Morimens Deckbuild through the mists of Kadath

You play as the Keeper, linking with Awakeners: sentient weapons teetering on the edge of madness, and hauntingly beautiful with it. Their power becomes your cards. Build around overwhelming force or razor-thin combos, then take the deck into turn-based fights where the right play feels earned. Combat runs on cards for attacks, defence and stranger effects, in the vein of Slay the Spire, with each character bringing their own gimmicks to shape what your deck can do. It is easy to pick up, and the depth sits in what you build rather than what you memorise.

The mists of Kadath hide four Realms, each with its own gameplay mechanics, so a run through one plays differently from a run through the next. Between fights the run reshuffles itself: random events, Orison card buffs and relic drops change what you have and what you face. Push deeper and the events get stranger, the cards get darker, and no two encounters look the same. Death is forgiving and progression carries over between runs, so a failed expedition still moves you forward. One more go is always a reasonable decision.

Something is wrong with Kadath, and its inhabitants have no idea. The story unfolds in episodes, carried by hand-drawn art that is beautiful where it wants to be and deeply wrong where it does not, from striking character portraits to visceral body horror.

For deckbuilding fans, the loop is the real thing: you start small, draft after every battle, buff cards with Orisons, collect relics and prune the deck until it does exactly what you want. An expanding library of 185+ cards, four Realms with different mechanics and random events that reshuffle every run mean the synergy you chased last time will not be waiting this time. Out-of-run progression unlocks more options over time, and forgiving death mechanics let you experiment without a failed run erasing an evening. Whether you like brute force or fragile combos, the pieces are there.

If you are here for the story, Morimens plays like a visual novel layered over the card battles: illustrated scenes, character sprites and long stretches of dialogue and narration that carry the plot. You follow the Keeper through episodes of mystery, horror and heartbreak, meeting a diverse cast of Awakeners whose stories run from tragedy to obsession. The tone is dark and the lore runs deep, with secrets that surface slowly and a world that keeps more from you than it tells. Come for the cards, stay to find out what really happened to Kadath.