Descent of Yomi
A Japanese-folklore roguelike deckbuilder with soulslike tension. Descend the yokai-infested underworld of Yomi, forging your deck from every death. Read your foe's stamina, break their guard, land the killing blow — and when you fall, turn back time itself.
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Read your foe's stamina, parry the blow, and land the critical strike.
Deckbuilder × soulslike — a hardcore roguelike card battler where a single careless turn means death.
Descent of Yomi is a roguelike deckbuilding card game about descending, ever deeper, through an underworld that reshapes itself with every run. Gather cards and relics, hone your deck, cut down the boss yokai that bar your way, and reach the deepest floor of the land of the dead.
Branching maps that change every run — no two descents are alike
80+ yokai from Japanese folklore / 180+ cards / 170+ relics
7 Origins with distinct playstyles, and unlocks that grow as you play
Sakatoki — cheat death once per run by turning back time
Beyond the final boss waits the bottomless Endless Descent
Into the Depths of Yomi, Again and Again
At the deepest reach of Yomi, the land of the dead, lurks the source of all calamity.
You stake your life and descend — deeper, and deeper still.
Hitotsume-kozō, rokurokubi, kasha, gashadokuro... the old lineage of Japanese yokai lies in wait.
Death is not the end. Carve its memory into your cards, and descend again.
Offense Is Defense — the Stamina Game
Stamina is the heart of every duel.
While your stamina holds, your body is hard to cut — yet every card you play burns stamina too.
Press the attack and your guard thins; hide behind it and you lose your edge.
Read the enemy's moves, turn them aside with Parry, and the instant their stamina breaks — drive the critical blow home.
Poison seeps in, piercing blades find flesh. Take the next step down anyway.
A Journey That Is Never the Same Twice
Over 180 cards and 170 relics — the combinations are endless, and there is no single answer.
Branching paths, shrine blessings, merchants, the forge: every choice compounds into a deck and a journey that are yours alone.
And should a yokai's claws bring you down, Sakatoki will turn back time — once — to the moment before your death.
Yokai Transformation — Wield the Power of Oni
At the cursed Magatsu sites along the way, forbidden cards lie sleeping.
Curse cards hold power enough to overturn any battle — but play one, and you can never be fully human again.
Stack curses upon your soul to survive, or die untainted.
That choice will shape how your journey ends.
Ink-and-Blood Artwork, Sound of Old Japan
A unified Japanese aesthetic — as if incense and paper, ink and blood rose from the screen.
A genre-crossing soundtrack laced with traditional Japanese instrumentation colors the dark road below.
Can You Return from Yomi Alive?
Challenge. Fall. Rise again.
See for yourself what waits at the bottom of the underworld.
