Faerie Solitaire Dire

Subsoap · Puppygames

Released: Sep 7, 2020
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 05:00 GMT

Updates & announcements

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12 Nov 2025Developer post
Faerie Solitaire Dire Version 0.9.2c
0.9.2c Bug Fixes Bug fix for missing goal data Bug fix for some data being applied to deck count was out of order Bug fix for wild added by Starlight Prism breaking graphics Linux Should work on linux now 0.9.2b Bug Fixes Bug fix for save files Bug fix for some objects not deleti
0.9.2c
Bug Fixes
Bug fix for missing goal data
Bug fix for some data being applied to deck count was out of order
Bug fix for wild added by Starlight Prism breaking graphics
Linux
Should work on linux now
0.9.2b
Bug Fixes
Bug fix for save files
Bug fix for some objects not deleting correctly
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10 Nov 2025Developer post
Faerie Solitaire Dire Version 0.9.2
Before getting into the patch notes I want to apologize to our fans that this update took so long to come out. Without my brother helping with the art and story I had set the game aside to work on Big Klondike, Faerie Solitaire Remastered: Lost Legends and FaeVerse Alchemy. Big K
Before getting into the patch notes I want to apologize to our fans that this update took so long to come out. Without my brother helping with the art and story I had set the game aside to work on Big Klondike, Faerie Solitaire Remastered: Lost Legends and FaeVerse Alchemy.
Big Klondike was the first small game I worked on while my brother was sick. Then I didn't touch it again for a few years then added some cheap $2 DLC to it to help us out more financially. Off and on I worked on FSR:LL over the course of like 6 years. And sometime earlier this year I decided to fully finish FVA. I actually started remaking FVA within FSD! There is a prototype that's playable and hidden in the game right now. It might be used as a mini game in the future.
My main point here is I was working on other projects to keep myself busy in the hopes my brother would be able to return to help finish FSD. But unfortunately he's decided for health reasons to step away from working on Subsoap projects. But that wont stop me from finishing it on my own.
With FSR:LL completed I'm able to shift all my focus over to FSD. Currently I'd say FSD is about half complete right now. There are a lot more locations and another mode I want to add for better replay-ability. The story will possibly need to be re-written as I wasn't involved in the original writing as much as I should've been, I have an idea where my brother wanted to take the story but we'll see. And of course a final pass on art.
On the topic of art, normally I didn't want to push out an update without mostly "finalized art" but instead I'm going to just work with very rough placeholder art when needed. So expect to see very poorly drawn art that will be replaced in the future.
I don't have a set schedule for updates. I'd rather not rush out updates. But I will be in the forums or you can join our Subsoap Discord server to ask questions or share feedback.
https://discord.com/invite/ZQ72Jqu

And with that here's the patch notes for Update 0.9.2:
Re-implemented our Visual Novel style story telling
Story only goes up to chapter 16
After chapter 16 there is a placeholder dialog
Story is incomplete and might be completely re-written
This will take priority in a future update
Character art is all placeholder and very rough
Only first few chapters have character art added
Achievements
Added back the previous 5 unobtainable achievements
Will we be adding more achievements in the future? Yes.
Updated Main menu to include Nexus
Nexus will be built up over time with various buildings, currently it'll only house a method to access the temporary adventure/quickplay select screen
This zone will be a hub to access most of the non-adventure related content with vendors that can use the dire tokens and pure gold
Updated the Artifact Screen
Left clicking on an equipped artifact it will now just select it
Right clicking on an equipped artifact will auto unequip it
Selected artifact will now display an icon to indicate if the artifact is passive or an ability
Added help overlay, when the overlay is open clicking on [Wishing] will display wishing help overlay
Added Main Story reset button, an [!] will indicate that artifacts have been changed
Added Artifact loadout slot feature
You can purchase up to 12 loadout slots for dire tokens
You can rename loadouts to better help organize what they're for
Missing particles and sound effects when interacting with the loadout system
You can access the loadout system from the temporary adventure/quickplay select screen
Added 2 new Artifacts
In the future I want to add ways to find artifact fragments other than the wishing system
I have a lot of ideas for even more artifacts in the future
Updated Equipped artifact screen when playing
Added ability to deactivate any artifact for the rest of the location
Deactivated artifacts if still equipped will be automatically re-enabled upon a new location or location restart
Added Sanhe Shop
Items unlock based on the shop level
Levels are gained based on pure spent
Lucky Loom grants randoms boons
Feedback on costs and progression is much appreciated
Placeholder assets used
Some pfx and sfx are missing
Updated the adventure loop to 50 locations
450 hands in total
Lots of new special cards w/ placeholder assets
Placeholder backgrounds in use
When completing an adventure loop it will just automatically reset to location 1
Balance pass on Locations
Rose Forest #1
Pearl Barrens #2
Tumble Hills #3
Viridian Groves #4
Dragon's Yew #8
Wealding Temple #11
Updated egg drop rate
Now matches the drop rate of our other games
Updated Pet screen alert icon
Easier to differentiate between ready to be activated or evolved
Re-Enabled Difficulty Options (Calamity)
Added location based goals (level objectives)
Adjusted Relaxed luck from -3 to 0
Adjusted Normal luck from 0 to 1
Luck can't drop blow 0 anymore
Added Level Objectives
These will be goals required to pass a location and/or hand
Difficulty is based on Calamity level
Green text is location based
Red text is hand based
More might be added in the future and others might be adjusted
Added Level Restrictions
These will add an extra level of difficulty
These are indicated by the blue text
Their checkbox has a blue star next to them
Updated End of Level screen
Added Level Objectives information
Added Level Restriction information
Added Location Stats
Updated particle system
Just under the hood update to keep things tidy
Updated pure gold gain by 50%
Average max potential of pure before was around 4,000 to 5,000 with high combos
New max potential is closer to 8,000 to 9,000 before buffs
Special Card Visual Change
Improved visuals for when Guiding Relic is active, giving a unique card hover effect for matchable cards
Pure gold gain changes
Matching cards on top of stacks - 2g
Matching cards on bottom of stacks - 5g
Cards left in deck at the end of a hand - 2g each
EoL (End of level) bonus for purity - 25g
Eol bonus for heroic - 50g
Eol bonus for spare not used - 25g
Eol bonus for wild not used - 25g
Eol Bonus for deck not used - 100g
Eol Hand gold formula - (pure_hand+eol_bonus) + round((pure_hand+eol_bonus) x (highest_combo/5.0))
These are subject to change
Bug Fixes
Clear Mantra wasn't always filling to max
Prayer Beads wasn't resetting on new hands
Magic Pouch and Starlight Prism effects when applied is now swapped (Prevents cards from spawning under the wild)
When Fireball card is activated and at least 1 Ooze Wall is on top of a stack, it'll always trigger the fireball effect
Fixed when Light card was cursed and cleared it would show double cursed cards left
Fixed issue when using Clear Mantra with the wild cards on the foundation causing them to break their sprite
Fixed card hover glow activating when the card started to flip instead of being fully flipped over
Many miscellaneous bugs
Linux
Possibly doesn't work right now and needs to be investigated
Use Proton Experimental if it doesn't run
And finally for those who wish to check out the other games I was working on you can get them here:.
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01 Nov 2022Developer post
Faerie Solitaire Dire Version 0.9.1
Artifacts are live! They may be wildly unbalanced still so if you find some combos which break the game to be unfun please let us know. Wish for artifacts to get them. Some artifacts require multiple shards to get/fully upgrade. Next update soon will feature Sanhe and her item+up
26 Aug 2022Developer post
Faerie Solitaire Dire Version 0.9.0
We will begin regular updates again. We have a whole stack of features and content we've been working on. In the following updates until release out of Early Access, we will be focusing on a single feature/content block to polish up and get to you. This update has a lot of behind
12 Dec 2021Developer post
Subsoap Winter Sale on itch.io (Steam Keys)
Get our 3 Faerie Solitaire games on Steam for one price of $9.99! You will get Steam keys which you can individually redeem or gift to friends / family.
14 Jul 2021Developer post
Get New Faerie Alchemy!
New Faerie Alchemy Transmute magical elements to combine them into rarified forms. Faerie Alchemy is a more than a match-3 puzzle game. It is simple to understand with deep complexity to master as you aim for higher heights of elements and score. Benefits of this version of Faeri
https://subsoap.itch.io/faerie-alchemy
New Faerie Alchemy
Transmute magical elements to combine them into rarified forms. Faerie Alchemy is a more than a match-3 puzzle game. It is simple to understand with deep complexity to master as you aim for higher heights of elements and score.
Benefits of this version of Faerie Alchemy

New engine, new polish.
Windows, macOS, Linux support.
Full screen support.
Swipe touch controls. Mouse controls. Gamepad controls.
Allows offline play. No internet connection required.
Allows resuming play. You can close the game, come back, and be able to keep playing.
Adjustable piece drop speed.
Instant transmutation feature - no more waiting on animations to finish to play as quickly as you desire.
Higher resolution graphics.
More polish and particles.
More music.
If we release this version of FA on Steam you'll be eligible to get a free Steam key if you buy this version.
We'll continue to polish and improve this version of FA while keeping it feeling familiar.
If/when Steam version of FA is released a Steam key will be accessible to those who buy from this link. If you've purchased FVA send me proof of purchase to get this version of FA for free. ːicyfaerieː
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17 Dec 2020Developer post
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25 Nov 2020Developer post
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10 Sep 2020GamingOnLinux
Fantasy card game Faerie Solitaire Dire is out in Early Access
Puppy Games and Subsoap have put out the latest in the series of card games that mix up the gameplay of some known classics, into something a little more unique. Read the full article here:
07 Sep 2020Developer post
Faerie Solitaire Dire is now in Early Access!
Faerie Solitaire Dire is now in Early Access! Here are two threads with information worth reading: tl;dr The game is not finished yet. The game is still sold as is. That is how Early Access works. Dire is closely related to Faerie Solitaire Remastered but with a darker theme and
Faerie Solitaire Dire is now in Early Access!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/556530/Faerie_Solitaire_Dire/
Here are two threads with information worth reading:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/556530/discussions/0/2943620809073645581/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/556530/discussions/0/2914346777816001125/
tl;dr

The game is not finished yet. The game is still sold as is. That is how Early Access works.
Dire is closely related to Faerie Solitaire Remastered but with a darker theme and much more focus on challenging content. It can still be played in a more relaxed way if you choose Relaxed as your difficulty when creating a profile. If you have never played any of our previous solitaires you probably should before attempting Dire.
Our estimated full release date is 2 months from today. If you want to wait to buy until full release please make sure the game is on your wishlist today.
There will be bugs. There will be lack of polish. There will be some obviously missing content.
Please opt in to error reporting. It really helps us fix bugs faster. This is the first thing you will see when launching the game.
We authorize any and all refunds if you are not happy and want one. We want you to be happy with your purchase. Show this to Valve if you want a refund and they for some reason deny you a refund.
We will be updating as often as we have an update ready, and will do weekly posts on Fridays with lists of changes. You can subscribe to threads in the forum to be notified about specific things that interest you.
We have a Discord, you can find the invite link on the About screens of any of our recent games.
For anything we will be adding to the game we don't want to preview it at all until it's in the game and playable. Minus some exceptions, this is how we will deal with upcoming content additions. If you have played our previous games you can have some idea of what is to come.
If you notice issues you can contact us directly at [email protected] or mention it in our Subsoap Discord or post about it in the forum. Check the known issues thread in the forum first.
Original post
07 Sep 2020Developer post
Now in Early Access
Faerie Solitaire Dire is now in Early Access! Here are two threads with information worth reading: tl;dr The game is not finished yet. The game is still sold as is. That is how Early Access works. Dire is closely related to Faerie Solitaire Remastered but with a darker theme and
Faerie Solitaire Dire is now in Early Access!
Here are two threads with information worth reading:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/556530/discussions/0/2943620809073645581/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/556530/discussions/0/2914346777816001125/
tl;dr

The game is not finished yet. The game is still sold as is. That is how Early Access works.
Dire is closely related to Faerie Solitaire Remastered but with a darker theme and much more focus on challenging content. It can still be played in a more relaxed way if you choose Relaxed as your difficulty when creating a profile. If you have never played any of our previous solitaires you probably should before attempting Dire.
If you want to wait to buy until full release please make sure the game is on your wishlist today.
There will be bugs. There will be lack of polish. There will be some obviously missing content.
Please opt in to error reporting. It really helps us fix bugs faster. This is the first thing you will see when launching the game.
We authorize any and all refunds if you are not happy and want one. We want you to be happy with your purchase. Show this to Valve if you want a refund and they for some reason deny you a refund.
We will be updating as often as we have an update ready, and will do weekly posts on Fridays with lists of changes. You can subscribe to threads in the forum to be notified about specific things that interest you.
We have a Discord, you can find the invite link on the About screens of any of our recent games.
For anything we will be adding to the game we don't want to preview it at all until it's in the game and playable. Minus some exceptions, this is how we will deal with upcoming content additions. If you have played our previous games you can have some idea of what is to come.
If you notice issues you can contact us directly at [email protected] or mention it in our Subsoap Discord or post about it in the forum. Check the known issues thread in the forum first.
Original post
16 Jun 2020Developer post
Facts about Faerie Solitaire Dire Festival Demo
- With Dire we’ve had a strong creative vision while developing the game. It is a game for solitaire fans of course, but with our games we always try to include many elements from other genres which we love. - Dire is fundamentally an up/down solitaire where you match cards one a

Updates & announcements

0.9.2c

Bug Fixes

Linux

0.9.2b

Bug Fixes

Re-implemented our Visual Novel style story telling

Achievements

Updated Main menu to include Nexus

Updated the Artifact Screen

Added Artifact loadout slot feature

Added 2 new Artifacts

Updated Equipped artifact screen when playing

Added Sanhe Shop

Updated the adventure loop to 50 locations

Balance pass on Locations

Updated egg drop rate

Updated Pet screen alert icon

Re-Enabled Difficulty Options (Calamity)

Added Level Objectives

Added Level Restrictions

Updated End of Level screen

Updated particle system

Updated pure gold gain by 50%

Special Card Visual Change

Pure gold gain changes

Bug Fixes

Linux