How We Die (2024)

Random mid-bosses that can one-shot you are not fun.

How We Die is a compact but inventive deck-building roguelite developed by Doublsb Soft and published by PsychoFlux Entertainment, built around a clever fusion of card strategy, dice manipulation, and board-game-style progression. What immediately sets it apart is its unusual premise: during a tabletop RPG session, a group of players accidentally summon a real alien invasion, and when they wake up, they find themselves thrown into a world where their casual game has become a genuine fight for survival. This self-aware, tongue-in-cheek narrative foundation gives the game personality without overwhelming it with heavy storytelling. Instead, the premise acts as flavor—an amusing justification for its mixture of dice, cards, maps, and combat encounters—while the core of the experience remains grounded in strategic decision-making and run-based progression. The gameplay is structured around short, repeatable runs where you travel across compact maps filled with branching choices, enemy encounters, shops, upgrades, and special events. Each space on the map can alter your strategy in subtle or dramatic ways, and the pathing decisions you make influence not just what battles you’ll face, …