Deck of Haunts Invites You Back to the Mansion With Its Biggest Demo Update Yet
The sinister deckbuilding roguelike gets a spine-chilling demo update. More days to haunt, more cards & rooms to test, and even a mysterious cat roaming the halls!?
20 FEBRUARY 2025 – DANGEN Entertainment and Mantis Games are excited to announce the release of the Deck of Haunts Demo v2.00 on Steam, Out Now ahead of Steam Next Fest. This major update introduces significant gameplay improvements, new content, and fan-requested features for unforgettable haunts!
Deck of Haunts is a sinister deckbuilding roguelike where players take on the role of a malevolent haunted house. In this eerie title, players build their mansion, lure unsuspecting humans into it, and terrify them into madness, or kill them, using a variety of haunting cards.
The latest demo update brings an overhaul to core mechanics and expands the content, making the haunted house deckbuilder more strategic than ever. The mansion building has been reworked, investigating humans act more realistic and will be harder to deal with, and new cards and rooms have been introduced to even the ghostly odds.
Deck of Haunts Official Demo Trailer:
New Features and Improvements:
- Revamped Building System - The building/day phase has been redesigned to encourage building around the Heart Room and discourage clustering small rooms. Plus the highly-requested undo button has also been added!
- Dynamic Pathing – Players can now break the path to the Heart Room during the building phase, provided a valid route is made before nightfall begins when humans enter. The Entrance room can now be repositioned as well.
- Enhanced Human Encounters – Human adventurers can now arrive in staggered waves instead of all at once, adding tension and unpredictability. Some of them now possess the Pathfinder trait, allowing them to bypass the main entrance and enter your mansion through a backdoor!
- New Cards – Five powerful, new cards introduce new strategies.
- New Room Types – The ‘Mechanical Room,’ which reduces Sustain costs for adjacent rooms, and the ‘Weapon Room,’ which doubles the damage you do to humans inside of it. Additionally, The Phobia Room now drains Sanity based on the number of adjacent rooms.
- Personalized Names – Players can now enter a custom name list from which humans will draw their identities, adding a personalized touch to their demise.
- Extended Playtime – The demo now includes two additional nights, allowing players to haunt their prey for even longer.
- Polished Art & Mechanics – Numerous visual and mechanical updates for a more immersive, haunting experience.
- Azrael the Cat Joins the Fright – The mysterious feline Azrael (as seen on the internet) now roams the haunted halls, bringing an extra layer of charm to your eerie mansion!
Be sure to experience the chilling new content ahead of its full release in early 2025!
Any press, streamers or other content creators interested in covering Deck of Haunts closer to its release can put themselves on the list for a full game Steam code:
Request a Full Game Steam code for Deck of HauntsSteam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3179730/Deck_of_Haunts
Press Kit: Google Drive
Press Contact: justin.pfeiffer@dangenentertainment.com (Interviews welcome!)
About the Game
Deck of Haunts invites you to step into the eerie role of a malevolent haunted house, where the walls whisper secrets and terror lurks around every corner. As the master of this cursed domain, your goal is to ensnare daring humans, play on their fears, and drain their very essence to expand your dark influence.
By day, meticulously design the labyrinthine layout of your mansion, transforming it into a death trap that no human can escape. As night falls, lure unwitting explorers into your home, where you'll use a deck of terrifying cards to summon spirits, shift hallways, and unleash spine-chilling horrors. Build tension and drive your guests toward madness, all while protecting your Heart room, the core of your malevolent power.
Once their sanity crumbles, harvest their essence to strengthen your mansion, increasing your infamy and attracting even more daring visitors, from law enforcement to priests. But beware, the Stone Masons are coming, ready to challenge your reign of terror!
Key Features
- Craft Your Deck of Haunts - Unlock and collect new cards as you progress. Expand your deck to include tools of terror like bone-chilling screams, phantoms, creaking floors, and shifting walls. Use your cards to scare, or kill, your victims to extract their essence.
- Build Your Mansion – Strategically design your haunted house by placing rooms that serve to protect your Heart room, the literal beating heart of your ghostly manor. Construct a maze filled with traps, scares, and unique twists, all tailored to frighten and confuse your visitors. Utilize special rooms with unique powers to aid in your hauntings.
- Sow Tension and Fear – As humans navigate your mansion, increase the tension by playing haunt cards directly on them or cast special effects on different rooms. Slowly drive them to insanity. Once their fear reaches critical levels, use the right haunts to push them to the brink of madness. Don't let a single soul escape!
- Harvest Essence – Once you've driven the explorers mad with fear, extract their essence to grow your mansion. Use it to unlock new rooms, expand your haunting powers, and attract more dangerous (and rewarding) targets. Consume all who dare step foot inside.
Title: Deck of Haunts
Developer: Mantis Games
Publisher: DANGEN Entertainment
Genre: Horror Deckbuilding Roguelike
Players: 1
Platform: PC, Consoles
Price: TBA
Release Date: Early 2025 (PC), TBA (Consoles)
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Brazilian-Portuguese, Japanese, Simplified Chinese
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About Mantis Games
Mantis Games is an indie development studio based in Belgium, driven by a passion for creating captivating and visually striking games. Composed of five developers with experience across various titles in the gaming industry, Mantis Games strives to deliver high-quality, immersive experiences that leave a lasting impression on players.
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