Planned Release Date: Q3 2027

About This Game

Death Knell is a challenging gothic deckbuilding roguelike with a unique counter system for its turns. Face horrors in puzzle-like combat and seize the Throne.

God has Died...

...leaving their Throne empty. Without them, the world is falling into ruin, with powerful entities forming cults in a bid to take the Throne. You are the Chosen of one such entity, and fated to leave this world behind as a pawn in the grand struggle.

Assemble a deck of cards to face off against horrors in a unique turn system where you're always in control. Enemy actions are on constantly chaging timers, and each card you play brings them closer to acting, but it never stops beings "your turn." 

Features

1. Dynamic Timer System

Enemies don't attack every turn - their actions are tied to Timers, which count down based on the cards you play. When an enemy will act and what they will do are all available to you: plan your turns carefully and in advance to achieve victory. What sequence of cards can kill the enemy before they hit you? how much damage are you taking in the next few counts? Each combat is a puzzle you need to work out. 

2. Skills

Special, set abilities that cost cards from your hand instead of Time. Find a use for dead cards, or maybe sneak in an extra action to let you take out an enemy; skills are a vital tool to consider in your strategy. 

3. Build the Perfect Deck

Add, upgrade, or trim cards from your deck with the help of eccentric entities and NPCs. What unique combination of the game's 27 cards will you use to conquer your foes? 

4. Replayable Roguelike

The enemies and cards you face are randomized each run. Face different challenges and find different solutions. Will you be able to claim god's Throne by the end of it all? 

More to come...

• Death Knell is still relatively early in development, with plans to add more cards, enemies, features, and polish! Wishlist and follow to receive updates, and look forward to a demo later this year. 

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Various enemy designs contain highly sylized gore/grotesque elements. Additionally, the game invokes occult and other cult-like imagery.