Pocket Realms: Bullet Heaven

Pocket Realms is a bullet heaven roguelite in pixel art: a horde survival game you play with one thumb. Steer a small spirit through hundreds of shadow creatures, keep your lantern lit and drive the dark back.

The Dusk has swallowed the pocket realms. Pick a Keeper, carry the last lantern into the dark, light three beacons and face the boss waiting behind them. A run lasts about three to seven minutes.

The run
Drag anywhere on the screen to move, and let go to stop. Your weapons fire on their own, so your thumb only steers. Every enemy you defeat drops a glim. Glims fill your level bar, and each level up offers three cards: a new weapon, a stronger weapon or a passive skill. Carry up to six weapons and six passives. Bring a weapon to level five while you own its partner passive, and the next beacon chest evolves it. Every run starts from scratch, so no two roguelike builds play the same.

The light
The cool glow of your lantern is your attack range. Weapons only aim at enemies inside the light. The glow shrinks over time and glims feed it back. If it runs dry, the circle drops to its smallest size and the creatures in the dark move faster. Watch for glowing eyes at the edge of the light.

Beacons and bosses
Arrows at the screen edge point to three beacons. Stand in a ring to light one: a burst of light clears the swarm around you, the lit zone heals you and feeds your lantern, and a beacon chest hands you a rare or better card. Light the third beacon and the boss arrives. Beat it and dawn sweeps the dark off the map.

Keepers
Play six spirit creatures: a fox, a moth, an elk, an otter, a jellyfish and a mushroom. Each Keeper starts with its own weapon and one perk. Level them up with shards and gold.

Realms
Relight eight realms, from Orchard Glade to Eclipse Court, and earn up to three stars in each. Every realm you relight glows on your home shelf and collects gold while you are away, for up to eight hours. Spend gold on nine permanent talents.

Daily goals and events
Six daily goals, weekly goals and 30 achievements. A Daily Realm with a new twist each day. A 7-day login calendar and a streak counter. On Eclipse Weekend glims count double and the light drains faster. The Lantern Pass runs for 28 days with a track open to everyone and a paid track.

Offline, one hand
Play offline, with no internet connection. No account, no login and no ads. Portrait mode, made for one hand on the bus, in a queue or in bed.

Some chests give random items and show their odds before you open them.