Parallel

Parallel is an online strategy card game where you build a deck from sci-fi factions and compete against another player in 1v1 matches. You play Units, Effects, Relics and Upgrades, manage Energy turn by turn, and use tactical play to reduce your opponent to 0 HP. You can also draft decks and compete for rewards.

How matches work

You build a 40-card deck, gain Energy each turn, then play Units and Effects to attack and defend strategically. Deckbuilding and tactical decisions determine the outcome, with combinations drawn from the game's factions and card types.

The five Parallels

Earth was nearly depleted of its ability to sustain life, and humanity searched for an unlimited energy source. Scientists experimented with fission augmented by anti-matter, causing a catastrophe that forced humanity to flee Earth. The exodus led to five parallel streams, each of which developed its own civilization over 10,000 years. Now the energy source first sought on Earth has emerged there, drawing the Parallels back and setting them against one another as each claims the planet.

• Earthen: Those left behind built a thriving civilization through patience and perseverance. They protect Earth with strong defensive capabilities and can enforce peace or use the strength granted by the cataclysmic priming to dictate the battle.
• Kathari: On Europa, deep below its frigid surface, they developed enhancements to the human genome. They use cloning to field overwhelming numbers and deploy symbiotic units through genetic science.
• Marcolians: After pursuing supremacy, they claimed Mars. Their forces combine fast aggression with fire support and armored vehicles.
• Augencore: They took refuge aboard the foundry ship Caine-1 and augmented themselves for deep-space travel. They bring war machines and mechs into combat, and can enhance their units with upgrades.
• The Shroud: This mysterious presence has no known whereabouts. It manipulates the battlefield and unleashes powerful late-game units against its opponents.