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A Game About Opening A Chest

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Open the Chest. Collect loot. Open the Chest. Fight a Dragon. Open the Chest. Stack explosive combos. Open the Chest!

A Game About Opening A Chest is unique mashup of incremental powerscaling, big-number roguelikes, and strategic inventory management.

Open a Chest of infinite loot, collect legendary items, and create game-breaking synergies in this unique incremental roguelike. Grow your fortune, use NPCs to your advantage, and survive the perils of the dungeon in this addictive game of luck, risk, and rewards. When in doubt, open more Chests!

Made by first-time developer Odd Raccoon and published by 2 Left Thumbs, the game will release in English,
French, German, Japanese, Portuguese-Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish, 

GENRE BENDING:
A Game About Opening A Chest is an incremental roguelike split into 3 separate Levels - each offering unique mechanics and challenges to overcome. Each level has an ever-rising gold requirement to meet, and you’ll need to experiment with different loot combinations to ensure you don’t come up short.

  • Level 1: Chest Dungeon – Find the best combo and maximize your gold output

  • Level 2: Astral Void – Manage your growing Madness before it consumes you

  • Level 3: King’s Hall – Upgrade, socket and temper your loot for insane bonuses
     

GAMEPLAY LOOP:

  • Open chests to acquire procedural loot
  • Create combos of loot Type and Class for BIG multipliers
  • Manipulate the dungeon NPCs for strategic bonuses
  • Mitigate threats to your loot and gold supplies
  • Adapt your synergies to meet the next goal in time!
RELEASE
Decklings releases on October 16th, 2026 (Right now!)
Its base price is $7.99 USD, with a 20% launch discount.
A public demo allows players to play the full 1st of the 3 Levels shared above.

Steam ► https://store.steampowered.com/app/4088850/A_Game_About_Opening_A_Chest/
Demo ► https://store.steampowered.com/app/4428940/A_Game_About_Opening_A_Chest_Demo/
Presskit ► https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1kLrPzDOFFSDH325YXd8txiAW7-6ATrrc

MEDIA CONTACT
Journalists or content creators of any kind interested in further information may contact Graeme from 2 Left Thumbs by emailing [email protected], along with their credentials and relevant platform links for verification.

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