Adds Tournament Mode, Arena Mode, battle passes and more
Salt Lake City, USA, October 28th, 2026 – Snowfall Games is proud to announce that its cryptid deck-building auto-battler Portentum is available now, for free, on Steam Early Access. Portentum combines original hand-drawn cryptid artwork with deep deck-building strategy, letting you hunt for broken combos using legendary creatures from around the world, like Bigfoot, the Jersey Devil, Mothman, the Chupacabra, and of course, Jimothy. If somebody’s uncle saw it in the woods in 1973, there’s a good chance it’s a card in Portentum!
This Early Access launch adds the much anticipated Tournament Mode, where you can play against your friends in real-time, along with Arena Mode, where you draft your own deck. Achievements, the in-game store, and journals (battle passes) have also made their debut.
“Ever since we showed off Portentum at PAX West we’ve seen that people really gel with its core gameplay and hand-crafted cryptids, so we’re thrilled that people can finally create their own decks and play with their friends – the way Portentum was envisioned all along,” said Jaden Holladay, Co-Founder at Snowfall Games. “We’re so excited to see how the meta evolves with a full audience creating their own customized combos of cryptid warbands. We want Portentum to be something people can play for a long time, so we’ll regularly be adding new content and listening to player feedback as we grow the game into its 1.0 release.”
More about Portentum:
The rules of Portentum are simple: assemble a warband and win 10 rounds of battle. Build your deck of 30 cards, each containing a cryptid or mushrooms, then make strategic decisions with each hand you’re dealt, as you compete against another player’s warband.
Once you’ve assembled your deck, head to the shop to deal a hand from your selected deck for that run. Spend gold to play cards from your hand, mobilize a five-slot warband, and then send your squad of monsters out to fight! Win ten rounds to achieve victory. Lose five, and you’re out.
Portentum’s meta is ever-evolving, as every warband you create joins the pool that other players face. As you keep playing and opening card packs, entirely new deck-building possibilities and obscenely killer combos will enter the fray, providing an endless array of strategic possibilities and challenges!
About Snowfall Games:
Snowfall Games is a small indie studio that has shipped 16 Fortnite titles in UEFN, drawing over 900 million impressions and 9 million plays. Our Fortnite games set in the worlds of KPop Demon Hunters and The Walking Dead have been spotlighted by Netflix and Skybound, and Epic Games has recognized The Dragon Queen for pushing the technical limits of UEFN. Portentum is Snowfall’s first standalone game, moving from Fortnite to Steam and into a world of its own.
