Indie · April 9, 2021

Trials of Fire (2021)

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Trials of Fire is a tactical, deck-building adventure game set in a fantasy world in ruin. Savage combat and tough decisions await in the unforgiving wastelands of Ashe. Trials of Fire combines overworld exploration, multi-character combat and loot linked deck-building to create fresh strategic options on every run. Content added during Early Access 9 Playable Heroes 4 Game Modes + 1 Seasonal Quest 4 Lore Quests 345 Skill Cards 220 Items 42 Legendary Items 294 Narrative Encounters 56 Enemy Types 14 Bosses 40 Landmarks Issue combat commands to each Hero based on their cards. The combination of 3 Hero decks presents new and interesting challenges in every fight. Movement and positional play are critical to survival in combat. Use powerful card synergies to combine the unique abilities of your three heroes. Outside of combat encounters, the party's loadout of weapons, items and gear can be swapped or upgraded. New items and weapons are discovered while exploring the vast overworld of Ashe. Traverse an immense overworld map and author a unique adventure in a dangerous hunt for resources critical to the survival of Terralin. Every journey you take will be a Trial.

Indie releases from 2021

39 Indie titles launched in 2021 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Card Battler · 225
  • Turn-Based Tactics · 218
  • Tactical RPG · 215
  • Rogue-lite · 215
  • Dungeon Crawler · 205
  • Turn-Based · 196
  • Perma Death · 192
  • Roguelike Deckbuilder · 189
  • Turn-Based Strategy · 186
  • Card Game · 183
  • Board Game · 173
  • Rogue-like · 164
  • RPG · 162
  • Strategy · 153
  • 2D · 139

Peer Indie titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume3.2k Steam reviewsTop 69% in Indie
Positive rating86% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 65%
Metacritic81/100Genre average 77 — top 34% of Indie titles
Engagement hours9 h averageTop 62% for session depth among Indie

Reception Metrics

Steam community

86%Very Positive · 3.2k reviews

2.7k positive · 443 negative

Metacritic

81/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

6.9/10

Curator recommendations

2.9k

Press Quotes

“Deck-building games are very hot right now...and I think it’s among the best of the bunch.” Polygon “Trials of Fire is flipping excellent.” 85 – PC Gamer “Trials of Fire is uniquely entertaining, and it's an absolute joy to play because every run is challenging, and every fight is a blast to play thanks to the intricacies and strategies you can develop.” 90 – The Sixth Axis

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (8)

  • English
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Russian
  • Polish
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • French
  • Korean
  • German

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

9h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

8h

Typical completion time

Achievements

31

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 9, 2021
DeveloperWhatboy Games
Base price$4.99 -75%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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