Fit check
Is Balrum worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Open-world RPG players who want quests and dungeons alongside free exploration
- Turn-based combat fans who want class-building choices and an active animal companion
- Players who prefer RPGs that include farming, home building, crafting, and survival mechanics
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking fast, continuous combat may bounce off the turn-based battle system.
- Players wanting a narrowly focused RPG may find the combination of quests, dungeons, crafting, farming, building, and survival mechanics too broad.
- Players looking for a linear story may not suit the three separate paths leading to the ending.
- Players seeking cooperative action or tower-defense gameplay will not find those systems here.
Our take on Balrum
The likely bounce point is the number of systems operating alongside the main quest. Players who want a focused loop of exploration and combat may hit a wall when farming, home building, crafting, survival mechanics, and character development all become part of the adventure.
What is Balrum?
Balrum is a turn-based, open-world RPG set in a living fantasy world.
Its real-time world contains turn-based combat, dungeons, side quests, and an epic main quest with three separate paths to the ending. Learning points support pure or hybrid character classes. Players can grow crops, build a home, tame animals, and control a pet during combat. The crafting system allows custom items, while survival mechanics, a day-and-night cycle, and weather effects accompany the adventure. The story follows a young man who leaves his home to face a lawless world, investigate the dark history of the woods, and respond to events affecting the people of Darkwood.
How Balrum plays
- 01Turn-Based Combat
- Combat uses turns while the wider game world operates in real time.
- 02Open-World Exploration
- The fantasy world includes dozens of dungeons, side quests, and a main quest.
- 03Flexible Class Builds
- Learning points can be used to create either a pure class or a hybrid class.
- 04Three Story Paths
- Separate routes lead to the conclusion of the main quest.
- 05Farming And Building
- Players can grow crops and construct their own home.
- 06Tamed Animal Companions
- Various animals can be tamed, and a controllable pet can participate in combat.
- 07Custom Item Crafting
- The crafting system allows players to create custom items.
- 08Survival Mechanics
- Survival systems are combined with a day-and-night cycle and weather effects.
Balrum compared to similar games
Balrum combines open-world exploration, turn-based combat, class development, crafting, farming, home building, and survival mechanics. Hard West is a tactical RPG set in the Wild West, while Back to the Dawn focuses on prison escape, investigation, fighting, and survival inside a maximum-security facility. Balrum also includes three separate paths to the ending and a controllable animal companion.
Balrum: platforms & release
Is Balrum worth it?
It is worth it if: open-world RPG players who want quests and dungeons alongside free exploration. Skip it if: players seeking fast, continuous combat may bounce off the turn-based battle system.
Where can I download Balrum?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Balrum's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Balrum on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
