In development · coming to iPhone

Tessera

A card duel that plays like a puzzle. Two heroes, five slots each and a row of colored Dots. Eight minutes, one thumb.

See how it plays
Tessera key art: four creatures from the four colors gather around a glowing card table
How it plays

Easy to read. Hard to put down.

Tessera takes the deckbuilding of the classic card games and the evolution lines you grew up with, then dresses them in the bright, tidy look of a great puzzle game.

I

Spend your Dots

Your mana is a row of colored Dots. Play one a turn, then link the ones you spend and watch them pop.

II

Evolve your creatures

Play a Basic, then grow it into a Stage 1 and a Stage 2. Each stage hits harder and gets a more expressive face.

III

Attack and block

Send your units at the enemy hero. Your opponent chooses blockers with a single tap. First hero to zero loses.

Evolution lines

From seed to bloom

Every deck is built around a line. Play the next card onto your creature and it grows, keeping every buff and scar it earned along the way.

Seed, a Basic Bloom unit
Basic
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Sprout, Stage 1, evolves from Seed
Stage 1
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Blossom, Stage 2, evolves from Sprout
Stage 2
Four colors, eight heroes

Pick two. Build your way.

Decks use up to two colors and one hero. Your hero is your life total and a once-a-turn power you can overcharge when it counts.

Ember

Fast and reckless. Burn, rush and big swings that end games early.

Cinder, Ember heroKestrel, Ember hero

Tide

Patient and slippery. Freeze, bounce and draw until the wave breaks.

Marin, Tide heroNeap, Tide hero

Bloom

Grow wide and grow tall. Extra Dots, healing and a board full of sprigs.

Sol, Bloom heroRowan, Bloom hero

Dusk

Every price is worth paying. Drain, sacrifice and bring back the fallen.

Vesper, Dusk heroMorrow, Dusk hero

Ash cards are colorless tools like search, draw and sturdy constructs that fit into any deck.

Hand-painted cards

Over 300 cards to collect

Every card has its own painting, from tiny embers to towering giants.

Lich Kraken Molten Colossus Ember Dot Grove Giant
The Tessera arena
Online play

Duel a friend, or anyone

Practice against the computer, then take your deck online.

  • Quick match pairs you with the next player waiting.
  • Host a room and share a four-letter code with a friend.
  • A clock on every decision keeps matches moving, and dropped connections pick up where you left off.
  • No accounts, no ads and no tracking.

Tessera is on its way

We're polishing cards and balancing decks right now. Want to know when it lands on the App Store?

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