Lyra Studio is an independent game studio formed by several game enthusiasts who have known each other for more than ten years. The members once went their separate ways and encountered troughs in life. However, they reunited due to their love for games and their common creative beliefs. They always adhere to the concept of "good brothers play games happily together" and devote themselves to creation.After a long period of hard work, the team's hard work "FrostBound" has finally confirmed its release date. It will be officially launched on the Steam platform on November 27, 2025 to meet long-awaited players. A hot promotion of 46.8 yuan with a 10% discount for two weeks will be launched at the same time. When the time is up, it will return to the original price.
Source of inspiration: From the spiritual core of "Game of Thrones"
The core creative inspiration of "Winter Frontline FrostBound" comes from "Game of Thrones", especially the magnificent scenes of battles between humans and the fight against the White Walkers in the show. Among them, the scene of lighting fire outside the Great Wall to block the invasion of the undead left a deep impression on the team and directly established the core tone of the game: the number of enemies far exceeds that of ordinary people, the tension of switching between offense and defense, the power of human unity, and the atmosphere of eternal winter throughout.
In the game design, these inspirations have been deeply transformed: the player will become a "Night Watch Commander", who must not only resist the tidal army of ghouls, but also deal with the internal conflicts of the human camp, echoing the core proposition of "humanity and survival" in "Game of Thrones"; Sam's "non-heroic victory" using a dragon crystal dagger to kill the White Walkers has been transformed into a gameplay design of "civilian cards to counterattack powerful enemies"; the scene of the Great Wall defenders' coordinated defense has become the core logic of the "Team Support" series of cards.The team hopes that through these designs, players will not only experience the excitement of battle, but also convey the spiritual core of "only by uniting in desperate situations can humans survive."
Survival Challenge: An in-depth strategy where adventure and opportunity coexist
As a strategy card game focusing on the end of ice and snow, "Winter Frontline FrostBound" has rich and unique core gameplay.The game has a rich difficulty ladder. In addition to the "Start" tutorial difficulty, there are also 9 gradually increasing difficulty levels.Although high difficulty comes with stronger enemies and more stringent resource restrictions, it will provide exclusive positive bonuses to match the adventure rewards with the challenge difficulty.
In higher-difficulty games, the "Construct defensive buildings" reinforcement event will be triggered to stabilize the position, and a "beacon" will appear on the map: an "Elite Recruitment Center" where you can designate the purchase of epic gold cards or elite cards. This event will continue until the recruitment is completed, helping players to steadily obtain key combat power from the large card pool.
Card pool management is the core pre-war strategy: you can get new reinforcements (card packs) by advancing the game, and you can choose to open or lock designated card packs before a new game; you can get lock points from completing achievements, which can be used to lock designated cards in the basic card pool (different quality cards cost different points) to manage the global card pool, and the game provides a one-click clearing function to facilitate players to flexibly adjust their strategies.
Core Features: Raising an elite brother to transform into a battlefield master
The card system of "Winter Frontline FrostBound" is based on the original strategic framework, and has built a more detailed and highly flexible classification and cycle mechanism. All cards belong to five core categories: attack, defense, skills, buildings, and elites. They are distributed among the four major factions for players to freely match to form exclusive factions.Among them, attack cards are based on the core function of selecting targets for precise attacks. They are the basic means of directly fighting enemy units and generally come with special effects, such as gain, damage increase, economic bonus, etc.; defense cards are different from conventional gain effects. These cards can directly summon troops to enter the battlefield and provide physical combat support for holding positions; skill cards are used to "change the situation of the battle."As the core positioning, it can break the deadlock on the battlefield through various special effects and become a key variable in tactical decision-making; it has the largest number of building cards, which can not only provide continuous field support during the battle, but also bring long-term gains to the overall lineup outside the battle, and is the core of building a defense system and resource circulation; the unique "brother raising" gameplay of the elite card is the core carrier of the entire game. As a battlefield leader who can grow, he can transform into a battlefield leader through resource tilt, such as the "Tyrant" of the powerful school and the "Heleni" of the golden hand school.All fall into this category.
In addition to the five core categories, the game also features special curse cards. Although these cards have their own negative effects, if players use them properly, they can use their characteristics to achieve a tactical reversal of "turning decay into magic", further enriching the flexibility of deck construction.This combination of multi-category, multi-faction and multi-cycle pool allows players to not only build a system based on the characteristics of the four major factions when building a deck, but also realize diverse changes in tactics through the functional complementation and cycle mechanism of different types of cards, further strengthening the core experience of the game's "high degree of freedom in combination".
The new favorite of cards: precise matching needs to target the core group of people
"Winter Frontline FrostBound" is supported by the three major modules of "Difficulty Adaptation + Repeated Challenges + Achievement Goals" to build a highly playable game experience, which can not only accurately cover players with full-dimensional strategies, but also bring continuous freshness and excitement with multi-dimensional variables.
In terms of player adaptation, the game provides exclusive fun for different demand groups: Card players who prefer in-depth strategies can delve into the genre combinations of more than 500 cards and explore diverse tactical constructions; serious board game players can experience the fun of board game-style decision-making in the "13-day persistence" periodic battle and "random event game"; casual meat pigeon players can experience the random variability of the battle within a controllable difficulty range, and gain different fresh experiences in each game; Auto Chess /War chess players can trigger multiple combos through the combination of "heroes and elite cards" and enjoy the strategic pleasure of lineup building.The core of super playability comes from the rich multi-dimensional variables of the game: the random event library contains dozens of scenarios, with different triggering orders and results in each round; the game experience will dynamically change with the difficulty selection, deck genre type, and every key decision of the player; even if there is a genre tendency in card extraction, there is still the possibility of cross-genre acquisition, allowing players to try new decks in every round, effectively avoiding the solidification of gameplay and always maintaining an enthusiasm for exploration.
Honor and call: Double award finalists invite players to go to the winter together
Before its official launch, "Winter Frontier FrostBound" has been recognized by industry authorities for its high-quality design and creative sincerity.The game successfully stood out and was shortlisted for the "Best Design Award" of the 2025 indiePlay China Independent Game Competition. At the same time, the game was also shortlisted for the "Golden Dolphin Award" of the 17th Xiamen International Cartoon and Animation Festival, which also confirmed the comprehensive strength of "Winter Frontline FrostBound".
Currently, players can go to the Steam platform to search for "Winter Frontline" or "FrostBound", add the game to their wishlist, and get the launch notification as soon as possible. Players who purchased the game in the first two weeks can enjoy a 10% discount.The follow-up "Winter Frontline FrostBound" will also continue to update the game development log, invite players to participate in game optimization, and participate in co-creation with more players who love our games.Whether you are a strategy card enthusiast, a fan of "Game of Thrones", or a player who supports independent games, you are welcome to join the official community 1046636525 to communicate directly with developers and jointly improve this "Winter War". We look forward to working with you on the Steam platform on November 27.
