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Uncanny Games · Published by Uncanny Games
Last updated 6 Oct 2026
You're a brain in a jar, wired into a war tank, and someone is going to pay. Leadbelly is a hand-drawn roguelike deckbuilder where you build your deck, crush enemy factions, and unravel who stole your body — with a quirky companion riding shotgun.
Indie, RPG, Strategy · More free games
Lead your war tank through a roguelike adventure, building decks to crush factions and uncover the truth behind your stolen body. Join a humorous companion on this indie journey of strategy and discovery.
About this game
Strategic Deckbuilder - Leadbelly is a hand-drawn, narrative-driven roguelike deckbuilder. Build your deck and adapt to four rival factions — PowderKeg, BlackEmber, StormFront, and CopperLung — each built around an element with its own weaknesses. Water conducts. Oil burns.
Reap what you sow - A dying enemy is worth more than a dead one. Their brain surfaces, exposed, health draining every turn, until they're incapacitated — and their allies will break formation to save them. Leave them and they self-destruct. Harvest them and the brain is yours to use as you see fit. But beware, it happens to you too.
A Story-Fueled Campaign - Leadbelly isn't just about survival, it's about discovery. From scorched wastelands to electrified fortresses, each act culminates in a powerful boss battle guarding a piece of your past. With every victory, you peel back the layers of a mystery far bigger than you imagined.
Your Tank Has a Mind of its Own - You're not alone inside your steel ball prison. CASS guides you along the way, offering tactical advice, insights, and maybe even a bit of friendship. Maybe.
Upgrade Through Meta-Progression - Every failure is fuel for your next try. Cards earn mastery stars through play until they're eligible for upgrade, and that progress carries between runs. Spend Parts in Sprocket's Tank Workshop on Modules and Perks. Unlock new cards and relics as you go.
Features
-Four enemy factions, each with unique elemental mechanics and weaknesses
-The brain economy: downed enemies aren't dead, they're currency
-A narrative campaign with boss battles that reveal your stolen past
-CASS, your quirky companion with her own personality and agenda
-Per card mastery that persists between runs
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-4340 / AMD FX-6300
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Vulkan 1.0 compatible — Intel HD Graphics 520 / AMD Radeon Vega 3 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Recommended
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 1050 / RX 560
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Exhaust bugs squashed
A bug where cards that exhaust other cards resulted in unplayable hands is fixed.Read full article on Community Announcements (UncannyGamesDev)Patch NotesOfficial
Lowered enemy HP
After some feedback, I've lowered enemy HP a bit. Let me know how you like the change.Read full article on Community Announcements (UncannyGamesDev)Patch NotesOfficial
New Music and Sound Update
I've always wanted to try my hand at music and here's my shot! It's still a bit rough, but I couldn't wait to put it in the game. I'll continue to update and refine, but I think it's getting there. Feedback is welcome as always!RodrigoRead full article on Community Announcements (UncannyGamesDev)AnnouncementsOfficial
Controller support is here
Hello, and thanks for playing the Leadbelly demo.Controller support is now live. The demo plays start to finish on a gamepad, no mouse required. Combat, card selection, the workshop, the shop, events and the menus in between.If you find a screen that does not respond to the pad, or a spot where the focus goes somewhere strange, please post in the discussions or email us contact@leadbellygame.com. I read all of it and it goes straight onto the bugs list.Thanks for playing!RodrigoRead full article on Community Announcements (UncannyGamesDev)AnnouncementsOfficial
The Leadbelly demo is out now! Thank you long time wishlisters for waiting!
It's out!If you wishlisted or followed Leadbelly, you've been waiting a while for this one — thank you for sticking around. The demo is live, it's free, and you can play it right now.It's a slice, not the whole thing. The first level. Enough to get a feel for how a run actually plays.I've been making this for quite a while now, and every frame of it is drawn by hand — which is a long way of saying I genuinely don't know what it's like to play for the first time. So if you have thoughts, good or bad, the discussions are open and I'll be reading them. Bug reports especially welcome.Thanks for being here. The image below are some of first sketches I did years and years ago. RodrigoRead full article on Community Announcements (UncannyGamesDev)
