Lucky Hunter
Released Nov 2024
Lucky Hunter is a deck-building auto battler Roguelike game. Your pieces are automatically played on the board, and players will focus on building unique decks and artifacts, making the best of the synergies between pieces to defeat increasingly powerful prey.
90% positive · 458 reviews
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Released, but still in active development
Medium confidence
Active Development
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Evaluation
Lucky Hunter launched on November 4, 2024 and has received consistent post-launch updates from solo developer 159 Studio. Three major content drops have shipped since launch: a Holiday update on December 23, 2024 (Christmas-themed pieces and community pieces), a Chinese New Year update on January 24, 2025 (festive pieces and a themed map), and a substantial update on June 27, 2025 that added five entirely new piece builds — Esoteric Cult, Han Chen, Alien Legion, Pirate Captain, and Mechanical Warrior — each with base and advanced pieces. Beyond these major updates, the developer has steadily shipped feature patches and bug fixes throughout the post-launch period. The gaps between major updates have ranged from roughly one month to about five months, establishing a pattern of ongoing content additions. As of today, September 24, 2026, the last major update was on June 27, 2025 — approximately 15 months ago. That is beyond the developer's established cadence of 2–6 months between major releases, and there has been no developer communication since June 27, 2025. However, the developer has not announced that development is complete or that no further content is planned. Given the silence has stretched significantly past the prior cadence, this bears watching, but the developer has made no statement signaling the end of development.
Evidence
Major update adding five new piece builds (Esoteric Cult, Han Chen, Alien Legion, Pirate Captain, Mechanical Warrior), each with base and advanced pieces, plus language support and performance fixes. This is the last known developer communication.
Chinese New Year update added festive pieces (Firecracker, Dancing Lion, Red Packet) and a themed map with new enemies, as a limited-time 20-day event.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
indienova
Achievements
46
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
After the catastrophe, the world became devastated, monsters roamed freely, crops could no longer grow. People had to rely on hunters to obtain the necessary water and food. It is said that all the disasters originated from a demon king. The legendary lucky hunter set out to hunt the demon king but never returned...
Under the old village chief's guidance, a young hunter, carrying chess pieces with magical power, set off on a hunting journey along the path once taken by the legendary hunter, bearing the hopes of the entire village. Become the lucky hunter who grows stronger with each battle, builds a unique deck, embarks on strange hunting journeys, and conquers powerful prey from forests, swamps, and volcanic regions to save this world on the brink of crisis!
As a lucky hunter who grows stronger with each battle, building a powerful deck, embarking on a unique journey of hunting, and conquering mighty prey from forest, swamp, desert, volcano and snow mountain.
Under the old village chief's guidance, a young hunter, carrying chess pieces with magical power, set off on a hunting journey along the path once taken by the legendary hunter, bearing the hopes of the entire village. Become the lucky hunter who grows stronger with each battle, builds a unique deck, embarks on strange hunting journeys, and conquers powerful prey from forests, swamps, and volcanic regions to save this world on the brink of crisis!
As a lucky hunter who grows stronger with each battle, building a powerful deck, embarking on a unique journey of hunting, and conquering mighty prey from forest, swamp, desert, volcano and snow mountain.
- Continuously make progress through procedurally generated hunting maps, carefully choosing routes to explore different nodes such as battles, shops, enchantments, events, and more.
- Your pieces are automatically played onto the battlefield, and players will focus on matching and building unique decks and artifacts, fully exploiting the synergies between pieces.
- When three same-level pieces are adjacent on the battlefield, they will automatically combine into a higher-level piece, forging an unbreakable force.
- Gain new pieces every turn in battles, building your own powerful deck from over 100 pieces and 100 artifacts.
- As battles last, the attack from the prey will become increasingly fierce. Eliminate opponents in time and strive to become stronger before death comes.
- Regardless of success or failure, each adventure yields experience and lessons. Improve base attributes through external growth, and purchase unique piece packs that introduce new mechanics.
- Hunting Journey: The standard mode includes four chapters, each ending with a challenging boss battle.
- Endless Adventure: Challenge increasingly powerful prey with an ever-changing deck. How far you can get?
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Last evaluated Sep 24, 2026
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