Dunebound Tactics, the roguelite tactical RPG where you build the battlefield and fuel the engine with your own crew, is out now on Steam.
September 14, 2026: Haven is a rumour. Every caravan that has gone looking for it is now part of the desert. Dunebound Tactics is out now on Steam for $14.99, with a 20% launch discount running for two weeks through September 28. Built by Terahard Studios and published by indie.io, it is a turn-based tactical roguelite about dragging a sand-ship and its crew across a wasteland that consumes both.
Most tactics games hand you a battlefield and ask you to read it. This one hands you the tools to rewrite it. Cover can be obliterated or dragged out of position. Ice pillars rise to choke a flanking route, explosive pillars turn a chokepoint into a liability, and a pitfall dug early becomes the answer to a problem three turns later. Caravan skills reach in from off the field to buff the party or clear a path for it. Positioning still matters, but the ground underneath it is negotiable.
The cost of all this sits in the hold. The world runs on Elios, a resource that rewrites life and death and leaves crystals where the dead used to be, and it is the only thing that keeps the engine turning. It is also inside every member of the crew. A wounded survivor can go to the infirmary or can be extracted, which fuels the caravan and leaves a husk behind. The desert is rarely generous enough to make that an easy call.
No single attempt is meant to be the one that works. Wrecks of earlier caravans yield modules and occasionally survivors, dynamic world generation reshapes the route each time out, and every failed run leaves the next one better equipped. Crews are assembled from fifteen classes, sixteen traits and more than fifty modules, while thirty-eight enemy types stand between the caravan and the horizon as the Imperials and the Arcanists fight over what is left of the world.
The launch lands on the opening day of Steam’s Party-Based RPG Fest, which runs September 14 to 21. The game was playable ahead of release at gamescom in Cologne and at PAX West in Seattle, both on the indie.io booth, where the demo drew hands-on crowds across both show floors. The engine is fuelled, the route is unmapped and Haven is still a rumour. How far a crew gets, and how much of it is still breathing when it stops. Dunebound Tactics is available to play today on Steam for $14.99, discounted 20% through September 28. Players can find out more about the game and where to purchase it on the indie.io store.
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ABOUT TERAHARD STUDIOS
Terahard Studios is a game company established in 2012, with two studios based in London, UK (HQ) and Athens, Greece. The team’s purpose is to create outstanding games that always push the barrier that people are used to today. Terahard is composed of software engineers and technical artists who strive to create games that stand out from the masses. The studio works on self-published titles and also works with other institutions.
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