Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!
Players can craft unique decks for each of the four characters in their party, drawing from a shared pool of over 500 cards across 16 different heroes and 4 distinct classes. The game encourages experimentation, as cards can have multiple rarity tiers and upgrade paths, allowing the same card to play quite differently depending on how it is developed. Moreover, players can further customize their decks at the beginning of each area's starting town, using in-game resources to add, remove, or upgrade cards. This town phase is a crucial part of the experience, as it allows players to tailor their party's capabilities to the challenges they anticipate ahead.
The game's seamless cooperative multiplayer for up to four players requires players to coordinate the actions of their party, carefully considering how each character's deck and abilities synergize with the others. The turn-based combat system demands that players strategize together, deciding which threats to prioritize, when to defend versus attack, and how to leverage their combined resources most effectively. Reviewers have consistently highlighted the co-op as a major strength, noting that it adds a vital collaborative element that elevates the experience beyond similar solo-focused deckbuilding roguelikes.
Combat encounters feature a variety of enemy types, debuffs, and environmental hazards that require players to carefully consider their actions and composition. The game also introduces "Corruption" challenges, which add further optional layers of difficulty and reward. This depth, combined with the game's procedurally generated events, varied character classes, and expansive card pool, results in an experience with tremendous replayability. Each run presents new decisions, challenges, and opportunities for players to explore different strategies and synergies, keeping the game fresh and engaging over dozens, if not hundreds, of hours of playtime.
The game features a persistent overworld map that players navigate between combat encounters. This overworld system adds a sense of exploration and progression, as players encounter a variety of events, quests, and optional challenges that can yield valuable rewards and unlock new characters, items, and abilities. Crucially, the overworld is not entirely randomized; while the specific events and encounters vary, the map layout remains consistent across runs, allowing players to learn the landscape and strategize their routes. Furthermore, the game's progression system enables players to carry over resources and unlocks from one run to the next, ensuring that each attempt feels meaningful and contributes to long-term advancement, even in the face of defeat.