Permanently burn your cards and your soul in Burn With Me, out now on PC via Steam
Nozomu Games and publisher Inner Pocket announced that Burn With Me, a story-centric “deck-burner” about the occult, personal obsession, and the things people are willing to sacrifice, is available now on PC via Steam.
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Set within the mysterious Arcane University, Burn With Me follows a group of students through six increasingly unsettling rituals led by their intensely passionate professor.
Each pupil grapples with fears and flaws that feel all too human, as they take part in a series of rituals, each culminating in the summoning of a Personal Demon and forcing a reckoning with the darkest side of their desires. Professional voice actors Alec Shea (Enderal: The Shards of Order), Sarah Nightingale (Dead by Daylight), and Diana Garnet (OPUS: Prism Peak) bring the inhabitants of the Arcane University to life.
Each chapter introduces new cards, synergies, mechanics, and surprises, continually reshaping the deckbuilder formula in new ways. Familiar genre concepts are toyed with, introducing fresh twists that keep each ritual feeling different from the last.
Completing a ritual adds a new card, but not necessarily for keeps. As challenges grow tougher, players draw more often from their deck, with each draw permanently burning a random card from their hand. Every new addition could become the next sacrifice, posing the brutal question: What are you willing to part with?
Burn With Me’s slowburn narrative features a folklore-inspired structure, with gameplay twists and uneasy story moments creating a sense of cozy dread that only builds as you progress through each chapter.
Hand-drawn artwork and the surreal hand that gestures throughout each ritual (based on the devs’ own hand recordings) only ups the atmospheric ante. This also includes a cursed bestiary containing all 90 creatures, as well as 90 secret, unlockable artworks from 44 invited artists.
Burn With Me key features:
Strategically burn cards in your deck to unleash powerful abilities
Explore six handcrafted chapters with unique mechanics, cards, bosses, and stories
Uncover a dark narrative about obsession, sacrifice, and forbidden rituals
Experience risk-versus-reward gameplay where every card burned could mean salvation or disaster
Experience a beautifully hand-drawn world steeped in occult mysteries, jazz, psychological horror, and an atmosphere of cosy dread
Meet memorable characters, each wrestling with unique desires, fears, and personal demons