Battle Healer Hildegard
A top-down roguelike that flips the tower-defense formula: you're not the tank or the DPS — you're the healer. Keep your knights alive, save villagers fleeing to the keep, and spend the coin they bring on reinforcements.
Controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| WASD | Move Hildegard |
| Mouse | Aim and place spells |
| Left-click (hold) | Cast the selected spell |
| 1 – 4 | Pick active healer ability |
| E | Drink potions / open the shop |
| Space | At the city gate: start or end the wave phase |
How a run works
- 1Heal, don't fight
Your knights do the damage — your job is positioning: drop heals and transmutation spells where they hold the line.
- 2Escort villagers
Villagers fleeing toward your keep are your economy — each one saved is coin for upgrades.
- 3Spend between waves
Use Space at the gate to pause the assault, then buy knights and keep upgrades with your coin.
- 4Level-up spells
New spells unlock at levels 3, 6 and 9 — each run offers different picks, and completing a run permanently unlocks a new spell for future attempts.
Good to know
Serious pedigree
Made by Funday Games, the Danish studio behind Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor — they post prototypes like this publicly to test ideas.
Still a prototype
Actively updated based on player feedback — expect small rough edges and balance changes between sessions.
Desktop-first
Mouse-and-keyboard controls make this a desktop game — it may load on mobile but won't play well.