Hero Tales

Hero Tales runs on a genuinely unusual trade. Your character runs automatically through a fantasy world of monsters and impressive views, and you steer him toward what you want him to reach — but each enemy you kill drains your life. That single rule inverts the normal relationship between combat and survival: attacking is not how you stay alive here, it is what costs you. Managing the balance between your life and your attacks becomes the entire skill, and the counterweight is food. Bananas restore life, and hearts and little apples appear along the way to top you back up. Each level ends when you reach the finish line, so the question is always whether you can afford the fight in front of you.