This roguelike deck builder mixes up genre greats for a Slay The Spire-like RPG with real-time combat
Nov. 8, 2023Racine is a roguelite deck-building RPG that is quite actually about playing your cards at the right time
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Following the massive success ofVampire Survivorsand other oddball roguelikes, we’ve seen many games looking to jump into the number-crunching, auto-battler fray with their takes on the bizarre mash-up of genres - however, one upcoming game ups the ante with its spin on a roguelite, a stylish 2D adventure, and auto-battling deck-building RPG.Just launched this week on Steam, Racine is a new type of roguelite that blends the strategic deck-building RPG mechanics of Slay the Spire, with the quick real-time action where the focus is quite actually about playing your cards at the right time.
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