The game constantly reinvents the deck-builder formula by introducing new cards, synergy effects, and game mechanics with each chapter. It puts a fresh spin on familiar genre tropes, ensuring that each ritual offers a distinct experience. Completing a ritual lets you add new cards to the deck, but as the challenges grow tougher, you are forced to draw cards from the deck more frequently—triggering a brutal mechanic where every draw permanently burns a random card in your hand. This raises a grim question: even newly added cards might have to be sacrificed.

The narrative of 'Burn With Me' takes a slow-burn approach, creating a distinct atmosphere dubbed 'Cozy Dread' through folklore-inspired structures, gameplay twists, and unsettling story beats. Hand-drawn artwork based on the developers' actual handwriting and surreal hand gestures featured throughout the game further heighten this mood. The game includes a cursed beast compendium containing information on 90 creatures and 90 secret unlockable artworks contributed by 44 guest artists. Key features include strategic card-burning abilities, six hand-crafted chapters boasting unique mechanics and bosses, and a dark tale of obsession and forbidden rituals.