Roguewake

Roguewake is a spin-based pirate deckbuilder roguelite. You build a deck of crew, weapons, sea creatures, treasure and curses, then spin them across a 5x4 board to trigger effects and attack enemy ships. Symbols can feed, copy, consume, transform and multiply one another, turning each spin into a broadside against the enemy hull.

Build your deck

After each spin, you can add one of three symbols to your deck or skip the offer to improve your choices next time. Build synergies around adjacency effects, delayed explosions, growing creatures, disposable cargo, poison engines, defensive crews and rule-bending relics. A weak draw can signal trouble, while a well-built engine can turn a chaotic spin into a devastating attack.

Time your attacks

Enemies telegraph their attacks, showing how much damage is coming and how many spins remain before it lands. You can raise shields, repair your hull, weaken an incoming strike, stack poison or destroy the enemy before the countdown ends. Overkill damage does not carry into the next battle, making the timing of your strongest spin important.

Shape your symbol pool

Runs reset, but your symbol pool persists. Earn Prestige in normal runs to unlock themed symbol sets and choose which symbols can appear on future voyages. The pool has a fixed size, so adding a symbol means removing another. Progress comes from refining your odds and synergies rather than endlessly increasing stats.

Voyages and challenges

Sail through 12 normal voyages, each with a distinct enemy roster and a rule-changing final boss. Choose from six ships, collect relics that reshape the rules, and take on four fully implemented bounty contracts with handcrafted modifiers. Possible strategies include commanding a cannon crew, breeding deep-sea monsters, weaponizing treasure, spreading poison, raising a ghost fleet or building a different kind of deck.

Daily and weekly seeded challenges give every captain the same symbol and relic pools. You can share seeds, compare strategies and inspect your complete build at the end of a run. The game has no energy system, forced daily login or exclusive FOMO rewards.

Key features

• 150+ playable symbols across 24 themed sets
• 250 rule-changing relics
• A 5x4 combat board driven by your custom deck
• Six ships and 12 normal voyages
• Four handcrafted bounty contracts
• Daily and weekly seeded challenges
• Shareable seeds and end-of-run build summaries
• Keyboard and controller navigation
• 1x, 2x, 3x and instant animation speeds