Golden Swirl

Golden Swirl combines deckbuilding with action-based combat. Rather than taking turns, players move and dodge during fights and choose when to play their cards, using the timing of each card to reposition and adjust their attacks. Between fights, players build a deck, equip relics and plan a route through procedurally generated dungeons. Each run generates a different set of maps, enemies, NPCs and treasures.

The full release includes four characters, each with their own starting relics and card pools. The game contains over 100 relics, 120 cards and a range of card runes, which can be combined to create synergies between cards. A system called the Golden Will tracks the player’s choices through events and trials. These choices affect the character’s state and the composition of the deck, and the choices made during a run alter combat rewards and resource progression. Over 20 NPCs appear, each with their own backstory.

The setting is a world once nurtured by the Golden God and later invaded by the Great Dreamer, which led to the fall of the deities and the formation of a giant Swirl. The player takes the role of The Nameless One, who enters the Golden Swirl to find the truth behind the catastrophe. Runs begin from different starting areas with varying boons. One DLC item has recently been added on Steam.