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One Life, One Chronicle playtest
by Tibsal Works
A narrative-driven deckbuilding strategy game. Deeds, ties, skills, and scars shape what follows. Rebuild your deck before each clash; enemy moves lie open. Rumors entangle lives; clashes decide life and death. At life's end, all is written into one chronicle. One run, one life, one chronicle.
Anyone with a Steam account can join, and it's free.
- Access
- Instant
- On playtest since
- Sep 5, 2026
- Planned release
- To be announced
- Developer
- Tibsal Works
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
How to join the One Life, One Chronicle playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Join playtest button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
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About One Life, One Chronicle
Whose Life Will This Chronicle Tell?
Give them a name, choose their origin, and decide where their talents lie. No one can excel at everything; every strength comes with a trade-off. The strengths and weaknesses set at the beginning will matter throughout the life ahead. In times of trouble, a strength may tip the odds in your favor. When conflict turns into battle, a weakness can become a very real liability.
The Past Will Have Its Say
Not everything in a life ends when the moment passes. A favor earned in youth may matter again years later, somewhere far removed from where it began. A problem left behind may wait until the worst possible moment to return. Once something becomes part of the past, it can continue to reshape everything that follows.
Prepare for the Fight Ahead
The skills learned and possessions gathered along the way eventually become the tools that keep a person alive. Before each battle, the loadout can be rebuilt to suit the situation at hand. An opponent's intentions are not entirely hidden, either. Read what is coming, decide when to press forward or hold back, and turn each fight into a problem that can be understood—and planned around.
Only at Life's End Is the Chronicle Complete
Wherever this life goes, the scroll records the journey. The events along the way, and the outcomes they leave behind, are written down stroke by stroke. Only when the life truly reaches its end do those scattered moments finally come together as a complete chronicle. What remains is not a simple victory or defeat screen, but the story of how this person lived—and how they came to this end.
Game Features
- Freely allocate attributes at the start of each life, defining strengths and weaknesses that affect both narrative and combat.
- Different choices lead to different situations, and their consequences can echo far into the future.
- Rebuild your loadout before every battle and adapt your strategy to the opponent ahead.
- You and your enemies play by the same card system. After every victory, choose one of your opponent's techniques to learn.
- Completing a chronicle advances persistent progression, unlocking new choices and possibilities for future lives.
From the game's Steam page.
