Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.57/day in the week to Sep 12 → 0.33/day in the week after.
About
In The Royal Writ, you don't just play cards - you command them on the battlefield. Place your loyal subjects strategically as they advance toward the enemy, dealing damage. But beware: any card that reaches the enemy base before victory is permanently destroyed and removed from your deck for the rest of your run.
Sacrifice isn't just a risk - it's an essential strategy that creates memorable sub-stories with each run. Will you honor the subjects who gave everything for your cause? Every fallen card tells a tale, and their glory lives on in the legacy you build.
Lead an army of adorable yet battle-hardened animals with abilities to shape your strategy. Your ranks may comprise a frail and wounded flamingo, a short sighted chicken bowman, or even a crafty lizard who cheats death by only losing its tail! From the renegade red ants to the sacrificial lamb, every card in your deck has a personality and purpose.
As they march toward glory or death, their individual stories become part of your kingdom's legacy, and their sacrifices will never be forgotten. You may even come across some peculiar creatures on your journey, like the crazed mantis dentist, the goat tactician or the impatient boar shopkeeper - just don’t ask them where they got their credentials.
Conquer the realm through two distinct adventures:
The First Campaign pits you against a growing rebellion as you try to maintain the king’s good and just rule (objectively). Battle your way through a challenging environment filled with deep pits and poison swamps as you try to suppress your enemies. As you progress, you may start to wonder if there are more to the kingdom’s troubles than meet the eye?
The Second Campaign introduces a new threat - gunpowder. As new experimental weapons now enter the battlefield, your strategy must change. No longer are you simply avoiding the environmental hazards - you must dodge an onslaught of bullets to ensure you and your troops are not fatally wounded as you march forth.
Each campaign features unique cards, bosses, and strategic challenges. The battlefield awaits your command!
Intuitive Yet Deep Gameplay - Easy to learn without compromising on the challenge
Roguelike Progression - Every run is different
Card Permadeath - Lost cards stay lost!
Charming Art Style - Picture-book visuals blend with medieval absurdity and dark humor
Memorable NPC Encounters - Are they friend or foe?
Special Boss Mechanics - Unique challenges that will test you
Gradual Difficulty Ladder - Climb through harder and harder difficulties as you progress
Challenge Modes - Test your skills in special modes with unique rules
Relics - Collect relics with various effects that change how you play
"The art of war is simple. Send forth your subjects to die gloriously in your name. Their sacrifice ensures your legacy... and if they happen to win, all the better!"
Will you write your name in the annals of history, or become just another forgotten monarch? The balance between loss and triumph is yours to master.
All hail! May your fallen be remembered and your victories sweet!
The Royal Writ is inspired by other amazing games: Balatro, Monster Train, Slay the Spire, Inscryption, Across the Obelisk and many other amazing deck builders! Check them out too if you have not already!
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| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $7.49−50% | 535reviews | 83% | — | $201.5K |
| $14.99 | 261ratings | 58% | — | not modelled | |
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Reviews
https://youtu.be/R2NR6UYFBEc ^video is a playthrough of act 1 and act 2 I remember playing this when it came out and thinking it could have used more attention. Now that it is on console and Game Pass maybe now it will find the player base. The Royal Writ is a deck builder where you place soldiers in lanes to do damage. I cannot really compare it to anything directly, the core mechanic of the game is pretty unique. The scoring system is very close to Balatro, you can make blue points and red points and those two get multiplied by each other. But placing your soldiers and having them move and score makes this a different deckbuilder from what you might get used to. Your deck consists of soldier cards and letter cards. Soldier cards have a red or blue score and some perk such as plus 1 base score when this card moves up. The letter cards can be used on the soldiers or the board itself such as changing the terrain. The board is usually three lanes (though sometimes two or even one) and usually 5 columns across. You place one soldier in the first column of each row (you cannot place them anywhere else with a special attachment to the card). When you placed a soldier in each row (or just one or two rows) you can attack. The scores that are on the soldiers will add up and the red and blue total score will multiply each other. Then the cards will move up one space. This is the unique part of the game. You DO NOT want to move your cards to the end of the board. There are column multipliers that give you more points the further down the card is, but when it makes it to the end of the row, that card will be killed and you permanently lose it. Some cards are meant to be sacrificed, but a lot of the cards will have base points permanently added as you play so you want to keep your high cards alive. Once your cards move up one column you are free to play new cards in the first empty space now. That is the turn, play your cards, and attack. You can also skip your attack and just walk forward but I have beaten the game and never used this once. The graphics are charming and there is a story with cutscenes in between acts. It could have used voice-overs but it is well drawn. When it comes to builds I mostly focused on one or two cards and buffed them as high as I could. There is a lot of different interactions with cards so you can build interesting decks but number go high is always a viable strategy. For example there is a card that takes a point from the card below and gives two to the card above. This is permanent. This can let you build a card high and sacrifice cheap cards you buy at the shop. Since cards die it is easy to thin out your deck. But if you take your time and learn the various mechanics you can probably make some clever decks. You get relics as well that last for the entire run and you can give your cards an item such as armour so it survives death or a flying machine so you can place the card anywhere on the board. There are also hardships which are the same as ascension levels in Slay The Spire 2. It is always good to have more replayability in these games. If you like deckbuilders that are card games this is a recommend. This is another game that is good on the steam deck and a fun one to pick up for a run or two.
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.14/day in the week to Jul 31 → 0.14/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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Languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish +1 more
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Hours played at review time, across 88 reviews with recorded playtime.
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It's not just the art style, this game is clever and makes you feel like you're a real genius (even if, like me, you're def not). The rules are straightforward, but if you get a little confused, you get to learn as you play. Heck, I'm not the best at math, so it's lovely to see the numbers jump up much higher than you expect, just based off of strategically playing cards. Again, not too confusing for the layman, but very satisfying for the strategy-players out there...well for me anyhow. I was surprised I was so into this game, so you should definitely give it a try when it's on sale or even when it's not (i don't know what the reg price is, so plz ignore me if i'm being dumb). PS: I also think the story is really fun, the small bit that it plays into the game.
Обзор от игрока, который принципиально ничего не читает и рассчитывает только на свою интуицию. Термины в игре максимально запутанные, мозг местами просто плавился. Но я не сдалась, прошла до конца и ни разу не пожалела. Игра затягивает, а графика — просто супер милая и приятная глазу. Вопреки всем сложностям с терминами — лайк!
crowguelike. yes. very good. 10/10. edit: review updated from 9/10 to 10/10 after completing act 2 and seeing the ending
Lots of fun and very replayable
非常好玩
玩法秒了很多，然后就是真的很难很考验技术
Perfecto.
cool, ha bele jössz
难度递增太大了，真的打不过，对于资深肉鸽卡牌玩家也是
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