Wildfrost

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Wildfrost
Wildfrost cover.png
Title screen
Developers
  • Deadpan Games
  • Gaziter
Publisher Chucklefish
Programmer Will Lewis
Artist Asaf Gazit
Composer Paul Zimmermann
Engine Unity
Platforms
Release
  • Nintendo Switch, Windows
  • 12 April 2023
  • Android, iOS
  • 11 April 2024
  • Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
  • 10 December 2024
Genre Roguelike deck-building
Mode Single-player

Wildfrost is a 2023 roguelike deck-building game developed by Deadpan Games and Gaziter and published by Chucklefish. It was originally released for the Nintendo Switch and Windows and ported to Android, iOS, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in 2024.

Contents

Overview

Players take on the role of a randomly generated leader setting out from the city of Snowdwell to stop an endless winter called the Wildfrost. They collect artifacts and recruit fellow adventurers as companions to battle monsters in turn-based card battles. Allies and other cards must be deployed onto a six-slot play space, divided into two lanes mirroring six possible enemy slots, but can afterwards be moved to avoid or block damage from the enemies in a given lane. All characters attack at differing turn intervals. Ally cards are deployed with their own health and turn counters, while weapons and other artifacts can be played directly from the hand. Losing the leader's card in battle immediately ends a given run, however allies can survive a loss to be rescued and recruited by a following run.

Cards are depicted with a cartoonish artsyle and can have various colour-coded effects. [1] Leaders and companions are drawn from one of three different tribes; Snowdwellers, human survivors focusing on elemental magic and standard combat, Shademancers, black magic users focusing on necromancy or ritual sacrifice, and Clunkmasters, a race of Gnomes focusing on technology and automata.

Development

Wildfrost was developed by Deadpan Games and Gaziter and published by Chucklefish. It was released for Nintendo Switch and Windows on April 12, 2023, [2] and for Android and iOS on April 11, 2024. [3] It also released on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on December 10, 2024. [4] Wildfrost was developed using the Unity engine. [5]

Reception

Wildfrost received positive reviews on Metacritic. [19] PC Gamer wrote that the game had a "perfect balance of accessibility and strategic depth" and praised the art style, which it said gives it "buckets of personality". [1] Though Rock Paper Shotgun said luck sometimes seems to play too much of a role, they called it "a genuinely fun game, with charming details and rewarding tactical combat". [16] Siliconera said it "suffers from some balance issues", but they said it is "a game as beautiful, cruel, and cold as its sunless environment". [20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Valentine, Robin (March 31, 2023). "Wildfrost Review". PC Gamer . Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  2. ↑ Wales, Matt (March 30, 2023). "Caveblazers studio's card-battling roguelike Wildfrost out in April". Eurogamer . Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  3. ↑ Romano, Sal (March 26, 2024). "Wildfrost coming to iOS, Android on April 11". Gematsu. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  4. ↑ Husameddin, Genghis (December 4, 2024). "Roguelike Deck-builder Wildfrost Hits Game Pass 10th December". XboxEra. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  5. ↑ Pavey, Vince (June 27, 2023). "When We Made... Wildfrost". MCV/Develop . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Wildfrost - PC Critic Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Wildfrost - PC Critic Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Wildfrost - iOS (iPhone/iPad) Critic Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  9. ↑ Höger, Jonas (March 27, 2023). "Wildfrost (Taktik & Strategie) – Kartenspielhagel mit Sonnenschein-Optik und eisigem Schwierigkeitsgrad" [Wildfrost (Tactics & Strategy) – Card game hail with sunshine look and icy difficulty level]. 4Players (in German). Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  10. ↑ Dellosa, Catherine (April 16, 2024). "Wildfrost review - "A compelling roguelike deck-builder that'll make you want to volunteer as tribute"". Pocket Gamer . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  11. ↑ Alosi, Alessandro (April 22, 2023). "Wildfrost - Recensione" [Wildfrost - Review]. The Games Machine (Italy) (in Italian). Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  12. ↑ Madnani, Mikhail (April 15, 2024). "'Wildfrost' Mobile Review – Superb, but Not for Everyone". TouchArcade . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  13. ↑ Galvão, Bruno (April 19, 2024). "Wildfrost - vício com cartas e roguelike" [Wildfrost - card addiction and roguelike]. Eurogamer (Portugal) (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  14. ↑ Larsen, Claus (March 31, 2023). "Wildfrost". Gamereactor . Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  15. ↑ Cyck the Gentlegamer (April 18, 2023). "Wildfrost - Critique" [Wildfrost - Review]. IGN (FR) (in French). Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  16. 1 2 Cassidy, Ruth (March 30, 2023). "Wildfrost review: cute, compelling, and chaotic card battling". Rock Paper Shotgun . Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  17. ↑ Faierman, Leo (March 31, 2023). "Wildfrost Review: Deckbuilding in a Winder Wonderland". Screen Rant . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  18. ↑ Dumitrescu, Andrei (April 19, 2023). "Wildfrost Review (PC)". Softpedia . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Wildfrost". Metacritic . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  20. ↑ Liu, Stephanie (April 13, 2023). "Review: Wildfrost Promises Hours of Brutal Fun". Siliconera . Retrieved June 24, 2023.
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