THE DECK IS THE STATION

Fifty-four cards between you and the last airlock — and the twelve royals running the station want you dead. You've got two hands, fifty points of armor, and whatever the deck deals you. Almost nobody makes it out. Make them count.

LOADED ACES is a single-sitting, neon-soaked card crawler: part solitaire, part arcade shooter, all push-your-luck. Every run is a fresh shuffle. Every choice is permanent.

HOW TO PLAY

You'll work it out. But if you insist:

  • Three cards face you each room. Purge exactly two — the third follows you into the next room.
  • Aces & Jokers are guns. Drag one to a hand to grab it. Aces only fire their own suit cleanly; the Joker is wild and fires anything.
  • Number cards are ammo. Drag onto a gun to load it. Fire a matched suit and the gun survives to fire again. Mismatch it and the gun's gone after one shot.
  • Royals must be put down. Drag a royal onto a loaded gun to FIRE, drag your gun hand onto the royal to THROW the whole gun at them (hits harder, loses the gun), or drag them onto anything else to PUNCH — and eat the full hit. Whatever your attack doesn't cover comes out of your armor. Kings hit for 20.
  • Reload smart. A bigger card of the same suit can replace the round in your gun.
  • Discarding is for the well-armed. You can only ditch a card when both hands hold loaded guns — and if a royal is watching, you'll pay the coward's tax.
  • LOADED ACES. Hold two loaded, non-mismatched guns at once and — once per run — the game hands you a bonus: armor back, a golden glow, and your next kill is a DOUBLE FIRE that spends no ammo. You'll hear it when it happens.

EVERY RUN IS SCORED

  • ⏱ Built-in run timer
  • 🏆 Daily leaderboard — three letters, your kills, your armor, your time
  • 🎵 Procedural 16-bit battle music that picks up speed as the bodies drop
  • 🎉 Win with more health, get more confetti. That's just science.

NO DOWNLOADS, NO ACCOUNTS

Runs in the browser, on desktop or phone. Everything — art, sound, music — is generated in-browser. Headphones recommended.

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