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Self Recurse

Self Recurse blends card-battling and permanent progression. Delve into branching simulations with cards, dice, spellbooks, and artifacts to best your foes. Choose a theme to determine which rewards appear and shape evolving builds with every run.

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wi1101
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Willow One Industries
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About the Game

"I will find him. And..."

Jump into a deadly simulation to assist Phalaen. Survive procedurally generated trials with your arsenal of cards, dice, artifacts, and spellbooks in this roguelite card-battler.

Survive the simulation

Pick your profession and explore a randomly generated map. Encounter lethal battles, treasure events to bolster your inventory, table-top events resolved by dice rolls, merchants to bulk up on supplies, and safe zones to rest and recalibrate.

Control your build like never before

Themes shape your rewards: each reward pool contains at least one item tied to your theme, letting you steer the development of your build. Swap themes and adapt mid-run as fresh rewards appear, creating both deliberate and reactive playstyles.

Plentiful Options

Craft your unique run with:

  • Cards: with over 30 unique effects; deal health and energy damage; use attacks and abilities to flip fights to you favor.

  • Dice: free to play at the turn start; begin small and scale into crucial effects.

  • Spellbooks: "always-in-hand" items that use cooldowns instead of action or energy points.

  • Artifacts: static objects of power that trigger on events occur to gain the upper hand.

Resources Matter

Leverage action and energy points during battle. Running out of energy will prevent you from playing your strongest cards, but you can do the same to your opponents' actions. Excess energy damage is drained from the target's health points, adding a layer of resource-based strategy.

Replay Rich

Balance risk and reward by choosing between immediate rewards or shards during runs. Spend shards for permanent upgrades to make every run feel worthwhile. Unlock different professions set your dice inventory for each run. Each successful run unlocks more of Phalaen's story. Who is she looking for why did she enter such a deadly gamble to find him?

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