Holder of Place

Roguelike· Strategy· Auto Battler· Card Battler

Released Nov 2025

Holder of Place is a Roguelike Auto-Battler Card game. Recruit different follower cards, arrange them, watch them fight ever-stronger enemies. Along the way, unfold a dark science-fantasy tale of a ruined kingdom, meet strange characters, and visit exotic locations.

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $9.99

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Evaluation

Holder of Place launched on November 26, 2025 as a complete 1.0 release. Since then, the developer has maintained a consistent and active pattern of post-launch updates adding new content: - December 2025: Bug fixes and quality-of-life patches shortly after launch - February 2026: New hunts, trinkets, a new soundtrack, Fast Forward feature, and expanded burnishing mechanics - March 2026: New follower portraits, collector-exclusive followers, and bug fixes - June 2026: Relic of Founders with 10 new trinkets/relic modifiers and 4 new iridescent followers - August 29, 2026: New shaderot follower variants, a new 18-cost follower, and a new relic modifier — and the post explicitly states "There will be a part 2 VERY SOON" This establishes a clear, sustained pattern of meaningful content additions roughly every 1–3 months since launch, and the developer has directly signaled that more content is imminent (the second part of the September 2026 update). Anyone who enjoys the game can expect continued additions.

Evidence

September Update (part 1) adds new shaderot follower variants, a new 18-cost follower, and a new relic modifier. Post explicitly states 'There will be a part 2 VERY SOON!'

news post · Aug 29, 2026 source content planned

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June Update adds Relic of Founders with 10 associated trinkets/relic modifiers and 4 new iridescent followers

news post · Jun 12, 2026 source content shipped

high

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Details

Developer

Ardent Fields

Publisher

Alibi Games

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Auto Battler Roguelike Strategy Card Battler Atmospheric Dark Fantasy Indie Card Game 2D Sci-fi Space Futuristic PvE Lore-Rich Turn-Based Tactics

About this game

In a long dead kingdom, a young dragon has unleashed a primordial gloom that swallows anything it touches. Your quarry lies now in the heart of the kingdom; Can you endure the monsters that lurk and halt the spread of the dark?

Gather your companions. Hold tight your faith. Acquire new strengths and venture into the endless night.

Holder of Place is a roguelike auto-battler card game. Each run you are sent deeper into a strange and fading realm, where you alternate between intense combat encounters, strategic follower choices, and unpredictable event opportunities — all leading up to a final confrontation against the Dragon.

Along the way, you meet random casts of followers with unique traits, and must decide who to RECRUIT into your party. You ARRANGE them so that they open up different paths of synergies and strategies. You WATCH them fight waves after waves of increasingly difficult adversaries, beasts, past nemeses, and sometimes... even yourself.

Wanderer, roam through dreadful dreams, ancient battlefield ruins, arcane cult enclaves, and beyond. Unearth darker secrets — about your past life and lost love in the kingdom, and the true origins of the Dragon.