Torchlight

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Torchlight is an action role-playing game developed by Runic Games and World Domination Industries, Inc. It was published by JoWooD Entertainment AG, Encore, Perfect World Entertainment, and Microsoft Game Studios. The game was released in 2009, with specific dates listed as October 26 and October 27 of that year. It is rated Mature by the ESRB and supports single-player gameplay.

The title is available on PC, Xbox One, macOS, Linux, and Xbox 360. It utilizes the OGRE engine and is categorized under the genres of action, role-playing, and hack and slash. Critical reception includes a Metacritic score of 83 and a review score of 78 out of 100. User ratings include a score of 3.71 from RAWG and 74 from IGDB, which is based on 261 ratings.

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Game data

Metacritic 83

Released: 2009-10-26
User rating: 3.71 / 5
Genres: Action, RPG
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, macOS, Linux, Xbox 360
ESRB: Mature

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Game details · IGDB

83Critic score · 3 ratings

74User score · 261 ratings

In this ARPG you control a hero who explores a series of randomized dungeons, fightinghordes of enemies and collecting equipment, gold, and loot while doing so. The game also features a town , to which the hero can return to sell and buy gear and items and pick up quests. As you progress into the dungeon, you get to battle unique bosses that advance the main storyline by completing quests revolving around them. Optionally, the player may take on side quests, random quests or visit branching dungeon areas to further develop their character.

Released: 2009
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Engine: OGRE
Developer: Runic Games, World Domination Industries, Inc.
Publisher: JoWooD Entertainment AG, Encore, Perfect World Entertainment, Microsoft Game Studios

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Key facts

Video game.title: Torchlight
Video game.image: TorchlightRetailBox.jpg
Video game.caption: The retail box art for Torchlight features the game's three character classes: from left to right, the Vanquisher, Destroyer, and Alchemist.
Video game.developer: Runic Games
Video game.publisher: Perfect World EntertainmentMicrosoft Studios (X360)
Video game.designer: Travis Baldree
Video game.series: Torchlight
Video game.engine: OGRE
Video game.composer: Matt Uelmen
Video game.released: WindowsOS XXbox 360Linux
Video game.genre: Action role-playing, hack and slash
Video game.modes: Single-player
Video game.platforms: Microsoft WindowsOS XXbox 360 (XBLA) Linux

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: video game
Genre: role-playing video game
Country of origin: United States
Publisher: Q7168080
Followed by: Torchlight II
Composer: Matt Uelmen
Developer: Runic Games
Platform: macOS
Game mode: single-player video game
Game engine: Ogre3d
Official website: www.torchlightgame.com

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distributed by: Microsoft Store
publication date: 2009-10-27
software version identifier: 1.15
input device: computer keyboard
has characteristic: indie game
language of work or name: English language
review score: 78/100
compatible with: Q107542665

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Torchlight is an action role-playing hack and slash dungeon crawler video game developed by Runic Games and published by Perfect World Entertainment. It was originally released for Windows in October 2009. The fantasy-themed game is set in the fictional town of Torchlight and the expansive caverns and dungeons nearby, which adventurers explore to collect valuable loot and battle hordes of monsters. Following the October 2009 digital distribution release, a Windows retail box version was released in the U.S. in January 2010 by Encore, Inc, and JoWooD Entertainment published a retail box in Europe in April 2010. A port for OS X was developed by World Domination Industries and released through Steam on May 12, 2010. Runic Games and World Domination Industries developed a port for Xbox Live Arcade which was released on March 9, 2011. A Linux port was released as part of the game's inclusion in the Humble Indie Bundle 6.

Development of the game was led by Travis Baldree, designer of Fate, joined by Max Schaefer and Erich Schaefer (co-designers of Diablo and Diablo II), and the team that worked with Baldree on the original incarnation of Mythos. In September 2012, Runic Games released a sequel, Torchlight II, for Windows. In 2018, the long-planned MMORPG was announced as Torchlight III.

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