
Septar
Build scoring chains from a Romanian folk deck, weaponize the wild 7, and bend the rules with 59 relics as you out-race a gauntlet of folkloric opponents — the last of them Death. Sculpt your deck, pick a character, climb the Ascension ladder. Plus a friend-invite 1v1 best-of-5 series.
Does this feel indie?
Vote based on whether this game feels indie to you. You can change your vote at any time. Results earn an IGF score after 10 accepted votes.| ContextThe evidence factors used to assess whether this game belongs on IndieGame.Fan. | Status | Notes Latest Contributor: IGF TeamEdit notes |
|---|---|---|
Media
8 itemsAbout the Game
Beat Death at cards.
ȘEPTAR is a roguelite deckbuilder built on Șeptică, the Romanian shedding card
game — the one your grandmother actually played. Underneath the familiar 36-card deck
runs a score-chasing engine: stage your cards into chains, fire them for points ×
a length multiplier, and race a living opponent who's trying to do the same. The
longer you hold, the bigger the payoff — and the more the opponent races ahead. Cash
out now, or build the monster chain?

The wild 7 is your weapon
The 7 is fully wild — it bridges any chain. The 2 is an attack — fire it
to rip cards out of your opponent's hand. Every relic and character bends these rules
in a different direction.
Sculpt a run
59 relics — passive rule-benders drafted between races. Stack them, chasesynergies, break the math. Beat a boss and loot their signature relic.
4 characters — The Gambler, The Hoarder, The Septar, The Widow. Each warpsthe rules from the first card.
A sculpted deck — burn, forge, and reforge your cards across a run. Deckcomposition is a build axis.
Card blessings — permanent per-card upgrades, stamped on for the whole run.
Climb the folk-tale ladder
Win back the road home one card-table at a time. Face a gauntlet of folkloric figures —
the Innkeeper, the Crone, the Wolf, the Revenant, the Witch, the Storm-Caller — all the
way to the Dragon, who is Death holding the final mile. 6 Ascension tiers of
stacking difficulty, a recurring nemesis that returns stronger every run, and a daily
seed with leaderboards.
Play your friends
Invite one Steam friend to a 1v1 series — a best-of-5 of relic-drafted races
with carried builds and escalating targets, decided over a real match with rematches.
The same proven core loop, head to head.
Longevity modes
Weekly Challenge — one seeded run the whole world shares that week.
Boss Rush — the four bosses, back to back.
Endless — loop the ladder forever as the pressure compounds.
Custom — a sandbox: tier, character, ladder length, mutators.
Juice you feel in your chest
A warm folk-art tavern where simple arithmetic is dressed up as fireworks. Cards slam,
the score launches and ticks up, multipliers flash, the screen shakes on a big fire.
Procedural sound, a moody Romanian-folk soundtrack, full colorblind support, and a
guided tutorial that teaches by doing.