Pluto arrives March 9. The Wizard is already late.
- Christopher Fries
- Feb 9
- 1 min read
A darkly comic roguelike deckbuilder about improvised spellcasting and poor time management.
Pluto, a darkly comic roguelike deckbuilder about a wizard trying to balance cursed dungeons and family obligations, will launch on Steam on March 9.
Created by two independent developers at Siege Wizard Interactive (with the help of a few friends), Pluto blends turn-based deckbuilding with a tactile spellcasting system built around overlapping gestures and improvised combinations. Instead of simply playing cards, players physically construct spells, turning every combat encounter into a small experiment that can go very right or very wrong.
Ahead of release, Pluto’s demo will receive an update on February 23. The game will also be featured as part of Steam Next Fest, offering new players a chance to step into its strange and hostile world before launch.
The original demo has already drawn a strong response. It currently holds a 99% positive rating on Steam with over 250 reviews. More than 20,000 players have tried the demo so far, spending an average of around one hour and twenty minutes per session.
Visually, Pluto leans hard into the macabre. Its dungeons and creatures are rendered in stark, hand-drawn detail by well known artist DitchWitch, giving the world a heavy, oppressive presence. That seriousness is constantly undercut by the wizard’s goal, which is not heroism or salvation, but making it to his niece’s birthday party on time.
It is a game where you can obliterate monsters with elaborate elemental spells, then immediately worry about whether you forgot to buy a present.
Pluto launches on March 9 on Steam for $17.99 USD, with a 20% launch discount available at release.
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