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Beneath a quiet valley runs a root of Yggdrasil, the world tree of Norse myth. For as long as anyone remembers, six guardian spirits have kept the land alive. Far below, the dragon Níðhöggr gnaws the root, and when his rage boils over, his venom rises into the valley. Where it touches, life turns to stone. One by one, the guardians fall silent.

You are the Wildwaker, the last student of the seeress Heiðr. You carry the runes, the tree’s own language. Match them to crack the stone, save the living things the blight has caught, and free the guardians of six worlds: the Clearing, the Thicket, the Frost, the Wilds, the Hive and the Summit.

Wildwaker has 210 levels across six worlds, each ending in a guardian battle, with painted story moments along the way. Big matches charge fire, water, air and earth into elemental attacks. The Daily Wyrd brings a new puzzle every day, Wildwaker Trial is a survival mode, and the Nature Reserve has six sanctuaries to restore. A Rune Lore codex explains the real Elder Futhark runes the game uses.

Wildwaker is free to play. Ads never interrupt the story, and a one-time Remove Ads purchase (£2.99 / $2.99) turns off the between-level ads for good.