You're a hero on a quest to save the world from the interdimensional monster known as Zadeus ([Zuh-day-us])! Travel across a randomly-generated world, visit towns, and delve into dungeons. Battle the monsters roaming the land, collect cards, and upgrade your deck. Raise your power level, and defeat Zadeus!
AN OPEN WORLD
Travel in any direction and explore a randomized map full of towns, dungeons, monsters, bazaars, and other secrets. A free-roaming deckbuilder you can play however you want.
NEWBIE-FRIENDLY, VETERAN-APPROVED
A new player can walk around and grab a lot of cool cards and powerups, and have fun right off the bat. No need for guides or wikis. The mechanics are simple to learn, with an iceberg of underlying depth.
TOWER DEFENSE-INSPIRED COMBAT
Each enemy is represented by a deck of monster cards. Monsters attack in waves just like a tower defense game, and you must destroy them before they get close enough to attack you. Outlast the enemy's Monster Deck, and you win the battle. Cast huge area-of-effect spells, set up a hoard of Defenders, assemble crazy combos, and plan crazy deck manipulation strategies!
HUGE CARD VARIETY
Equip your Defenders with powerful equipment. Play "Level Up" cards which get stronger each time you play them. Play devious "Scheme" cards which are overpowered, but take several turns to cast. And many more interesting mechanics.
DUNGEONS (THE MINI-ROGUELIKE)
Explore the dungeons of the world! In a dungeon you won't recover life, so each dungeon feels like a mini-roguelike in itself. Dungeons offer powerful legendary cards and artifacts as rewards. Nothing feels more satisfying than risking it all to get a sweet legendary, and barely escaping alive!
CUSTOMIZE YOUR CARDS
Not only can you upgrade cards, but you can customize them with buffs you choose at "Bazaars". These buffs range from increasing a card's damage, lowering its cost, or even making one of your minions throw explosive barrels each time it attacks. Get creative and put together some overpowered card monstrosities!
ADAPTED FROM THE TABLETOP GAME
Adapted from the tabletop game Mage Tower, but updated and enhanced with over 400 new cards and monsters to create a huge roguelike adventure!
Tom Vasel from The Dice Tower in his tabletop review: "It's fun, it really is! ... if you play it, you're not gonna get something that you can play a couple times and you're done with. You can try out different combinations and it's really interesting."
BLACK MARKET CARDS
You can also discover "Black Market" cards, which have forbidden effects. Get a card that lets you tame any monster card and use it in your own deck. Get a card that gives you access to the spells of the cursed sorcerer Argatamos. Get a card that deals ridiculously overpowered damage, but summons a miniboss. And more!
CARD FRAMES DESIGNED BY BOARD GAME ILLUSTRATOR IAN O'TOOLE
Just check out these beautiful card frames!
EACH RUN GETS YOU CLOSER TO DEFEATING ZADEUS
Each run counts towards unlocking new cards, character classes, and upgrades for your hero. <30 hours to beat the game, but many more hours to beat the game with all the classes and unlock everything.
FIGHT THE INTERMINABLE ZADEUS!
AZHYAR YOLGOC, SHARGAR SLLHAA! YBTHUK HAFHDRAN, ZHOR QAGRA. HHGHAA-GHALA NAFLTHU, SYTHAT ZOGOROTH!
FEATURES:
Single-player
Late 90's aesthetic
Newbie friendly
5 character classes
Wander a procedurally-generated open world with towns, dungeons, castles, trading posts, bazaars, obelisks, and more
Battle waves of monsters as you try to outlast the enemy's Monster Deck
A varied card pool that includes 8 different card types and many unique mechanics
Delve into dungeons where your life doesn't recover, but you can seek out powerful Legendary rewards
Customize cards with buffs at Bazaars - make every deck memorable as you choose what cards to enhance and how
Strange "Black Market" cards provide powerful effects, but at a price
Build buildings in towns to receive powerups and gain resources
Collect resources like Ingots and Secrets to draft specific cards or give you extra effects
Each run counts towards progressing your character and unlocking new things
In time, you may be able to encounter the terrible, the interminable... ZADEUS!
