Hadean Tactics
Incredible replayability and there are so many tactics you can come up with :D
– Real player with 222.2 hrs in game
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Hadean Tactics came out at the perfect time as the logical conclusion of the recently prolific autobattler and the currently “in-renaissance” roguelike genre, marrying the two genres with such fluidity and cohesion that it really makes you wonder why we dont have more games like this
If you enjoy any of the two genres and had little to no exposure to the other, this game is a great ease in, and if you are like me, and played almost every autobattler and roguelike available, its great fun time
The game follows the traditional roguelike structure, save from the initial card unlocks, there are no permanent powerups that are carried through the runs.(save for your knowledge)
– Real player with 156.4 hrs in game
Destiny or Fate
Warning
By writing this review I’ve already produced more Destiny or Fate content than the devs have in more than a year. Yes, this game has been abandoned with major bugs. Proceed with caution.
Why am I still giving it a thumbs-up then?
Recommendation
The fact that I’ve completed the game more than 10 times, and have clocked more than a dozen hours indicates that the core gameplay loop is still satisfying. So, in order to not look like a hypocrite:
If you can get this game for anything below 5 bucks, and you know for a fact that the genre is for you, then you can consider getting it. Please don’t let it be your first taste of deckbuilding roguelikes, though.
– Real player with 119.1 hrs in game
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Overall ★★★★☆ (4/5) Recommended for people who are seeking strategy games!
I bought this game 2days ago and played for a while. Literally, couldn’t stop playing it. Very interesting game play due to interconnection between hero abilities, card, and enemy special ability. I just got into 3rd stage without much investing into mastery (which you don’t lose even if you die). I highly recommend to people who love strategy challenges. I hope to see more updates with interesting heroes, cards, and enemies. So far, I played 3 heroes, and it’s been lot of fun in each hero play. (It seems there are more than 10 heroes available, but I could unlock about 5heroes so far).
– Real player with 103.8 hrs in game
CasterLords
Note: This game is in development. Some graphics are currently placeholders. Thank you.
WIELD THE POWER OF THE CASTERLORDS
CasterLords is a single-player deck-building game about powerful warlocks caught in an eternal cycle of death and rebirth.
You are placed in a fantasy world and presented a challenging gauntlet of enemies to overcome, armed with a custom-built arsenal of magic spells, weapons, and ancient artifacts.
FEATURES
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Many simple rules combine to make tactical gameplay.
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Discover and collect new cards along your journey and use them to fine-tune your deck!
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Procedurally-generated campaigns with dozens of scenarios, no two playthroughs are alike!
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The final boss of each campaign is your character from the previous one, who will fight you with the same deck you built to get him there!
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Five CasterLords planned at launch, with more on the way - each with multiple unique decks to change up your playstyle!
CHOOSE YOUR CASTERLORDS
A powerful mage obsessed with the pursuit of forbidden knowledge. Nazrun’s unique cards heavily focus on casting magic spells, trading survivability for raw power.
Ka’ri spreads her seeds of flame to burn away the old world, and in her wake, new life blooms. Her unique cards have lingering effects, and she can transform into her beast-form for a burst of power.
This ruthless assassin uses poisons, toxins, and traps to dispatch her opponents. What she lacks in magic, she makes up for with an arsenal of weapons and items. Stack combos are deal devastating damage!
An honourable warrior who treats the lowly denizens of Eawyn with respect and dignity. His unique cards boast flexibility, offering a balance between power, defense, and magic.
Harness the powers of destruction and reconstruction with this Lepisian warlock! Her unique card’s can break cards down to their core components and then rebuild them into new forms.
STORY
Deep in the mistfallen valleys of Eawyn lies the green, mossy ruins of an ancient shrine; a long-forgotten portal to some other world or some other time.
Every so often, a CasterLord will appear from this sacred portal, perhaps brought into this world by some benevolent spirit or banished from their own world by a fearful deity.
These CasterLords may take different and strange forms, but each bristles with overwhelming power and is compelled to take over the kingdom.
Sitting on his gilded throne, the Immortal Emperor towers above the realm atop his twisted iron fortress. The shadows of hundreds of vanquished CasterLords burned into its walls, will you be able to defeat him and unlock the secrets behind the mysterious appearances of the CasterLords?
ADDITIONAL INFO
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The Demo lacks many quality-of-life features, such as Tooltips, History and Interactive Tutorial - we plan to implement these and more when we get funding.
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Demo includes up to 250 cards.
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Final game estimated to include more than 1,000 cards.
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If we get enough support, we can include even more CasterLords and Steam Workshop integration, allowing players to create their own cards, and CasterLords!
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Provisional PEGI Rating: 12 (Fantasy Violence)
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Developed by H. Hochkins, a games developer with 8 years experience that specialises in card games.
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No microtransactions or loot boxes. Every card and character is unlockable via game progression.
Please wishlist & follow CasterLords on Steam to help support our project! Thank you!
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Deep, In the Forest
It’s a fun little game. It’s not going to have as much deck-building depth/synergy as some other games like STS. However, it has a fun atmosphere and overall concept. Well-done for a 2 dev team. I wasn’t a huge fan of the danger level mechanic in general, but there is an easy mode that does make the game more manageable for those that are struggling. Recommended to grab on sale if you like this kind of game.
– Real player with 15.4 hrs in game
I had a ton of fun with deep in the forest it’s got a nice mechanic of you can burn a card once per turn to gain 1 more mana gain each turn and the burned card stays gone so you can thin your deck during the battle and gain advantage it’s awesome and makes you think and make hard choices. Some downsides is that the game doesn’t have a mechanic to see your deck, discard, or burned cards during battle so it can be a big pain not know what cards you have left. (my first run i burned all my attack cards without realizing it)
– Real player with 10.3 hrs in game
Primateria
Take a dive in a Card Game experience dipped in Roguelike and Deckbulding. Combine cards together to make them stronger, discover mysterious items imbued with magic, duel divine creatures, perform combos with infinite combinations and possibilities. Can you be the one to reach the surface?
Features
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Disruptive Fusion System: playing cards in Primateria is more than just putting them on the table. Match the elements to play stronger cards and create powerful combos.
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Deckbuilding: you are as strong as the synergy of your cards. Building a strong deck is the essence to defeat the most powerful opponents. Choose your cards wisely, build your combos and strategy, because your foes most definitely will.
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Powerful items imbued with magic: discover incredible equipment, consumables and artifacts to aid you in your journey to the top. Combine your items with your deck to become even stronger.
Demon’s Mirror
You’ve stumbled into a world filled with your worst nightmares. You’ve been here before, possibly thousands of times, and the journey ahead of you is going to take everything you have. Only you can bring balance to the chaos. Demon’s Mirror presents a fresh take on roguelike deck building by giving you an additional method to battle your opponents. Play powerful cards and create massive chains of tiles to sway the battle in your favor.
Use your deck of cards to battle foes
Chain tiles to attack, defend, and gain resources
Enemies can place tiles that will damage you
You can play cards or create chains to damage and destroy enemy tiles
What To Expect
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No playthrough is ever the same
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Fill your deck with the perfect set of cards to battle your opponent and manipulate the game board
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Match tiles to attack, defend, gain resources, as well as destroy enemy tiles
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Discover powerful artifacts that will give you exciting new powers
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Choose your own path to determine your own fate
If you took a roguelike deckbuilder and mashed it with a strategic puzzle battler you’d have Demon’s Mirror. This is NOT a cheap mobile game filled with IAP!
Can you survive a trip through the mirror?
Power Chord
Power Chord is a team-based roguelike deck-building time-resetting battle against the demon gangs of Helmoth.
Assemble Earth’s mightiest musicians, each with their own unique cards and gear, to fight your way through the hordes and destroy the only guitar powerful enough to reopen the scratch between worlds.
Choose from a diverse cast of kick-ass characters to assemble your band, with each member having their own unique set of cards and playstyles. Combo your different band members’ cards to unleash devastating attacks and shred your opponents. Be careful though because if a band member falls in battle you’ll lose them and access to their cards in future battles until you revive them at a pit stop.
Discover new cards as you bar brawl stage-to-stage, unlocking new strategies to take down demons and strengthening your instruments of destruction. Choose your way through a branching path filled with battles, merchants, random encounters, and valuable rest locations to heal and revive fallen characters.
Greedy Dungeon
So far, it’s a pretty fun game. You build up your deck, upgrading cards you like, hit the dungeon to take on baddies and hopefully not die. It can be kinda grindy, but the more challenging dungeons will test your character and your willingness to lose everything if you die. For the price it can’t be beat.
– Real player with 18.2 hrs in game
I was looking for something simple and fun to play. And this game was basically what I wanted!
– Real player with 12.4 hrs in game
Ancient Gods
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☐ Nothing special
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Graphics-
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☐ Good
☐ Will do
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Audio
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Audience
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Everyone
Story-
☐ Lovely
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☐ None
Difficult-
☐ Just press a bunch of buttons
☐ Easy
☐ Significant brain usage
☑Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Not so easy
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
Grind-
☐ Nothing
☐ Only if you care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isnt necessary to progress
– Real player with 52.8 hrs in game
“There are so many “just another card games” out there, but this one is not one of them.”
I used this sentence in my Banners of Ruin review, but it fits perfectly here too.
The audio and the visual design is outstanding and the art style matches flawlessly with the music and the atmosphere.
Gameplaywise, the passives for each God, the 9 different starting class and the “choose your path” type Endless mode offer a lots of replayability while the Campaign lets you learn the game while you progress thru it.
– Real player with 40.0 hrs in game
Decks & Dungeons
A unique combination of turn based strategy, deck building and monster collecting! Play an almost endless single player campaign, combined with a dungeon building asymmetrical PVP mode.
An unstoppable monster horde has breached the lands you call home, led by a downtrodden office manager who just wants to get the job done. However, an esoteric old man seems to think you are somehow capable of stopping the end of the world.
Protect the world from being consumed by an evil monster horde!
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Turn Based combat where your cards are your weapons.
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Capture and train monsters.
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Over 150 monsters and bosses to find, with 300 variants to discover.
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Build your own dungeons, and unleash them against the world in PVP.
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Buffs and Modifiers keep the gameplay interesting, discover new combinations that adjust your play style.
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Roguelite - explore procedurally generated dungeons, but keep your loot with you for the next run!
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Customize your deck with more than 80 cards to discover!
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An unexpected cast of characters, from an imaginary friend to a demon who hates his job.
