Deities, the time has finally come.
The first Steam Playtest for Absolute Territory: Duels of the Gods goes live tonight!
After months of development, you'll finally be able to enter the Sanctum, assemble your Followers, and experience Absolute Territory for yourselves.
What is included in this Playtest?
This first test is intentionally focused on single-player PvE.
You'll be able to:
Build and experiment with your own decks
Use Followers and Spells from Midas, Neon, and Ravage
Learn the core mechanics of Absolute Territory
Battle against Shop Girl across multiple practice configurations
Experiment with different cards, strategies, and realm combinations
Send feedback directly to help shape the game's development
I've also decided to make access open rather than limiting the Playtest to a fixed number of participants.
If you've been curious about Absolute Territory, you're invited.
What about PvP and Explore the Worlds?
They're coming — but not in this Playtest.
You'll see parts of those systems inside the Sanctum marked Coming Soon.
Absolute Territory is being developed one piece at a time, and I'd rather test each major part of the game properly than throw everything into a build before it's ready.
This Playtest is about the foundation: Does playing Absolute Territory feel good? Are the cards fun? Is deckbuilding interesting? Is the game understandable? What needs to change? Is anything broken that we couldn't find?
A future Playtest will expand beyond what you're seeing here.
I Want Your Feedback
This is a real development Playtest, and your feedback matters enormously.
After playing, please tell me what you think — whether it's about:
Gameplay and balance
Cards or decks you particularly enjoyed
The user interface
The visual presentation and art direction
Bugs or confusing behavior
Things you loved
Things you absolutely did not
Features you'd like to see as development continues
You can submit feedback through the in-game feedback option, and you're also invited to join the Absolute Territory community on Discord:
I'm incredibly excited to finally put the game into your hands. The playtest will run from Wednesday August 12, 2026 until Thursday August 20, 2026 at around 6 AM EST.
Absolute Territory still has a long journey ahead of it. PvP, Explore the Worlds, new cards, new characters, and a much larger game are waiting on the other side of this first test.
But every journey needs a first step.
Tonight, the gates to the Sanctum open.
Thank you for being here at the beginning.
— DuskSoft Studios