Deckline

Deckline

Released May 2025

One bunker. One table. One last game of Durak while the shelling gets closer. Deckline is an atmospheric war horror card game about what soldiers do when there is nothing left to do.

85% positive · 350 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

Deckline launched on May 7, 2025 as a card game built around one hand of Durak in a bunker under fire. The developer's hotfix post of May 8, 2025 said multiplayer requests had been noted and that a multiplayer mode would only be pursued if the game's performance made it viable; no commitment or timeline has followed. On September 22, 2026 the developer shipped a major update that adds Passing Durak, a new Veteran opponent alongside the Recruit and Soldier difficulties with revised scoring, an explorable room with 17 inspectable objects, a radio with eight transmissions, a records log, an in-game rulebook, Turkish language support, and many fixes. The original Classic Durak mode remains available. The post calls this 'the update' and does not announce any further content, so the game appears to be complete as of September 22, 2026.
Evidence
Major update adds Passing Durak, a Veteran difficulty with revised scoring across all three opponent levels, an explorable room with records and a radio, an in-game rulebook, Turkish language support, and many fixes; the post calls it 'the update' and announces no further content
news post · Sep 22, 2026 source content shipped
high
Hotfix post says multiplayer requests have been received and the team will assess whether a multiplayer mode is viable given game performance; no commitment or timeline was given
news post · May 8, 2025 source ambiguous
low

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Room Games
Achievements
27
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Your commanders have abandoned you at this position. You ran out of ammunition days ago. Nobody is coming. Your squad sits down at the table and plays Durak, just like old times.

Have you ever played Durak?

Durak is Russia’s most popular card game. There is no winner. There is only one loser.

Attack, defend, and outsmart your opponents as you try to get rid of all the cards in your hand. The last player still holding cards becomes the Durak, which means the fool.

Nobody at the table will let that player forget it.

Rules

  • A deck of 36 cards. Each player starts with six cards. One suit is trump.

  • The attacker plays a card. The defender beats it with a higher card of the same suit, or with any trump.

  • Defend successfully and you become the attacker. Fail and you must pick up the cards.

  • Get rid of all your cards and you are safe. The last player still holding cards is the Durak.

  • It takes two minutes to learn. The game teaches you the rest as you play.

Features

  • A real game of Durak. Full rules, no simplified version, and an opponent who plays to win.

  • Four walls and a card table. What is happening outside never appears on screen. You only hear it, and you keep playing.

  • The shelling gets closer. Something strikes the building above you. The table shakes and the cards slide. You pick them up and keep playing.

  • When the power goes out, you light the kerosene lamp yourself. It is on the table for a reason

  • Are your hands shaking? The pills next to the deck will help, but only for a while.

  • A global leaderboard and scoring system make every hand matter.

  • The setting recreates Eastern Europe in the 1990s and is inspired by firsthand accounts from people who lived through that time.

Last evaluated Oct 9, 2026
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