Planned Release Date: 2027

About This Game

The rush of drawing the perfect hand. The rush of finding the perfect move. Escape the Umbra puts a roguelike deckbuilder on a tactics board, turning every fight into a puzzle that tests your strategic skills.

Use your cards to manipulate the battlefield and enemies alike. Throw enemies into traps or walls and set the ground ablaze. Line everything up right and wipe a whole room in a single turn.



Each element changes the battlefield in its own way, and the strongest turns combine them. Freeze a group of enemies and shatter them with your next card, or electrify the ice under their feet. Enemies show what they plan to do on their turn, so you always know what's coming and can plan around it.







Your deck is built from the gear you equip. Each weapon, shield and piece of armor adds its own cards, so changing your gear changes how you fight. Trade your sword for a war maul and your quick stabs become crushing blows that knock enemies back. Your gear also shows on your hero, so you can see your build as you play it. With dozens of pieces of gear and hundreds of cards and relics to find, each run gives you something new to build around.







The deeper you go, the more of the battlefield the Umbra covers. Enemies hidden in the darkness keep moving and attacking, but you can't see where they are or what they're planning. Light pushes the darkness back and reveals the enemies hiding in it, along with what they're about to do.





Each part of the labyrinth has its own monsters, and they fight in different ways. Some overwhelm you with numbers, while others follow a captain who makes the whole group more dangerous. The toughest fights change the battlefield itself, with fire that spreads across the floor or wind that pushes everyone around. Each section ends in a battle against one of the labyrinth's dragons.







Each run takes you through a new labyrinth, and the deeper you go, the more you have to lose. At each hearth you decide whether to spend the embers you've gathered to grow stronger and keep going, or end the run and keep them safe. If you die, your embers stay where you fell, and your next run has a chance to recover them.

Defeat the final dragon to unlock harder depths for your next descent.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Pre-generated generative AI tools were used during production to create or assist with 2D artwork, animation assets, music, and sound effects. All AI-assisted content is selected, edited as needed, and integrated by the developer. The game does not generate content during gameplay.