Stacks: Space!

Stacks: Space! is a space-themed base-building card game with roguelike elements. You buy booster packs to obtain cards, discover crafting recipes by stacking cards, build structures, manufacture drones and droids, defend your base from enemies and visit distant planets.

Cards and progression

The game has about 370 cards to collect and use, and about 100 crafting recipes; some cards can be crafted through multiple recipes. Astronauts and Settlers have trainable Strength, Agility, Endurance and Intelligence attributes. You can visit 12 quest locations, including shops, from your base location, and face seven unique bosses.

Combat

Combat supports both ranged and melee units. Melee units move toward enemies when they spot them, while ranged units immediately fire projectiles. To start a fight, drag a unit card next to an enemy card rather than stacking them. Cards stacked for crafting do not fight, though enemies can attack them; some enemies prefer to target resource cards.

Scenarios and modes

Scenarios can have different starting conditions, end goals or locations. The first scenario includes a tutorial. Daily Challenge Mode offers a relatively quick run with random goals and restrictions each day.

Mods

The built-in mod management interface supports adding cards, recipes, scenarios, locations and even whole games, with some JSON knowledge. The game includes Stacks:Village, a fantasy village simulation available as a mod from the starting screen.