Curse of Resthaven

Available On

Steam

game overview

In this single-player narrative roguelite, govern a cursed island as you investigate your niece’s mysterious disappearance. Interrogate, trade, upgrade, and embark upon card-based expeditions to uncover dark secrets – before the next cataclysm strikes.

INVESTIGATE, MANAGE, ADAPT

Take command of the cursed island colony of Resthaven after your niece disappears on the eve of a catastrophe. You must govern the town, allocate resources wisely, and decide who… or what… to trust.

Trade and haggle with visiting merchants, upgrade businesses, and interrogate townsfolk who guard their secrets closely. Every decision will impact the colony’s prosperity and unlock new leads, opportunities, and risks.

UNCOVER ELDRITCH SECRETS

When interrogation and investigation alone aren’t enough, venture beyond the safety of Resthaven’s walls into the island’s wilds through branching card-driven expeditions. Build a deck of resource and companion cards to face unpredictable encounters and confront eldritch horrors.

Your deck reflects your strategy: who you bring, what you carry, and how you prepare shape how expeditions unfold.

LIVE AND DIE BY THE TIME LOOP

The cataclysm is just six days away. At the moment of destruction, the island’s fading guardian intervenes, sending you back to the moment of your arrival with all of your memories and experiences intact.

Each time loop carries forward hard-earned advantages. Invest in permanent skill upgrades, and accept temporary boons from the island’s goddess, each offering powerful benefits balanced by grave consequences.

UNRAVEL A LIVING MYSTERY

Every loop reveals new truths about Resthaven, the forces seeking to control the island’s power, and your niece’s true role in what’s unfolding. Interrogate over 25 fully voiced characters, each with their own motives, secrets, and shifting allegiances.

Multiple major narrative paths and randomized expeditions ensure that each playthrough exposes different pieces of the puzzle. Only by mastering the game’s systems and winning over the people of Resthaven can you hope to break the curse.

KEY FEATURES

■ A unique genre mashup: Curse of Resthaven combines investigation and interrogation with trading, town management, deck building, and roguelite elements.

■ Strategic resource management: upgrade the town’s businesses and trade with visiting merchants to restore prosperity to the colony.

■ The hand you’re dealt: build your deck of resource and companion cards to undertake expeditions beyond the town’s walls to retrace Amalia’s steps and go toe-to-toe with the island’s horrors.

■ Exploit the timeloop: invest in skill upgrades, and accept the goddess’s blessing (buff/debuff) to advantage your next run.

■ Eldritch horror meets gothic intrigue: Unravel a darkly woven tale inspired by mythology, history, and cosmic dread.

■ It takes a village: interrogate 25+ fully voiced NPCs, each with their own motives and agendas.

■ A metaphysical fork in the road: three main paths and randomly shuffled island expeditions mean that every playthrough will be different.

■ Relentless beauty and creeping dread: a hand-drawn, graphic novel art style that brings Resthaven’s dark fantasy world to life.