Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms

Lore & Background

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is an incremental game where players confront waves of enemies by clicking on them or managing a formation of unique champions with individual abilities. Each enemy drops currency that can be spent to unlock new champions or upgrade existing ones to strengthen the formation. Equipment can drop as loot and be attached to specific champions to further enhance their abilities. The game revisits settings and storylines based on published adventures like Curse of Strahd and Tomb of Annihilation.

Reader's Guide

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms holds significance as a crossover incremental game that draws heavily from Dungeons & Dragons lore and media. Developed by Codename Entertainment, it builds on the foundation of their earlier game Crusaders of the Lost Idols. The game entered early access on Steam in September 2017, then saw a staggered release across platforms: iPads and Android tablets on May 17, 2018; PlayStation 4 on December 11, 2018; Xbox One in North America on December 14, 2018, and in Europe on August 2, 2019; full release on Windows and macOS on March 25, 2020; and Nintendo Switch on May 7, 2020. The developers continue to add new unlockable champions, some based on characters from D&D novels, actual player characters from D&D web series such as Acquisitions Incorporated, Oxventurer's Guild, Rivals of Waterdeep, Dice, Camera, Action, Critical Role, the TV series Dungeons & Dragons, and video games including Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, and Planescape: Torment. Its legacy lies in its ongoing integration of diverse D&D media into a single idle game format.

Did You Know?

• The game is based on Dungeons & Dragons and was released in 2018.
• It was developed by Codename Entertainment, whose previous incremental game was Crusaders of the Lost Idols.
• New champions are based on characters from D&D novels, web series, TV series, and video games.