Dallas, Texas, July 24th, 2025 | Barbaric Games is thrilled to announce that their debut title, Bearly Brave, will be coming soon to Steam. A public demo will also be available soon. With a backdrop of stunning hand-drawn 2D animation, step into this charmingly deceptive toy shop that comes alive at night. As teddy bears take the stage, they engage in duels in hopes of earning a higher spot on the shelves, increasing their likelihood of finding a forever home..
A Heartwarming Roguelike Deckbuilder (with a Touch of Violence)
Pulling inspiration from other beloved roguelike deckbuilders, including Balatro and Slay the Spire, Bearly Brave presents a cuddly twist to the genre. Players will meet Toby, a hopeful Teddy Bear, and help him as he climbs the ranks of the toyshop. Face off against 14 memorable bosses, including Chef Chomper, Chuckles the Clown, and more. Bearly Brave sets you up with a starter deck with 10 cards and allows you to pair your own deadly card combinations, creating synergies in your deck to deal amplified damage. Featuring fast runs, permanent death, and countless synergies, Bearly Brave offers high replayability for everyone.
Combo-based Card Play
Build your decks around a single heavy hitter, or build long chains to stack damage. Players will play one combo per round, paying close attention to card energy costs and their total energy limit. Select from weapon or spell-based cards and use three with the same brand to gain a bonus synergy effect like boosted damage, extra energy, a single instance of block, or additional buttons. Carefully reorder your cards for a stronger combo, balancing brands, card actions, and patch modifiers, and discard cards in search of that last missing piece to complete your combo. Each boss features unique designs and mechanics, with distinct modifiers that can increase their attacks or add undesirable items to your inventory and affect your playstyle. So watch out and adapt your strategies carefully. Once you’re ready, sit back and watch as your cards pop off against your enemies in explosive turns.
Endless combinations, items, and more
As you progress, unlock new cards and upgrades that create fresh synergies for future runs. Between battles, visit Grimble’s Toy Shop to trade buttons from defeated enemies for weapons, patches, and candies. These items can be combined to snowball into massive one-shot damage numbers. After every 3 battles, select from three special items, including basic upgrades like increased energy or health, or shop to purchase upgrades like increased rare items or free refreshes, or playstyle defining upgrades. Purchase patches during your run to stitch onto your bear, granting modifiers such as permanently increasing your damage multiplier, increased weapon hits, and more. Players seeking to deal unimaginable damage can play Endless Mode, which allows them to push damage and combo counts into absurd territories.
Those excited for Bearly Brave will soon be able to take advantage of an exclusive demo opportunity ahead of the game’s official launch. Play the first 12 stages of the tournament, get a feel for synergy combo cardplay mechanics, and begin creating your own strategies in Bearly Brave’s opening boss stages.
Full Gameplay Features:
- Inspired by fan favorites: Balatro and Slay the Spire with similar mechanics and progression
- Striking hand drawn art and visuals featuring stitched teddy bears, ornate weapons, and atmospheric toy-store backdrops, which delivers a cute-yet-macabre style
- Hundreds of build options with 50-plus Skill Cards, more than 50 Weapon Cards, over 100 patches, and 20+ consumable candies, and 15 special trophy awards
- 15 Difficulty Levels and 10 Starting Decks to test your skills and fresh synergies every run
- Endless Mode to deal damage beyond your imagination
About
Barbaric Games is a South American indie studio passionate about crafting casual strategy games that are easy to jump into yet packed with depth. While headquartered in the U.S., our heart and spirit remain firmly rooted in Latin America, with a team of dedicated gamers from Peru, Argentina, Colombia, and beyond. After years of developing mobile games, we’re now focused on creating the kind of engaging, strategically rich games that we, and our fellow gamers love to play.
