Payroll Quest

Payroll Quest

Multiplayer RPG where office animals fight sticky notes, group chats and invoices.

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Free to play in your browser, on desktop or phone. No download. Available in English and Chinese.

Clock in as a guinea pig. Auto-battle the office. Level up on company time.

What it is

Payroll Quest is a multiplayer browser RPG set in Daydreamia, the place your mind drifts to when you zone out at work. You start as a guinea pig in Cubicleville and walk the tile map out to Meeting Room Hallway, the Backlog and the Invoice Badlands, where Sticky Note Imps, the Group Chat King and the Spec Black Hole are waiting.

Fights play out on their own, one beat per second. Leave them on auto, or step in and cast skills yourself. Your weapon decides your line: haul a cardboard box and you're a Workhorse, grab a keyboard and you're a Keyboard Warrior, hug a pillow and you're a Quiet Quitter.

Take quests and bounties from the locals, raise buddies, unlock new bodies like the Capybara and the Sea Otter, trade with other players, and try your build in the Arena or the Layoff Royale. Progress is saved on the server, and your rest bonus builds up while you're away.

What you'll do

Auto-battles, one beat per secondCast skills yourself whenever you like.
Six lines, picked by weaponFrom cardboard box to laser pointer.
Walk tile mapsFrom Cubicleville to Client City and the Invoice Badlands.
BossesThe Group Chat King, the Spec Black Hole and the Invoice King.
Unlock new bodiesCapybara, Chinchilla, Penguin, Sea Otter, Koala.
Quests, bounties, buddiesCrafting and saved gear sets.
World chat and tradingMentors and apprentices.
Arena duels and the Layoff RoyaleWhere everyone restarts at level 1.

Screenshots

Wide-screen view of Cubicleville: a painted office map with a guinea pig standing in the Break Room Plaza.
Cubicleville on a desktop screen: the whole map, with panels only when you ask for them.
Portrait battle screen: a guinea pig with a cardboard box faces a PPT Bat.
A fight on a phone. Auto is on; tap a skill to step in.
Character panel with stats, bodies and gear sets.
Character panel: stat points, bodies, gear sets, weapon lines.
Client City map with its name plates.
Client City, a few levels in.
Wide-screen battle: stage on the left, skills and consumables on the right.
Wide-screen battle: the stage on the left, specials and consumables on the right.

How to play

Mouse or touch only. Tap a tile on the map to walk there. Tap a monster and choose Attack; the fight plays out on its own, and you can tap a skill to cast it yourself or turn Auto off. Tap an NPC and choose Talk for quests, shops and crafting. Bag, Gear, Skills and Quests open from the menu. Use the World chat tab to talk to other players.

  1. Open payrollquest.com/play and make an account (a name and a password, that's all).
  2. Pick how you make a living. Your first weapon decides your line, and you can switch later.
  3. Talk to Old Walt in the Break Room Plaza. He has your first quest.

Old-school browser MMO, set in an office where the paperwork fights back.

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