- May 7, 2025
- Mantis
- 11h median play time
Deck of Haunts
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Deck of Haunts is a single player simulation game with a horror theme. It was developed by Mantis and was released on May 7, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and positive reviews from players.
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.











- Unique and creative premise of playing as a haunted house defending against visitors.
- Engaging gameplay loop combining deck building, mansion building, and turn-based strategy.
- Good atmosphere with fitting visuals and sound design, enhanced by active developer support and frequent updates.
- Limited content and variety result in repetitive gameplay and reduced long-term replayability.
- Some bugs and crashes affecting stability and user experience, particularly with enemy pathing and UI glitches.
- Balancing issues where certain enemy traits and strategies can make parts of the game too easy or frustrating, and room building lacks depth and meaningful choices.
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The gameplay of Deck of Haunts offers a unique and engaging blend of turn-based strategy, deck building, and base building set in a haunted house theme, creating a satisfying and emergent loop appreciated for its novel mechanics and theme. While players enjoy the addictive, strategic card play and house layout tactics, common critiques include limited content, shallow room-building depth, pacing issues, occasional balance and UI frustrations, and a sense of repetitiveness after initial runs. Overall, it is a fun and well-designed experience with room for improvement, especially in tutorial clarity, variety, and polish.
“This is a good 'board game' like game, that has turn based strategy plus card game mechanics with a haunted house theme, where you play the bad guy.”
“The gameplay loop is good, think roguelike, where you pick a card or upgrade after each stage.”
“Humans have different traits that will cause them to interact with your house differently (they may avoid grouping up with other humans, enter via a random room besides your entrance or just beeline for your heart, among others) and accounting for them is a big part of the gameplay.”
“The building mechanic does not synergize very well with certain decks, which is not helped by the fact that your room types are randomized.”
“Horrible building interface, UI, explanation of mechanics.”
“The game just doesn't have enough variety in its gameplay or its options to really warrant the $20 price tag.”
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Frequently Asked Questions
Deck of Haunts is a simulation game with horror theme.
Deck of Haunts is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 and others.
On average players spend around 19 hours playing Deck of Haunts.
Deck of Haunts was released on May 7, 2025.
Deck of Haunts was developed by Mantis.
Deck of Haunts has received mostly positive reviews from players and mostly positive reviews from critics. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its stability.
Deck of Haunts is a single player game.
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