The Street Fighter-Infused JRPG Co-Op Adventure

Tunnel Story invites you to explore a world of memory, legacy, and survival in a cooperative, tactical adventure inspired by classic JRPGs. Navigate a crumbling world using innovative fighting-game dice combos and engage in strategic co-op gameplay that challenges you to adapt to each moment. Your Relic’s story is your key to survival.

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You’re not the hero. You’re the weapon they carry.

You don’t play as the hero. You play as the Relic — cursed weapons and artifacts carried through generations.

  • Heroes cycle: captured or retire.
  • Relics persist: passed down from hero to hero, gaining scars, powers, and memories

Every session is a new chapter in your Relic’s legend.

Combat that feels like a Fighting Game

Forget endless math. Combat in Tunnel Story runs on the K.O.M.B.O.™ Dice System:

🎲 Custom joystick + button dice (Up, Down, Left, Right, A, B)
🎯 Match monster combos (Weak, Hard, Crit) for fast, high-stakes battles
🔥 Push-your-luck rerolls let you risk it all for a Crit finish

It’s Street Fighter meets JRPG tactics.
Tactile, fast, and addictive.

Capture Monsters — They’re Your Gold and XP.

In Tunnel Story, monsters aren’t discarded. They’re captured as hostages and later used for short-term gains or long-term goals. Use monsters as:

  • Currency for upgrades
  • Shields against death
  • XP to gain freedom from your curse

The hostage economy: every enemy you capture matters.

Trade Growth for Glory with Level Burn

Leveling isn’t just about slow progression. In Tunnel Story, you can burn your levels for instant, heroic effects:

⚡ Save an ally
⚡ Break a boss
⚡ Flip a losing fight

Losses becomes legendary, turning sacrifice into strategy.

Navigate a Living, Shifting Realm

Enter a world that's constantly changing, where your decisions shape the labyrinth and your path through it. Engage with a world driven by Drift, the enchanted decay of time.

  • Dynamic Terrain System: maps grow and change every session
  • Effectual encounters: every terrain and monster card reacts with 2d6 roll tables
  • Pixel-icon language: monsters, loot, traps, gates, and bells are instantly readable at a glance

Will you endure or be forgotten?

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Setup in 3 Minutes, Infinite Adventure.

Designed for seamless gaming, Tunnel Story can be set up in only 3 minutes, is quick to learn, and equally fast to tear down. Each session lasts 1 to 2 hours. Relics preserve the continuity, ensuring every playthrough offers new tales and challenges without the need for cumbersome rulebooks or pre-game prep.

Go It Alone. Or Go Together.

Tunnel Story plays beautifully as a solo quest or a co-op party adventure. With mechanics and story intertwined through the Drift, Relics, and Choir magic, every session feels alive and different.

Built for Fun, Not Frustration.

  • No player eliminated: Heroes may fall, but the Relics always endure
  • Shared survival: You win or lose together
  • Rules bend in your favor: Teamwork, rescues, and trading keep the group alive

Tunnel Story is hostile but fair.
Every session earned and never wasted.

Uncover the secrets of the Relics

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Created by former Rockstar Games veteran

Tunnel Story is the passion project of Aaron Hordos, a former Senior Principal Artist at Rockstar Games for 14 years. Aaron helped deliver games like Max Payne 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA 5, and GTA 6. 

Heavily inspired by childhood classics like Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, Street Fighter and Talisman, Aaron's taking all his experience, expertise, and creative effort to make Tunnel Story one of the most epic games you've ever played.