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Whist

Become a healer in Whist – a single-player turn-based RPG. Challenge cunning diseases. Learn the art of healing, brew and stock up on potions, and solve puzzles. Plan your moves ahead, allocate your talents, and don’t rush to reveal all your cards — illnesses are not as simple as they seem!

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About the Game

You begin as an ordinary teenager in a quiet medieval village — until one day everything changes.
Taken under the wing of a mysterious healer, you step onto a path of medicine, discovery, and danger.

Your mission is simple to say — and nearly impossible to achieve:
Study every illness. Learn its nature. And find a cure for all disease.

Will you rely on cold steel or embrace the power of magic?
Will you brew life-saving potions — or weaponize them?

Every decision shapes the healer you become.
Because this isn’t a fight for survival.
It’s a fight for life itself.

Features

  • A Clean Intentional Inventory
    No endless piles of junk. No item bloat. And yes — changing your appearance does not require inventory slots

  • A Unique Combat System
    Every timeline brings new enemies, new mechanics, and bosses that refuse to let you relax.

  • Historical Medical Influence
    Use real medieval remedies, treatments, and practices — not just in preparation, but in battle.

  • Flexible Talent System
    Simple to understand, deep enough to shape completely different playstyles.

  • Distinct Art Direction
    Inspired by medieval manuscripts, early medical illustrations, and dark fantasy storytelling.

  • Original Soundtrack
    Composed with care by a young musician who grew up dreaming of making game music.

Each disease believes it is unique — and in this world, it is.
You will never fight the same enemy twice.

Study their habits, predict their behavior, and exploit their weaknesses.
Battles play like a strategic card duel — what will you sacrifice, and what will become your trump card?
But beware: illness never fights fair.

To craft your medicines, you must master botany — thankfully, you’re not alone. Your mentor will guide you, if you choose to listen.

Shape your path through talents:
Will you become an aggressive battlefield surgeon?
A tactical alchemist?
A patient long-range healer-mage guided by the stars?