Slay the Spire

A clever deckbuilding roguelike hybrid with terrific card design. Each of the three characters has a card set that you collect, one by one, as you defeat enemies on your quest up the spire. I love zapping everyone with the robotic Defect character, and I love stacking strength on the close-combat Ironclad to deal stupid damage to bosses. SlaytheSpire was on the cusp of a full release at the time of writing, but I’ve been playing it all year, and it’s already brilliant.