Relief

Relief

Billiontail · June 23, 2026 · Roguelite, Roguelike Deckbuilder, Card Battler, Turn-Based Combat, Strategy

Buy Relief from Steam at $6.49 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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Mostly Positive79% · 166 📉 Recent reviews down 58%
Best price 53 All-time low
$6.49-35%
$9.99⭐ lowest tracked
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Relief price by region

Relief costs £5.90 in the United Kingdom, $6.29 in Georgia (USD), $6.49 in the United States, €6.66 in Europe (EUR), CA$7.79 in Canada, A$9.06 in Australia, NZ$10.23 in New Zealand, R$24.36 in Brazil and zł27.61 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Relief offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £5.90 −35% £5.90 — 1
Georgia (USD) $6.29 $6.29 — 1
United Statesyour region $6.49 −35% $6.49 — 1
Europe (EUR) €6.66 −35% €6.66 — 1
Canada CA$7.79 −35% CA$7.79 — 1
Australia A$9.06 −35% A$9.06 — 1
New Zealand NZ$10.23 −35% NZ$10.23 — 1
Brazil R$24.36 −35% R$24.36 — 1
Poland zł27.61 −35% zł27.61 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Relief

Relief is a deckbuilding roguelike set in a post–Journey to the West world. As the awakened heir of the Green Bull Demon (Azure Ox), you'll fight alongside five unique spirits, collect cards and artifacts, and craft powerful builds to carve out your own legend.Each features its own cards and brings a distinct combat style to the fight.
  • Lu Wei: Transforms troublesome status cards into cards with random special modifiers.
  • Cui Beibei: Summons all manner of lovely feline spirits with a variety of abilities to aid in battle.
  • Chechi Rocket Team: Seamlessly switch between the tiger, deer, and goat captains to adapt your strategy mid-battle.
  • A.Lian: Features a unique Tribute card fusion mechanic. Cards with Blessing gain additional effects when placed at the far left or right of your hand.
  • Mrs.Luo: Wields three elemental forces that combine into devastating chain reactions and intricate builds.
The Roc presents a choice midway through each of the first three acts, each powerful enough to alter your strategy and deck direction. Play it safe with reliable boosts, or go all-in on high-risk, high-reward effects to create game-breaking builds with the potential to steamroll everything in your path.Roc's Aid Powers (24 total):
  • Rebuild: Remove every card from your deck. Gain that many choices.
  • Glass Cannon: You have only 10% Max HP and gain only 10% of any Max HP increases, but deal 250% damage.
  • Less is More: Card removal costs 50 less gold. +1 card removal at the Black Market.
  • ... ...
Complete quests from the Roc to earn Incense, then offer it at shrines to grant your cards random powerful affixes (12 total). The right affix can turn even the most unremarkable card into a force to be reckoned with, while strong cards can become downright broken, unlocking wild new build paths.Blessings (14 total):
  • Combo: Play all copies of this card in your hand and draw pile.
  • Overdraw: Play this card for free. At the start of the next X turns, lose 1 Energy (X = its cost).
  • ... ...
  • Over 1,000 cards and 300 artifacts: Character-specific cards, general cards, and Black Market options combine with a massive pool of artifacts to create near-endless build variety! No two runs ever feel the same.
  • Unique 14-day cycle: The game unfolds across five acts, built around a repeating 14-day cycle. While in town, strengthen your build at the Shop, Hot Springs, and Shrine, then venture beyond its gates to explore the unknown. Plan your days wisely and work your way toward the final boss.
  • Curious encounters: Over 50 random events steeped in Chinese folklore and urban legends await. Will you accept an offering in a dim, shadowy corner, or awaken something... unknown? Every choice shapes what comes next.
If you enjoy roguelike deckbuilders, deep strategy, and game-breaking synergistic combos, or if you love any of the following titles:Slay the Spire | Monster Train | Griftlands | Inscryption | Chrono Ark...then you will definitely love Relief! Step into a post-Journey to the West urban legend world, and experience the same highly addictive card battles, insane card modifiers, and limitless deckbuilding possibilities!

Relief — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jul 6, 2026
I rewrote this review, which originally listed some obvious issues, after the developer responded and quickly pushed out a patch addressing them. If you see the developer response, it's referring to those. [h1]Verdict[/h1] I recommend this game to anyone who enjoys card games and the process of discovering new systems/combos (so long as they're not put off by the art and content warning, so I won't be recommending this to anyone I personally know...). I believe there's enough there to enjoy enough for long enough to justify the price (at least on sale - I got it for $12). If you were only interested in buying one roguelite deck builder and playing it for hundreds of hours, I'd probably recommend Slay the Spire (STS) instead if you hadn't already played it, but I found this fun even though I've already spent hundreds of hours across STS and its sequel. [h1] Wait, how is it fun even when you've already played STS?[/h1] This game has a different take on act progression. Acts are divided into 14 days. On each day, you can pick any one thing that passes time, regardless of location on the map. The shop is always available, with goods refreshing each day. Resting or card upgrades are …
11 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 1, 2026
Good game with multiple characters with multiple ways to play but getting rid of cards is expensive and some of the late game bosses screw you over for playing certain ways and the greed, hatred, ignorance meters punish you to much for how hard they are to manage especially sense they change what bosses you fight so if you want to play some way but the game does not give you ways to decrease the meters you can end up fighting a boss that goes really against your play style.
5 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 2, 2026
It's an alright deckbuilder, I liked it quite a bit and was planning on writing a positive review... BUT, I bought it on August 19 and just saw that they'll be reducing the price after September 2 and everyone who bought the game up until August 15 will get the OST for free. So, I'm salty. This sucks. Totally soured me on the game.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 12, 2026
Very mid Deckbuilder, progression it's really bad.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 26, 2026
Basically a reskinning of the Downfall mod for StS, but still worthwhile
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 12, 2026
[b]Not great, but pretty fun.[/b] I enjoyed playing as Ciu Beibei, it is like Defect-chan with the cats instead of spheres, also A Lian, the Golden Girl is very fun with her tributr mechanics. Some boss music is just FIRE. There are still some minor glitches and translation issues, also it's hard to tell wich card is upgraded, cause they only have a little + near the name, but look just like non-upgraded. But if you liked STS, i think you should try this one
1 found this helpful

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