Novus Orbis has officially left Early Access. 2 Left Thumbs and Seizo Games announced today that their combo-based roguelike deckbuilder has hit version 1.0 on PC, and it arrives with one of the strongest report cards in the genre: a 95% positive rating on Steam. It is available now on Steam for $19.99, with a 40% launch discount bringing it to about $11.99.
The hook is the loop itself. Novus Orbis traps you in a space-time loop, and every run is a chance to break it. The game is built around combo-based card interactions: cards are designed to chain together, and the right sequence can turn a modest hand into something devastating. The Countdown system adds a layer of planning most deckbuilders do not offer — enemies telegraph their intent mid-turn, so you can see what is coming and plan around it rather than reacting after the fact. Synergistic decks, Blessings that modify your runs, and a stable of pets round out a system that rewards experimentation as much as it rewards a good draw.
The 1.0 launch also widens the audience considerably. The game now supports Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish (LATAM) alongside English, German and Italian, which should help a game that already found its audience in Early Access reach plenty of new players.
How much game is in Novus Orbis 1.0?
A lot, by the numbers. There are 3 playable characters, 330+ unique cards with 9 Mark upgrade options, 119 Blessings, 10 Pets, 38 enemies, 17 mini-bosses and 20 bosses. Runs take place across 2 Paths covering 8 distinct levels, and even the starting level, the Lands, has 4 alternates, so no two climbs play out the same way. It is the kind of volume that makes “one more run” a genuine threat to your evening, and it is a big part of why the game has held a 95% positive rating through Early Access: players keep finding new combinations to try.
The systems feed into each other. Blessings twist the rules of a run, pets add another layer to every fight, and the Mark upgrades let you reshape individual cards as a run develops, so two runs with the same character can still feel completely different. That is the design philosophy behind the combo system: the game wants you to discover synergies, not just execute a fixed plan, and the Countdown system keeps that discovery honest by showing you what the enemy intends before it happens.
That rating is the number that matters most here. Plenty of deckbuilders launch to a warm reception and fade; holding 95% positive through an Early Access period means the core loop survived contact with thousands of players and kept them coming back. At $19.99, and about $11.99 with the launch discount, it is also a low barrier for a deckbuilder with this much content — the kind of price that makes it easy to take a chance on a new name in the genre.
If your deckbuilding habit is already well established, this is familiar territory — and if you want more card-based games on your radar, Matt Mercer Is Your Boss From Hell — Mr Magpie’s Harmless Card Game Hits Game Pass Day One in Early 2027 is one to watch. For roguelike fans more broadly, 9 Kings Is OUT of Early Access — And It’s Playable on PC Game Pass Right Now, while Alice Is Trapped in a Killing Game — CRYMELIGHT’s Twisted Wonderland Is Out Now on PS5 and Switch 2 took the genre in a very different direction earlier this month.
Watch the Novus Orbis 1.0 launch trailer
The launch trailer is embedded below.
Novus Orbis is out now on PC via Steam. You can read the full 1.0 announcement on GamesPress.
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