Goaldeck

GoalDeck is a single-player roguelike deck-building card game in which the player takes the role of a football coach. Each run is structured as a tournament, with eight cups to progress through in total, each featuring Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Finals against AI opponents that become more demanding as the player advances. Losing a run means starting again from the beginning.

The player builds a squad from more than 120 football cards spread across four rarity tiers: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Legend. Cards are obtained by opening packs, of which there are six tiers with different rarity odds, or by purchasing specific players from a scout shop. Twelve different player pools are available, including World Stars, European leagues, South American clubs and national leagues, and the chosen pool determines which players can appear during a run. Manager Cards act as modifiers that alter the rules, for example boosting attackers in a particular zone, converting defence into score, or chaining combos across rounds. Individual player cards can also be upgraded to raise their stats permanently or unlock traits.

During matches, players are placed in one of three field zones, Attack, Midfield or Defence, each of which applies its own stat multipliers, such as doubling a striker’s attack or a defender’s defence. Between matches, the game presents Reigns-style dilemmas concerning squad morale, where star players, veterans and benched players react to the coach’s decisions, and some choices can result in a player leaving the run permanently. GoalDeck has now been released on Steam, where it currently holds a Positive user review rating.