Burning Knight

About Burning Knight

Burning Knight is a top-down shooter roguelike with bright pixel art and dynamic lighting. Each run takes you down through procedurally built floors full of enemies, bosses, shops, secrets and a large pool of items that change how you fight, from ranged builds to melee or magic. It was released on Steam in June 2020 by Rexcellent Games and published by 2Awesome Studio, and its developer later made the full source code public.

The Daily Run uses a seed built from the UTC date. That means everyone who plays on a given day gets the same layout, the same item drops and the same enemies, and the result is posted to a leaderboard for that day. The game marks the daily as done after you enter it, so there is a single attempt per day.

Alongside the daily, the game offers seeded runs that you can enter yourself for practice or speedrunning, a boss rush and local co-op, though the daily is played solo.

It suits players who enjoy bullet hell action and want a short, fair daily contest where everyone starts from the same dungeon.

How to play Burning Knight

1. Start the game and go to the Daily Run door in the hub.
2. Enter to begin today's seeded run; you can only start it once per day.
3. Fight through each floor, dodging bullet patterns and collecting items, keys and coins.
4. Defeat the bosses and avoid the Burning Knight as you go deeper.
5. When the run ends, check your place on the day's leaderboard.

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Tips

• Learn enemy bullet patterns in normal runs before your daily attempt.
• Since everyone has the same seed, compare notes with friends after playing.
• Explore for secrets and shops, items can turn a run around.
• Use seeded runs to practise a specific layout without spending the daily.

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