The boss is randomly selected from avatars of the book itself. To win, players must win engage in a boss fight. Each playthrough can permanently unlock new characters, cards, and other gameplay elements, making new games easier. Gems can be used to enhance cards, giving them unique abilities. Besides ink, players can accumulate money and gems. Players combine the decks of two characters, each of whom has their own unique skills and tactics. Combat is turn-based and uses deck-building mechanics. Brushes can reveal a larger portion of the map. This ink can be used to reveal the features of the map. As players win battles with enemies, they acquire ink. Players traverse an overworld map in the form of a lore book from Faeria, with which Roguebook shares its setting.
Console ports were released in 2022.Ī magical book with an insatiable hunger for creating stories sucks everything from its surrounding environment into its pages. Nacon published it in 2021 for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Roguebook is a roguelike deck-building game developed by Abrakam Entertainment.