Crown Control

Factsheet

Description

One liner

A tactical RPG roguelike deckbuilder with 21 playable heroes, playable solo or in online co-op up to 4 players.

Short description

Crown Control is a tactical roguelike deckbuilder playable solo or in online co-op up to 4 players. Choose one of 21 heroes, level up your class, and play cards to attack, defend, heal, summon allies, place traps, and reshape the terrain in turn based isometric battles, on the road to overthrowing a tyrant king.

Long description

A tyrant king sits on the throne, his generals rule the outer regions, and every road beyond the Breach promises danger, power, and another step closer to the Crown.

Every turn in Crown Control is built around cards, positioning, and party roles. Battles play out on an isometric grid where range matters, chokepoints matter, and even the biggest enemies can occupy multiple cells. Cards come in 8 types: Attacks, Skills, Summons, Powers, Traps, Terrain, Afflictions, and Curses. Summons place fully playable units on the battlefield with their own cards and passives, Traps stay hidden until they trigger, and Terrain reshapes part or all of the battlefield.

Each run unfolds across 5 chapters of 5 acts, each act ending with an Epic rank monster and each chapter with a regional boss. Encounters react to each hero's two alignments, morality and order, and when a choice affects the whole group in co-op, the party votes. Between runs, the Breach serves as home base for equipment, quests, class progression, and long term unlocks across the full roster of 21 heroes.

The game is fully balanced for 1 to 4 heroes, from a lone sword wielder to a full party layering tanks, healers, summons, and battlefield control.

History

Crown Control is developed by Melioarc, a solo developer based in France. The project set out to answer a simple question: what would a run based deckbuilder feel like if its battles had the positioning depth of a classic tactics RPG, and if the whole adventure could be shared online with up to three friends.

The result combines two traditions rarely brought together at this scale by a single developer: the card driven runs of roguelike deckbuilders and the isometric grid combat of tactical RPGs, with 21 classes, around 50 unique personal cards per hero, and full online co-op designed in from the start rather than added on.

Crown Control is planned for release on Steam in Q4 2026, preceded by a co-op demo. Demo saves will be retro compatible, so players in the full game can continue the progression they reached in the demo.

Features

• Play solo or in online co-op up to 4 players, balanced for every party size
• 21 playable heroes, each with around 50 unique personal cards, unique relics, a Hero Ability, specialization paths, and battle changing Ultimates
• 8 card types: Attacks, Skills, Summons, Powers, Traps, Terrain, Afflictions, and Curses
• Turn based isometric combat where range, chokepoints, and multi cell enemies shape every decision
• 5 chapters of 5 acts, with an Epic rank monster ending each act and a regional boss ending each chapter
• 50+ enemy types with distinct behaviors, ranges, afflictions, and battlefield roles
• Alignment driven encounters: each hero carries a morality and an order alignment that shift outcomes, with group decisions resolved by vote in co-op
• Around 100 colorless cards, 50 neutral relics, potions, equipment, and branching maps filled with quests, merchants, elites, and secrets
• The Breach, a persistent home base with class progression, crafting, quests, achievements, and long term unlocks

Videos

B-roll gameplay clips for video coverage, 1080p60, free to edit and monetize: download the b-roll folder

Images

All screenshots and key art in native resolution, free to use in coverage. Download all images from the press kit folder

Logo and icons

Download the logo pack, transparent backgrounds included: Crown Control logo, Melioarc logo, game icon.

Press permissions: free to use

All assets in this press kit are free to use for your coverage: trailer, video clips, gifs, screenshots, key art, logos, and anything else in the folder, along with anything from our public pages (Steam, YouTube, social posts). Publish, edit, crop, quote, and embed freely, no permission needed. If anything is missing for your coverage, get in touch.

Content creator permissions: free to monetize

You are welcome to publish and monetize videos of Crown Control on YouTube, Twitch, and any other platform: reviews, previews, playthroughs, full walkthroughs, and live streams, at any length, no permission needed. All assets in this press kit and anything from our public pages can be used in any form of your content: videos, thumbnails, shorts, and community posts. If you need anything, get in touch.

About Melioarc and contact

Melioarc is a solo developer studio based in France. Crown Control is its debut title.

Press inquiries: contact@melioarc.com.