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Cat Hits the Deck

Deckbuilder roguelike about a cat that fears being hurt but has only cards that hurt her before enemies! Min-max your resources, get OverPowered cards in your paw, and build an unlosable Deck that prolly gonna kill you 9 times^^

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Arc Willow
Publisher
Arc Willow
Release
July 29, 2026
3 days ago
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About the Game

You deserve to bleed

Most of the cards will hurt you - one way or the other. Juggle your way through the run by winning enemies before your cards kill you><

Build your deck on the fly

Each encounter gives you at least one card in your deck. Your starter hand is chosen at the start of the run^^

Story

The Cat that fears pain the most has to battle using cards that hurt her before the enemies. It's the only way for her, and she pushes even tho each step scares her to death..

RUN through the woods, mines, and literal HELL to bring her family back!

Roguelike

Each run has a new selection of enemies, rooms, cards, and mutations that are not only random in order but also have randomly generated elements to them. Each death sends The Cat right back to the start, by The Devil himself laughing at her expense and burning all the cards you've collected.

Progression and Card Collection

Between biomes, you can send cards home to equip them at the start of the next Run!

Also, there are talismans that you can equip that give you synergies between cards or just give passive bonuses - The Devil doesn't burn them seing them as nothing special

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