A 2D warband survivors-like roguelite: you draft a warband of three wildly different fighters from a cross-faction roster of twelve archetypes instead of picking one hero, fuse their synergies, and hold the deep line against a horde. Free playtest demo on itch.io; the full game is headed to Steam.

How does the daily seeded run work?

Every player gets the same deterministic seeded world each day, so the leaderboard-style comparison ranks your composition and play, not random luck.

What are the giants and March Orders?

On seeded waves a wild pack of giants (Ogre, Yeti or Cyclops) is cornered under a banner; reach it in time and they fight for your band, taking two warband slots. March Orders are opt-in banners you take before a run that twist it harder and multiply your score.

Can I compete with friends?

Yes - finish a run, copy your challenge code, and anyone who pastes it races your exact ghost on your seed. No accounts or servers needed.

Is any of the art AI-generated?

No. All art and audio is human-made; the game is built in Godot 4 by a solo developer.

Wildmuster - you don't pick a hero, you muster a warband

Pick a champion. Hold the line.

Your fighter aims and fires alone - you only move (mouse or finger). Exactly like the game. The horde, however, does not stop.

The live last stand needs JavaScript - but the real thing doesn't: play the free playtest.

The last stand is a fast-motion fight, parked out of respect for your reduced-motion setting. The real game has an options menu - and a horde waiting: play the free playtest.

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Marksman

long range, elite-killer

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Caster

slow AoE blasts

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Gunner

rapid spread

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Sniper

extreme range, piercing

earn it in the field

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Lancer

melee cleave, tanky

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Healer

no attack, heals allies

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Pyromancer

long-range fire artillery

earn it in the field

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Necromancer

raises skeletons

earn it in the field

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Death Knight

taunting armored wall

earn it in the field

GIANT

Ogre

a giant, 2 slots, slams

tame it in the field

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Yeti

a giant, freezes the horde

tame it in the field

GIANT

Cyclops

a giant, lobs boulders, stuns

tame it in the field

BAND

Demolition Second Wind Combined Arms Crossfire Monstrous Shieldwall

March with this band

Pick three. Your synergies light up as the band forms - exactly like in the game.

Draft across factions

Skeleton archers beside human healers. Twelve hard-constrained archetypes, five to start and seven to earn: a glass-cannon Pyromancer, a Necromancer raising skeletons of your own, a Death Knight that taunts the horde off your fragile shooters.

Fuse your synergies

Line up a Marksman and a Sniper for Crossfire. Field three distinct trades for Combined Arms. Stack Multishot and Heavy Rounds and your volley COMES ONLINE as a screen-tearing Piercing Volley. The build isn't one hero, it's the band.

Hold the deep line

Survive a wave, muster (recruit, swap, upgrade), push deeper. Boss chieftains smash the field every third wave. Hold to wave 20 for the triple-chieftain final stand, then march into the endless for the board.

On seeded waves a WILD PACK is cornered under a banner. Cut through the horde before the count hits zero and it marches with your band. A giant takes two warband slots - it is a composition choice, not a freebie.

Ogre

Wades in and slams a hole through the swarm.

2 SLOTS

Yeti

Slows and freezes the horde around your line.

2 SLOTS

Cyclops

Lobs boulders from range and stuns what lands near.

2 SLOTS

Take opt-in banners before you set out that twist the run harder and multiply your score. Iron hordes, forced marches, no quarter. A bannered wave 14 out-scores a bare 16, so the board rewards the band brave enough to march under them.

Iron Horde Forced March No Quarter Savage Elites Long Night

score x1.75

Every run can become a challenge code. Finish a run, hit COPY CODE, and hand the code to anyone. When they paste it, they march on YOUR seed against YOUR ghost - your exact run, replayed beside them with a live pace readout, a banner planted where it fell. The world is deterministic, so the race is honest.

In the playtest: menu > Race a code. Post codes in the itch comments and take someone's crown.

Wave 14: the warband holds the center behind its giant as the horde presses in, synergies lit — **Hold the deep line**Side-panel warband, class-coloured allies, synergies live. The build past the record.

The draft: twelve archetypes with unlock feats, giants, and March Orders — **Muster your warband**Twelve archetypes, feat-locked recruits, giants, and March Orders that multiply your score.

Between-wave muster: buy upgrades, swap archetypes, reshape synergies — **Muster between waves**Buy trade-off upgrades, swap a member, reshape your synergies, then march deeper.

End of run: the deep line holds at wave 20, a new best, a challenge won — **The deep line holds**Wave 20, a new best, new recruits earned. Copy the code and dare a friend.

The Muster Codex: warband, synergies, bestiary and relics to discover — **The muster codex**Every archetype, synergy, enemy and relic you meet, recorded. Fill it by playing.