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what is Refence?

Defend your castle by hiring heroes, upgrading traits, and managing resources in this roguelike idle defense game.

Refence blends roguelike and idle defense gameplay where you recruit heroes with unique traits, upgrade your castle, and research abilities to fend off enemies and progress even while away.

It sits in the Idle / Management / Strategy / RPG / Mobile 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.