Indies' Lies (PC) Steam Key

If you've spent time with Slay the Spire or Monster Train, Indies' Lies will feel like familiar territory within seconds - turn-based card combat, energy-gated hand management, and enemy intentions telegraphed above their heads so you can plan your next move. What Fun Square Games adds on top of that foundation is worth paying attention to. Instead of the usual static item upgrades, your character progression each run runs through a randomized Talent tree called Talents, unlocked with Sparks earned from boss kills, events, or the shop. It is a small but meaningful shift that keeps build decisions feeling fresh run to run rather than just picking the same reliable relics every time. The roster offers 12 playable characters spread across classes including Wizards, Rangers, and Mechanists, each with their own unique card pool and starting stats. The real twist is the partner system: after clearing each boss, you pick one of three randomly offered heroes to join your party as support, bringing their own cards and mechanics into your deck. Positioning your partners on the formation grid actually matters, since their skills interact differently depending on where they stand. Over 700 cards can be combined with attachable Runes to power them up, and a procedurally generated Talent tree of 160 nodes means no two runs play out identically. You can also swap cards out rather than just adding to your deck, which keeps bloat in check and rewards active curation. The game earns its "Mostly Positive" Steam reception honestly. The art style is a stylized cartoon-adjacent take on dark fantasy steampunk that gives the world of Mekaa genuine character, and each hero has an unlockable illustrated story arc you piece together by completing in-run objectives - like playing 10 cards in a single turn - which gives completionists a real reason to cycle through the whole roster. Twenty scalable difficulty modifiers extend the lifespan considerably once you've cleared the standard runs, though reaching those higher modifiers takes a solid grind. The rough edges are real, though. New players can find the sheer density of card keywords and rune interactions genuinely confusing - the game inconsistently displays keyword definitions, and a few tutorial pop-ups have a habit of firing at the wrong time. Minor animation bugs when recruiting party members were noted across multiple reviewers, and some story mode paths have run into progression-blocking bugs. The base difficulty also sits on the accessible end of the genre spectrum, which means veterans chasing a hard challenge have to earn their way to the higher modifiers first. None of these issues break the experience, but they add friction early on that patient players will push past. Indies' Lies is worth the attention of anyone who has already cleared Slay the Spire a dozen times and wants a variant that leans harder into team composition and build control. It is also a reasonable entry point for players newer to the genre, since the lower base difficulty and clear tutorials (when they fire correctly) ease the learning curve. The world is more interesting than it first appears, and the per-character story unlocks give you an actual reason to experiment with different builds rather than defaulting to one favourite hero.

Alex · Scout Team

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