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Myth Monkey Card

card game， Roguelike， deckbuilder， strategy,poker,myth,single-player,turn-based strategy

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Myth Card Studio
Publisher
Myth Card Studio
Release
March 27, 2026
128 days ago
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About the Game

Short Description:

A unique blend of Texas Hold'em poker mechanics and Roguelike strategy. Forge your destiny across four distinct cultivation paths and challenge the gods of the Celestial Court. Will you master Artefacts for precise combos, or rely on the Self for a desperate comeback? In this mythic battle where the world is your card table, victory is yours to define.

About the Game:

Myth Monkey Card is a single-player card game that masterfully combines Texas Hold'em poker hand-building with Roguelike tower-climbing strategy. You play as the retired Great Sage, Sun Wukong, who, seeking new challenges, reunites with old friends and battles the heavens once more through a strategic card game.

Core Gameplay Mechanics:

  • Forge Your Destiny Deck: Go beyond simple card collection. Skillfully combine standard cards with divine skill cards to form powerful poker hands like Straights and Four of a Kind during each match, activating game-changing special effects.

  • Choose Your Cultivation Path: The game offers four unique progression paths, each representing a completely different strategic approach:

    • Artefact Path: Manipulate your opening hand, transform key cards into specific Demon Kings, and execute sophisticated skill combos.

    • Root Implement Path: Adopt a steady, resilient playstyle. Possess multiple lives and overwhelm opponents with superior resource management.

    • Curio Path: Bend the rules. Double your rewards or avoid catastrophic losses at the settlement phase, enabling stunning comebacks.

    • Self Path: Engage in high-stakes gambling. Disable all skills and rely purely on poker skill and the chance to reflect enemy abilities, experiencing high-risk, high-reward thrill.

  • Challenge Iconic Mythological Bosses: From the Bull Demon King to the Buddha himself, each boss possesses unique skills and behaviors. Study their patterns and shatter their "Root Implement" shields to claim victory in this retirement showdown.

  • Dynamically Generated Ascension Adventure: Each climb up the celestial tower is a new experience. Make choices across over 160 encounter nodes, facing random events, mysterious merchants, and resource mines where every decision matters.

Key Features:

  • Deep Strategic Combination: A perfect fusion of poker's cerebral gameplay and deep deck-building (DBG) strategy, ensuring every match is filled with calculation and surprise.

  • Exceptional Replayability: Four core paths create vastly different winning strategies, combined with Roguelike randomness, promising endless entertainment.

  • A Uniquely Crafted Mythological Theme: Immerse yourself in a humorous and subversive take on Chinese mythology, witnessing how the retired Monkey King settles scores with cards.

Join the game now and begin your legendary retirement battle!

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