The Lightning Struck Orphan (2025)
- Developer
- Blackthornprod
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Indie, Strategy
- Rating
- 3.5 of 5, 13 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 57 minutes
- Where to get it
- Steam
The catalog in 3D
The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A methodical and tense deckbuilding game where you must carefully place spell tiles on a board to survive a grim pilgrimage.
strategicpuzzle-likeatmosphericdarktensepunishingspatialmethodical
What players say
Players compare it to Slay the Spire with a tetris-like block placement system but say it feels shallow and unpolished. Many report bugs and note that development seems to have stopped.
Screenshots
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More by Blackthornprod Games
This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.