Deck-builder meets auto-shooter in Hordes of Fate : A Hand of Fate Adventure - demo now live

From the original creative team behind the Hand of Fate series, Hordes of Fate : A Hand of Fate Adventure is a mixture of deck-building and auto-shooting as yet another developer attempts to put their own spin on Vampire Survivor-like action.

I continue my quest to play every survivor-like bullet heaven game possible, and this could quite easily win me over with its nice world design along with the interesting deck-building mechanics to make it feel nice and fresh.

I especially like that the various encounters in the game are not all set in stone, it's all dynamic based on the cards you pick to set it all up. And, when you go to grab chests or do the encounters in the game, some of those are not a given and get you to pick from a set of cards that can result in success or failure. Some of them will give you multiple choice on the outcome too. So far, it seems like a really interesting blend that manages to feel familiar for anyone who has played a survivor-like yet different.

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This new title brings the franchise’s signature "cards come to life" deck-building into a fast-paced roguelite auto-shooter, complete with a deep progression system. As you play through it you can unlock new equipment, encounters, blessings, and powerful enchantments by discovering and completing encounter cards dealt into each stage. Fight through hordes of fiendish monsters and survive long enough to confront the powerful bosses in each of the game's challenges.

More about it:

Stack Your Deck

Hand of Fate set the standard for deckbuilding roguelikes in 2016, and now we're allowing you to build your own autoshooter. Text encounters and quests drawn from your deck allow you to unlock Tokens and earn new cards to expand the possibilities and grow your power for each subsequent run.

Discover hidden encounter outcomes and earn powerful weapon enchantments that transform your equipment, branching their power in new directions and creating unique builds and playstyles, keeping each run fresh and unique based on the cards dealt and the choices you make.

Dark Fantasy Bullet Heaven

Defeat minions, upgrade your equipment, and delve ever deeper into the world of Hand of Fate. Collect and assemble a devastating array of weapons and enchantments, and unleash hell upon wave after wave of fearsome monsters in fast and frenetic combat.

Heroes Call

Unlock a collection of heroes from the Hand of Fate universe, each with their own auto-shooting weapon and perk cards that add to the deckbuilding possibilities of each run.

Each hero comes armed with a unique activatable weapon card that can turn the tide of battle when the course of combat and shapes their unique playstyle.

Hand of Fate Reimagined

Uncover new and reimagined encounters and equipment, visit new locations and play as familiar heroes from across the Hand of Fate universe, all from a top-down auto-shooter perspective.

Fight hordes of Hand of Fate enemies and monsters on a scale never like never before.

Try out the newly released demo on Steam. It has Native Linux support. The full game is due out later in 2025.