ISTAKA

Every meld hits. Every table raises the stakes.

ISTAKA combines Okey’s tile-matching mechanics with roguelite deckbuilding and head-to-head battles. Take a seat in an underground club pulsing with techno. Strengthen your tiles, stack multipliers, and time your moves to defeat the masked opponent across the table.

Every meld you play takes a bite out of their health. Every meld they play takes a bite out of yours.

Arrange your tiles. Unleash your combo.

Connect consecutive numbers of the same color, match equal numbers in different colors, or play pairs. There’s no opening score requirement: use the combinations you have, and play multiple melds in the same turn to build your combo multiplier.

Strike immediately to weaken your opponent, or hold your tiles for a bigger turn. Every turn you wait gives them another opportunity. Empty your hand to deal all the damage you inflicted during that hand once again.

Choose your rack. Shape your deck.

Begin each run by choosing your rack, then earn special tiles as you play and keep your best ones in your Pocket so they show up in the first hand of every table. Unlock seven racks with different abilities and advantages, and find your own approach to defense, cheating, wealth, or high-speed play.

Hit harder with glass tiles, score tiles again with seals, and boost your multipliers with holographic and neon editions. Visit the shop to duplicate tiles, change their colors and numbers, or remove those you no longer need.

Combine your special tiles with rack modules and engraved slots. Let the tiles strengthened by each victory become the foundation of your next devastating combo.

Cheat. Keep suspicion under control.

Steal a tile from your opponent, swap one of yours for theirs, or hurl a tile at them for damage. Spend nerve to use your abilities, and watch the suspicion your cheats attract. Getting caught can cost you health and lock you out of further cheating.

Keep an eye on the other side of the table, too. Opponents announce their next trick: disrupt it at the right moment to waste their move, or blunt their next hit when there is nothing to disrupt.

One more table, or straight to the boss?

Chart your own route through a nine-stage run, with a 3×3 table map at each stage. Completing a table reveals its neighbors, bringing new opponents and opportunities into view.

An extra duel can earn you more gold, rewards, and stronger tiles. But every defeat adds to your penalty meter. Challenge the boss when you’re ready: you can recover from losing an ordinary table, but losing to a boss ends your run.

Stay sharp as the tempo rises.

Masked opponents bring their own tricks and table rules. Some disable your wild tiles, others seal your modules, and some force you to make decisions in seconds.

Make the most of fast-mode bonuses beneath neon lights and pounding techno beats. As time runs short, play your tiles in the right order and unleash the combinations you’ve built.

Ready your rack. Take your seat.