Power Chord
Released Jan 2023
Power Chord is a rock'n roguelite deck-building game. Assemble Earth's mightiest musicians, battle your way through legions of demons, discover new cards to enhance your instruments of destruction, and take back the city, one dive bar at a time.
70% positive · 185 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Where to buy
Steam $19.99
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Evaluation
Power Chord launched on January 26, 2023 and received a series of post-launch updates over its first few months. The developer shipped three new playable characters as free additions: Hyde (February 2, 2023), Cleo Caliber (February 23, 2023 — included in build 1.0.5), Nix (March 16, 2023 — the Distorted Update), and Wither Obscuros (May 17, 2023 — build 1.0.7). These updates also included new gameplay systems (Chronal Distortion difficulty levels), balance passes, and quality-of-life improvements. The final update in the news record is a bug fix patch on June 1, 2023 (build 1.0.8), which fixed a minor issue with Wither's card unlock. There have been no developer communications of any kind since June 1, 2023 — now over three years ago. No future content was announced after the Wither release, no roadmap or season pass exists, and there are no unreleased DLC items listed on the store. The game appears to have launched, received a focused burst of post-launch content additions through its first few months, and then concluded development with the June 2023 bug fix. The pattern is consistent with a game that shipped its planned roster and content additions and then wrapped up.
Evidence
Update 1.0.7 introduced Wither Obscuros as a new playable character alongside Chronal Distortion difficulty updates — the final major content release
The Distorted Update (1.0.6) introduced Nix as a new playable character and the Chronal Distortion difficulty system
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Big Blue Bubble
Achievements
38
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Power Chord is a rock'n roguelite deck-building time-resetting battle against the demon gangs of Helmoth.
Assemble Earth's mightiest musicians, each with their own unique cards and gear, to fight your way through the hordes and destroy the only guitar powerful enough to reopen the scratch between worlds.
Choose from a diverse cast of kick-ass characters to assemble your band, with each member having their own unique set of cards and playstyles. Combo your different band members’ cards to unleash devastating attacks and shred your opponents.
Be careful though because if a band member falls in battle you’ll lose them and access to their cards in future battles until you revive them at a pit stop.
Discover new cards as you bar brawl stage-to-stage, unlocking new strategies to take down demons and strengthening your instruments of destruction. Choose your way through a branching path filled with battles, merchants, random encounters, and valuable rest locations to heal and revive fallen characters.
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Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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