Golden Swirl

Golden Swirl is a deckbuilding game where you survive by dodging attacks. You build a deck, equip relics and plan a route through the abyss, then move and evade in semi-real-time combat to find openings for your cards. Your deck sets your combat rhythm, so both strategic choices and precise execution matter.

The Swirl

In the primordial age, the Golden God nurtured all creation, until the Great Dreamer entered the realm through the Star-Slik. Eldritch whispers drove the living to cannibalistic frenzy; the deities fell, and the Black Moon became a colossal Swirl poised to devour everything. The survivors forged one last hope: you, the Nameless One. You enter the Golden Swirl to uncover the truth behind the cataclysm.

The shattered realm shifts between journeys, which begin in different areas and provide mysterious boons. The journey through the abyss is a trial of endurance, ending in a mysterious culmination.

Decks and combat

Timing each card lets you reposition and adjust your attack vectors during combat. Cards, relics and runes combine to create builds suited to each character’s traits, with chained synergies that can amplify their effects. The game includes over 100 relics, 120 cards and a range of card runes.

Characters and choices

The full release features four characters, each with distinct starting relics and card pools. You can customize each character to suit your preferred playstyle. Choices tied to the Golden Will shape your path and affect your character’s state and deck composition; trials put the deck you carry against the whims of fate, with calculated risks that can succeed or fail.

Procedural expeditions

Each expedition generates a new arrangement of maps, enemies, NPCs and treasures. Your choices permanently affect combat rewards and resource progression. More than 20 NPCs have their own tragic stories, including maddened merchants and silent swordsmen, whose lives have been warped by the abyss.