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what is Bands & Bonds?

Manage and build a dungeon-exploring team on a grid, unlocking characters and improving stats in this idle strategy RPG.

Bands & Bonds combines active and idle gameplay as you manage a team exploring dungeons. Team building occurs on a grid, with incremental stats and damage, and new characters can be unlocked during exploration.

It sits in the Idle / Management / Strategy / RPG / Minimalist corner of the genre. Like most idle games it runs on a simple loop — earn, reinvest, automate — but the depth is in how long that loop keeps unfolding. Expect to check in, make a few decisions, and watch the numbers climb whether you're at the keyboard or not.

New to incrementals? Read our beginner's guide first, or just hit play — these games are built to teach themselves.