- August 11, 2026
- Fire Brick Games
King’s Well
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About King’s Well
King’s Well is a single player tactical turn-based strategy game with horror and science fiction themes. It was developed by Fire Brick Games and was released on August 11, 2026. It received very positive reviews from players.
King's Well is a steampunk-themed roguelite deckbuilder where players use high-stakes poker logic to power industrial machine combat. After a kingdom falls into ruin due to a gambling plague, the King casts the most notorious gamblers into The Well; a deep, industrial pit filled with rusted machinery and failed experiments. To earn your freedom, you must salvage derelict weapons and "fuel" them u…
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Reviews
- Unique and engaging hybrid gameplay combining deckbuilding with poker mechanics, offering strategic depth and risk/reward decisions.
- Well-designed characters with unique abilities, multiple difficulty levels, and replayability with different playstyles.
- Great aesthetic appeal with steampunk visuals, good voice acting, and background music enhancing immersion.
- Gameplay can become repetitive quickly due to limited enemy variety and options, reducing long-term engagement.
- Some minor bugs and need for UI improvements were noted by players.
- Runs can be lengthy and occasionally feel snowbally, with some enemies countering specific builds, potentially causing frustration.
gameplay
5 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe gameplay is easy to learn and combines familiar mechanics with strategic depth, involving creating poker hands and managing card-based attacks and defenses. Its unique steampunk theme adds charm, while offering engaging choices that encourage thoughtful deck-building and strategy.
“Gameplay is easy to pick up and understand, and the added task of creating poker hands with your remaining cards in hand makes you use your brain.”
“An absolutely gorgeous game with lots of interesting strategic choices, balancing out a deck of cards to play poker with while also using them to deal damage and create your defenses makes for some really good gameplay.”
“Doesn't take long to learn the mechanics and start seeing some ways to build a run to abuse them.”
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King’s Well is a tactical turn-based strategy game with horror and science fiction themes. Common tags for King’s Well include turn-based, indie, roguelite, deckbuilding, steampunk and others.
King’s Well is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.
King’s Well was released on August 11, 2026.
King’s Well was developed by Fire Brick Games.
King’s Well has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked King’s Well for its gameplay but disliked it for its graphics.
King’s Well is a single player game.
Similar games include LONESTAR, SpellRogue, Knock on the Coffin Lid, Die in the Dungeon, Beneath Oresa and others.