Notrunner

An atmospheric neon aquarium: an idle RPG set in the rain-soaked streets of Neo Nocturna.

You follow a lone runner surviving in a dark megalopolis. She explores districts, investigates strange signals, takes street contracts, dives into subnets, faces hostile squads in turn-based combat, and goes home to her small apartment to rest.

A game that plays itself

Notrunner is made to be watched at your own pace. Your runner wanders the city on her own, deciding when to take a contract, when to fight and when to retreat. Touching the screen is always optional: tapping speeds things up, hacks street devices, triggers neon effects and guides her steps, but it is never required to progress.

Old-school tabletop rules, all on screen

• Visible dice rolls: stat + skill + 1d10 against a difficulty value. Every shot, dodge and breach shows its roll in the log.
• Lethal combat: armor wears down, critical injuries need a doctor, and street lamps, cars, drones and billboards can be hacked mid-fight.
• Net dives: infiltrate subnets, bypass security nodes and run combat programs.
• Progression: earn improvement points and Neobits to unlock firearms, evasion, blades, programming and implants.

Patrol with Kuro, the black cat

Find the six echoes of the "Frequency 00.0" investigation to wake Kuro. Once awake, Kuro walks the streets with you, fetches dropped data shards, marks priority targets, blocks enemy hackers and can pull you back from a lethal blow.

Illustrated pixel art with dynamic 2D lighting

Four districts with their own mood and gangs: the rainy avenues of Halsted, the lantern-lit markets of Kagura, the lawless Pacific Coast and the quarantined Static. Normal-mapped lighting, reflective puddles and glowing signs, with an ambient synth soundtrack.

No tricks

• No ads, no microtransactions, no premium currency, no energy timers.
• No account, no internet, no Android permissions, no tracking.
• You never lose progress: losing a fight means a hospital bill and a short recovery, nothing more.

Available free on Google Play and on itch.io (Android APK plus Windows, Linux and macOS builds).

Made by one person at GeeseBumps. Illustrations and sounds were generated with local AI tools (ComfyUI) and parts of the code were written with AI assistance. Design, rules and balance are my own.