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Into the Restless Ruins

Into the Restless Ruins

A roguelike deckbuilder where you create the dungeon you fight through. Each night use your cards to expand the ruins then battle through them, harvesting Glimour from the lost souls and improving your deck. Can you reach The Warden and defeat it, so The Maiden will grant your heart’s desire?

Released May 15, 2025 Developer Ant Workshop Ltd Publisher Wales Interactive Platforms Windows Action RoguelikeRoguelike DeckbuilderDungeon CrawlerRogue-liteAuto Battler
View on Steam ↗ $7.49 (US · as of 2026-05-18)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

85.6%positive132 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Surprised that the top reviews for this are so negative; have had a lot of fun with this, a really well designed mashup of genres that when you average out enjoyment by price is a steal. Closest comparison I can think of is Blue Prince mixed with Vampire Survivors but it has its…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Interesting combination of deck/resource management and action.”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Into the Restless Ruins results in many restless nights. The game has the magical ability to melt one minute into one hour. Short cycles of different gameplay types keep things smooth. You get to be methodical planning out your paths through rooms and picking what rooms to fill…”

— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

35achievements
7.0%median completion
0.2%rarest: Stay for Broth
73.1% of players 69.2% of players 68.1% of players 61.1% of players 41.5% of players 35.5% of players 24.1% of players 21.0% of players 20.3% of players 14.9% of players 12.1% of players 10.8% of players 10.7% of players 10.2% of players 10.1% of players 9.2% of players 7.6% of players 7.0% of players 6.8% of players 6.7% of players 5.5% of players 4.5% of players 4.2% of players 3.2% of players 2.9% of players 2.3% of players 1.9% of players 1.6% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 0.6% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 73.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
73.1%Old Birds Know More — Hidden achievement
69.2%Well Armed — Find a new weapon
68.1%Eorisdale Survivor — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
0.2%Stay for Broth — Upgrade all upgradable cards once
0.2%Dread Harvest — Harvest the Warden of Clava Cairn with maximum Dread Multiplier
0.6%Highland Blade — Reach Player Level 30

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 29, 2026
Into the Slimy Mines is OUT NOW!

Into the Slimy Mines is OUT NOW on PC, PS5, Series X|S and Nintendo Switch! Plus, if you already have Into the Restless Ruins, you can save by grabbing it in the Into the Slimy Ruins bundle. We’ve lov

Feb 24, 2026
Play Into the Slimy Mines in Steam Next Fest

Hey guys, Into the Slimy Mine s is featured in this February's Steam Next Fest! We would love for anyone who plays the demo and takes on the hoards of slimeoids to let us know what they think. That fe

Feb 06, 2026
v1.1.3

Fixes a player-reported potential soft lock in Jarlshof+, thanks very much for submitting that!

Feb 05, 2026
NEW GAME REVEAL - Into the Slimy Mines

Hey guys, the dream team is back! Wales Interactive and Ant Workshop are reuniting again but this time we've got a Tower Defense Roguelike with a card twist! Into the Slimy Mines is a fresh new style

Oct 24, 2025
Deckbuild Your Own Dungeon (Sale + Update)

Happy Friday! We’ve got a small update for you that tidies up a few bugs and ensures those rare soft-locks are taken care of! Patch Notes v1.1.2 * fixes a very rare possible soft-lock in the level gen

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsAction Roguelike · Roguelike Deckbuilder · Dungeon Crawler · Rogue-lite · Auto Battler · Mystery Dungeon · Action RPG · Strategy · Rogue-like · 2D · Top-Down · Deckbuilding (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Scots, Welsh
ControllerFull support
Achievements35
Official sitehttps://www.ant-workshop.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8569U CPU @ 2.80GHz Memory: 400 MB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX Storage: 400 MB available space