The Institute has been proclaimed an enemy of the state. Its research confiscated, institutions sacked, and agents assassinated. But it is also resourceful, given time it has recovered from worse.

A pity the apocalypse won’t be waiting.

You are the Director’s personal bodyguard. A deadly sorcerer with a brain so melted by cosmic forces that only a cursed helmet can keep it from leaking out. You haven’t done field work in the better part of a century, but a senior researcher in the sea town of Brein has convinced the Institute to send whoever they can.

Slaughter hordes of enemies in fast paced twin-stick shooter combat! Pull spells from your deck and exploit enemy weakness to generate enough energy to keep up the pace!

• Cancel enemy attacks by interrupting them with their own elements!

• Overload your foes with arcane energies, then detonate them to produce wildly powerful explosions!

• Discard unwanted spells to heal.

• Equip new spells to pull in nearby powerups.

Discard All Hope is easy to pick up and play, but offers plenty of mechanics to master.

Collect hundreds of different spells across 5 elemental types. Blast enemies at range with projectiles, cut through monsters with melee, summon eldritch familiars or protect yourself with defensive wards. Upgrade your favorites and find rare variants with random modifiers and even greater power. 

Your spells double as stats too! Health, dash cooldown, magic regeneration, "ammo" reserves, and more can be improved just by holding them in your active deck… but be careful. The more magic of a given element you equip, the more susceptible you become to it. Insight into the unknown is a double-edged sword after all.

Scour every inch of the besieged sea town, Brein. Explore abandoned farms, once-bustling streets, dark woods, subterranean crypts, and much more. Discover the dark secrets hiding in the depths of this once unassuming place.

And when you are finished, delve into an endless labyrinth of ever-changing rooms in the ancient ruins lying deep under the earth!