- Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
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Plot-driven, grave, bleak and unpretentious.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
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TheBigBoisZachary HolmesJun 20258.5/10A roguelike deckbuilder where you're not the victim—you're the trap. Deck of Haunts takes genre expectations, rips them up, and uses them to wallpaper your haunted murder maze. It’s strategic, unsettling, and deeply replayable. But it’s also unapologetically difficult, occasionally unbalanced, and sometimes a bit too opaque for its own good. That said, if you’ve ever wanted to build the perfect haunted house and ruin some lives, this one’s for you.
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Gaming NexusNathan CarterJun 20257.5/10Deck of Haunts is a quick and fun deck-building roguelike. Building out the haunted house is the most fun part. Just know that this is also one of those games where you will be at the mercy of the RNG, where failing to get a specific card you need to save your run may lead to your demise.
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GameffineArkadyuti BandyopadhyayMay 202581/100Deck of Haunts is a unique take on the card-based roguelite genre that started spawning after Slay the Spire‘s commercial success. It’s a very addictive game – I found myself losing hours as I played through multiple runs, trying to count down to Day 28. Players who do not like card-based mechanics in their games should stay away, as this game has cards (a lot of them), and a lot of spooky ones at that.
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MinimapTyler HealyMay 20252.5/5 starsDeck of Haunts has “good bones,” but it needs renovating with more content, better balance, and some polishing. It’s a clever combination of deck-building and house-construction strategy that is undoubtedly fresh and fun at first, but lacks the challenge to stay that way for long. The potential is there, and I commend Mantis for developing something creative in a genre containing far too many copycats.
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Mantis
- Publisher
- DANGEN Entertainment
- Released
- May 7, 2025
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
IGDB rating 7.0/10 from 5 ratings.
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