The deckbuilder of deckbuilders. Traveling performers compete for the king's patronage in a fantasy renaissance world.
Coming Q3 2026The entire challenge IS deckbuilding. Every turn, you're crafting your deck. Pure strategy, pure deckbuilding.
You're traveling performers competing for the king's patronage in an alternative history of theater and spectacle.
Genre tags: Casual, Deckbuilding, Strategy, Roguelike. Easy to pick up, rewarding to master.

Forget building a deck over an hour—in Fame or Folly, you build it every minute.
Every turn is a casting call: draft new cards from a rotating shop, trigger their effects, and fire the ones you don't need. You are constantly managing your roster size and card quality. It is a game of rapid adaptation where you must pivot your build instantly based on what the shop offers. Draft smart, fire often, and don't get attached to your cards.

Welcome to a vibrant, alternative-history Renaissance empire where conflicts are no longer settled on the battlefield, but on the stage.
Established by the Emperor to maintain peace, the Grand Festival is the heartbeat of the realm. In this world, applause is currency, silence is death, and a well-timed chord strikes harder than a claymore. You start in the mud of village squares, leading a ragtag caravan, but your eyes are set on the marble floors of the Royal Court.

To survive the critics and the cutthroat economy of prestige, you must master the synergy between five distinct classes. It is a delicate balancing act of TroupeCraft:
Combine these performers with over 100 Banners—rare artifacts that fundamentally change the rules of your run—to create explosive, screen-shaking combos.

The stakes are absolute. The winner of the Grand Festival is granted a single, binding Request from the King. It is a prize that Kings covet and Nobles scheme for, and they need a champion to claim it.
You are playing for Patronage. Every village you impress and every Noble you dazzle brings you one step closer to the capital. But be warned: push the crowd too hard with "Folly" and you'll be booed off the stage. Only the boldest plays will secure the Fame necessary to stand before the King.

With pixel-perfect art and deep strategic variety, Fame or Folly is designed for infinite replayability.
The Kingdom is listening. Will your strategy earn fame, or end in folly?
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
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