We’re barely through the first quarter of 2024, and already, we have a runaway success in the form of the deck-building roguelike Balatro. Fresh out of its early-access phase, the debut commercial…
March 30, 2024 | 09:00 EDT
Indie poker-themed roguelike Balatro has crossed a major sales milestone within its first two weeks on sale, publisher Playstack has revealed. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), Playstack…
March 6, 2024 | 09:34 EST
It’s easy to consider pretension as nothing but a net negative, especially when you’re uncertain of what you’re dealing with. Not knowing exactly where the path will take you is certainly a fear-…
July 1, 2023 | 10:56 EDT
The rise in popularity of 3D-based strategy card games is no secret. They’ve wormed their way into a variety of genres and storied franchises to the point that they’re almost expected. With…
January 24, 2023 | 09:00 EST
Recently, we here at TechRaptor managed to get an early look at Mahokenshi, a deckbuilding strategy game set in a world inspired by Japanese myth. You play as four heroes empowered by the divine…
November 30, 2022 | 03:11 EST
Mahokenshi is in an interesting position because it’s coming out in an era where popularizing digital card games seems to be all the rage. That is to say, it’s not the only fish in the sea presently…
November 30, 2022 | 09:00 EST
The thing about the bullet hell sub-genre of shmups is that it operates on a tried-and-true rule of “if it ain’t broke, don’t break it”. These are titles that have seen endless exercises in skill-…
November 28, 2022 | 08:00 EST
Friends vs Friends is a fast-paced action indie deckbuilder that can be played in 1v1 or 2v2 and will have no microtransactions for progression. Powers, weapons, and debuffs will be playable from the…
November 17, 2022 | 12:33 EST
The bizarrely named The Tower -To the Bottom- is a deckbuilder releasing on January 17th on Steam and Nintendo Switch for $19.99. While it might not be as out there as Talespinner, The Tower -To the…
November 10, 2022 | 09:51 EST
Wielding both blade and magic, it is your duty to protect the floating Celestial Islands from powerful opponents who seek to corrupt them. Challenge your fate and build your card deck to defeat foes…
October 31, 2022 | 09:08 EDT
Coming early next year is Mahokenshi, a deckbuilding game set in a fantasy world inspired by Japanese myth. In Mahokenshi, you play as four unique heroes as you navigate a map and complete quests all…
October 31, 2022 | 09:00 EDT
Crawling out of debt is difficult. I've been there with college loans, and it's not a pleasant experience. You feel a sense of gratification upon paying it all off, but at the end of the day, a lot…
October 24, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
Our Potionomics Corsac Character Guide will go over Rank Up events, gifts, and potential unlocks once you become closer friends. Potionomics Corsac's Biography Corsac is another of Sylvia's many…
October 19, 2022 | 03:45 EDT
Our Potionomics Salt and Pepper Character Guide will go over Rank Up events, gifts, and potential unlocks once you become closer friends. Potionomics Salt and Pepper's Biography Salt and Pepper are…
October 18, 2022 | 12:54 EDT
While you’ll spend a lot of time crafting perfect potions, they’ll be worth even more if you have the right haggling tools. In our Potionomics Card Unlock Guide, we’ll go over all the cards you can…
October 18, 2022 | 12:44 EDT
Our Potionomics Luna Character Guide will go over Rank Up events, gifts, and potential unlocks once you become closer friends. Potionomics Luna's Biography Luna runs a somewhat successful marketing…
October 18, 2022 | 11:27 EDT
Our Potionomics Xid Character Guide will go over Rank Up events, gifts, and potential unlocks once you become closer friends. Potionomics Xid's Biography Xidriel, known to friends as Xid, is a…
October 17, 2022 | 05:40 EDT
Our Potionomics Roxanne Character Guide will go over Rank Up events, gifts, and potential unlocks once you become closer friends. Potionomics Roxanne's Biography Roxanne is a bewitching rival…
October 17, 2022 | 05:13 EDT
Our Potionomics Saffron Character Guide will go over Rank Up events, gifts, and potential unlocks once you become closer friends. Potionomics Saffron's Biography If you need shop upgrades, then…
October 17, 2022 | 04:16 EDT
Our Potionomics Baptiste Character Guide will go over Rank Up events, gifts, and potential unlocks once you become closer friends. Potionomics Baptiste's Biography Baptiste runs the island's Hero…
October 17, 2022 | 02:31 EDT
Our Potionomics Muktuk Character Guide will go over Rank Up events, gifts, and potential unlocks once you become closer friends. Potionomics Muktuk's Biography Muktuk is the island's primary…
October 17, 2022 | 01:47 EDT
Our Potionomics Mint Character Guide will go over Rank Up events, gifts, and potential unlocks once you become closer friends. Potionomics Mint's Biography Mint is a budding adventurer trying to…
October 17, 2022 | 12:25 EDT
Our Potionomics Quinn Character Guide will go over Rank Up events, gifts, and potential unlocks once you become closer friends. Potionomics Quinn's Biography Quinn runs the island's main ingredient…
October 17, 2022 | 12:25 EDT
The world of Potionomics features a colorful cast of characters, many of which can be befriended — or even potentially romanced. In our Potionomics Gift and Romance Guide, we’ll go over how you can…
October 17, 2022 | 12:25 EDT
Potionomics is a potion crafting shopkeeper sim where you must pay back your uncle’s debt while befriending a colorful cast of characters. Our Potionomics guides will help you get a grasp on this…
October 17, 2022 | 12:25 EDT
In the casual and cooky deck-builder Potionomics, players will have been gifted their uncle's potion shop after he has passed away, but it also comes with a huge amount of debt. What better way to…
September 16, 2022 | 05:44 EDT
Potionomics is one of those weird simulators that you might be really interested in. Announced back in 2020, you'll be able to find out soon enough if this is what you're into with the Potionomics…
September 8, 2022 | 11:05 EDT
Every once in a while, I'll come across a multiplayer game that hits just right. Now, I don't quite play competitive multiplayer games like I did when I was a teen, but the interest in these games is…
September 6, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Nintendo dropped another Indie World showcase earlier today, and as you might expect, it came complete with a number of exciting indie announcements for games coming to the Switch. Still no Hollow…
May 11, 2022 | 11:05 EDT
Conquer your fears in Neurodeck: A Psychological Deckbuilder game from developer TavroxGames. Influenced by games like Slay the Spire, Neurodeck has you build your deck of of personality traits…
April 3, 2021 | 01:04 EDT
Neurodeck is a truly fascinating game. You play against the enemy only to realize that enemy is you - your fears. Part of that combat is dealing with what’s in front of you and a much more important…
March 18, 2021 | 09:00 EDT
During the ActuGaming French Direct, Goblinz Studio announced Neurodeck: Psychological Deckbuilder, a rogue-lite deckbuilding card game thematically centered around psychological conditions and fears…
August 26, 2020 | 01:45 EDT
During day 2 of the Guerrilla Collective, a trailer for Ring of Pain was shown off. Ring of Pain describes itself as a roguelike, card game, dungeon crawler. If there's two genres that are lacking…
June 14, 2020 | 01:46 EDT
One of the world exclusives from the PC Gaming Showcase was the Voracious Games Potionomics, and published by XSeed Games. Potionomics is a game about the business of brewing and selling magical…
June 13, 2020 | 03:38 EDT