Across the Obelisk

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Letting players accept quests that secretly require DLC to finish without any warning is bad design. Overall the game is an unenjoyable experience. You are meant to store 3 runs worth of materials to combat the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ design of this game.

I've played so much and it isn't enough. I know it's a big $ commitment but man, I have never spent better money.

Recommended Across the Obelisk is a roguelite deck-building RPG released in 2021, and while it may initially look like another Slay the Spire descendant, it quickly proves that it’s doing several things differently—and in many cases, better. One of its most distinctive features is full co-op support, which is still rare in the genre. Even without spending much time in multiplayer, it’s easy to see how well it fits the party-based design: planning builds together, coordinating turns, and collectively dealing with bad outcomes feels like a natural extension of the game’s systems. A typical run consists of three main acts followed by a fixed final act, with branching maps, optional dungeons, and minibosses along the way. While the first act is always the same, later acts offer meaningful choices between different regions, adding strategic variation between runs. Recent DLCs even introduce alternative endings, further expanding replayability. The core of the game is its four-character party, built around the Warrior, Scout, Mage, and Healer archetypes. Each character has a unique deck that defines how they play, and while decks reset each run, talent trees persist between runs. This roguelite progression system steadily unlocks new builds and strategies without making early runs feel pointless. Some DLC characters even combine archetypes, opening up extremely powerful synergies at higher difficulty levels. Town upgrades add another layer of long-term planning. Between acts, you can buy gear, upgrade or remove cards, and fine-tune your decks. Over time, towns themselves become more capable, allowing deeper customization and making the game feel far less dependent on luck than many other roguelites. Resources are cleanly separated: gold and crystals for cards and equipment, supplies for town upgrades. Rewards from completed runs can be saved and selectively applied to future runs, giving you control over how much of a head start you want. After finishing the game, Madness mode unlocks, letting you customize difficulty through modifiers that increase both challenge and rewards—a great system for experienced players. All of this combines into a game that strongly rewards planning and experimentation rather than brute force or lucky draws. If you enjoy roguelite deck builders but want deeper customization, less RNG reliance, and long-term strategic progression, Across the Obelisk is an easy recommendation. I spent a lot of time with Slay the Spire, but I ultimately enjoy this more. For more detailed thoughts and comparisons, see the full blog post here: https://hmpublishing.blogspot.com/2026/01/across-obelisk-roguelite-that-rewards.html

Across the Obelisk - the janky little 4-player coop. I played through with my friends a bit after launch, beat it a few times. One of those games where they “balance” things by making the numbers really big - we had a boss fight go over half an hour once. No danger of dying, but a slow crawl to winning, ugh. Maybe they patched it better, who knows. Game has its own charm and the classes are fun. I did like the established tank-healer-dps role system. Oh well, this is the price I have to pay to have a co-op deckbuilder, I thought. I didn’t play it much because, hard to get 4 ppl together at once, and the game is not that good that I wanted to force it. Then, Slay the Spire 2 came out and basically solved my co-op deckbuilder problem. Sorry to say, I could never go back when there’s a game that does everything this does ten times better. Reading comments, it seems like the DLC situation is a mess now, so probably good that we parted ways, Obelisk.

Darkest DungeonとSlay the Spireの間の子みたいなゲーム ・1プレイが長い（5～6時間くらい） 1人で4キャラ分操作するのはさすがにダルいので3~4人でやったほうがいい ・ローグライト要素強め 次のランに持ち越せるリソースと開幕のショップで買えるカードがめちゃくちゃ多いので、 ２週目以降は拾ったカードで場当たり的にデッキを調整するようなプレイはほぼ無くなる 絵柄がキツいのとどっかで見たことある効果のカードだらけな点を除けばオススメです

Fácilmente el mejor deckbuilder roguelike cooperativo que hay. Mucha variedad de cartas y personajes y profundidad de builds. Ahora os preguntaréis por qué le pongo una reseña negativa, bien, la reseña negativa viene principalmente por ser un juego sacacuartos, te quieren cobrar por cualquier actualización pequeña y algunas ni siquiera son especialmente grandes. El juego es muy disfrutable solo con el juego base, sobre todo si juegas con amigos, pero si quieres tenerlo actualizado y personajes más complejos o híbridos prepárate para sacar la billetera y creeme, querrás pagarlo, pues el juego base se te va a hacer poco así que te lo pases un par de veces o simplemente por curiosidad o simplemente porque hay eventos que no sirven para nada si no tienes comprado un dlc específico, ah, que esa es otra, los dlc son eventos también no solo mapas y personajes. La base del juego, muy buena, pero vendieron el juego y la empresa que lo compró dijo "aquí hay potencial, vamos a ordeñar la vaca".