This Indie Deckbuilder Looks Like a Living Graphic Novel

Check out this roguelite deckbuilding game titled Stack Order with a rich and detailed narrative from a French indie team, Panflip Studio.

The developers shared that their goal was to make the game feel like a living graphic novel, and the result speaks for itself. The game looks like pages of a high-quality graphic novel brought to life; the effect was achieved through hand-crafted animation.

Stack Order features battles that are similar to tactical puzzles, where you need to react to your rival's plan with a suitable response with your cards. The game moves away from standard card play, introducing a stacking system where the order of placed cards determines the outcome. The combinations matter: cards placed next to and above each other interact, trigger synergies, and modify abilities.

The system supports chain reactions, allowing players to inflict a weakening blow before a strong attack to multiply damage output. It also rewards planning: players can set up an attack stack for the next turn while preparing a defensive pile for the current one.

The roguelite features a playable demo, in which you can try the game's core stacking and synergy mechanics, battle three hand-crafted bosses with unique patterns, experiment with different card modifiers and archetypes with the first playable protagonist, and catch a glimpse of the graphic novel-inspired world.

On X/Twitter, Panflip Studio has been sharing updates on the project, showing gameplay clips, an overview of the game's bosses, UI, and more:

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