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The Rune Factory series is an ongoing gaming franchise and a spin-off of the Bokujou Monogatari series made for its 10-year anniversary. The game combines farming, monster-slaying, and courtship.
The gameplay of the Rune Factory series is similar to that of Story of Seasons. The player can grow crops, using upgradeable farm equipment. However, the Story of Seasons game mechanic of purchasing animals has been replaced by defeating and befriending monsters in dungeons. If a monster is tamed, it can help the player in battle, produce goods, or help to tend the crops. The game's combat is in the action role-playing game style. Crops can be planted in different areas to sell for gold; other activities include mining for metal and minerals, fishing, or collecting food such as milk and eggs from befriended monsters. The player can then spend money and material to buy a variety of upgrades for their house, weapons, and tools. In addition to their open-ended gameplay, the games possess a linear storyline, which can be furthered by exploring dungeons and defeating certain monsters. Just like in the Story of Seasons series, the main character's relationship with the other villagers increase by talking to them or performing actions that please them, like giving items they like as presents for example. Some of them can even be married if their relationship improves enough. Some games of the series require the protagonist to get married as part of the storyline. |
- September 10, 2024 Piczle Cross: Rune Factory was officially announced to be coming in 2025.
- August 27, 2024 Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma was officially announced in new trailer to be coming Spring 2025.
- September 5, 2023 Rune Factory 3: Special is released in North America and Europe.
- March 2, 2023 Rune Factory 3: Special is released in Japan.
- September 13, 2022 Rune Factory 6 announced to be in development during Marvelous Games Showcase.
- March 22, 2022 Rune Factory 5 is released in North America.
- May 20, 2021 Rune Factory 5 is released in Japan.
- October 28, 2020 Rune Factory 5's website is updated.
- September 17, 2020 Rune Factory 5 official gameplay trailer released.