Torchlight is a game from Runic Games – a games developer formed from several key members of the team that created the first two legendary Diablo games. After the second game’s release, and the release of the expansion, development slowed on the Diablo franchise for Blizzard to focus on other projects, like World of Warcraft. When focus shifted many veterans felt disgruntled and formed their own studio to continue working on games in that style.
Torchlight was the first game to come out of Runic and, true to form, it was a top down dungeon crawler and loot hoarding game heavily inspired by the Diablo games. The music, too, was even composed by the composer on the first two games, and was thematically very similar. The game was hugely popular; with a low price point and mod support on the release day the team went on to huge success, with a second Torchlight game planned.