Wretched

Wretched is a turn-based tactical deckbuilder about fighting the Blight, an enemy ravaging a dying world. An ancient being of immense power has apparently decided to act against it. You battle on a single line, where positioning matters: read enemy intentions, move into or out of range, get behind foes and chain skills together while managing your energy.

Tactical combat

You can disrupt enemy plans and adapt to their different attacks and tricks as you face hordes of enemies and powerful bosses. The game’s 75 skills range from punches and kicks to swords and guns. Build a deck of moves that work together to reposition, defend and deal damage.

Compatible skills can take up to three augmentations, which can add damage, knockback, protection, extra draws or energy, or reduce a skill’s energy cost. These changes can make a familiar move the centre of a different strategy.

Skills between runs

Each run begins with a 16-skill deck. You discover techniques as you play and can preserve one skill per run in Memory. Between runs, use your available replacement slots to swap remembered skills into your starting deck. Augmentations disappear when a run ends, but memories remain.

Routes and the world

Choose routes and upgrades as you travel through grasslands, deserts and frozen landscapes toward a final confrontation with the Blight Lord. The colourful pixel-art world is accompanied by relaxing music, while a pair of gods watch events unfold with increasing interest.