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Astralight: Pilgrim's Duel playtest
by ShootingStar
A fantasy card game where a deck-building roguelike meets a TCG. Draft a deck, explore branching dungeon maps, collect relics and defeat hero bosses, or build your collection and duel with a 30-card deck.
Anyone with a Steam account can join, and it's free.
- Access
- Instant
- On playtest since
- Oct 5, 2026
- Planned release
- 2026
- Developer
- ShootingStar
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Players
- Cross-platform, Multiplayer, Online PvP, PvP
- Languages
- English, French, German, Indonesian and 14 more
How to join the Astralight: Pilgrim's Duel playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Join playtest button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Use the Astralight: Pilgrim's Duel playtest signup there. You're in straight away, with nothing to pay.
- The playtest shows up in your Steam library, ready to install and play.
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How AI is used
This game made extensive use of generative AI during development. Most of the images in the game were created with the assistance of generative AI. Generative AI was also used for concept work, visual drafts, UI text, translation drafts, and promotional materials. All AI-assisted content was reviewed and edited by the developer before being included in the game. Generative AI is not used during gameplay to create real-time content or player-specific responses. This disclosure message was also written with the assistance of generative AI.
The developer's own words, from Steam.
About Astralight: Pilgrim's Duel
A Deck-Building Roguelike Meets the TCG
Astralight: Pilgrim's Duel is a fantasy card game where a deck-building roguelike adventure and a strategic trading card game share the same cards, heroes and battlefield. Draft a deck on the fly and dive into the dungeon, or build your collection and refine the perfect 30-card deck.
Roguelike Dungeon
- Pick a hero and start right away with the Basic Deck, or draft your own 12 cards one at a time.
- Three acts, each with a branching map. Choose your path through battles, elite fights, the Forge for relics, Mei's Curio Shop, camps and unknown places where anything can happen.
- Every act ends with a hero boss, and you can see who waits for you from the start.
- Win battles to earn gold and new cards, and grow a different deck every run.
Relics
- Equip a weapon, armor and accessory relic.
- Relics grant extra mana, more max HP, a bigger hand, more gold or shop discounts.
- Finding the same relic again upgrades it. At a camp, rest to recover HP or upgrade one relic (up to Lv3).
Mei's Curio Shop
- Buy cards and relics from Mei, the curio dealer.
- Pay to remove weak cards and keep your deck sharp.
Tactical Card Battles
Battles play out as charming pixel art inside a retro CRT screen, and with AUTO on, your deck fights on its own. Every fight is a turn-based duel. Draw cards, gain mana, summon units onto the battlefield, cast spells, set traps and unleash hero skills with dramatic cut-ins. Reduce the enemy hero's life to 0 to win.
Build Your Collection
- Every new account receives three starter decks: Fire, Water and Forest.
- Build 30-card decks with up to 4 copies of a card.
- Five card types: characters, structures, equipment, spells and traps.
- Every hero has a unique skill that shapes your strategy.
- Earn currency, cards and crafting materials from every match.
Key Features
- Deck-building roguelike dungeon with branching maps and hero bosses
- Relics with three upgrade levels
- Turn-based tactical card battles
- Collectible TCG deck building with five card types
- Unique heroes with skill cut-ins
From the game's Steam page.
