Encounter: The Lost Cards
The unhinged roguelike
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
As fate would have it, you’ve stumbled upon this game. Might as well give it a try. Who knows what you might encounter… ayyy. Get it? Encounter is the name of the game. When I said, “who knows what you might encounter,” it was a play on words.
Encounter: The Lost Cards is a solo, turn-based roguelike where Tarot cards drive the journey. Each card represents an event—an enemy, a stranger, a blessing, a curse—and your run becomes a chain of choices that shape how far you make it.
There’s no traditional world map. Instead, you travel through a deck of encounters, learning how to read risks, build momentum, and survive whatever fate deals next.
Your adventure starts with a single crate. What’s inside? Something useful… or something that forces a painful tradeoff. Either way, you’ll meet oddballs, outlaws, and outright disasters—sometimes in the worst possible order.
A run is a sequence of cards. Every draw is a situation to solve: fight, bargain, gamble, retreat, or take a hit now to avoid something worse later.
Turn-based combat with action economy. Every move consumes energy or other resources. Winning isn’t about spamming attacks—it’s about timing, sequencing, and using your gear intelligently.
Adapt or die. The same card can be helpful early and lethal later on. Build your stats, equipment, and deck so you can turn bad draws into survivable outcomes.
Resource management is the real boss. Everything is limited: rare items break, inventory space is tight, and food runs out. Each pickup is a commitment—taking one thing usually means giving up another.
Managing resources is only the beginning; chaining actions together for strong combos is where the deeper strategy shows up.
If you like roguelikes, inventory management, a touch of deck-building, turn-based RPG combat, and nostalgic pixel graphics, you’ll feel right at home in Encounter.
- 250+ unique and powerful items
- 100+ adaptive encounters
- Inventory management
- Deck manipulation
- Action sequencing
- Deep, flexible builds
Encounter rewards patience, experimentation, and flexible planning. Fate will sometimes hit you with the worst possible timing—but if you learn the systems and make smart tradeoffs, you’ll start to feel the moment where “random” turns into something you can actually control.
It’s big-brain if you want it to be, but easy to pick up and play. Either way, your fate is in your hands… mostly.
- Design improvements for all four characters.
- New Utility stat which dictates maximum item repair.
- New Max Bank stat which enforces a maximum coin capacity.
- 4 new enemies added (Arthritis, Juice, Munch, Blasphemy).
- 3 new Boons (Decoy Shroom, Grinding Stone, Quality Control).
- 3 new Curses (Open Wound, Dead Weight, Deadly Poison).
- Special item slot extension view added.
- Increased login session length for fewer interruptions.
- Various bugfixes and performance improvements.
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Information
- Seller
- SALVATORE GROSSO
- Size
- 196.9 MB
- Category
- Roleplaying
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
16+
- 16+
- Frequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Guns or Other Weapons
Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Horror/Fear Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Sexual Content or Nudity
Contains
Loot Boxes
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Collector’s Favor $9.99
- Scrolls Mega Pack $3.99
- Scrolls Mini Pack $1.99
- Sage $4.99
- Sage Pack $14.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Encounter GG