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Lead an antihero through a cursed fantasy world, fighting with crafted card decks while managing health, supplies, and spent cards.
Released 09 Jun 2020
Restore Spent Cards
Craft Combat Cards
Choose Risky Routes
Deck of Ashes is an adventure game with tactical card combat. One character at a time, lead the cast of antiheroes on a quest for redemption. Explore the cursed fantasy world and hunt down powerful cards. Forge a unique Battle Deck, and crush your foes! Can you rid the world of the Ash Curse?
Developed by AYGames · Published by ESDigital Games









Deck of Ashes is a dark fantasy adventure about a band of antiheroes seeking redemption and trying to lift the Ash Curse. You lead one character at a time through a dangerous, changing world.
Combat is turn-based and tactical: build a deck from collected and crafted cards, then use it against monsters and bosses. Cards spent in battle are temporarily unavailable, so you must weigh their immediate use against the resources and opportunities needed to restore them.
Explore routes, gather supplies, and respond to ambushes and random events as you progress. At camp, scarce resources go toward recovery and upgrades, so each run involves choices about preparation and risk. Characters have distinct cards and abilities, and death can end a run unless you use dark magic.
Players who enjoy Deck of Ashes most often point to its distinctive hand-drawn art and dark atmosphere, with some also praising the characters, story, audio, and boss fights. A few appreciate the long-term planning created by managing cards and supplies. Reactions to that system are divided: many supplied reviews find card recovery cumbersome, and several report control or tutorial problems.



| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 110 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 5 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |