India, May 14 -- Just A Shadow Game is now playable through a Steam playtest, giving players an early look at a dark fantasy deckbuilder where rituals, monsters, spell cards, and game development horror all collide. Vietnam-based IndieLab announced that the playtest began on May 13, 2026, and will run until May 25, 2026. The game is published by Soft Source Publishing and mixes roguelike runs with ritual building, spell casting, and monster summoning.

The hook is not just the card combat. Just A Shadow Game also plays with the stress and weirdness of game development itself. Players are pulled into a meta-narrative where a sinister entity called Shadow keeps turning up the pressure. Think less cozy dev diary, more cursed project folder....