ISTAKA

Tile duels

ISTAKA is a roguelite deckbuilder for PC built around Okey-style tile matching and head-to-head duels. You play melds to damage a masked opponent across the table, while their melds damage you. Connect consecutive numbers of the same color, match equal numbers in different colors, or play pairs. There’s no opening score requirement, so you can use the combinations in your hand and play multiple melds in one turn to build a combo multiplier.

You choose whether to play for immediate damage or hold tiles for a larger turn. Waiting gives the opponent more chances to act. Emptying your hand deals all the damage you inflicted during that hand once again.