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80%48380% positive reviews, Very Positive across 483 reviews·Metroidvania · Lore-Rich
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Traverse a massive, ruined and beautiful world in this intense, atmospheric action platformer. Steal enemy abilities and fight them back with their own runic magic and deadly swordplay, as you attempt to find your lost twin sister in the sunken kingdom of Ithos.
Rune Fencer Illyia
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Rune Fencer Illyia is an intense, atmospheric action-platformer with a heavy focus on exploration and combat. Traverse an enormous, mysterious and dangerous world, meet strange allies and enemies, and outfight your numerous foes with fast-paced swordplay and powerful runic magic.
Play as a young Runist named Illyia of Moonstone, who wakes up in the debris of the airship she had been traveling on. Now, Illyia must explore the strange, ruined world that she's arrived in, locate her missing twin sister and find a way home.





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