Be King

Be King is a roguelike card RPG built around the five-element cycle of metal, wood, earth, water and fire. You plan and play cards in sequence during turn-based battles, combining their types and elemental attributes to make the most of their effects.

Cards and elements

Cards have four types: Attack, Effect, Buff and Debuff. Each card is aligned with one of the five elements, and cards can have unique synergistic effects. The elements follow a countering cycle: attacks against an elemental weakness deal 1.5 times damage, while attacks against an elemental strength deal half damage. Cross-element interactions can also trigger unique counter effects.

At the start of each turn, you draw a Tarot card that identifies your role as King, Joker or Commoner. Each role grants distinct numerical bonuses. After clearing a stage, you randomly draw cards of that stage’s element.

Campaign and progression

The initial campaign has five stages, one for each element, followed by a final boss battle. You must meet specific conditions to trigger the final boss encounter. After clearing each stage, you gain 10 growth points to upgrade character attributes and improve the numerical effects of your cards.

You can also upgrade attributes to strengthen your combat effectiveness, and defeats still grant upgrade points. The final boss uses a range of skills, so defeating it requires applying what you have learned about combat, attributes and numerical values.