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William Bang, Jan-Marc Heckman · Published by Critical Giants
Last updated 6 Oct 2026
Black Horizon: Armada is a digital deck-building card game set in an original sci-fi universe, where your goal is to build the strongest armada.
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Command fleets of ships in Black Horizon: Armada, a deck-building card game where you craft the strongest military force to conquer space.
About this game
Black Horizon: Armada is a digital deck-building strategy game set in an original sci-fi universe. There is no pre-game deck building—strategy emerges entirely during battle. Every decision matters, forcing you to adapt, improvise, and outthink your opponent in real time.
Each match takes place across three randomly selected planets, each acting as a strategic lane. Planets have unique effects and offer exclusive cards that can only be acquired while fighting there, forcing players to rethink positioning, timing, and resource management every game.
Cards are discovered through play. As you encounter new ships, stations, and actions, they are permanently unlocked in your Gallery, growing your collection and revealing new synergies and strategies over time.
Your deck is constructed dynamically during each match, shaped by the planets in play and the cards you choose to pursue. Every decision matters, and no two decks—or matches—are ever the same.
Random planet selection, planet-specific rules, exclusive card pools, and dynamic deck building combine to create trillions of possible matchups. Planet synergies can dramatically change how the game plays, delivering endless strategic depth and replayability.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 950
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Graphical features + Bug Fixes!
Patch Notes: Visual Overhaul & Bug FixesWe’re back with another update focusing on visual depth, game stability, and crucial backend improvements to help us squash bugs faster. Here is what’s new in the latest patch:Visual Upgrades & AtmosphereGlow Effects: Added new dynamic glow effects to key in-game elements and card interactions to make the board feel more alive.Atmospheric Perspectives: Implemented depth-based atmospheric rendering. Background elements now recede naturally into the distance, giving the battlefield a much greater sense of scale and immersion.Background Asset Polish: Added a variety of new general assets and details to the game backgrounds to enrich the overall environment.Bug FixesPrivileged Destruction: Fixed a major bug affecting the "Privileged Destruction" mechanic/card to ensure it now triggers and resolves exactly as intended.Tutorial Fixes: Resolved an issue in the tutorial that could cause progression to stall, ensuring a smoother onboarding experience for new players.General Bug Fixes: Standard sweep of minor technical glitches, UI alignment issues, and rare crashes to improve overall game stability.Feedback Form UpgradeEnhanced Diagnostics: To help us diagnose and fix technical issues much faster, the in-game feedback form has been upgraded. When you submit a report, the form will now automatically attach a command log and the current game state for our team to analyze.Note: As a reminder from our last update, these forms route to our public Discord. This added data is strictly technical and anonymous, helping us see exactly what went wrong under the hood without attaching your personal accounts.Read full article on Community Announcements (wlb)AnnouncementsOfficial
Lots of updates! Feedback Form, Visual Upgrades and more!
Armada - Version 0.1.2.5Feedback Form We’ve introduced a brand-new, highly requested feedback form! This addition also gives us a chance to chat a bit about how we handle your suggestions in general.The form is built directly into the game and features several categories to help guide your input. If you aren't sure which one to choose, simply select "Feedback." When submitting, you’ll also need to include an emoji—we aren't 100% sure if this is the absolute best method yet, but we’re testing it out to see if it helps us better categorize and prioritize our attention.Feedback CategoriesFeedback: General thoughts, whether positive or negative.Balance: Specifically for suggestions regarding card stats, mechanics, and game balance.Bug: For reporting technical issues (we think we all know what these look like!).Accessibility: Feedback on how it feels to interact with the game visually, audibly, or through inputs. If something is difficult to see, hear, or control, please let us know!Where to ShareWhile we collect feedback from every source we can find, we would prefer for it to go through our Discord. Centralizing everything there helps us aggregate data more efficiently and allows the community to see and support each other's ideas.We will still keep an eye on the Steam forums, but Discord remains our primary hub. Because of this, the in-game form sends your feedback directly to a public Discord channel. Please be aware that when you submit, your message will be visible to others. Don’t worry, though—the form uses a separate bot to handle the delivery, so it isn’t linked to your personal Discord account.Visual UpgradesWe have implemented several visual tweaks to improve clarity:Animated Borders: Added new animations to card borders to clearly indicate which cards can be activated and which cannot.Improved Drop Zones: Visualization for play areas has been enhanced; drop zones are now larger and more responsive, making it easier to play your cards exactly where you want t...Read full article on Community Announcements (wlb)AnnouncementsOfficial
Singleplayer Campaign & Massive Graphics overhaul! 0.1.24c is out now!
Armada 0.1.24c is now out! We have some amazing new features to share! - Massive graphics overhaul! The game now has lighting! And new graphics to span the galaxy! We gave the whole game a fresh coat of paint, specifically lighting, that helps bring the game closer to our vision! - A new singleplayer campaign! We have added a new "adaptive"-roguelike campaign to Armada, this is truly a different type of roguelike experience, where you have to fight through star systems, but each time you can only bring a limited supply of forces with you to the next battle! It is still early days, but try it out for yourself right now in the free Demo! - And Lots of Bug FIxes! The Armada TeamRead full article on Community Announcements (wlb)AnnouncementsOfficial
Join the Armada Public Playtest on Feb 6th-8th!
From the 6th to 8th of Februrary, we will host our first public playtest of our game Armada right here on Steam! Anyone can join, just hit "Join the Playtest!" The playtest is multiplayer only, so you can just hit "Matchmaking" in the main menu, to find an opponent. You can also hit "Custom Game" and setup a game for you and a friend, your choice! The game features a tutorial to take you through the basics, so we reccomend trying that out, otherwise just have at it online! See you there!Read full article on Community Announcements (wlb)
