Aliosso

About this game

Aliosso is a turn-based roguelike all about combining tiles and cards to win battles and survive a perilous journey across the desert of Samsara.


Customize your tiles: place a rune, increase their trigger value, set an edition, or change their type entirely! Find the right cards that synergize with your tiles, and turn that Power into devastating strikes.


Cards represent run-altering effects that can influence just about anything. The rules are malleable, like sand.

SWAY DESTINY WITH AN OFFERING OF WATER

• Prayers affect the battlefield and your run, but require a sacrifice of water.
  
• Rule-breaking: banish a card for the entire run or copy a tile onto another — reshape the rules in your favor.

SURVIVE THE JOURNEY

• Will you restock on water or look for treasures?
  
• Use canyons, caverns, and other locations to avoid the searing heat of the desert, but beware: no place is without peril.

• 6 champions of the desert clans, each with its own run-defining power and tiles.
  
• 100+ cards along with card variants to influence battles and scenarios.
  
• Tens of tiles to make combos with or to use for their special effect.
  
• Tens of runes for tile upgrades and extra perks.
  
• Tens of prayers to use as an escape hatch in difficult situations and to steer the journey in your favor.
  
• Dozens of scenarios to face.
  
• Different locations to explore along your journey.

A DARK DJINN'S RETURN

The last surviving human clans endure a nomadic existence fraught with hardship. As generations passed, the history of Samsara faded into oblivion. Long forgotten, a dark Djinn has found its way back, driven by an insatiable desire to reclaim its full powers and extend its supreme will on the desert and beyond.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·11 Feb 2026Official

  Patch 1.0.3

  Hi there! Another small but meaningful update is here to smooth things out and improve the overall experience. Thank you all for the reports and feedback, it truly helps shape the game ːsteamhappyː Fixes Yohlon Timing: Slightly adjusted the timing of Yohlon’s attack for more consistent interactions. Combo Symbol (Tutorial): The combo symbol is now hoverable during more tutorial steps in the first battle. Thanks to dontnormally for reporting this! Rewarding Craft + Snake Tiles: Fixed an issue with the interaction between these two mechanics. Thanks again to dontnormally for the report! Infused Lemon: Fixed an issue where said lemon didn't have an edition when obtained as a bonus for restarting the run, thanks to Azu for reporting this. Eidolon’s Ring: Fixed an incorrect description. Power Surge: Rarity adjusted from Uncommon to Rare. Witch’s Hut: Now grants 4 Ni instead of 5 when visiting.Quality of Life Deck Menu Improvement: Added a button to distinguish between partial and full deck. Full Collection Option: Added a new setting that unlocks the entire collection instantly. Please note: enabling this will disable achievements. This is intended for expert players coming from similar games who just want to jump straight into the action. This option can only be found when opening the settings from the main menu.
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• Patch Notes·6 Feb 2026Official

  Patch 1.0.2

  Hi there! Another update is here to keep the gears turning. A huge thank you to everyone in the community for the continued feedback and bug reports ːsteamhappyː. Bug Fixes Prayer Discovery: Fixed a bug that prevented prayers from being discovered in certain scenarios. Chiseler Targeting: Fixed an issue where the "Chiseler" tile would incorrectly target the wrong tile upon activation. Infinite Djinn Achievement: Fixed a bug where defeating the Djinn in Infinite Mode would sometimes fail to trigger the achievement.Balance Changes To the Limit (Nerf): Rarity decreased from Rare to Uncommon. Gut Buddy (Nerf): the provided Ni was reduced from 4 to 3. Laughing Relic (Nerf): Scaling reduced; now gains 0.25 xNi (down from 0.50) when selling an Uncommon or Rare card. Floating Scimitar (Nerf): Damage reduced from 8 to 6. Keikaku (Adjustment): Now explicitly incompatible with Canyons' Echo to prevent unintended interactions. Chiseler (Buff): Tak value increase for triggered tiles has been doubled, from 4 to 8. Mechanical Deity (Rework): The boss passive has been overhauled. Instead of removing runes from triggered tiles, it will now deal 1 damage to you for every tile with a rune that triggers. Watch your health! Lion's Strength: This prayer is now more versatile and can be used outside of battle.Progression & Quality of Life Difficulty Unlocks: Winning a run on "Djinn's Fury" (max difficulty) will now automatically unlock the first 5 difficulties for all other decks of that same character. Special thanks to BERS and Fbarok for input on this! Completionist Achievement: This now requires all decks to be unlocked to trigger. New Visuals: The Djinn's Curse icon has been updated. Thanks to oks for contributing such a sleek design!
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• Patch Notes·2 Feb 2026Official

  Patch 1.0.1

  Hi there! First of all, thank you for the love and support you have shown for the game. We are greatly heartened by the reception so far! Bug Fixes Deck unlocking bug: Fixed a bug where returning to the menu instead of entering Infinite Mode after defeating the Djinn prevented the game from unlocking new difficulties and decks. The developer assumed everyone would jump straight into Infinite Mode; they were wrong! Special thanks to BERS for reporting this. 1 Billion Achievement Bug: Fixed a bug where the achievement for reaching 1 billion power was erroneously unlocking at 1 million. Thanks again to BERS for the report. Save File Bloat: Fixed an issue where certain temporary cards were lingering in the save file. These had no impact on gameplay and were cleared upon starting a new run. Balance Changes Nobility Certificate (Nerf): To bring its power level in line, the cost has been increased from 30 gold to 40 gold for 3x Ni. Pushing Through (Buff): To reward discard strategies, the gain has been increased from 2 Tak to 4 Tak per discard. Other Notes We are currently monitoring the early-game performance of Lys and Ren'Hata, as their initial tiles do not grant any Ni. We would love to hear your feedback on how these feel in your runs! Additionally, we are tracking the impact of certain cards on overall win probability—specifically some 3x Ni cards, as well as the pick rates of various prayers.
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• Announcements·30 Jan 2026Official

  Aliosso is OUT

  Aliosso is finally out! It's been quite a journey, and we are super excited to see what kind of funky builds you come up with, and to what extent you will make those numbers go up. Over the next few days, we’ll be closely monitoring your feedback and in-game data to see what needs tuning, updating, and so on. Thanks again to everyone who believed in the game and kept us company during its development!
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• Announcements·22 Jan 2026Official

  Aliosso RELEASING on the 30th!

  Aliosso is coming out very soon! It's been quite a journey, and we are super excited to share the game with you. See you in a week, and don't forget to tell your friends!
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