Steam News14 May 20261mo ago

Introducing the FATE & WHIMSY Update!

Hello Cultists! You may have spotted some teasers we've been dropping on our social media throughout this week. May 18th will be our first content update for DEATHMARK.

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changed3 New Whimsical Item CardsBefore we launched DEATHMARK, we're talking a few months ago, we had the idea for a card type called "Whimsical". Whimsical cards are cards that are silly ideas, some don't impact gameplay at all, while some others really do impact gameplay. With our first content update, we're launching the first 3 Whimsical item cards out of hopefully many others to come!

addedSelf-CenteredThis card serves no gameplay advantage other than making things funnier. As the icon suggests, it makes your target's head huge for one turn. This one was planned ahead of launch, but we decided to hold off on it until our first content update to add other whimsical cards alongside it. It was also inspired by a certain potion from another game... IYKYK.

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changedBefore we launched DEATHMARK, we're talking a few months ago, we had the idea for a card type called "Whimsical". Whimsical cards are cards that are silly ideas, some don't impact gameplay at all, while some others really do impact gameplay. With our first content update, we're launching the first 3 Whimsical item cards out of hopefully many others to come!

addedThis card serves no gameplay advantage other than making things funnier. As the icon suggests, it makes your target's head huge for one turn. This one was planned ahead of launch, but we decided to hold off on it until our first content update to add other whimsical cards alongside it. It was also inspired by a certain potion from another game... IYKYK.

Hello Cultists!

May 18th will be our first content update for DEATHMARK. And with that, this blog is here to help you prepare for the arrival of the new content ahead of time.

New Role: Psychic

Joining the ranks of the Corrupted is the Psychic, our first new post-launch role! The Psychic's kit revolves around creating chaos while supporting their team. Their kit consists of 2 displacing Ability Cards and a fast-charging Sigil.

Mesmerize

(Ability Card, Randomized)

When coming up with what the Psychic's kit should involve, a main theme that kept coming up was "Sabotage and Convert". Mesmerize is the sabotage part. When used, your target will have their targets randomized. This card runs before any other cards in the game, even Binds of Oguatho.

Sigil Drain

(Ability Card, Converter)

If the theme of the Psychic was "Sabotage and Convert", then that means this card is the convert part. Sigil Drain lets you target 2 players instead of one. You steal 20% Sigil Charge from your first target and give that 20% charge to your second target. It's the ideal card to support your Corrupted teammates and get them to a full sigil charge faster.

New Sigil: Sigil of Fate

Fate is one of the core pillars of Creation. And its Sigil sets in motion the future of The In-Between by granting all players 2 random Ability Cards in the entire game, even from roles not in the current game.

The Sigil of Fate is also a fast-charging Sigil, meaning it's easier to obtain in the earlier parts of a match.

3 New Whimsical Item Cards

Before we launched DEATHMARK, we're talking a few months ago, we had the idea for a card type called "Whimsical". Whimsical cards are cards that are silly ideas, some don't impact gameplay at all, while some others really do impact gameplay. With our first content update, we're launching the first 3 Whimsical item cards out of hopefully many others to come!

Self-Centered

(Epic, Whimsical)

This card serves no gameplay advantage other than making things funnier. As the icon suggests, it makes your target's head huge for one turn. This one was planned ahead of launch, but we decided to hold off on it until our first content update to add other whimsical cards alongside it. It was also inspired by a certain potion from another game... IYKYK.

Root Beer

(Legendary, Whimsical/Randomized)

At long last, DEATHMARK has Root Beer! This heavily-requested card is making it into the game sooner than later. As for what it does? Well, it uses a random card (and it can be ANY card in the entire game) on your target. You can even target yourself if you like risky plays!

Just hope it doesn't turn into Amulet of Oguatho like it did while we were testing...

Time Bomb

(Unique, Whimsical/Kill/Randomized)

I know you're probably looking at this and going "what in the world is a Unique rarity card?" Unique rarity cards are cards that can only be drawn once in the entire match. Meaning once a player draws it, no one else can for the rest of the match. Time Bomb is the first item card of this rarity, with Democratic Ritual already being the first ability card to be like this.

Time Bomb starts inactive for whoever draws the card. Keeping it in your hand in this form poses no threat to your life. However, once used on a player, that player is then given the Time Bomb card and it becomes active. Once active, a random number of turns between 1 and 4 is selected and hidden from all players. If you find yourself receiving the bomb and it doesn't explode, you can either pass it to another player right away, or be risky and hold onto it until you think it's about to explode.

We're not responsible for any self-explosions if you find yourself holding onto an active bomb for too long. :')

The Psychic, along with the 3 new Item Cards are launching on May 18th at 8 PM PST. Fate awaits...

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Steam News / 14 May 2026

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