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Novus Orbis
A combo-based deckbuilding roguelike through a space-time loop: collect cards, receive blessings, add pets to your party, and grow stronger. Chain together cards in the right order for max power, and act before the enemy does. Build synergistic decks, find many secrets, and make BIG numbers!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“It is surprising to me that this game is not more popular. It's a well balanced deck builder. Art style is good, enemies are designed with a variety of different mechanics. There is no meta progression, so runs depend only on the draw luck and skill. For an early access, a very…”
— a player, Steam review · 62 hrs played“This game is awesome. More people should play it fr”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“Fun game, does enough things differently that it feels unique. Only problem I've had is some UI issues, which were all solved by restarting the game (which at least it only takes like 20 seconds)”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-01 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
0.7.2 Update
Only one small addition with this update: Memory Leak You will be forced to take Memory Leak cards at loop start. One copy per loop, max three copies. Because it's fairly easy to end up with small and
0.7.1 Update
With this update I'm adding the last piece of content that I wanted for 1.0 release: Endless Mode Once you've cleared the second path, and so unlocked access to Corrupt, you'll be offered to access En
0.6.11 Update
Good news, the last level for the game (which will lead to 1.0 release) is done! As well as the special way to access it. All visuals done, all enemies done. All I have left to do for the big update i
0.6.10 Update
As it often happens, I say one thing and I end up doing another one lol There were two major things that have been bothering me since forever. 1-Performance on lower end machines (like a Steam Deck) w
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, RPG, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Roguelike Deckbuilder · Rogue-like · Deckbuilding · Adventure · Card Battler · Turn-Based · Replay Value · Turn-Based Combat · Card Game · Difficult · Strategy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Italian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 146 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8/8.1, 10, 11 Processor: 2.0 Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 1GB Video Memory Storage: 500 MB available space