Encounter: The Lost Cards
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Encounter: The Lost Cards

Released: Oct 21, 2025
Genres:
Card & Board Game Roguelike / Roguelite Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Turn-based
Themes:
Crafting & Gathering Fantasy Indie
Perspectives:
Side view Third person
Game Modes:
Single player
Game Engines:
Construct 3
Description from Steam STEAM

As fate would have it, you’ve stumbled upon this game. Might as well give it a try. Who knows what you might encounter … ayyy. Get it? Encounter is the name of the game. When I said, “who knows what you might encounter,” it was a play on words. Encounter: The Lost Cards is a solo, turn-based roguelike where Tarot cards drive the journey . Each card represents an event—an enemy, a stranger, a blessing, a curse—and your run becomes a chain of choices that shape how far you make it. There’s no traditional world map. Instead, you travel through a deck of encounters , learning how to read risks, build momentum, and survive whatever fate deals next. Your adventure starts with a single crate. What’s inside? Something useful… or something that forces a painful tradeoff. Either way, you’ll meet oddballs, outlaws, and outright disasters—sometimes in the worst possible order. A run is a sequence of cards. Every draw is a situation to solve: fight, bargain, gamble, retreat, or take a hit now to avoid something worse later. Turn-based combat with action economy. Every move consumes energy or other resources. Winning isn’t about spamming attacks—it’s about timing, sequencing, and using your gear intelligently. Adapt or die. The same card can be helpful early and lethal later on. Build your stats, equipment, and deck so you can turn bad draws into survivable outcomes. Resource management is the real boss. Everything is limited: rare items break, inventory space is tight, and food runs out. Each pickup is a commitment—taking one thing usually means giving up another. Managing resources is only the beginning; chaining actions together for strong combos is where the deeper strategy shows up. If you like roguelikes , inventory management , a touch of deck-building , turn-based RPG combat , and nostalgic pixel graphics , you’ll feel right at home in Encounter . ✔ 200+ unique and powerful items ✔ 100+ adaptive encounters ✔ Inventory management ✔ Deck manipulation ✔ Action sequencing ✔ Deep, flexible builds Encounter rewards patience, experimentation, and flexible planning. Fate will sometimes hit you with the worst possible timing—but if you learn the systems and make smart tradeoffs, you’ll start to feel the moment where “random” turns into something you can actually control. It’s big-brain if you want it to be, but easy to pick up and play. Either way, your fate is in your hands… mostly .

Description from IGDB IGDB

The Major Arcana have been lost to time. A mysterious figure known as The Collector (yeah, kinda sus) seeks them out. With your help, you’ll uncover the secrets of the Tarot ✨ in Encounter — a solo roguelike where every card tests your resolve and reshapes your destiny.

Basic Info
Release Date: October 21, 2025
IGDB ID: 354540
Additional Information
Release Date: October 21, 2025
IGDB ID: 354540
Платформы 2
Linux
PC
Genres 5
Card & Board Game Roguelike / Roguelite Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Turn-based
Themes 3
Crafting & Gathering Fantasy Indie
Player Perspectives 2
Side view Third person
Game Modes 1
Single player
Developers
Encounter GG

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