By Aimee Rogers 
An orange cat rolling a crystal ball across a table isn’t the sort of thing you’d normally associate with roguelike deckbuilders, but that’s exactly what makes Mewlin the Clicker stand out.
The newly released Steam title combines clicker mechanics with roguelike deckbuilding, creating a game where every click sends a crystal ball rolling across the table while you build a deck designed to shape the run ahead.
Clicker games are built around progression and momentum, while deckbuilders thrive on meaningful decisions and run-defining combinations. Mewlin the Clicker attempts to bring those ideas together, allowing players to improve their deck while guiding the crystal ball through obstacles, encounters, and boss fights.
That means each run has the potential to play out differently depending on the cards you collect and the strategies you choose to pursue.
Of course, combining genres is often easier than making them work together. Plenty of games have good ideas. The challenge is turning those ideas into something players want to keep returning to run after run.
Still, the concept is difficult to ignore. An orange cat pushing a crystal ball around a magical tabletop isn’t the sort of pitch you hear every day, and the mix of clicking and deckbuilding gives the game a clearer identity than many newcomers entering the genre.
Whether this unique title from the Arcana Rebels Game Studio can turn that charm into a genuinely compelling roguelike remains to be seen. For now, it’s certainly one of the more unusual deckbuilding experiments to land on Steam recently.