Rollers of the Realm: Reunion invites players to delve into a medieval fantasy world where battling creepy goblins and tentacled beasts means warming up your flipper-fingers and bringing RPG-styled “character” balls to bear to smash through or sneak around your foes, traps, and targets. Rollers of the Realm: Reunion’s magical style of play brings a whole new meaning to “Pinball Wizard.”

Rollers of the Realm: Reunion— sequel to the winner of GDC’s prestigious “Best in Play” award in 2014 — is a medieval-themed RPG featuring a clever spin on pinball where the ball features attributes similar to a traditional RPG character. Play as the Rogue and her faithful hound, as they, in the form of a small and fast ball, sneak and steal their way through and around challenges. Or load up the massive Knight ball and bash those town guards and otherworldly monsters! Players will roll throughout the land alone or with a friend in search of powerful ancient artifacts, sweet gear upgrades, and NPC allies in a quest to save the world from certain doom. This is no turn-based affair, as the storyline and character progression take place across scenic pinball playfields! In order to become a hero of legend, players must flip, dash, and nudge their way through every battle or maze. “Pinheads” better brush up on magical incantations and learn to wield an array of awesome character abilities — there’s more than one realm that needs saving!

Rollers of the Realm: Reunion features easy-to-learn controls and an adventure-filled game world inspired by classic pinball cabinets. Players will bounce, flip, and dash through physics-based puzzles to progress the story while leveling up a party of misfit heroes on an epic journey to new worlds. Each character is represented by a ball that offers distinct gameplay modifiers, sizes, stats, and “specials,” — making battles and puzzle-solving a tactical affair where hot-swapping heroes is a must. Sending in a knight to do a mage’s job might not be the smartest move!

First things first, the Rollers series are pinball games, which means the core gameplay is exactly what you’d expect: a small, heavy ball is launched into a playing field, where the physics engine kicks in and sees the ball bouncing, rolling, and smashing its way down towards the flippers. Okay, that’s pinball. We all know how that works. So how does Rollers of the Realm: Reunion innovate on a tried-n-true formula that’s remained more or less the same for nearly 100 years? This is where the real fun begins!

In Rollers of the Realm: Reunion, players are reunited with the Rogue, Knight, Mage, and Healer who will need to leap back into the fray after some nasty goblins make a shocking appearance in town. They’ll have to “roll” up their sleeves and get back to what they do best: saving the realm!

It wouldn’t be an RPG without a cast of endearing characters with special skills that open up a variety of different approaches to completing a level. In the case of Rollers, where the balls are the characters, each spherical personality brings something different to the table. The Knight, for example, is a heavy, large ball that’s really good at smashing things and the Rogue does extra damage when attacking from behind. In classic RPG form, you’ll need to use each character’s unique abilities in tandem to win the day and emerge victorious! Defeating enemies and completing quests rewards the player with XP, which can be used to increase individual stats and make your characters more powerful than ever!

Of course, every RPG needs sweet new items and weapons, spells, and a currency with which to purchase them, and the world of Rollers is filled with nifty loot and shiny gold for purchasing said nifty loot. A new helmet, for example, might make your Knight that much stronger and capable of blasting through foes, and a fancy new set of boots will make your Rogue “roll” a little faster. Equipping your party with the right items is paramount to success, and Rollers has plenty of sweet gear to discover as you roll and smash your way through a delightful fantasy land filled with an archetypical cast of gruff soldiers, enigmatic mystics, and clueless nobles.

So there you have it! It’s pinball. It’s an RPG. It’s like nothing you’ve played before.

Key Features:

• An Unlikely (but Amazing) Fellowship: Classic flipper-focused pinball, puzzles, and platforming meet role-playing progression in a mashup sure to tickle the fancy of both pinball enthusiasts and RPG fans alike. Befriend NPCs and build out your party to become the ultimate unstoppable force!
• Baller Companions: Choose from five different bumper-busting heroes, including the Knight, Mage, Rogue, Healer, and the newly introduced Goblin Prince, each with distinct physics modifiers, special abilities, and upgradeable gear
• All-New Quest System: It pays to be a helpful adventurer, and the newly introduced Quest System invites players to put their benevolence to the test AND reap the rewards for their efforts. Finding sausages to feed a trusted furry companion or helping a local farm boy find his lost sheep will fetch bountiful benefits such as equipment unlocks and unique items.
• You Got Skills: Rollers of the Realm: Reunion adds all-new skills to the mix, including the ability to hot-swap your character mid-battle. Also, each character has a unique special ability such as time manipulation — which allows you to slow down the pace and execute precision shots.
• This is How We Roll: Taking traditional pinball action and amping it up, players can engage in new ways to roll through a variety of gameplay features, including 2D side-scrolling and the super-sneaky top-down Stealth mode. With a variety of puzzling mazes and labyrinths to cruise through, players will be kept on the edge of their seats!
• A Treasure Trove of Challenges: Steel your adventuresome self for battle and bumping across 30+ missions and 24 playfields in a thrilling campaign storyline
• Two Heads are Better than One: No need to brave the long road ahead alone thanks to two-player cooperative play where each player controls a flipper

Rollers Of The Realm: Reunion is coming to PC (Steam and the Epic Games Store) in 2022.