Downfall Instinct FR Play now

Turn-based 3v3 combat

Evolve your
creatures.

You and your opponent start with the same three creatures. During the duel, one might grow armour while another learns to heal. You can also develop both abilities on the same creature.

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ColossusBrute lineage · Stage III

The duel

How a round works

You win by taking down the opposing team. A well-timed heal can keep a wounded ally alive long enough to take its turn.

  1. Mutate

    On mutation rounds, choose which creatures evolve. Each mutation adds new abilities.

  2. Choose a tempo

    For each creature, pick Instinct to act earlier or Precision for a chance at a critical hit.

  3. Cast

    When its turn comes, choose a spell and its targets. You can see how the last move played out before you commit.

The world

The battlefield is breaking apart

The planet’s corruption had already reshaped its wildlife long before this duel. As the duel goes on, more of the battlefield gives way.

Round 1Round 6Round 12
Round 1The old stone arch still stands on the far side of the field.
Round 6A storm has rolled in. A section of the ruins has fallen and a crack runs across the stone floor.
Round 12Deep chasms separate the slabs under the creatures. A bright rift cuts across the face of the eclipse.

Mutations

One ancestor, three branches

The creature you start with is already a mutant. The planet’s corruption produced this four-legged ancestor with its hooked bone mask and spines. You can still see the same hook on a Revenant.

Brutes grow heavy forelimbs. Predators sprout an extra pair of legs. In the Warped, the skull splits and the creature learns to channel magic. You can follow one branch and still take a mutation from another.

Field observation

How a Revenant develops

Ancestral bodyWarpedNecroticRevenantBrute influence

Ancestral body

At the start of a duel

Amber nodules sit just beneath the skin of its shoulder. The ribs are still covered in muscle. At this point the creature knows two actions, Focus and Strike.

Warped

The skull splits

Orange light shows through gaps in the skull. The creature can send a Shock into one enemy or use Revitalize to heal an ally.

Necrotic

The ribs are exposed

Pale green light shows through the ribs. Bonewall raises the bones of the dead around one ally. Infestation calls spirits down on enemies. Both spells wound the caster.

Revenant

Spirits in the rib cage

Wraithguard calls the spirits out from between its ribs to shield its allies. With Death Wail, they scream through its jaws and leave the enemy creatures bleeding. Either spell costs the Revenant some of its own blood.

Brute influence

Heavier foreclaws

With a Brute mutation, the Revenant grows heavier shoulders and thicker claws. It can still cast Wraithguard. Now it can also hit an enemy with Pummel.

Explore the mutation tree

The guide shows what each mutation requires and which spells it teaches.

Open the field guide

From the creator

The game I wanted to play.

Downfall Instinct started as an idea for a board game. During playtesting, I found myself thinking it could be fun to make it available online. That is how this browser version began.

I still miss those early 3v3 arenas in World of Warcraft. Competitive Magic: The Gathering gave me that same feeling. Everyone knew the format going in, and I loved figuring out what I could do within its rules.

I have probably spent more time dreaming up certain Magic decks and Skyrim characters than actually playing them. I wanted to bring that part into the match itself. In Downfall Instinct, I get to look at my three creatures halfway through a duel and decide what I want them to become.

These days I barely have time to play anything. I still like having a match going, though. I can pick a mutation over my morning coffee, get on with my day and come back that evening to see what my opponent did. I wanted that easy pace as much as I wanted the competition.

A board game someday?

Maybe one day you’ll be able to take Downfall Instinct out of a box and play it around a table. I still like that idea.

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Who will you play?

  • Solo against a bot

    Choose Easy, Medium or Hard and try a mutation on your own time. The bot waits for your next move. Your record against each difficulty is kept separately.

  • Friendly PvP

    Invite a friend to an unranked duel. Pick one, two or three creatures per side and take turns when it suits you both. Your ratings stay the same.

  • Ranked PvP

    Play another commander in 3v3. Each result updates your public rating. Your private stats show your wins, losses and draws, the mutations you picked and the spells you cast.

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