7 MAY 2025 – DANGEN Entertainment and Mantis Games are excited to announce that Deck of Haunts, the roguelike deckbuilder that puts you in control of a vengeful haunted house, has officially launched today on PC (Steam). To celebrate the release, the teams have unveiled a brand-new launch trailer that beckons players to embrace their inner villain and head into the madness.
Deck of Haunts Launch Trailer:
Here is some early praise from the press:
“A hauntingly addictive deck-building roguelite that had me hooked for hours on end!”
- Central Comics
"Deck of Haunts is a roguelike deckbuilder where you play as a malicious haunted house, and everyone should play it. It’s utter bliss."
- VICE
"A deckbuilder where you play as a haunted house is such a brilliant idea"
- PC Gamer
"A gruesomely haunted builder that will steal your essence with a whisper and have you coming back for more."
- Digital Logik
“A delightfully ghoulish roguelike that lets you build your own haunted house.”
- Tech Gaming
“Insanely gleeful, grim, and impossible to put down.”
- The Gaming Outsider
Any press, streamers or other content creators interested in frightening hapless explorers in Deck of Haunts can request a Steam code here: Request a Steam code for Deck of Haunts
Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3179730/Deck_of_Haunts
Press Kit: Google Drive
Press Contact: justin.pfeiffer@dangenentertainment.com (Interviews welcome!)
About the Game
In Deck of Haunts, you are the haunted house.
By day, meticulously construct your mansion room by room, placing traps, spirits, and eerie anomalies to build a twisting, cursed domain. As night falls, lure humans into your lair and let the haunting begin. With a deck of fear-inducing cards at your disposal, you'll bend reality, shift hallways, summon specters, and drive intruders to the brink of madness. Once their sanity shatters, you’ll extract their essence to fuel your growing power and expand your mansion.
But your rise in infamy won’t go unchallenged. The more essence you claim, the stronger your enemies become, from skeptical police to holy exorcists and the ominous Stone Masons who seek to end your reign of terror.
Key Features- Craft Your Deck of Haunts - Unlock and collect new cards as you progress. Expand your deck to include tools of terror like bone-chilling screams, phantoms, creaking floors, and shifting walls. Use your cards to scare, or kill, your victims to extract their essence.
- Build Your Mansion - Strategically design your haunted house by placing rooms that serve to protect your Heart room, the literal beating heart of your ghostly manor. Construct a maze filled with traps, scares, and unique twists, all tailored to frighten and confuse your visitors. Utilize special rooms with unique powers to aid in your hauntings.
- Sow Tension and Fear - As humans navigate your mansion, increase the tension by playing haunt cards directly on them or cast special effects on different rooms. Slowly drive them to insanity. Once their fear reaches critical levels, use the right haunts to push them to the brink of madness. Don't let a single soul escape!
- Harvest Essence - Once you've driven the explorers mad with fear, extract their essence to grow your mansion. Use it to unlock new rooms, expand your haunting powers, and attract more dangerous (and rewarding) targets. Consume all who dare step foot inside.
- Endless Mode - Unlockable after certain conditions are met, this mode lets you test your haunting prowess in an infinite nightmare.
Whether you're a deckbuilder fan, a horror lover, or just ready to embrace your darker side, it's time to become the nightmare. Deck of Haunts is available now on Steam.
Title: Deck of Haunts
Developer: Mantis Games
Publisher: DANGEN Entertainment
Genre: Horror Deckbuilding Roguelike
Players: 1
Platform: PC, Consoles
Price: €19.50
Release Date: May 7th (PC), TBA (Consoles)
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Brazilian-Portuguese, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean
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About Mantis Games
Mantis Games is an indie development studio based in Belgium, driven by a passion for creating captivating and visually striking games. Composed of five developers with experience across various titles in the gaming industry, Mantis Games strives to deliver high-quality, immersive experiences that leave a lasting impression on players.
Dangen Entertainment
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