Deck of Haunts

About the game

In Deck of Haunts you play the house. Mantis casts you as a sinister haunted mansion that lures in curious humans, feeds on their fear and drains their essence to grow stronger. During the day you lay out the building room by room, turning it into a maze of traps, scares and special rooms with their own powers, all arranged to protect the Heart room where your power is concentrated. At night the visitors arrive, and you play cards from your deck directly on them or in specific rooms: screams, phantoms, creaking floors and shifting walls that raise the tension until their sanity breaks. Once they are mad with fear you harvest their essence and spend it on new rooms and stronger haunts. You unlock and collect more cards as you go. A growing reputation draws tougher guests, from law enforcement to priests, and eventually the Stone Masons come to challenge your rule.