Refence
Idle roguelite tower defense with heroes and castle upgrades
Muurou Tech · Released Mar 4, 2025
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 144
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 3
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 2 months ago
- Sep 3, 2026
What is Refence?
In this single-player idle roguelite defense game, you hire heroes who automatically fight Demon Realm invaders attacking your castle across timelines. You choose hero traits, upgrade the castle, research abilities, craft relics, and send heroes on quests that make progress while you are away.
For you if...
- +you like mostly idle tower defense with incremental upgrades
- +you enjoy choosing hero traits and upgrading a castle
Not for you if...
- −you want constant hands-on control during combat
- −you dislike repeating progress after timeline resets
What players say
76% of 144 reviews are positive
Players praise the early progression and idle defense, but complain that later runs become repetitive and slow.
Screenshots and trailer
Refence system requirements
Minimum: 128MB, 4 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Refence?
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- OS
- Windows 7+
- Processor
- 2 Ghz
- Graphics
- 128MB, OpenGL 3+
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 200 MB available space
Does Refence have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Refence run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Native resolution not supported
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 43
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, Simplified Chinese.
Does Refence use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Roguelite
- Incremental
- Idler
- Tower Defense
- Roguelike
- Strategy
- 2D
- Relaxing
- Funny
- Casual
- Pixel Graphics
- Bullet Heaven
- Management
- Magic
- Crafting
- Combat
Recent updates
- Apr 16, 2025 · News: Timeline Update Out Now!
- Mar 19, 2025 · v1.0.1.8
- Mar 10, 2025 · v1.0.1.5
- Feb 25, 2025 · Refence v1.0.0-RC2
- Feb 18, 2025 · Refence v1.0.0-RC1
