Brisbane, Australia - May 8, 2025 | Brisbane-based studios Spitfire Interactive and Defiant Development have announced Hordes of Fate : A Hand of Fate Adventure, a survivor-like spin-off of the critically acclaimed Hand of Fate series (which has sold over a million copies worldwide). The game is set to launch on PC via Steam in 2025, with a playable demo available starting May 15.
Hordes of Fate : A Hand of Fate Adventure has players return to the world of Hand of Fate in a deck-building meets auto-shooter. Draw cards and carve through hordes of lethal monsters. Unlock new heroes, upgrades and encounters, and stack your hand against the Dealer’s fiendish challenge decks.
This new title brings the franchise’s signature “cards come to life” deckbuilding into a fast-paced roguelike autoshooter, complete with a deep progression system. Players unlock new equipment, encounters, blessings, and powerful enchantments by discovering and completing encounter cards dealt into each stage. Fight through hordes of fiendish monsters and survive long enough to confront the powerful bosses in each of the game's challenges.
"We're honored to be returning to the world of Hand of Fate and to finally be able to share the demo with all of the fans - new and old," Spiritfire Interactive team member Cade shared, "The demo gives an early glimpse at what Hordes of Fate has to offer and includes an early challenge, and our first playable hero. And for those who defeat the boss, a second, harder difficulty is available. The full game, releasing later in the year, will expand with more challenges, boss variety, playable heroes, enemy types and locations, equipment, encounters and quests all wrapped in a deeper progression system with more tokens to unlock. We're so excited to see people play and appreciate the Hand of Fate series in a whole new way!"
Hordes of Fate : A Hand of Fate Adventure is launching on PC (via Steam) in 2025, with a demo on Steam available on May 15. More updates will be shared leading up to launch on the Spiritfire Interactive X account and their website.
Hordes of Fate : A Hand of Fate Adventure is supported by the Queensland Government through Screen Queensland’s Games Grants.
About Hordes of Fate : A Hand of Fate Adventure
Return to the world of Hand of Fate! Deckbuilding meets auto-shooter in this new title from the original creative team. Draw your cards and carve your way through hordes of lethal monsters. Unlock new heroes, upgrades and encounters, and stack your hand against the Dealer’s fiendish challenge decks.
Build your deck, bring it to life, and hope to survive in this bullet heaven auto shooter. Choose your hero, your weapons and encounter cards, and embark on a series of escalating challenges against hordes of foes to help restore the Dealer’s dominion over his court, one card at a time.
Stack Your Deck
Hand of Fate set the standard for deckbuilding roguelikes in 2016, and now we're allowing you to build your own autoshooter. Text encounters and quests drawn from your deck allow you to unlock Tokens and earn new cards to expand the possibilities and grow your power for each subsequent run.
Discover hidden encounter outcomes and earn powerful weapon enchantments that transform your equipment, branching their power in new directions and creating unique builds and playstyles, keeping each run fresh and unique based on the cards dealt and the choices you make.
Dark Fantasy Bullet Heaven
Defeat minions, upgrade your equipment, and delve ever deeper into the world of Hand of Fate. Collect and assemble a devastating array of weapons and enchantments, and unleash hell upon wave after wave of fearsome monsters in fast and frenetic combat.
Heroes Call
Unlock a collection of heroes from the Hand of Fate universe, each with their own auto-shooting weapon and perk cards that add to the deckbuilding possibilities of each run.
Each hero comes armed with a unique activatable weapon card that can turn the tide of battle when the course of combat and shapes their unique playstyle.
Hand of Fate Reimagined
Uncover new and reimagined encounters and equipment, visit new locations and play as familiar heroes from across the Hand of Fate universe, all from a top-down auto-shooter perspective.
Fight hordes of Hand of Fate enemies and monsters on a scale never like never before.
About Spiritfire Interactive
Spitfire Interactive is a small, independent developer based in sunny Brisbane, Australia, comprised of key creatives behind the Hand of Fate franchise. They're focused on creating high-quality, original titles with a small, talented team.
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