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Draft of Darkness is a survival horror RPG with deck building and roguelike dungeon exploration. Recruit allies, synergize their decks to create powerful card combos. Manage your limited resources and explore procedurally generated maps to determine the story's outcome.
Draft of Darkness is a roguelike deckbuilder, survival horror and dungeon crawler game
developed and published by Crawly Games.
Released on August 23rd 2023 is available on Windows and Linux
in 6 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Japanese, Spanish - Spain and Portuguese - Brazil.
It has received 309 reviews of which 290 were positive and 19 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 7.39€ on Steam with a 50% discount.
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Core i5
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics Card with 2GB RAM
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Linux
- Processor: Core i5
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics Card with 2GB RAM
- Storage: 3 GB available space
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Draft of Darkness has a killer concept – what if Slay the Spire and Resident Evil had a grotesque mutant baby? It’s a shame then that it seems to have slipped under the radar, as it’s an extremely strong realisation of that idea, especially considering this is the work of one dude. In terms of looks and atmosphere it’s pretty spot on to that PS1 era of survival horror, and if you find the default filters a bit too much there’s plenty of customisation options to get it to your particular optimum level of grunginess. Draft of Darkness is essentially a dungeon crawler roguelike deckbuilder, with a heavy emphasis on resource management to lean into the survival horror theme. You explore top-down dungeons, and fight enemies in turn-based combat (well sort of, it’s basically ATB from Final Fantasy), and defeated enemies drop more cards to improve your deck. The survival horror twist is that nearly all cards/attacks require limited resources to be used, though most will also have a much weaker, non-resource using alternate mode to be used on lesser enemies or as finishers on stronger ones. There’s a number of unlockable playable characters, and there’s admirable diversity between them, with each having a particular way of using and conserving resources. Pavel for example, can sacrifice health for energy to power his darkness moves. Freya uses a crossbow, and can retrieve some of her ammo as long as the enemy dies quickly enough. Rene has a chainsaw which takes three fuel just to turn on, with one fuel being expended per move at least. It absolutely rips through fuel, but does have the advantage of spectacular DPS so he can tear through stronger enemies, but has to be cautious when fighting regular foes, relying on those weak alternative moves. You can also recruit two extra party members which can help round out the party, though unsurprisingly a healer does end up feeling quite mandatory. It all ends up working very well, and there’s plenty to see and unlock here, especially for the frankly bargain price of 12 quid. There’s plenty of enemy and boss variety, and even after 50 hours I’m still finding events and items I’ve never seen before. Runs do take a while, and you can expect a successful one to take you about 3 hours (it might take you a few goes, as there’s a steep learning curve). There’s definitely some power differences between characters and cards, but most runs you should be able to cobble something together. There are some issues that prevent Draft of Darkness being an unqualified recommendation. The developer is not a native English speaker, and while I don’t think it impacts the core playability (I did not struggle with ambiguity in card effects), the story and dialogue are clunky and amateurish in that particular “English as a secondary language” sort of way. The story manages to be both boilerplate and opaque simultaneously, and I found myself drifting off during endless exposition about a poorly defined darkness enveloping the world. It was very hard to get an idea of what had happened, what the impact on the world is and even a proper idea of the antagonists. I found it easy to ignore as ultimately I don’t play roguelike dungeoncrawlers for the plot, but if for some reason you do you may find yourself disappointed. Dodgy script aside (and as a fan of RE I can’t in good conscience automatically condemn a game for poor writing), this is still an easy recommend to anyone who is into deckbuilders and horror games – as far as I’m aware it’s a unique pairing, and one that has had a huge amount of time and love put into it.
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Don’t Know What I’m Doing, But Doing It Better Now Draft of Dankness is like a haunted life coach. I come in cocky. I leave humbled. Every. damn. time. I used to think “healing” was for the weak. Now I know it’s also for people who aren’t bad at math under pressure. This game didn’t just punish my bad habits... it taught me. Slowly. Through pain. And the vibes? Sublimely rancid. VHS rotcore aesthetic with deliciously crunchy mechanics. If fear is the mind-killer, this game is the gym.
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It feels unfair that this game's total reviews are as low as they are. Easy addition to my roguelike deck builder repertoire. I don't feel like going too deep into it, especially since I haven't seen everything it has to offer. What I can say with certainty is that this game will challenge some of your notions about deck builders and pressure you with elements you haven't likely seen in deck builders before. If you're far enough that you're reading this review, then you're far enough to at least play the demo, and give the game a try.
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This is the first game I have ever reviewed on Steam. If you look at my Steam account you will see that I played most games tagged with Roguelite Deckbuilder. IMHO the only game in the genre that is actually better than Slay the Spire. This game is a masterwork in thematic unity. I am a big fan of the art style. The interplay with survival horror mechanics and character building tells a lot of the story in the way that so many big budget titles have missed: through the game-play. To give credit I believe you can see reviews with similar sentiment. Thank you to the people who stopped to write these well worded reviews for focusing my attention here. Hope to see more from these developers.
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Easily my favorite deckbuilder I've ever had the pleasure of playing. Unique and beautiful art style, catchy music, and extremely enjoyable and rewarding progression. Pick it up!
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Draft of Darkness is currently priced at 7.39€ on Steam.
Draft of Darkness is currently available at a 50% discount. You can purchase it for 7.39€ on Steam.
Draft of Darkness received 290 positive votes out of a total of 309 achieving a rating of 8.61.
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Draft of Darkness was developed and published by Crawly Games.
Draft of Darkness is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Draft of Darkness is not playable on MacOS.
Draft of Darkness is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Draft of Darkness is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Draft of Darkness. Explore additional content available for Draft of Darkness on Steam.
Draft of Darkness does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Draft of Darkness does not support Steam Remote Play.
Draft of Darkness is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Crawly Games
Publisher
Crawly Games
Release
23 Aug 2023
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