Free public playtest · from October 16

Leybound

Hunt together. Follow the ley into the wild. A co-op hunting game in a world run on ley magic. Set out from a waystone haven with up to three friends, leap from zone to zone along ley paths, and bring down the guardian that holds each one. Then decide together: push one zone deeper, or go home with what you've got.

This is an early playtest: things will break, change and get rebalanced, and progress may be wiped between versions. Tell us what felt good, what didn't and what broke on Discord, on itch.io or at hello@n2studio.net.

The hunt

One zone deeper, or home?

Every zone has a guardian

Its ley paths stay sealed until it falls. Serpents that coil and lunge, horned beasts that charge, floating elementals of storm and ley.

Your haul isn't yours until you bank it

Rest at a waymark's fire to keep what you carved and gathered. Each faint before then costs a share of it.

Deeper is richer, and deadlier

The world is a ring of hexes around Waystone Haven. Every direction has its own land, element and beasts, and the outer rings hit harder.

Hunt together

Parties of up to four: share a six-letter code, invite your friends or join an open party. Leaps and the way home are put to a vote.

Live where you hunt

Walk into an outpost like Emberwatch and make it home. Its trader pays more for what you carried from far away.

Bind your gear

Turn monster parts and elemental essences into weapons and armor at the Binding Altar, and infuse them with the element your next prey fears.

Trailer

See it in motion

See it in motion

Screenshots

From the playtest

Waystone Haven, where every hunt begins
Waystone Haven, where every hunt begins
A party fighting a zone's guardian
A party fighting a zone's guardian
The leymap: zones linked by ley paths
The leymap: zones linked by ley paths
Emberwatch, an outpost in the ember wastes
Emberwatch, an outpost in the ember wastes
The world map around Waystone Haven
The world map around Waystone Haven

Play

Play it where you are

Your hunter is the same everywhere once you secure it with an email.

In your browser

Nothing to install: open game.n2studio.net and hunt.

Windows and Linux

Download it from itch.io, unzip and play.

Android

Install the APK from itch.io on your phone. The controls are on screen.

Together across devices

Browser, desktop and phone hunters can share the same party.

Hunt with us

Join the Discord to find a party, report bugs and follow what comes next.