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As a battle mage, build card-powered defenses and armies to survive enemy waves while attacking rival bases in real time.
Released 29 Aug 2024
Hold Waves, Hit Rivals
Build Walls And Towers
Summon Card-Built Armies
WARCANA is a fantasy inspired base defence, RTS game with a deck-building mechanic. Face hundreds of thousands of unrelenting monsters in a battle royale between 30 other mighty magicians. Build your deck. Prepare your defences. Summon your armies. Survive the onslaught. Be the last one standing.
Developed by 1000 Orks · Published by Team17









WARCANA is a fantasy real-time strategy game where you play as a magician defending a base while sending armies to attack rival bases. You can play a campaign of more than 30 scenarios, make custom scenarios, or enter multiplayer modes including Battle Royale and Horde Mode.
During each round, use cards and resources to place walls, towers, barracks, and economy buildings. Defenses automatically fight approaching enemies, while summoned units advance toward opposing bases; you can deploy units during combat as well as prepare between battles.
Cards grant buildings, units, and spells, and economy buildings unlock additional cards. Each card has a tech tree, while primary and secondary devotions shape your deck with different perks and mechanics.
Players who enjoy WARCANA praise its unusual blend of card strategy, base defense, and large-scale battles, along with the challenge of learning a scenario and improving their defenses between waves. Some also highlight the art and the fun of playing with friends. The sample is mixed: other reviewers find the rules hard to learn, the solo options limited, or online matches difficult to find.

WARCANA is a fantasy inspired real-time base defence strategy game with a unique deck-building mechanic. Take on the role of a mighty magician and face the challenge of surviving waves of unrelenting attacks whilst simultaneously summoning your own large armies. Lay waste to your rivals in either a battle-royale with up to 30 other players, or in a series of single player campaigns.
Build your deck. Prepare your defences. Summon your armies. Survive the onslaught. Will you be the last one standing?

All cards have their own tech trees, with abilities ranging from summoning buildings, units, or casting spells. More cards are unlocked from summoned economy buildings, so be sure to play your cards right and consider your tech tree route in order to have ferocious monsters, destructive spells and more at your command. Choose poorly however, and you'll be left vulnerable to being overrun with just the round timer to save your base.

Challenge yourself in a single player campaign featuring 30+ scenarios, or create your own using the in-game editor. The single player campaign makes it easy to learn the basics, understand how the devotions differ from one other and really hone the craft of a mighty mage.

Be the last one standing in a Battle Royale against up to 30 players, where at any given time each player faces off against two direct opponents. An additional Horde Mode has players race to get the highest kill score and in the Stream Sniper mode, players can experience epic social moments as part of an online community playing against streamers.

Summon hundreds of thousands of units to your army as a maelstrom of monsters simultaneously cause extensive destruction to your own defences. The different devotion and unit types add further considerations in breaking through to your opponent's bases.

Sow the seeds of mythical forces as a "Fay Caller", spread demonic dread as a champion of "Occultism", or unleash other cosmic horrors from the other selection of fantastical devotions. Each has their own unique devotion perk, gameplay mechanic and distinct theming. Selecting primary and secondary devotions for multicoloured decks adds further depth and variety to how the battles play out.


| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 98 |
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| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 3 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
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