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Abyssal Shade

Abyssal Shade is a deck building roguelike where you dive into a dungeon of the mind. Receives the blessings of your emotions through unique puzzles and expand your deck to protect yourself from the Shades.

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January 10, 2025
1 year and 203 days ago
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Positive37 reviews89.2%

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About the Game

Abyssal Shade is a deck building roguelike where you dive into a dungeon of the mind. Receive the blessings of your emotions and wield them to destroy the Shades that reside within! This game takes place in the void that consists of layers. Each layer has a long deck building roguelike section where you expand and use your deck from the previous floors to defeat your opponents. In between these card game segments there are a variety of top-down rpg puzzles that grant you rewards as you delve deeper into the layers. The battles consist of turn based combat where you play cards from your deck to summon allies and attack your enemy while defending yourself from damage.

The game is on the shorter end last likely about 2 hours but is easily replayable with the chance to encounter new cards and develop new strategies.