August 30, 2022

Heart of Muriet: Kickstarter campaign online

Update: Cratr.games has already managed to secure an alternative financing within days after starting the Kickstarter campaign and therefore stopped the campaign already. Congratulations to Cratr.games on securing funding for the further development of their game! The demo for Heart of Muriet continues to be available on Steam.

Check it out and make sure to wishlist if you like it: Steam Demo

Original news:

The voxel real-time strategy game "Heart of Muriet" by Hamburg-based studio Cratr.games and Microtale launched its Kickstarter campaign on August 26 to realize the large-scale strategy game.

Just at gamescom now already on Kickstarter: the voxel RTS "Heart of Muriet" by Hamburg-based studio Cratr.games and Microtale Games launched its Kickstarter campaign on August 26 to create the large-scale strategy game.

CRATR.games are known among others for browser games like Knightfight or MonstersGame. For Heart of Muriet, they teamed up with Microtale Games to work on the real-time strategy game in voxel optics, set in the mysterious land of Muriet.

Test your strategy skills and win epic battles.

At its core is the pursuit of grand strategies, building settlements, unlocking spells, and raising units for epic battles to help the "Seener", once powerful wizards, regain their former strength with the help of a young wizard.

You have to learn and manage spells and more abilities as you move through the levels.

Currently, the game is in Alpha, and a playable demo is already available on Steam.

Steam Demo

You can support the campaign until September 26 on Kickstarter.

Watch the trailer here:

Heart of Muriet Trailer

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