About This Game

TorchR Runners: Demastered is a retro, co-op puzzle platformer that tests your wit, sanity, and teamwork. In a world shrouded in darkness, you and your fellow players carry torches that slowly extinguish. As your light fades, so does your sanity. Teamwork is crucial to overcome the puzzles ahead, and if your torches or sanity deplete, the game is lost.

While the controls are simple and intuitive, mastering the puzzles requires clever cooperation and quick thinking. The deeper you go, the more challenging the levels become, making finishing the game an almost impossible? feat.

In this eerie, ever-changing world, each level is a new challenge, from short and intense sprints to longer, multi-part stages with safe zones. The faster you complete levels, the more coins you earn – but beware, your coins drain over time. Use your hard-earned coins to buy extra sanity or lives at scattered shops, but don’t linger too long – time and resources are limited!

The heart of the experience is cooperation. Designed for two-player puzzles, but open to any number of participants, the game’s shared pool of lives means everyone must work together to survive. Each failure takes a toll on the group – and the sadistic narrator, "The Torcherer," is more than happy to mock your every misstep. Laughing at your failures, showing off death photos, and reminding you just how fragile teamwork can be, he’s there to make sure you don’t forget your mistakes.

Can you and your team survive the torch, the dark, and the unrelenting taunts of the Torcherer?

Key Features

• Co-op Puzzle Platformer – Every puzzle is designed for two players, though any number can join in. Collaboration is key to success!

• Simple Controls, Challenging Gameplay – Easy to pick up with simple controls, but mastering the puzzles will test even the most skilled players.

• Shared Lives & Sanity – All players share the same pool of lives and sanity, meaning each death or misstep affects the entire team.

• Race Against Time – Your coins drain with every second, pushing you to solve puzzles quickly to save more for shops along the way.

• Dynamic Narrator – The “Torcherer” mocks your every move, capturing your most embarrassing deaths and throwing them back in your face.

• Retro Visuals – Featuring sharp pixel textures and low-poly 3D models, the visuals pay homage to classic platformers while embracing a dark and eerie tone.

• Jump Scares & Tension – Face monsters and eerie surprises as you race to keep your sanity, with heart-pounding jump scares thrown into the mix.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

We use AI mostly for images (Dall-E), music (Suno), and SFX (elevenlabs), but we edit everything and use it as a budget-friendly option. We plan to replace it if the game goes well.