Gold and Graves

Gold and Graves

Released Sep 2025

Gold and Graves is a roguelike extraction game where you bribe enemies to recruit them as allies, escape the dungeon, and bring back cards, relics, and mercenaries to your village to accumulate resources. Strengthen your deck and forces with the resources you gather and challenge deeper dungeons.

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Evaluation

Gold and Graves launched on September 7, 2025 as a fully released game at $5.99. Since launch, the developer (Yoon) has maintained a consistent and active post-launch update cadence. Four major content updates have shipped post-launch: - September 28, 2025: Ascension Mode update, introducing a new difficulty tier, star-rank system for monsters, and numerous new relics. - December 6, 2025: Permanent Growth system update, adding a new in-run currency (Silver Coins), 6-star mercenary tier, and hero base abilities. - February 1, 2026: Black Mage class update, introducing an entirely new playable class with class-exclusive cards, new relics, and broader card balance improvements. - The April 6, 2026 feature patch added new command cards and Ascension difficulty levels 8–10. This establishes a cadence of roughly one major content drop every 2–3 months since launch, with smaller feature patches and balance updates filling the gaps in between. Today's date is October 8, 2026 — approximately 6 months since the last developer communication (April 6, 2026). That places the current silence right at the edge of the established cadence window (2–3 months between major drops, with a 6-month ceiling). The silence has not yet crossed into territory that would indicate the developer has gone quiet beyond their historical pattern, but it is approaching that threshold. The developer has made no statement indicating that updates are concluding, and no final update has been announced. Given the active content cadence maintained since launch and the absence of any completion signal, the game continues to show the pattern of a product receiving ongoing substantial updates.
Evidence
Major update shipping an entirely new Black Mage class, class-exclusive cards for all classes, new relics, and significant card balance improvements.
news post · Feb 1, 2026 source content shipped
high
Major update introducing the Permanent Growth system (Silver Coins currency), 6-star mercenary tier, and new hero base abilities. Developer noted two planned new classes were delayed and would arrive in a follow-up update.
news post · Dec 6, 2025 source content planned
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About this game

1. Bribe your enemies!

You no longer need to simply defeat your enemies!
Offer them gold and turn them to your side.

Wear down their health to break their fighting spirit, and eventually they’ll have no choice but to accept your offer!

2. Position your mercenaries on the battlefield!

Remember!

Your strategy can lead your entire team to victory—or total defeat.

3. Command your mercenaries to annihilate your foes

You can order your mercenaries whom to attack and where to move.

Under your command, your mercenaries will wipe out the enemy forces.

4. Combine cards, relics, and mercenaries to create the ultimate synergy.

Surviving the battle alone is not enough.

Manage your remaining gold wisely to earn more interest, and strengthen your deck and team even further.

The stronger your combinations of cards, relics, and mercenaries, the smoother your future expeditions will become.

5. Escape the dungeon and bring your recruited mercenaries with you!

You no longer need to Slay the Dungeon — Escape the Dungeon instead!

Preserve the mercenaries you’ve recruited, along with the cards and relics you’ve collected, and expand your resources even further.

This will help you prepare more thoroughly for your next dungeon run.

However, anything lost inside the dungeon cannot be recovered.

Choose the right moment to escape carefully.

6. Don’t linger too long in the dungeon.

Don’t test the dungeon’s patience.

The longer you stay, the higher the danger level grows—and the stronger the monsters you’ll face.

Choose your path carefully to avoid raising the danger level too much.

And escape before it’s too late!

Last evaluated Oct 8, 2026
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