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BorderStrain

$5.99
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About This Game

Explore the world of Pangea as you embark on your adventure in this Open-World 2D ARPG. Follow and unravel the fate of the Firstborne or craft your own destiny alone or with friends.

BorderStrain is based on a custom built OpenGL game engine and delivers a procedual world full of loot and adventures! Customize your character by leveling and allocating skill-points in any of the 4 unique skill-trees. Build your character according to your play-style and that of your companions as the game support up to 5 Player Co-Op Multiplayer! Structures & Items can be crafted by resources found throught the world

High-scores are recorded and available in the in-game Leaderboards

The integrated Map-Maker allows for easy design of custom expansions which can be shared with Friends!

  • Open-World 2D ARPG
  • Procedual World & Loot
  • Set Items with Unique Abilities
  • 4 Unique Skill-Trees
  • 5 Player Multiplayer
  • Craft, Build & Explore
  • Integrated Map-Maker for Custom Expansions

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User Reviews

Mixed
10 user reviews
60%
Positive
1 hrs at review
Recommended

I hope this game gets the attention it deserves. Once you get used to the interface, the game starts to show its potential. It is an interesting setting. For a one man dev, I am impressed. The game does not take you by the hand. If there is one thing I would like to see, is a quest compass. I may be wrond, but so far, it is like running around in a hughe library, without knowing where you can find what you need. But hey, the universe is intersting enough to keep going. Nice game, really.

9 helpful
3 hrs at review
Recommended

Only 3 hours in but i think i should leave a review, this game is really confusing at first glance because you begin in an alien/unknown world which is awesome and interesting, the weather effects etc of the world is very impressive and wicked also I didn't know what to do at first but i began killing the alien creatures and finding better gear which is Arpg style, character development is neat and there's no reversal in skills you pick and exp penalty can be harsh the higher level you get when you die, I am building a small hq with turrets so i can store things away from the starting city i set up a teleporter inside my hq the gameplay is very nice + it has co-op I'd say this price isn't heavy and the game offers a huge openworld with editor tools to make your own expansions and maps which is cool!

7 helpful 1 funny
17 min at review
Not Recommended

Long loading times, (if it loads at all) sits in an endless loop on starting a world (i gave up after 5 minutes of waiting) and poor key mapping. UPDATE: still a crap game that doesnt work half the time. one of the biggest wastes of money on steam.

4 helpful 1 funny
3 hrs at review
Not Recommended

Oh boy, this game looks and feels like an overpriced school project. First problem I ran into is that the game wants to go fullscreen , but it scale the resolution wrong sense I have my TV hooked as a second monitor and you CANNOT change resolution or go windowed mode. Then the game itself would have been ok if not for being unbalanced , enemies are tanky and you don't deal that much damage. You lose XP and all none equiped items if you die. I only felt like the game was ok when I was some levels above the enemies. I cannot recommend this game for such a price and even if the price went lower I would say that it hard to recommend.

3 helpful
3 hrs at review
Not Recommended

I had tried the game once, didn't really enjoy it, then forgot about it for two years. I just decided to try the game again, figuring maybe it could be fun and it just didn't click the first time. I tried 3 separate times to get into the game, all 3 times I got stuck in an infinite loading screen and couldn't even get into the tutorial. Sandbox and story mode did not work either. The game is literally unplayable. In my frustration in just trying to get the game to start at all, I remembered why I didn't enjoy it. In the tutorial the voice of the AI was extremely annoying, not only having an annoying sound just in general but also having absolutely awful voice acting that constantly made me want to just close the game and play literally anything else instead of listening to it. The controls are extremely bad and clumsy, if I recall correctly the reload button was H. (Why?) I remember the combat also feeling very clumsy and terrible. The developer claims that the world of the game i...

2 helpful
27 hrs at review
Recommended

Nice game geting influences from roguelike such as Dwarf Fortress (adventure mode), with craft and even bullet hell moments. it have nice 2d topdown grafics, with beutifull tileset. Consider this game a topdown terraria with scifi theme.

1 helpful
13 min at review
Not Recommended

This is terrible.

1 hrs at review
Recommended

Really unique, like a modern Notrium mixed with the 3089 game series. The AI companion is very informative and unexpectedly high quality for an indie game. There's multiplayer. An improvement I would like to see: Gun UI in inventory is difficult to click and drag guns as you have to click the item outline not the box

1 hrs at review
Recommended

Won't regret it.

System Requirements

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: Quad Core 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 3 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.0 Support 1 GB VRAM
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Quad Core 2.67 GHz
  • Memory: 3 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.0 Support 1 GB VRAM
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

FAQ

How much does BorderStrain cost?

BorderStrain costs $5.99.

What are the system requirements for BorderStrain?

Minimum: Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Quad Core 2.0 GHz Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0 Support 1 GB VRAM Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space Recommended: Recommended: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Quad Core 2.67 GHz Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0 Support 1 GB VRAM Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space

What platforms is BorderStrain available on?

BorderStrain is available on Windows PC.

Is BorderStrain worth buying?

BorderStrain has 60% positive reviews from 10 players.

When was BorderStrain released?

BorderStrain was released on Mar 12, 2020.

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