Hollowcross

Hollowcross is a gothic-horror collectible card game with four modes. You collect cursed souls, master five strains of the Cross and build a card collection shared across every mode. Cards you own can be used in all four, so a deity forged in one mode can become a weapon in another.

Four game modes

In Battler, you bind a warband of five and watch battles resolve automatically in a cinematic clash, rendered in 2D or 3D. The Warden's Saga is a story campaign with rising foes and dark truths; you can also test your warband against other Wardens on the Ranked ladder.

Gauntlet is a roguelike draft mode. You take cards from a shifting shop, merge duplicates into starred powerhouses and try to outlast an eight-warband lobby. You climb The House, a purgatorial death-casino, to face its grinning croupier god.

In Souls, you take the field in turn-based 1v1 battles built around summons, strikes and blocks. Spend souls, hold the line with guardians, heal, hex and pierce, then climb the 26 tiers of the Gallows Spire to face the gentleman-ghost at its summit.

Siege is real-time, three-lane castle warfare. You spend gold to deploy your host, push through the lanes and try to raze the enemy keep before it destroys yours. Guardians raise shields, mages hurl fireballs and hexers slow the advance; entire castles can also get up and walk.

Strains and roles

The five strains counter one another in a cycle: SPIRIT beats FLESH, FLESH beats BLOOD, BLOOD beats STORM, STORM beats VOID, and VOID beats SPIRIT. Striking a strain it beats deals 50% more damage. Each card also has a battlefield role: Guardian, Mender, Hexer, Mage or Bruiser.

Collect and progress

The collection includes more than 1,700 cards across six rarities, from Common to Deity. You can fuse and evolve cards by feeding them duplicates to level them up and raise their star level. Each mode has a unique deity card, earned by completing its story; these cards cannot be bought or dropped.

Each mode has its own progression, climb and story. Your cards, shop, upgrades and guild are shared across all four modes.

Shared features

You can switch between 2D and 3D battlefield rendering at any time. The game supports play on Steam or in a browser, with your Warden carrying over between them. You can found or join a guild, wear a guild tag and climb together, and pursue 64 achievements across the four modes.