A deck-building roguelite playable co-op up to four, demanding and dense. The synergy between heroes offers huge depth for card fans, but the learning curve is steep and the cluttered interface can scare off newcomers.
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Category
Card Battle4 players7+
Co-op
Description
A party of heroes crosses an imperiled realm to reach a mysterious obelisk. Published by Paradox, released worldwide in 2024. Battles waged with decks you shape, leveling heroes, branching paths and runs to restart together.
Across the Obelisk review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Building a multi-hero deck, picking a path on the map and refining synergy card by card: this card roguelite invites relentless optimization. Every win offers fresh cards, relics and branches, and every loss tempts you to retry a rethought build. Co-op, where several players share the run, multiplies combinations and naturally stretches sessions. Its replayability still holds today thanks to the sheer variety of archetypes. Downside: the hunt for the perfect deck can turn into repetitive optimization.
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾1 GB📅25/04/2024
Published by Paradox
Across the Obelisk (Nintendo Switch) price, value & rarity
Facing its bosses is a deck-building puzzle: each encounter is an equation where card order, positioning and party synergies decide survival. Major foes impose brutal constraints that force you to rethink your strategy between attempts. Tension mounts as the run progresses, and every triumph feels like a riddle finally cracked.
