Abalon Arena: Multiplayer Card Tactics

About this game

Welcome to the Arena! Here, the greatest champions of Abalon gather together to engage in a battle of wits to see who can reign supreme as the world's greatest strategic mind.

Inspired by classic tabletop games like Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: The Gathering, Abalon Arena brings together turn-based tactics and strategic card play with innovations that make for the most fast, fluid and fun matches you've ever experienced!

Combine Cards to Unleash Cascading Chaos!

We've spent the past decade collaborating with players to create the most outlandish and compelling interactions, guaranteed to leave a lasting impression long after the battle is over. Win or lose, you'll discover something new each time and have a few good laughs as well.

Hurl a squirrel at your opponent. Transform it into a super human hulk squirrel. Breed an army of super human hulk squirrels!

Just a handful of possible synergies from the Nature spell school.

With over 400 tactically distinct cards, there's a wild, original combination to be had to suit any play style.

Combine any two of 5 Magic Schools

1. Unleash unspeakable evils and raise an army of the dead with Void magic.
   
2. Destroy your enemies and burn the entire forest down with Chaos magic.
   
3. Buff up the ultimate warrior and even manipulate time itself with Celestial magic.
   
4. Control the battlefield with counter spells, redirects, and mind-altering Arcane magic.
   
5. Evolve creatures into monsters, plant traps and create insect swarms with Nature magic.

Tactics Matter Like Never Before!

Abalon Arena takes you to a world beyond the cards to a tactical battle grid where your position, facing and environment will make the difference between victory and bitter defeat.

• Wield shields to block attacks from the front.
  
• Backstab with assassins to deal massive amounts of damage.
  
• Knockback enemies into your allies to trigger devastating combo attacks.
  
• Use terrain to your advantage: take cover behind boulders, push enemies into a poisonous spore pod, and even transform trees into Treants to fight for you!

Beefy characters can knock enemies into your allies to trigger bonus combo attacks.

Features

Characters and Cards

• 20 Heroes to choose from including a squirrel hurling druid, a life sucking liche king, a time-traveling steampunk rat, and a psychic lizard wizard! Each hero has unique abilities and can command two of the five magic schools.
  
• 48 Guardians that you can mix and match to create powerful synergies with your hero, spells, and summoned units. Each party has two guardians.
  
• Over 400 cards from which to build your dream team! No commons to dust or gacha mechanics. Each card is tactically distinct and offers unique play-style advantages.

Multiplayer

• PvP Ranked Matches where the most skilled players shall inevitably climb to the top of the leaderboards for fame and glory!
  
• 2v2 Team Ranked Battles where you and a friend work together, till death or victory!
  
• Casual Battle Mode to test out your wildest deck creations and have a good laugh with fellow players.
  
• Real-time turn-based multiplayer battles are fast, fluid and fun! We've clocked them at seven minutes on average, densely packed with jaw dropping plays, sudden twists, and nail biting cliffhangers.
  
• Asynchronous turn-based multiplayer guarantees you'll always have a real human opponent waiting to play. Take your time to plan your perfect turn, then sit back and wait for the notification to get your daily dose of battle action on your time.
  
• Custom Lobbies grant the freedom to set up your own game modes, invite friends, and engage in friendly rivalries.
  
• Spectator Mode allows you to watch competitive matches in real-time and learn techniques from the top players.
  
• Instant Replay lets you save and share your greatest gaming moments.

Single Player

• Endless Arena offers increasingly difficult challenges where you play solo or cooperatively to defeat onslaughts of enemies and powerful bosses to climb the arena leaderboard.
  
• Artificial Intelligence that fights and flees for its life like any human player! Our third generation AI aims to put your skills to the test, whether you're teaming up with or fighting against your silicon friend.
  
• Undo that accidental mis-click and test out how your combos play out with confidence thanks to our handy Undo button. This is a battle of wits, not a test of your reflexes.

Latest news

• Announcements·27 Sept 2024Official

  Play the Abalon Arena Demo During Seattle Indies Expo Online

  Hey D20 Fans - The amazing folks at Seattle Indies Expo just released this high quality production trailer of the 32 games featured at the 2024 SIX expo: Abalon Arena featured at 26:40 Further details at: https://six.seattleindies.org There's also a Steam sale going on: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/30111208-SeattleIndies/sale/seattleindiesexpo2024 To celebrate, we've got our demo of Abalon Arena live so you can challenge your friends to some epic turn-based battles or join forces to play in co-op and defeat the AI. See you on the battlefield! ~Ross
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• Community & Events·4 Apr 2024Official

  Battle it out during the Turn-Based Thursday Festival!

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43802948/e27484c008e3a1cdd12b78a3b6b4da87921e42f6.jpg Abalon Arena is a proud participant in the Turn-Based Thursday Festival on Steam. From April 4th - April 8th, our public demo returns in celebration. Battle online or on the couch together with up to four players in our latest demo update with full controller and Steam deck support. We've also added some new card hand mechanics enabling you to replace the cards in your starting hand, recycle cards back to your deck on subsequent turns or discard unneeded cards for extra mana. Enjoy!
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• Announcements·19 Feb 2024Official

  Abalon Arena Demo Now Closed - Follow For Next Opportunity

  Abalon Arena Demo Now Closed - Follow For Next Opportunity Thanks for participating in our first public demo of Abalon Arena. We plan to run another demo in the near feature before launch. Wishlist Abalon Arena and Follow our store page for updates as shown in the GIF below to receive updates when the next demo will be available. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43802948/d6749466d0da435f13915ec90a60ea3167e4f0bb.gif If you already own the full Abalon game and are interested in helping us with closed beta testing for Abalon Arena, head over to our Discord channel and fill out the form in our #multiplayer channel to join. I'd also appreciate sharing any feedback you had on the demo or features you'd like to see in the full game on our community page so we can do our best to improve your experience. Much appreciated, ~Ross
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• Patch Notes·17 Feb 2024Official

  Prerelease Update #2 - Local Multiplayer

  Greetings D20 Fans! We're excited to announce that Abalon Arena demo now supports local multiplayer (i.e. couch co-op and PvP) and Steam Remote Play for up to four players. Steam Remote Play allows you to play a Steam game with a friend (even if they don't own it) as if you were sitting together on the couch. The screen is shared and you're both able to use gamepads, mouse or keyboard to control the game together. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43802948/a437cde2cb25d6eb1445f6e53482d00afa8f7c48.png How it Works: Just click the "Add Guest" button in the game lobby to add additional local multiplayer guests. The hud and unit control will automatically switch over to the correct player when it's their turn. v0.03.0 Release Notes New Feature Added support for four player local multiplayer. Steam Deck Verified Abalon Arena is now Steam Deck Verified. Fixed Bug where Metamorph was not carrying over status effects when transforming back into its native form. Balance: Reduced Metamorph’s life from 9 to 8. Balance: Rust, Melt, Cleansing Fire, Deconstruct and Purify can now dispel time travel status effects. When used this way, they do not trigger their other effects. Balance: Increased the healing of Preserver from 3 to 4. Fixed Bug where battle wouldn’t end if player died to poison at the beginning of their turn. Coming Next Abalon Arena's demo will remain live through the duration of next week for Steam's Remote Play Festival (which concludes on Monday, February 19th). After the festival, we'll take a break to integrate other features (single player/coop campaign ladders, async multiplayer, etc.) and aim for more demo opportunities in the future before launch. Be sure to Wishlist and Follow our store page for these updates. Join the Discussion: Steam discussion board: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2352400/discussions/ Discord: https://discord.gg/d20studios (RossD20Studios#2359) Thanks for being a valued part of our community! ~Ross
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• Announcements·12 Feb 2024Official

  Battle with the Devs Part II - Final Hour!

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43802948/d2d55556a4ceb6d0ff3c3c5648ce0bbd5a1d6a2e.jpg Let's do this! As the final hour of Next Fest approaches, we're offering up another chance to fight the devs in this game of epic fantasy strategy tactics! How it works: Tune into the broadcast on our store page or broadcast page. Look for our room code at the top of the screen and/or communicated via text in the chat Download the demo free Launch demo -> Multiplayer -> Join with Code Get ready to battle! (Optional) Join our Discord and voice chat channel: https://discord.gg/d20studios See you on the battlefield! ~Ross, D20Studios Founder
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