← LERK INTERACTIVE
Coming to Steam Early Access

The food chain is fighting back.

A cozy-chaotic auto-battler RPG. Recruit thirty-three tiny critters, gear them up, pick who stands where, then watch them take on the animals that hunt them: ten chapters, guild raids, a PvP arena, events and the Colosseum.

Trailer

Small. Fuzzy. Furious.

How it plays

Plan it. Then let them brawl.

You make the calls before the fight: who's in the squad, who stands up front, what gear they carry. Once the fight starts, it plays out on its own.

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Build your squad

Collect thirty-three critters, each with their own personality, attacks and signature specials. Five go into battle, front row and back, and one of them leads.

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Counter the food chain

A hedgehog up front stops a fox's pounce. A frog's tongue yanks a snake out of position. A skunk's stink cloud clears the field.

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Grow your warband

Level up, earn stars, craft gear through twenty tiers from parts you find on the campaign, and push from the backyard through the barn, the cornfield, the orchard, the riverbank and the night forest to the badger's sett.

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Test your team

Take your squad into the PvP arena against other players' defence squads and climb the leaderboard, or into the Colosseum against much, much bigger animals.

What you do

Something every day

Energy refills on its own. Spend it on the campaign, or spend none at all in a guild raid.

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The campaign

Ten chapters of ten nodes, three stages each, on Normal and Hard. Every chapter ends with the young predator; Hard brings the grown-up. Perfect a node by hand and you can SIM it later with a ticket.

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Daily

A login calendar every month, daily quests, and the odd gift in the mailbox. Quests and the calendar pay SIM tickets too.

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The Colosseum

Twenty floors a week against ever bigger animals. Old Red waits on floor 10, Big Grizz on floor 20; the milestone floors can be fought again for the spoils.

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The PvP arena

Set a defence squad, attack other players' squads matched to your strength, and climb a leaderboard kept on our server. Wins pay the badges of Fang, the wolf cub built for the arena.

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Events

A new event every few days, each one featuring a critter: three stages, the featured critter's badges on the first clear and a chance of more after.

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Guilds

Up to thirty players, chat, officers and a code of conduct everyone signs. The guild is where raid nights get planned.

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Guild raids

Ten raids, ten stages each, three days to clear one. Every attack is free, every member chips in, and the prize pool of gold, badges and gear is shared by damage dealt. The raids are the only way to recruit the young predators.

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Fair play

Saves are checked on the server against what the game can hand out. A tampered save loses online play until the account is reset; everyone else plays on a level field.

The critters

Meet the warband

Thirty-three critters in seven classes: seventeen from the first five chapters, five more from chapters 6 to 10, ten young predators won in the guild raids, and Fang from the arena.

Captain ThistleBunnyWarrior
Sergeant BristleHedgehogTank
Nurse PuddingHamsterHealer
Private PipMouseWarrior
LilyFrogHunter
Drummer NibsGuinea pigHealer
Sister OliveDoveHealer
Old MorelToadMage
HonkGooseBerserker
ShellbyTurtleTank
ShadeFerretRogue
EchoBatMage
Sir CrowleyRoosterBerserker
Chip TimberBeaverTank
HazelSquirrelHunter
Stinky PeteSkunkRogue
GrimsbyRatMage
SmudgeKitten · raidRogue
FinnOtterWarrior
DigbyMoleTank
Pip PipChipmunkHunter
NeedleShrewRogue
SolLizardMage
RustyFox kit · raidRogue
WispWeasel kit · raidMage
NoodleSnakelet · raidHunter
SquallHawk chick · raidWarrior
BanditRaccoon kit · raidRogue
CawCrow chick · raidHunter
BlinkOwlet · raidMage
QuillHoglet · raidTank
TumbleBear cub · raidBerserker
FangWolf cub · arenaWarrior
The predators

Everything that hunts them

Ten chapters, ten predator families. Each chapter ends with the young predator; beat it again on Hard and the grown-up comes looking for you. Beat a family's raid with your guild and its young one joins your side.

Kitten & Marmalade the barn catChapter 1 · The Backyard
Fox Kit & Ember the foxChapter 2 · The Garden
Weasel Kit & Sable the weaselChapter 3 · The Barn
Hatchling & Coil the snakeChapter 4 · The Tool Shed
Fledgling & Redtail the hawkChapter 5 · The Wheat Field
Raccoon Kit & Mask the raccoonChapter 6 · The Orchard
Crow Chick & Corvus the crowChapter 7 · The Meadow
Bear Cub & Big GrizzChapter 8 · The Riverbank
Owlet & Lord Hoot the owlChapter 9 · The Night Forest
The Honey Badger & Old RedChapter 10 · The Sett, and the Colosseum

Old Red

A scarred old fox who has raided this garden longer than anyone can remember. Colosseum floor 10.

The Honey Badger

Doesn't care. Doesn't stay down. The end of chapter 10, and a guild raid of his own.

Big Grizz

Chapter 8, Colosseum floor 20, and the Bear Den raid. Bring your very best squad.

Screenshots

In the thick of it

Fair by design

No pay-to-win. Ever.

A collection RPG where the only way to get stronger is to play. Every one of the thirty-three critters is earned in the game.

🎁No loot boxes
⏳Energy refills on its own; gold tops it up, never money
💎No paid currency
🏆Nothing that makes you stronger is for sale
Community

Pull up a toadstool

Share your squads, argue about the best counter to the Honey Badger, report bugs and tell us what you want next. Guilds and raids are in, and the forum is where raid nights get planned. Reading is open to everyone; posting takes a free account: your email and your Steam ID, no password. New to the game? The manual covers every screen, from your first squad to the Barn Cats raid.