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Muurou Tech · Published by Muurou Tech
Mostly Positive — 78% positive (144 reviews) · 43 achievements
Last updated 4 Oct 2026
Refence is a roguelite based idle defense game, where you can choose heroes and their traits, upgrade your castle, and manage resources to fend off enemies from the Demon Realm who are trying to attack your castle.
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Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Casual · 2025 · More under £5 games
In Refence, manage resources and strategically defend your castle against demon attacks by upgrading it and choosing heroes. A 2025 indie simulation game from Muurou Tech that blends strategy with casual play.
About this game
Refence -- a roguelite based idle defense game where you can choose heroes and their traits, upgrade your castle, and manage resources to fend off enemies trying to attack your castle.
Travel through timelines to defeat the invading enemies of the Demon Realm one by one and restore peace to the world
Features
Hire heroes to automatically defend against enemy threats, upgrade heroes and choose different traits based on the battlefield and enemies!
Build your castle, unlock upgrades, and summon more heroes!
Conduct research to unlock useful QoL and abilities that will aid you and your heroes in battle!
Craft powerful relics to help you defend against enemies.
Send heroes on quests to make progress while you are away!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7+
- Processor: 2 Ghz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 128MB, OpenGL 3+
- Storage: 200 MB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
News: Timeline Update Out Now!
Your castle is under attack! Protect it from new bosses! If you cannot defeat the bosses, perhaps you should travel through timelines to try again. By traveling through different timelines, you can unlock new features in all aspects to help defend the castle. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45416978/d5b9fe50df88fc3c64feca6ce83c67c9c4ab7900.png Defeat all the bosses from the Demon Realm to save the world. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45416978/5f1bfa80fd1cff6f24f52c2872ef2f6a6e4944b1.png ✨What's new Timelines have been added: Travel through timelines to defeat new bosses. 9 new bosses and related materials have been introduced. Badges have been added: Defeat the bosses to earn them. Heroes' max stars have been raised to 20, with approximately 40 powerful new traits added. The cap for difficulty and building levels has been increased. More researches can be unlocked in different timelines. Additional relics and relic upgrade can be unlocked across timelines. The Ball of Space and Time has been added to dump resources. 7 new game modes have been added. A place to dump excess copies and rank XP to provide skill power boost. A new layer called New World which can be unlocked after saving the world, allowing players to upgrade badges by defeating the bosses. More QoL functions have been added to the game. Minor tweaks and fixes everywhere.Read full article on Community Announcements (nestorm1)Patch NotesOfficial
v1.0.1.8
* Makes it easier for heroes to level up after level 50 * Fix the building cap increase that is applied before the first ascension * Fix the auto restart that is applied before purchase * Add a faster restart option in the Settings * Minor bug fixesRead full article on Community Announcements (nestorm1)Patch NotesOfficial
v1.0.1.5
Tweak of save export/import Improve the stability of saving Both swipe and click are working now Add auto paper to research tree A research to slowly gain rubies after reaching daily ruby cap A research to soft ban heroes from battle Separate settings for showing/hiding texts Make it easier to read the research node state Improve the performance of research tree Tweak of Nilm's skill to make it less laggy Shortcut for choose card in one key Fix Steam achievements progress issue Fix critical is not working for summon heroes Fix the Blad attack bug Fix the Paper Buff issue The requirements of All For Power and All For Effect are changed a bit Other minor bug fixesRead full article on Community Announcements (nestorm1)AnnouncementsOfficial
Refence is finally released
It has been a long time since we released the demo, and "Refence" is finally here. Thank you all for your enthusiastic support and feedback! We hope you find the same joy in playing it! If you want to stay in touch with us or give us feedback, please join our Discord group or forum. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45416978/6d1a1903f146b8e85ef1296226b8549ea24f45cb.png Choose your heroes and fight against enemies! Love you all!Read full article on Community Announcements (nestorm1)AnnouncementsOfficial
Refence v1.0.0-RC2
* 添加了新的战场英雄杰斯特 * 英雄攻击范围始终最大化 * 设置了后期游戏的最大敌人数量 * 调整了英雄召唤几率，史诗和传奇英雄的召唤几率更高 * 一些随机的视觉调整 * 添加了一些随机内容 * 修复了一些小错误和拼写错误。Read full article on Community Announcements (nestorm1)
