THE HEXCRAFTER
Morwenna Blackthorn
The disgraced heir of the Blackthorn line. Her hexes rot and her familiar finishes what they start.
Vesper · an ash-black cat that hunts what Morwenna marks.
Hexes · Thorned · marks and pouncesRoguelike deckbuilder · Five witches, five familiars
The Root took the coven. Five witches climbed back out. Choose one, bring her familiar, and climb the Thorn Road: a cursed wood, a bridge of briars and a chapel lit by a thousand candles, with the Gardener waiting at the altar. Build a deck as you go. Every run is a new map.
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Five witches. Five familiars. One Root.
The story
The night remembers her own.
Something old woke under the coven's hill and put down roots. It took the chapel first, then the bridge, then the wood, and the sisters who tried to stop it became its gardeners. Five witches got out. Each of them lost someone to the briar. Each of them is going back in.
Coven of Thorns is a roguelike deckbuilder in the spirit of Slay the Spire, with one twist at its heart: you never climb alone. Your familiar is a second fighter with her own cards, her own turn and her own grudge, and the Root's children know exactly who to hunt first.
01 · CHOOSE
A witch and her familiar.
Five witches, each with her own starting deck, sigil and card pool, and a familiar who fights beside her with cards of his own.
02 · CLIMB
Nine floors, three acts.
The Cursed Wood, the Thorn Bridge and the Candle Chapel. Pick your path across a branching map of fights, elites, events, merchants, treasure and campfires.
03 · CUT
Reach the Gardener.
Every boss you cut raises your ascension and unlocks new cards. Then the Root grows back, and the next map is harder.
The coven
Five witches. Five ways to climb.
THE GATEKEEPER
Isolde Vey
The stoic guardian who held the gate when the coven fell. Her thorns are a wall; what pricks her feeds her.
Grimald · an armored toad older than the gate. Swallows thorns and asks for seconds.
Block · Briar Skin · punish attackers
THE SIREN
Seraphine Lull
The siren of the coven. She doesn't fight the Root's children; she makes them fight each other.
Nightingale · a bird of bone and black feather that sings in Seraphine's voice.
Charm · Fear · turn enemies on each other
THE PYROMANCER
Kezia Ashgrove
She burned her own grimoire rather than let the Root read it. She fights from memory, a page at a time.
Cinder · an ember fox. Burns brightest when it hurts.
Burn · exhaust · big swings
THE BEASTMISTRESS
Nyx Hollowell
Barely a caster; she doesn't need to be. Ursk does the arguing.
Ursk · a scarred bear that followed Nyx out of the Root once and will again.
Familiar-first · Power · maul
Two fighters, one bond
You never climb alone.
After your witch acts, your familiar draws his own small hand and spends his own energy. His cards are cheap, fast and mean: scratches, pounces, hisses and ambushes that set up or finish what the witch began. Charms and cards let the two feed each other, and the strongest builds make them inseparable.
The Root knows it. Hounds bred to hunt familiars go for him first. If he falls, the witch is wracked with Grief: more Power, but every card costs more. Keep him alive, or make the Root pay for taking him.
The Thorn Road
Three acts of thorns and candlelight.
ACT I
ACT II
ACT IIIWhat's in the run
Build the deck. Survive the map.
Five witches, five decksEach witch has her own card pool, starting sigil and familiar. Unlock more of her cards by cutting bosses.
Familiar turnsYour familiar draws and plays his own hand every round. Hunters target him first; Grief kicks in if he falls.
Branching mapCombat, elites, events, merchants, treasure and campfires across nine floors. You choose the path.
CharmsRelics that change the rules: Lover's Knot feeds your familiar energy, Wax Doll heals when he falls, and dozens more.
Enemy intentsSee what every enemy plans before you commit a card, and read their passives with a hover.
Events & cursesBargains in the dark. Some choices give; some leave Doubt in your deck.
Standard · Daily · CustomClimb your own map, race everyone on the day's seeded map, or share a seed with a friend.
AscensionEvery victory adds teeth: tougher roots, meaner elites, new cards to find.
Compendium & recordsEvery card, charm and creature you've met, plus your runs, wins and best times.
Controller & Steam DeckFull gamepad support with on-screen prompts, and text sized for the Deck.
The Root's children
The Gardener waits at the altar.
Thorn Wretches that were sisters once. Rotlings that come in threes. Cellar spiders nesting in a drowned chapel, bog nuns who still pray, and Root Hounds bred for one purpose: hunting familiars. Elites guard the way, and the Gardener, crowned in briar, tends the altar where the coven fell.
- The Lantern NunSweeps the whole party and armors up every turn.
- Brood HoundRuns with the pack. Mauls the beast first.
- Wax MatronCandle ghouls at her skirts, wax in your lungs.
- The GardenerThe boss of the Thorn Road. Cut her, and the Root grows back meaner.
Screenshots
Moonlight, candlelight and thorns.
Key art
The coven, gathered.
Release
Mark the moon.
FREE DEMOFebruary 2, 2027The Cursed Wood with two witches, on Steam. Progress carries into the full game.
LAUNCHFebruary 16, 2027Windows on Steam. Steam Deck ready. Launch discount for the first week.
Wishlisting is the best way to support Coven of Thorns. Steam will let you know the day the demo opens, and the day it launches. Developed and published by Revenant Machine.