Panflip Studio Teases New Stack Order Demo: Watch
The hand-animated deckbuilder, due in 2027, ties every duel to the order in which cards are placed.
Panflip Studio shared a new animation from Stack Order on Oct. 12 and said a new demo is coming "very soon." The current demo is free on Steam, and the full game is planned for 2027. Watch the trailer below.
The gameplay trailer for Stack Order, trimmed to the first 42 seconds; the full trailer, with sound, is on Steam. Video: Panflip Studio
Stack Order is a narrative roguelite deckbuilder built around one-on-one duels against bosses with their own attack patterns. According to its Steam page, the order in which cards are played decides the outcome: cards placed next to and above one another interact, trigger synergies and modify each other's abilities. Enemies announce their intentions ahead of time, which the studio says turns each turn into "a mini logic puzzle." Players can build an attack stack for the next turn while holding a defensive pile for the current one.
The game is split into chapters with several playable characters, each with their own story, cards and archetypes, and more than 100 cards in total. Its world is drawn and animated by hand. Panflip, a French studio, told 80 Level that it wanted the game to feel like a living graphic novel. The existing demo includes the stacking system, three hand-crafted bosses and the first playable protagonist.
For more reading, see When the crank turns, Ancient Loops collides its cards, The surprisingly British origins of the beautiful, handmade Lumino City, 80 Level on the game's graphic novel look and Stack Order on Steam.
Screenshots from Stack Order. Images: Panflip Studio
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