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Tempus Rail

Trapped in the temporal loop, fight your way to the front of the train and destroy the engine before the day resets. Tempus Rail is a story rich, First-Person, Roguelike Deck-Builder set in the Wild West. Play to escape and uncover the mystery behind the train and its passengers.

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Pixel Drip Games
Publisher
Pixel Drip Games
Release
March 24, 2024
2 years and 130 days ago
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About the Game

Trapped forever on a train to nowhere. Once seen as the greatest invention of the 1800's, the Tempus Rail was a vast locomotive that breached the temporal rift and gifted it's passengers eternal life. Free from consequence and even death, the passengers aboard the Tempus Rail travelled the temporal streams at the precise speed to reset time each day. But when the maiden voyage ended and it was time to leave the temporal rift, the train never stopped. Now countless cycles beyond, the train has devolved into chaos with few who have held their sanity.

As one of these lucky (or unlucky) few who find themselves barricaded in the rear of the train, you must fight your way to the front of the train in the hopes of stopping the train before days end.

Deck-Builder

Fight your way through deadly carriages using a turn-based combat system in which your deck holds the key to your survival. Collect rare and powerful cards on your journey from fallen enemies, or through optional story missions and quests. Start each run with a different deck as you unlock and discover more abilities tied to the mysterious crystal shards that grow on the outside of the train.

Death Is Not The End

Cursed with eternal life, each death is just an opportunity for progression as you awake in your bed again each morning. Do not expect the encounters to be the same each day as factions beyond the barricade fight for control in a never ending conflict.

A Wild West Unlike Our Own

Fight your way through a world scarred with the technological advancements unseen in our own history books. Encounter machines awakening to their own existence and those who seek modifications to themselves that would be deemed most unholy.

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