The cat knight by the lantern in Bellwether's square at sunset, drawn in 3D

The same square at the same moment, drawn in 16-bit pixel art

3D Pixel art

The frog Rainkeeper in the village of Bellwether on a phone, drawn in 3D

The same village on a phone, drawn in pixel art

3D Pixel art

An adventure above the clouds

Follow your lantern home.

Rainroam is an open-world action adventure on islands in the clouds. Choose a cat knight or a frog Rainkeeper, clear dungeons, beat their guardians and rest by lantern light. Play it in 3D or in pixel art, and switch whenever you like.

Play free in your browser Download on the App Store

Whole game free in the browser · iPhone and iPad: first island free, one purchase for the rest · No ads

Settings → Graphics style

One world, two pictures

Every island, foe and lantern is drawn twice: once in soft-lit 3D, once as a hand-pixelled 16-bit scene seen from the same angle. Flip between them mid-fight. Your hero, your save and the fight in front of you stay exactly where they were.

Sunmere's pink streets and residents, in 3D — Sunmere, on the Rose Shore

Sunmere's pink streets and residents, in pixel art — Sunmere, on the Rose Shore

A fight against a pack of foes with their attack warnings on the ground, in 3D — A skirmish in the wilds

The same fight in pixel art — A skirmish in the wilds

The Drowned Archive's guardian winding up a blow, in 3D — A guardian's hall

The same guardian's hall in pixel art — A guardian's hall

Two ways to fight

Choose who carries the lantern

4 hearts · close combat

Cat knight

Wide sword swings and more health. Starts with a sword and a returning blade throw, and picks up daggers, a bow and more on the road.

3 hearts · ranged magic

Rainkeeper

Rain magic that strikes from afar. Walking refills your raindrops, so the Rainkeeper fights on the move. Starts with a rain staff and a rain comet.

Streamed, seeded, endless

The islands keep going

Meadows run into violet valleys, terracotta canyons and snowy northern realms. Rivers, roads and bridges carry across every border. Type a world code to walk the same landscape as a friend.

Pink paving and paper lanterns in the village of Sunmere — Sunmere, on the Rose Shore09:30 · Clear

Snowfields and frozen standing stones in the Pale North — The White Howl’s Den, the Pale North11:00 · Clear

Giant pink mushrooms on violet moss in the Violet Vale — The Violet Vale15:00 · Clear

A market square on terracotta stone in Emberveil — Emberveil, in Cinder Canyon16:30 · Clear

Koi and lily pads in a lake on the Rose Shore — A koi lake on the Rose Shore17:00 · Clear

Orange trees and a glowing portal in Amber Afterlight — The Unfinished Tower, Amber Afterlight18:36 · Clear

Rails running into a lit mine mouth in Ashglass Caldera — Ashglass Mine, Ashglass Caldera19:12 · Clear

A lavender town square at dusk in Asterfall — Asterfall, in the Violet Vale20:30 · Clear

Lamps lit across the fen village of Reedwake at night — Reedwake, in the Lantern Fen21:00 · Clear

A haunted mansion door glowing in Rookshade Hollow at night — Rookshade House, Rookshade Hollow22:00 · Clear

A dungeon guardian winding up a blow, its outline filling on the floor

Guardians

Every blow shows where it lands

Each dungeon ends with its own guardian. The outline on the ground is the exact shape of the blow, and it fills up the moment the blow lands. The colour tells you what it does.

harm
fire
rot
frost
amber
void

The hero sitting by a lantern at night, the vigil open

Lanterns

Rest where the light is

Sit by a lantern to heal and keep a vigil: spend embers on levels, attributes and oaths. Foes never camp near a lantern, so a rest is a real rest. Fall in battle and the lantern remembers the way back, and the rooms you cleared stay cleared.

Pastimes

Thirty seconds of something else

Between fights, fish off a pier, race a paper boat down the rapids or play a village concert. Each pastime is a small one-thumb game with its own music and prizes.

The paper atlas, showing the first ring of islands

The atlas

A paper map that fills in as you walk

Villages, dungeons, caves and bridges appear on the atlas as you find them. Raise the chained bridges by hand to open the next ring of islands.

Play Rainroam

Your lantern is lit

Free

In your browser

The whole game, with nothing to install. Works on computers, tablets and phones with a recent browser. Without WebGPU the game opens in pixel art.

Play now

First island free

iPhone and iPad

Made for one hand in portrait. The first island is free; one purchase raises the South Bridge and opens the rest for good. No ads, no subscriptions.

Download on the App Store

Questions

Before you set out

Is Rainroam free?

In the browser the whole game is free. On iPhone and iPad the first island is free, and one purchase opens the rest of the game for good: no ads, no subscriptions.

What do I need to play in a browser?

A recent browser. The 3D picture uses WebGPU (current Chrome, Edge and Safari). Without WebGPU the game opens in pixel art.

Can I play on my phone?

Yes. Rainroam is made to be played one-handed in portrait: the stick and the attack buttons sit under your thumb.

What is the pixel art mode?

The same game drawn as a 16-bit isometric picture. Switch between 3D and pixel art in Settings at any moment; nothing is lost.

Does my progress save?

Yes. The game keeps three journeys on your device and saves as you play. Cleared dungeon rooms stay cleared.