HordeCore is an action side-scroller that blends survival, base management, RPG, and collectible card game elements. Players lead a growing group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic world, managing supplies, upgrading their team, and crafting defenses. Exploration of randomly generated environments is key to finding resources and forging alliances against wasteland dangers.The game incorporates Horde Tactics, a deck-building card game with over 60 unlockable cards representing in-game items, characters, and creatures. This optional card game allows players to build synergistic decks as they progress through HordeCore. The title supports co-op gameplay for up to four players.