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Drawing Dead

Form poker hands from your own soul to shoot your way out of Purgatory.

Designer
Ryan Seifert
Published by
Best With 1 Games

A solo dungeon crawl built on poker: you died in a saloon game, and now you form poker hands from a soul-forged deck to blast your way through three gates of Purgatory.

Poker hands activate abilitiesManipulate the shared riverThree gates, three bosses

Who it's for

Solo players who want a compact card crawl with character upgrades and a strong western horror hook.

Not for you if…

You want a game to play with others, or dislike card draws deciding how a fight goes.

Vibe's take

Grim and moreish – the poker hands make every draw a small hope, and the boss you barely survive is exactly why you reset the deck immediately.

#9,112 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2026 Β· this year

newer than 95% of games

In 543 collections

collected more than 22% of games

1 players Β· ages 14+

Best with 1

30–45 min

shorter than 51% of games Β· typical 30–90 min

Complexity: medium

One warm-up round Β· 2.0 out of 5 Β· lighter than 53%

Play style: competitive Β· solo too

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