Ring of Pain is a hybrid production that combines the features of a dungeon crawler, roguelike and card games. The game is also distinguished by an unusual artistic style and atmosphere. The developer Simon Boxer in cooperation with Twice Different studio is responsible for its development. The publisher is Humble Bundle.

Ring of Pain takes place in a world distorted by the psyche of an unnamed main character. It is a place full of danger, fear and illusion. In exploring it, we are helped by a mysterious creature called the Owl, who tries to protect the protagonist from the impending curse. The key to finding a way out is knowing the characters’ past.

In Ring of Pain, the fun is about “exploring” a location composed of a randomly selected set of cards arranged in a circle (it is a bit like some card / board games known from the real world, such as Munchkin). The player has the ability to interact with individual tiles, causing specific effects.

Sometimes we find items that offer passive bonuses – the character we play has several fields that can be filled with cards, but we have to choose carefully, because each of them can only contain one (and some of them offer additional buffs if we use them simultaneously). While exploring, we can also come across an event or meet an enemy for whom the collected things will be useful.

The order of the cards in the circle also matters – the monsters present in the circle signal their plans, and the player can adjust his strategy based on this information.