DARKHAND

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FULL GAME IS FAR FROM RELEASE. FINAL CONTENT MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY.

DARKHAND is a story-driven card-battle RPG set inside a towering, physics-defying casino ruled by The Devil.

Avoid debt, form alliances, and get to the 100th floor, earning a chance to fight the one keeping you here.

Will fate be on your side?

Narrative-focused: Talk, bargain, lie, and compromise with gamblers, dealers, and broken people you're trapped with. Themes include addiction, crime, mental health struggles, fate, and loss, mostly delivered through dark humour.

Card-based combat system: Build turns using Spades (attack), Hearts (heal), Clubs (defend), and Diamonds (chips). Limited action slots force hard choices every round. This all gets a bit complicated later on, though, as the system expands throughout the game.

Consequences and relationships: Your decisions affect characters’ fates, unlock hidden scenes, and lead to multiple endings, including three major ones.

Gambling minigames: Plinko, Blackjack, Slots.... as well as retro 1980s-style arcade games between story segments. Completely optional, but you'll get in-game currency if you play them.

Original soundtrack: 100+ tracks spanning synthwave, chiptune, rock, and orchestral styles. There's also jazz. And weird electronic music. I'm not very good with genres, but I'm pretty good with making music.

Stylized retro visuals: 16-bit-inspired pixel art mixed with dreamlike visual effects... but you can also toggle them off. I know some of you are tired of CRT filters and bloom and the likes.

Strange characters: Humans, aliens, animals, plants, demons, vampires, robots, skeletons, zombies, zombie plants, zombie skeletons... We've really got everything in there. (And if we haven't, please contact us.)

If you're lost, you can read the battle manual here: