Destiny or Fate

Destiny or Fate is a deck-building roguelike in which you lead an unlocked hero and a party of monsters through an adventure that changes with each playthrough. Build a card deck, choose your tactics, fight creatures and bosses, or hunt for treasure. If your hero dies during an adventure, you must start over.

Heroes and abilities

At the start of each game, you choose one of the heroes you have unlocked by advancing through the game. Each has a backstory reflected in their personality and abilities, including skills that can be enhanced. Some heroes excel at attacking, while others strengthen the party’s defenses.

You do not control heroes directly. Instead, you activate a hero’s unique skills by playing certain combinations of cards; each hero also has passive skills that require no activation. Your tactics in card battles therefore vary with your chosen hero.

Build your party

You can recruit any monster you encounter except bosses, including creatures whose skills have caused you trouble in battle. Their abilities can help you against later opponents, and you can upgrade monster skills by collecting treasure. Combine your hero, recruited monsters and unique card deck to shape a party around your playstyle; finding the right combination takes work and some luck.

Chapters and cards

The adventure has five chapters, which differ every time you play. As rounds progress, the number of heroes and cards increases. The game includes:

• More than 15 heroes with unique abilities.
• More than 150 cards for heroes and monsters.
• More than 100 types of monsters.
• The ability to capture all monsters except bosses and use them as companions in battle.