WARCANA

WARCANA

Released Aug 2024

WARCANA is a fantasy inspired base defence, RTS game with a deck-building mechanic. Face hundreds of thousands of unrelenting monsters in a battle royale between 30 other mighty magicians. Build your deck. Prepare your defences. Summon your armies. Survive the onslaught. Be the last one standing.

62% positive · 509 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

WARCANA launched on August 29, 2024 and received a series of post-launch patches through October 2024. Following launch, the developer shipped three feature/balance patches and a hotfix between September 3 and October 21, 2024, addressing player feedback on balancing, bugs, and adding small content items like new prebuild decks and a unit. All three DLC items (Cat DLC, Dog DLC, and the Original Soundtrack) were released on launch day itself and no additional DLC has been listed since. The last developer communication of any kind was the October 21, 2024 Patch 4 post, aside from a sale announcement on March 9, 2026. The sale post contains no indication of upcoming content — it simply promotes a discount. There has been no roadmap, no announcement of future DLC or expansions, and no developer statement about continued development plans. The post-launch update activity (four patches over roughly two months post-launch) followed a typical stabilisation pattern rather than an ongoing content cadence — there is only one tagged major content release (the launch itself), and no major content updates have shipped since. With no unreleased DLC, no announced future content, no sustained post-launch major content cadence, and developer communications having effectively ceased since October 21, 2024 (with only a sale notice in March 2026), the game appears to have launched as a complete product and completed its post-launch stabilisation phase by October 2024.
Evidence
WARCANA launched on Steam on August 29, 2024 as a full release with battle royale, horde mode, and single-player campaign content.
news post · Aug 29, 2024 source content shipped
high
Patch 4 released on October 21, 2024 — the last substantive developer update. Added a new unit, new prebuild decks, and extensive balance changes. No future content was announced.
news post · Oct 21, 2024 source ambiguous
medium

Content

3 of 3 released · no outstanding content
Released
Aug 2024
Released
Aug 2024

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Team17
Achievements
98
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP

About this game

WARCANA is a fantasy inspired real-time base defence strategy game with a unique deck-building mechanic. Take on the role of a mighty magician and face the challenge of surviving waves of unrelenting attacks whilst simultaneously summoning your own large armies. Lay waste to your rivals in either a battle-royale with up to 30 other players, or in a series of single player campaigns.

Build your deck. Prepare your defences. Summon your armies. Survive the onslaught. Will you be the last one standing?

All cards have their own tech trees, with abilities ranging from summoning buildings, units, or casting spells. More cards are unlocked from summoned economy buildings, so be sure to play your cards right and consider your tech tree route in order to have ferocious monsters, destructive spells and more at your command. Choose poorly however, and you'll be left vulnerable to being overrun with just the round timer to save your base.

Challenge yourself in a single player campaign featuring 30+ scenarios, or create your own using the in-game editor. The single player campaign makes it easy to learn the basics, understand how the devotions differ from one other and really hone the craft of a mighty mage.

Be the last one standing in a Battle Royale against up to 30 players, where at any given time each player faces off against two direct opponents. An additional Horde Mode has players race to get the highest kill score and in the Stream Sniper mode, players can experience epic social moments as part of an online community playing against streamers.

Summon hundreds of thousands of units to your army as a maelstrom of monsters simultaneously cause extensive destruction to your own defences. The different devotion and unit types add further considerations in breaking through to your opponent's bases.

Sow the seeds of mythical forces as a "Fay Caller", spread demonic dread as a champion of "Occultism", or unleash other cosmic horrors from the other selection of fantastical devotions. Each has their own unique devotion perk, gameplay mechanic and distinct theming. Selecting primary and secondary devotions for multicoloured decks adds further depth and variety to how the battles play out.

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Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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