Cardstronaut

Cardstronaut is a 2.5D roguelike deck-building adventure with 1D tactical battles. You wake from a cloning bay as an astronaut with no memory. The base AI says you must defeat the aliens in the base and rescue your colleagues, but you have no memory of that mission and must decide how much to trust it. To fight the aliens and learn what is happening, you use cards to operate the base’s ceiling-mounted flamethrowers.

Fuel and position

Enemies move left and right, then advance towards you. Play fuel cards to bring the fuel level into the green zone before ending your turn; this activates the flamethrowers. If you add too much fuel, you lose all of it and hurt yourself. You also need to predict where enemies will be when a flamethrower fires.

Tactical battles

Choosing when and which flamethrower to activate is only part of each fight. You respond to enemies’ movement intentions and can use cards to force them to move, positioning them for an attack.

Flamethrower mods

At the start of a battle, you can unlock and install mods on each flamethrower. Mods can create synergies that give you cards or energy, or deal damage. You choose where to install them to improve your chances in battle.