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Yomi-no-kuni

A roguelike deck-builder set in Japanese mythology. Build a team of Yokai, equip charms and curses, and fight your way through the underworld to face Izanami herself.

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KZ Games
Publisher
KZ Games
Release
May 1, 2026
93 days ago
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About the Game

Features

  • The Yokai Dream Team: Mix and match Yokai, Charms, and Cursed Items for endless build variety.

  • The Yokai Compendium: Immerse yourself in a world inspired by Japanese mythology with lore entries for every creature you encounter.

  • Elemental Affinities: Every Yokai carries an elemental power. Exploit type advantages for devastating 50% bonus damage, and stack matching elements on your field to trigger powerful synergy effects each turn.

  • Yokai Bonds: Field two Yokai who share a bloodline, tribe, or element and watch them empower each other — bonded pairs gain bonus attack for the rest of the battle.

  • Item Crafting Bonds: Combine items from your deck into a single upgraded version. Reduces deck bloat and creates unique hybrid effects.

  • Daily Challenge: Every day brings a new seeded run — same map, same choices for every player. Compete on Steam leaderboards and prove your mastery of the underworld.

The Underworld Awaits Your Command

The goddess Izanami descended into the Land of the Dead… and she never returned. Now, the veil is torn. Ancient Yokai wage war across cursed battlefields, and the silence of the underworld is broken by the ticking of the clock. In this roguelike deck-builder, timing is the difference between legend and oblivion.

The Battle of Seconds

Forget traditional turns.

  • The Counter System: Every Yokai card acts on its own internal timer. When the counter hits zero, they strike.

  • Tactical Positioning: Place your units on a side-by-side battlefield where proximity and timing collide.

Forge Your Legend

Start with a lone hero and a meager deck, then harvest the power of the dead to grow your army.

  • Collect & Evolve: Discover dozens of unique Yokai, each with abilities that can chain into devastating combos.

  • Cursed items: Apply Frost, Rage, and Poison — or drop a curse that pins enemies in place and blows them apart. The rules exist to be broken.

  • The Charm System: Permanently augment your favorite cards with Charms.

A Map of Shifting Shadows

Navigate a branching underworld where every node is a gamble. Will you seek to avoid conflict or accumulate power at every chance? Every path leads deeper into the dark, culminating in boss battles against legends like the eight-headed Yamata-no-Orochi or the skeletal Gashadokuro.

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