Indie · April 12, 2023
Wildfrost (2023)
Feature List Build your perfect deck unique to you! Recruit cute card companions, elemental items and equip powerful charms to aid in your fight against the Wildfrost Choose your Leader from a variety of tribes, each with different playstyles and stats Master a dynamic ‘counter’ system to put your strategic skills to the test Expand and develop the hub town of Snowdwell between runs Unlock new cards, events, customisation options and more! Endless replayability with daily runs and challenges! About the Game The sun has frozen over... The world has succumbed to the Wildfrost. Now only Snowdwell and its survivors stand as the last bastion against an eternal winter... Build up a deck of powerful card companions and elemental items, as you battle to banish the frost once and for all! Perfect your card battling and deck-building skills, and set out on a quest to bring an end to The Wildfrost! Begin each journey with your chosen tribe Leader, each gifted with different randomised skills and stats, before mapping out your chosen path into the unforgiving frosty landscape. Rescue and recruit frozen companions you find along the way, unearth lost treasures, and spend your hard-earned blings with travelling merchants. The decisions you make and routes you take during each run will help craft a powerful deck, unique to you each time you play. Collect a huge array of cute, but mighty card companions, as well as handy items and clunker cards to aid you in battle. Experiment with different elemental card combinations to find your winning formula. Your companion cards aren’t just disposable minions for dealing out damage; upgrade and customise your favourites by adding wobbly charms to enhance their powers, making your deck a powerful (and adorable) force to be reckoned with! Plan ahead with the help of a dynamic counter system to map out your next move and fend off frosty foes. While Wildfrost battles are turn-based, cards don’t attack every turn. Instead they have a ‘counter’ which counts down the amount of turns until they’re ready to automatically make their move! By keeping an eye on enemy monsters’ counters, you can plot ahead your perfect play. Buff your companions? Stall an enemy attack? Or maybe count down your own timer to wreak havoc fast! It’s up to you to strategically turn the tide in your favour. Need a rest? Take shelter in the cosy town of Snowdwell. Here survivors have gathered to keep warm using the power of the Luminice, a giant shard of hot ice. As you progress after each run you’ll be able to return and gradually help expand the hub town itself, constructing buildings such as a Pet Shop, Inventors Hut and more! These new areas will unlock fun and useful new things to use during your adventures, with new cards, tribes, cosmetics, challenges to complete, and events to encounter. Think you’ve defeated the Frost Guardian? Even after you’ve beaten back the frost, Wildfrost offers endless replayability, with daily runs and challenges! Test your skills and improve your score!
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29 Indie titles launched in 2023 — top 6 by review volume.
Peer Indie titles
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Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Card Battler · 227
- Difficult · 220
- Roguelike Deckbuilder · 217
- Card Game · 202
- Turn-Based Tactics · 199
- Rogue-lite · 192
- Deckbuilding · 188
- Rogue-like · 186
- Singleplayer · 174
- Turn-Based · 170
- Unforgiving · 160
- Perma Death · 159
- Turn-Based Strategy · 156
- Replay Value · 156
- Procedural Generation · 147
Position in Indie
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 8.2k Steam reviews | Top 31% in Indie |
| Positive rating | 82% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 76% |
| Metacritic | 80/100 | Genre average 77 — top 40% of Indie titles |
| Concurrent peak | 114 players | Top 33% in Indie by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 25 h average | Top 23% for session depth among Indie |
Reception Metrics
Steam community
82%Mostly Positive · 8.2k reviews
6.7k positive · 1.5k negative
Metacritic
80/100 critic aggregate
Curator recommendations
7.9k
Peak concurrent players
114
Press Quotes
“Deadpan Games and Chucklefish deliver an excellent card-based rouge-like here” 9/10 – Gamereactor “Wildfrost is impressive. ...meticulously designed, visually engaging, unassumingly complex” 4.5/5 – ScreenRant
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
25h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
8h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
0h
Current engagement
Achievements
27
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Apr 12, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Deadpan Games, Gaziter |
| Publisher | Chucklefish |
| Base price | $11.99 -40% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 1 released |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Cloud
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (5)
- English
- Japanese
- Korean
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
Editions & Packages
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