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Balrum

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3.8/5

( 66 Reviews )

3.8

66 Reviews

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Balrum
Description
It's twenty years after your village fled the kingdom and took refuge in Darkwood. You always knew that these woods hold dark secrets but now you start to feel their evil on your own skin. Horrible things are happening. You discover fragments of the woods dark history and come to the conclusion that...
Genre:
Role-playing - Turn-based - Fantasy
Tags:
Indie, Fantasy, Role-playing, 2D, Turn-Based, show 6 more... Open World, Sandbox, Survival, Isometric, Crafting, CRPG
User reviews

3.8/5

( 66 Reviews )

3.8

66 Reviews

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Product details
2016, Balcony Softworks, ESRB Rating: Mature 17+...
System requirements
Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10, Single Core 1.6Ghz, 1 GB RAM, ATI Radeon X1650 / NVIDIA GeForce 8200 / I...
Time to beat
30 hMain
40 h Main + Sides
70 h Completionist
51 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description
It's twenty years after your village fled the kingdom and took refuge in Darkwood. You always knew that these woods hold dark secrets but now you start to feel their evil on your own skin. Horrible things are happening. You discover fragments of the woods dark history and come to the conclusion that you have to leave your home. You know in your heart that once you step out of the protection of the place where you grown up, nothing will be the same. You have to face a world that's in chaos. A world without laws. Nevertheless you feel something else too. You feel freedom. A completely new world awaits you to explore it, but the feeling quickly turns into guilt. There are people in Darkwood who are counting on your help. You are their last hope.

Balrum is an old-school, hybrid turn-based, open world indie RPG with deep tactical combat. Explore a huge living fantasy world with dozens of side quests next to an epic main quest. In addition to traditional RPG features Balrum has deep crafting which allows the player to craft their own custom items. Balrum also features farming your own crops, building your home, and survival mechanics complemented by the game's main features. In Balrum you will have a faithful animal companion as your pet. Your pet is fully controllable and adds greatly to the complexity of the combat.
  • Real-Time world with Turn-Based Combat
  • A huge Open World with dozens of Dungeons to explore
  • Spend your learning points to create a pure class or a hybrid class
  • Dozens of Side Quests and an Epic Main Quest
  • Three separate paths leading to the end
  • Building
  • Farming
  • Tame various animals to be your loyal Companion
  • Deep Crafting System which allows you to create custom items
  • Day/Night Cycle with Weather Effects
  • Survival Mechanics

©2015 Balcony Szoftver Kft. All rights reserved.

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
30 hMain
40 h Main + Sides
70 h Completionist
51 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Role-playing - Turn-based - Fantasy
Tags:
Indie, Fantasy, Role-playing, 2D, Turn-Based, show 6 more... Open World, Sandbox, Survival, Isometric, Crafting, CRPG
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.9.0+)
Release date:
{{'2016-03-01T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Company:
Balcony Softworks / Balcony Softworks
Size:
194 MB
Links:
Forum discussion
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Fantasy Violence, Blood and Gore, Use of Alcohol)
Game features
Cloud saves
Overlay
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
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User reviews

Posted on: April 2, 2020

Ricardo_Xavier

Verified owner

Games: 263 Reviews: 2

Its been a while :)

It has been a while that i found myself not having that feeling when you get to a point in the game when u just want to rush to the end of it or if you even bother, it is a simple story but since you get "windows" to the story of the setting once in a while i found myself hooked and wanting Balrum 2 to come out soon ;) ,cant say anything else that hasnt been said already in other reviews.

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Posted on: March 16, 2025

pyschocurt

Verified owner

Games: 176 Reviews: 1

Couple of crashes but otherwise great

It's hung on me 3 or 4 times in a 4 hour sesh, one was me alt tabbing, another was me trying to resize the screen another was me changing to full screen other than that though it's a fantastic old school rpg doesn't hold your hnd seems quite difficult, reminds me a lot of the old divine divinity games.

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Posted on: June 27, 2025

Malahite

Verified owner

Games: 217 Reviews: 11

Old-school CRPG full of content

A lovely CRPG full of tons of things to do in the game, a good way to spend your time if you love CRPGs!

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Posted on: October 9, 2025

Teodosije

Verified owner

Games: 102 Reviews: 1

Paid less than 3 euro. Money well spent

Relaxed game, rich with story, love it so far.

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Posted on: August 30, 2022

ratkd

Games: Reviews: 19

the game doesn't launch

i don't wanna give balrum a bad review because i'm sure it's a good rpg, but the game doesn't even launch. it doesn't even crash or anything, it simply doesn't work at all. and from what i've seen, other people got this bug. it seems to be a problem with JAVA. i've had the exact same problem before with a few other games using JAVA, sometimes they work just fine sometimes they don't work at all, and it's a pain to fix. and it's even more painful when your JAVA version is up to date and that you've got no clue why it doesn't work at all. it's not always because of JAVA, last time i've had this bug was with underrail, which took me 2 days to fix. i'm now done fixing those games, asked for a refund. fix this bug and i'll be glad to buy this game again.

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