Indie

Decktamer

86% positive of 2,102 Steam reviews

Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Horizon Edge. Published by Assemble Entertainment.

About the game

Deck-building meets monster catching in this turn-based roguelike. Recruit enemy cards to your party as you dive into the depths of the abyss. Will you kill them or will you tame them?

Tagged by players

Roguelike Deckbuilder
Creature Collector
Card Battler
Deckbuilding
Card Game
Turn-Based Combat
Turn-Based Strategy
Difficult
Lovecraftian
Hand-drawn
Strategy
Fantasy

What players say

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Decktamer

86% positive of 2,102 Steam reviews

View on Steam

Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Horizon Edge. Published by Assemble Entertainment.

About the game

Deck-building meets monster catching in this turn-based roguelike. Recruit enemy cards to your party as you dive into the depths of the abyss. Will you kill them or will you tame them?

Tagged by players

Roguelike Deckbuilder
Creature Collector
Card Battler
Deckbuilding
Card Game
Turn-Based Combat
Turn-Based Strategy
Difficult
Lovecraftian
Hand-drawn
Strategy
Fantasy

What players say

Recommended
This game is fantastic. The card game genre is hurting at the moment (if you do not like the direction magic is going) but this one is a true gem. Some reviews label it as "too hard" but knowing the mechanics and playing smart will get you there. I lost my first two games then won my next two on standard difficulty and I am no genius. Card art is lovely and music is atmospheric. I give it five out of five hell rats.
2.1 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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Recommended
A unique deckbuilder that rewards adaptation over attachment. At first, Decktamer's difficulty scaling can seem absurd, especially on higher difficulties. But this is a very different game from Slay the Spire or Inscryption, where you build a deck and grow attached to your cards. Decktamer is more like a multistage rocket. Your starting creatures are the first stage: they get you off the ground while you assemble…
28 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Has potential but is not fun. You get punished for trying out new builds and new teams. Honestly 90% of the fights are fun, but the boss fights at the end arent fun. They are less of a challenge and more of they have too much health, do too much damage and has broken abilities. Most of your units will do in one hit to them. You have to build a perfect counter team. It would be more fun to get rewarded for trying out…
22 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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