Acclaimed dungeon defense board game Keep the Heroes Out! is getting a video game adaptation

YarnCat Games :

Halifax, Canada, November 19th, 2024 - Boards game creator Brueh Games has partnered with video game developer YarnCat Games to make a video game adaptation of Luís Brueh’s acclaimed strategy board game Keep the Heroes Out! Launching a Kickstarter campaign today and aiming for an early 2025 release on PC, Mac and consoles, this digital rendition of Keep the Heroes Out! offers the same asymmetric, co-op dungeon defense gameplay as its tabletop counterpart with a bevy of added extras.

Keep the Heroes Out! is an asymmetric, cooperative dungeon defense game for 1-4 players where you play as the monsters protecting their hard-earned treasures against invading hordes of “heroes” trying to steal it.

Your goal as a team is to survive going through the Guild deck two times, protecting the treasures in each room. If the main treasure is taken, the game ends in defeat, but if you manage to protect your treasures for long enough, you all win. Monsters may die, which is tragic, but you can always bring them back to the dungeon, so you are never eliminated from the game. However, once the treasure is gone, it’s gone forever.

The digital game brings the tabletop experience faithfully to life, with the same art style and gameplay, only now being that the computer controls the nasty heroes invading our lair. This means you can play solo against the AI, or get a gaming going remotely with your friends from afar. Furthermore, YarnCat Games has boosted the visuals with fluid animation and a tutorial to help onboard new players. There’s never been an easier, more convenient way to get into hero thwarting!  

The original board game version of Keep the Heroes Out! was a massive success, selling over 70,000 copies since its launch in 2022. It became a Golden Geek Best Cooperative Game Nominee at BoardGameGeek, where it's currently ranked as the 664th best board game of all time out of a database of roughly 156,000 titles. 

“I was overjoyed by the massive success of Keep the Heroes Out!’s tabletop release, so I wanted to share its engrossing, asymmetrical gameplay with a wider audience," said Luís Brueh, Founder of Brueh Games and solo creator of the board game version of Keep the Heroes Out! “This digital version takes what makes the tabletop release great, but makes it far more accessible, as you’ll be able to both play it with friends remotely or hop into a single-player bout against the AI. Whether you’re a fan of the game already or a newcomer, this video game adaptation captures everything that made the tabletop release such a success!”

“I’m a big fan of tabletop gaming and Keep the Heroes Out! has become one of my favorite pastimes at game nights, so I was thrilled to partner with Brueh Games on this digital release,” said YarnCat Games Founder and Director Daniel Nascimento. “We’re over the moon that we’ll soon be able to share Keep the Heroes Out! with a wider audience in early 2025!”  

For more information on Keep the Heroes Out!:
Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592340/Keep_the_Heroes_Out/
YarnCat Games website: https://www.yarncatgames.com/
Brueh Games website: ​​https://luisbrueh.com/games/
Follow YarnCat Games on Twitter: https://x.com/dyarncat  

About Brueh Games:
The brand of solo game developer Luís Brueh, a Brazilian Game designer & artist now living in Halifax, Canada. During the last 15 years Brueh has worked with many publishers and brands localizing their work to Brazilian territories and has expanded into designing his own games, of which he also does the art. Titles published so far include: Dwar7s (Fall, Winter, Spring, Duels), Covil The Dark Overlords, Valknut, and Keep the Heroes Out! About YarnCat Games:
YarnCat Games is an independent game studio based in Halifax, Canada. It’s currently working on the digital version of the acclaimed tabletop dungeon defense game Keep the Heroes Out!