Nowhere Prophet

Roguelike· Card Game· Deckbuilding· Turn-Based

Released Jul 2019

Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.

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Steam Updated 9 Oct 2026 $24.99

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Evaluation

Nowhere Prophet launched on July 19, 2019 and has received ongoing updates from the solo developer (Martin at Sharkbomb Studios) ever since. Post-launch content milestones include the Breaker & Stalker class update (March 18, 2020), a Draft mode feature patch (July 5, 2021), and most recently a mobile release on iOS and Android (March 4, 2026) that prompted a new difficulty level ("Destined") to be ported back to the Steam version. The developer is actively communicating with the community and has signaled continued work on the Steam version. A March 9, 2026 post announced a community design challenge to collaboratively create a new playable prophet class called "The Hammer" — a crossover character inspired by Crownbreakers, the developer's next game. As of May 31, 2026, the challenge was still described as ongoing, with the developer explicitly expressing intent to add the new class to the game pending community contributions. The developer is simultaneously working on Crownbreakers, their next title, but has made clear that Nowhere Prophet is still receiving attention — the Destined difficulty update was in public beta as of late March 2026, and the community challenge for the new class remained active through the end of May 2026. The December 2025 development retrospective framed Nowhere Prophet as a completed creative work being used as a learning experience for Crownbreakers, but the subsequent 2026 posts demonstrate the game is still being actively updated. The only DLC listed is the original soundtrack and art book, which released on launch day and is already available. No unreleased DLC is listed on the store.

Evidence

Developer confirms the community design challenge for a new crossover prophet class is still ongoing and reiterates intent to add the character to the game if enough good ideas are gathered.

news post · May 31, 2026 source content planned

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Developer announces a community challenge to design a new playable class ('The Hammer') for Nowhere Prophet, based on the protagonist of their upcoming game Crownbreakers. Also announces a new 'Destined' difficulty level coming to the Steam version.

news post · Mar 9, 2026 source content planned

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Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Released

Nowhere Prophet Original Soundtrack + The Art and Design of Nowhere Prophet Book

Jul 2019

Media

Details

Developer

Sharkbomb Studios

Publisher

No More Robots

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Platform

Windows, macOS, Linux

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player

Roguelike Deckbuilding Card Game Turn-Based Post-apocalyptic Card Battler Turn-Based Strategy Tactical RPG Tabletop Trading Card Game Board Game RPG Strategy RPG Strategy Cyberpunk

About this game

Build a loyal band of followers and survive the journey across a broken world. Barely.

Take on the role of a powerful leader and mystic. Empowered with the gifts of technopathy, the ability to sense and affect electrical currents.

You are the last hope to a band of outcastes and refugees. Lead them across the randomly generated wastelands. Pick fights with greedy slavers and crazy machines using the turn-based card combat. Can you survive long enough to reach the mysterious Crypt?

These features make Nowhere Prophet stand out

Card-based tactical combat system
New procedurally generated maps each game
Find loot and recruit followers to build your deck
Unlock new content across multiple playthroughs
More than 300 cards for you to discover
Indian infused electronica soundtrack

A roguelike deck-building game

Nowhere Prophet is a single player card game with procedurally generated maps, a high difficulty and permadeath. At it's heart are two distinct parts of gameplay: Travel and combat.

TRAVEL

During travel you navigate across a procedurally generated map. Make sure your convoy has enough resources to travel as you pick your route. On your journey you will encounter strange places and even stranger people. You will be thrust into situations that put the fate of your followers in your hands.

If you're lucky enough to gain some rewards, maybe for helping someone - or robbing them, then you can invest those to improve your decks. Recruit more followers to have more and different units to put into battle. Equip your prophet or level up and learn new skills to have access to stronger action cards in combat.

COMBAT

You will have to overcome some enemies to keep your convoy and resources together. And sometimes you may even want to pick a fight for righteousness or just for loot. Once in battle the game changes to the turn-based card game mode.

Play convoy cards to put your followers onto the field and position them so you can overcome your enemy. Or play action cards to dramatically change the battlefield. But be careful: If you're wounded you will have to find a safe place to heal. And if one of your followers takes too many wounds, they are lost forever.

A science-fiction post-apocalypse

Nowhere Prophet is set on a far off planet called Soma. Your story begins many years after the Crash, a complete technological collapse. Civilization has broken down and the lack of resources made everyone turn either bandit or madman.

In this world inspired by Indian culture you lead a convoy of outcastes. These desperate men and woman following your vision of a better future. Under your guidance they travel with you through the wastelands. Your goal is the Crypt, a mystical place that promises untainted technology and safety.

If you can survive long enough to find it.