Taking a dystopian and strategic twist to the deckbuilding roguelike genre, the game will see players defend the last city of humankind on a perilous journey. Players will explore a feudal cityscape to make contacts, gather forces, scavenge ruins, and find valuable resources to gain an advantage over the deadly monsters threatening humanity’s existence.

When these monsters advance, the game’s challenging turn-based combat will require strategy and card drafting skill, as players build their forces with unique units, each with their own cards and capabilities. Recruit, upgrade, and deploy your forces in tactical battles against corrupt creatures.

Make hard decisions in humanity’s final city to bolster your odds. Will you break the cycle of endless descent?

As We Descend is the first game from Box Dragon, a studio founded by former Stunlock Studios developers Kevin Chang and Karl Bergström. The team is also joined by Aleks Nikonov, who previously worked at Riot Games as senior character and environment concept artist.

Coffee Stain Publishing and Box Dragon are excited to announce the release date for their newest IP, the strategic roguelike As We Descend. Launching into early access on March 27th 2025, As We Descend will thrust players into an apocalyptic future to shape the fate of a submerging civilization at the end of the world.

The game currently has a free demo available as part of the Steam Next Fest, which kicked off today and will run until March 3rd. The demo has just received a massive update to its content.

“We’re jazzed about launching As We Descend into early access this March,” said Kevin Chang, Game Director at Box Dragon. “Over the last year or so, our playtesters have helped us with vital feedback that’s shaped the game into what it is today. We can’t wait to open the door to even more passionate roguelike enthusiasts, and help us build As We Descend into a genre-shattering game as we work towards 1.0. We’ve got exciting future patches planned to deliver a fantastic play experience from day 1.”

Key Features:

• Assemble your forces: Recruit new unit squads by utilizing scavenged technology. Each squad is a specialist archetype with its own set of cards which can be added, removed, and upgraded. Deploy the right composition of special forces in order to tailor your deck for a given battle challenge.
• Plan and strategize: The city is the last bastion of humanity and serves as your main base. Familiarize yourself with its denizens so you can survive its feudal politics and gain allies. Make the most of your limited resources so you can prepare sufficient advantages for the battlefield.
• Outsmart your foes: Against titanic enemies, you must rely on not just strength but wit. Adapt your tactics by reacting to enemy intents. Master the combat zone system: reposition your forces between the Defender Zone and the Support Zone in order to dodge enemy attacks and set up a defensive line.
• Randomized runs: Each descent is a new challenge, pitting you against a new face of the twisting world as you attempt to break through the three biomes to enter the core. New allies and encounters await you. Even if you fail, you will uncover more secrets and begin the next journey with more knowledge and tools to ever delve deeper.
• Decide the fate of the city: Hailing from one of the three great factions of the City-Vault, you hold the key to its fate amidst the post-apocalypse. Outmaneuver the medieval politics of the city and unearth its deepest secrets. As the first and last line of defense for the city walls, you must hold the line...

As We Descend is coming to PC (Steam).