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Iris and the Giant is a deck-builder about facing your inner demons - out now

By Liam Dawe, Mar 2, 2020

Iris and the Giant is a new release that pulls you into the mind of a young girl, as she fights her inner demons in turn-based battles with card deck-building.

Space Grunts 2 shows how versatile a deck-builder can be and it's good

By Liam Dawe, Feb 24, 2020

With how popular deck-builders have become, it's no surprise to see many developers have a go at it. Orangepixel have with Space Grunts 2 and after playing it, I'm really enjoying it.

Deck-building card battler 'Dreamgate' is out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Feb 24, 2020

Dreamgate, a turn-based deck-building battler is now out in Early Access with Linux support giving you another game that wants you to have just one more turn.

With deck-building and real-time action 'One Step From Eden' launches on March 26

By Liam Dawe, Feb 18, 2020

Announced today, One Step From Eden from developer Thomas Moon Kang is going to be releasing on March 26 and they've managed to pull in Humble Bundle as their publisher.

Unique deck-builder 'Faeria' has a huge patch out with gamepad support

By Liam Dawe, Feb 17, 2020

A few bits of interesting news to talk about for Faeria, a deck-builder with a unique board-building mechanic as it just got a huge update.

Fusing a deck-builder and a narrative adventure 'Iris and the Giant' releases February 27 - demo up

By Liam Dawe, Feb 16, 2020

Developer Louis Rigaud and publisher Goblinz Studio have announced their fusion of a deck-builder with a narrative adventure and turn-based battles, Iris and the Giant, is going to release on February 27.

Fun looking fast-paced grid-fighter 'EndCycle VS' plans to support Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 12, 2020

With combat looking similar to (and likely inspired by) Mega Man Battle Network, EndCycle VS is another modern attempt to create a fun grid-fighter.

The creator of Pony Island is back with a strange narrative-infused deck-builder 'Inscryption'

By Liam Dawe, Feb 6, 2020

Daniel Mullins Games (Pony Island, The Hex) announced their latest game that's been in development for over a year. It's called Inscryption and it's a narrative focused, card-based deck building roguelike.

The fantastic deck-builder Dicey Dungeons has a big bug-fix update, plus a new modding tool is out

By Liam Dawe, Feb 3, 2020

Dicey Dungeons is easily one of the best indie games released with Linux support last year, a success for the developer and it's continuing to get better.

Nethercard Kingdom - a free deck-builder with real-time battles

By Liam Dawe, Jan 28, 2020

I'm always on the hunt for new and exciting games, a big fan currently of deck-building strategy games of all kinds. This never-ending search recently led me to the free Nethercard Kingdom and I want more.

If you enjoy Slay the Spire you should try the opt-in Beta for a better experience

By Liam Dawe, Jan 21, 2020

Now that the huge update to Slay the Spire is live adding in The Watcher as the fourth character, Mega Crit Games have also updated their opt-in game engine upgrade Beta.

DragonEvo, a trading card game mixed with RPG elements you can play in your browser

By Liam Dawe, Jan 20, 2020

Oh how I do love deck-building, card games and strategy stuffs. If you do too, you might want to take a look over at DragonEvo.

A Long Way Down blends together Slay the Spire card combat with maze building - now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Jan 16, 2020

One thing is for sure, Slay the Spire truly has kicked off a deck-building indie game revolution of sorts. More and more are releasing with deck-building and A Long Way Down seems like one of the better ones so far.

Core Defense aims to mix up the Tower Defense genre with deck-building and randomness - out now

By Liam Dawe, Jan 16, 2020

Core Defense, available today in First Access on itch.io is a Tower Defense game that's trying to be a little different. Throwing out predefined waves and rewards, in favour of a little random generation.

Slay the Spire patch 2.0 is out, bringing in The Watcher as the fourth character

By Liam Dawe, Jan 14, 2020

As if I needed more reasons to dive into the Spire once again, Slay the Spire 2.0 is out which brings quite a lot of changes in addition to the fourth character.

Core Defense adds a little deck-building and randomization to Tower Defense

By Liam Dawe, Jan 10, 2020

Solo developer ehmprah from Berlin is currently working on Core Defense, a Tower Defense game that mixes things up with randomization and deck-building.

90s collectible card game Doomtrooper is being revived as a PC game, releasing for Linux this Spring

By Liam Dawe, Jan 8, 2020

Originally released in the 90s as a proper real-life game, the CCG (collectible card game) Doomtrooper was revived with a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2017.

Slay the Spire's fourth character to be released on January 14

By Liam Dawe, Jan 4, 2020

Slay the Spire, a fantastic deck-builder roguelike that's one of my personal favourites released last year is finally getting the fourth character out.

Deck-building rogue-lite RPG, A Long Way Down, entering Early Access this month

By Liam Dawe, Jan 2, 2020

A Long Way Down mashes together elements of an RPG and a deck-building game, as you attempt to escape a maze and it's coming to Linux later this month.