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Sunderfolk is a couch co-op tactical RPG you play with a phone. No, really.

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74% Informative

Sunderfolk is a turn-based tactical RPG with well-worn hero classes and mechanics familiar to fans of crunchy tabletop games and CRPGs.

The game will use your phone as a controller and a replacement for all the cards, tokens, and other ephemera a tabletop player would have in front of them.

It allows for both TV-based couch co-op or remote play on monitors.

It's due out in 2025 for PC, Xbox, PlayStation , and Switch .

Up to four people start out Sunderfolk by picking one of six heroes: arcanist, bard, berserker, pyromancer, ranger, or rogue.

As a group, you decide who goes next, and you can coach, argue, and even use a pointing device (Overview Mode) to map out ideas.

Each action has you draw from your Fate deck, which has a required number of positive, negative, and "other" cards.

There is no controller or keyboard option; you need an iOS or Android device with a touchscreen to play.

The game can also work fully on local network connections, leaving Secret Door ’s servers only for remote play.

Playing the game is its own marketing to own the game and bring in others.

VR Score

67

Informative language

61

Neutral language

54

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

39

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Time-value

long-living

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