Goblin Card RPG: Tower Trials
A dark-fantasy roguelike deckbuilder for iOS and Android, made by one developer. Everything here is free to use in coverage of the game.
Fact sheet
| Developer | Yevhen Melnychenko, solo developer (Ukraine) |
| Status | Out now on iOS and Android |
| Price | Free to play. One ad after each floor cleared or on death; a one-time $1.99 purchase removes ads forever. No energy timers, no loot boxes, no second currency. |
| Genre | Roguelike deckbuilder / card RPG, dark fantasy, pixel art |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Ukrainian, Traditional Chinese |
| By the numbers | 100 floors · 6 difficulty tiers · 140+ enemies · 5 archetypes · 20 story chapters · 118 cards |
| Engine | Godot |
| Press contact | yevhenms@icloud.com |
Short description
Play as Nibs, a goblin scavenger climbing a 100-floor dwarven tower. Rebuild your deck every run from five archetypes, Miner, Tinker, Brewer, Runes and Wall, and survive permadeath runs, relics, potions and a boss on every floor.
About the game
Tower Trials is a dark-fantasy roguelike deckbuilder for phones, built alone by one developer. You climb a hundred-floor dwarven tower as Nibs, a goblin scavenger chasing something at the summit that promises to change what he is. Each run you build a new deck from five archetypes that play like different games: Miner hits hard and heavy, Tinker sets up bombs and gadgets, Brewer stacks poison and potions, Runes channels magic, and Wall turns Block and Thorns into a weapon.
The tower branches like a real roguelike map, with fights, elites, shops, dice battles and a boss every floor, across six difficulty tiers and twenty story chapters. It is free to play: one ad after each floor or on death, a one-time $1.99 purchase that removes ads forever, and no energy timers, loot boxes or second currency.
Features
- Five archetypes that each change how you play, plus hybrid builds
- 100 floors with a branching map, elites, shops and dice battles
- 140+ enemies, a boss every floor, six difficulty tiers
- 20 story chapters, one every five floors
- 118 cards plus relics and potions to collect
- Fully localized in six languages
- Fair monetization: free, one optional purchase to remove ads
Coming next
The biggest update since launch is in development: Endless Tower, a new mode with no summit, plus ten new cards, ten new relics and a refreshed look. Read the announcement.
Trailer
Localized trailers: English · Français · Italiano · Deutsch · Українська · 繁體中文. Gameplay clips: Inside the Tower.
Screenshots
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Developer
Yevhen Melnychenko builds Tower Trials alone, from design and code to the store launch. Read the story: Building a 100-Floor Tower Alone. For interviews, keys or questions: yevhenms@icloud.com.