in the early game
Updated translations - specifically Korean and Chinese
Bug Fixes:
Fixed a glitch where the cotton didn't save properly
Fixed a glitch where destroying multiple hazards would trigger end-of-combat effects multiple times
Fixed a glitch where item spaces could be improperly saved leading to CR8 charges being deactivated
You can no longer move on the map while viewing events or the options menu (should fix some associated glitches)
Fixed a glitch with item-creation items. Should be able to use coral and old-log appropriately now.
You can no longer "fire blank energy" after reorganizing or losing energy as CR8. The energy puff will just go away - ending your turn
Improved a delay when you have lots of items in your inventory that was effecting some players
Added another safe-guard to prevent out-of-alignment loading
You can no longer drag items while viewing options and other pop-ups
Current Release
Not available
Update Required for Latest Version
The base game download is an older build.
To get the latest version, download both the Base Game + Update patch.
Backpack.Hero.Update.v20240704-TENOKE.rar
42 MB
Backpack.Hero.Update.v20240627-TENOKE.rar
52 MB
Backpack.Hero.Update.v20240314-TENOKE.rar
25 MB
Backpack.Hero.Update.v20240307-TENOKE.rar
25 MB
Additional Files
Update Patches
4 files · Only if your local version is older
System Requirements
How to Install
setup.exe
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
1.1 GB
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