Design the build, then watch it run.
Not a deck you pilot turn by turn. A build you craft, then set loose. Pick tiles through an endless library, stack your synergies, and the battles play themselves out. Loved in Japan, almost unread in the West with just 15 English reviews.
Published 2026-06-06
01First, the one feeling
- You pick tiles through the library and stack one synergy onto the next, and the build starts to take a shape only you can see.
- Then you stop touching it. The battle runs on its own, and every choice you locked in before is now out of your hands.
- When a build you designed tears through a boss without a single input, a chill runs down your spine.
02Who this is for (and who it is not)
For you
- You love designing builds in Path of Exile or Slay the Spire and want the payoff of watching the plan execute itself
- You want the depth of theorycrafting without sitting through every fight by hand
- You want a Japanese solo dev gem the West has barely read, with only 15 English reviews
Not for you
- You want to control every turn in real time (combat here is fully automatic, you set it up and let go)
- You need a long, polished, content-complete release (this is early access from a one-person team)
03The roots of this taste
82% positiveonly 129 reviews — yet almost no one has found it
ELbab Buried gem
A roguelite auto-battler set in an endless library, made by a Japanese solo dev who calls it Path of Exile meets Slay the Spire. You pick tiles to design a build, then the battles run on their own. Very Positive in Japan at 129 reviews, but only 15 English reviews, so the West has barely found it.
Give it your first passSlay the Spire The origin
The origin of designing a build run by run, reading what you have and choosing what to play. This gem keeps that craft, but pushes it further: combat is fully automatic, so you design the build and then watch it run.
Give it your first pass04Make this gem shine
If it speaks to you, check it on Steam and give it your first pass. Your push is what makes a buried gem shine.
You gave it your pass. The gem just caught the light.
05The bloodline of this taste
- Slay the Spire Root
- ELbab You are here
- Read-and-build games same root
- Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend same root
- Mortal Glory 2 same root
- Spell Tonaeru same root
- Welcome to the Guild Explorers another taste