Decked Out

Every decision in Decked Out happens under pressure: cards are played in real time while enemy waves actively close in on your town, removing the turn-based breathing room most deck-builders provide. Developed by TurtleFox Games and released into Early Access on June 26, 2026, the game pairs that live combat with a structured day-night rhythm — survive the night assault, then spend the daylight hours rebuilding your hand and your settlement before the next wave arrives.

Two classes, the Wizard and the Ranger, offer genuinely different card pools. The Wizard leans on elemental spells; the Ranger works through ranged attacks and a separate suite of options that change how the deck is assembled and played. Beyond the cards themselves, artifacts layer in modifiers and cross-card synergies that open build directions neither class unlocks on its own. Between waves, the shop lets you acquire new cards, the Blacksmith lets you upgrade existing ones, and random Town Hall events inject variable rewards and hard decisions that shift each run. The town itself is a resource: protecting villagers and surviving long enough to upgrade buildings feeds back into combat power, so attrition has a compounding cost.

• Real-time card play against enemy waves, no turn pauses
• Wizard and Ranger classes with distinct card sets and playstyles
• Artifact system adding synergies and alternative build paths
• Blacksmith card upgrades and shop purchasing between night phases
• Random Town Hall events introducing per-run twists and rewards
• Boss encounters that stress-test deck coherence and strategy

The update history shows a deliberate pre-launch arc: a public playtest opened in March 2026, followed by a demo that ran through Deckbuilders Fest and then Steam Next Fest in June. The game entered Early Access on June 26, 2026, patched twice within its first days, and TurtleFox published a development roadmap post in July signalling continued work ahead. The version numbering visible in demo patches suggests iterative design changes were ongoing through the entire pre-release period. Players who want to engage with a game that is still being shaped — and who enjoy real-time execution pressure layered onto the card-selection decisions that define the genre — will find Decked Out a natural fit.