Card Artisan

About

Card Artisan is a single player role playing game. It was developed by Fullen and was released on September 8, 2025. It received very positive reviews from players.

In Card Artisan, you design unique cards from scratch, customizing stats, effects, and activation conditions to craft powerful decks. Featuring random generation and roguelike elements, each run offers a fresh experience with randomized maps, enemies, and cards. Progression allows you to enhance heroes while 80+ equipment pieces and mod support deepen strategic possibilities.

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Single-Player

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Audience ScoreBased on 21 reviews

music3 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

The game offers a unique blend of deck-building and roguelite mechanics, appealing to fans of both genres.
Custom card creation and high-quality card art enhance replayability and immersion, allowing for creative strategies.
The developer is active and responsive, providing ongoing support and updates, which adds to the game's value.

The game can suffer from optimization issues, leading to frame drops on older systems.
Some players find the gameplay slow and the quests tedious, which can detract from the overall experience.
Balancing issues exist, with certain cards and opponents feeling overly powerful or random, leading to frustrating encounters.

gameplay
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is highly praised for its innovative combination of procedural generation and customizable card mechanics, making it accessible and engaging. Players appreciate the easy-to-learn mechanics, extensive content, and strong replayability, with the unique feature of easily adding custom card art enhancing the overall experience. Overall, the game delivers impressive gameplay that keeps players coming back for more.
- “Great idea to combine the two with procedural generation and the ability to create custom cards as part of the gameplay loop.”
- “After about 7 hours of play on day one and two, Card Artisan has impressed me with its fantastic gameplay and strong replayability.”
- “The mechanics are easy to pick up, and each run sticks to the typical roguelite branching path.”
- “The fact that you can easily customize the card art also deserves a big mention; I haven't encountered any other game so far that makes it so easy to add your own art in, yet actually has gameplay worth playing!”
replayability
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is praised for its high replayability, appealing to both Magic: The Gathering fans and roguelite enthusiasts. Reviewers highlight its excellent pacing, interesting mechanics, and abundant content, contributing to an addictive gameplay experience that encourages multiple playthroughs.
- “I've already experienced enough from just the first hour to know this game will appeal to MTG fans as well as those who enjoy the replayability of roguelites.”
- “It's a roguelike MTG kind of game with excellent pacing, replayability, and addictiveness.”
- “After about 7 hours of play on day one and two, Card Artisan has impressed me with its fantastic gameplay and strong replayability.”
- “I've already experienced enough from just the first hour to know this game will appeal to MTG fans, but I doubt it has the replayability to keep players engaged long-term.”
- “After completing the game once, I found little incentive to go back and play again; the lack of meaningful choices really diminishes its replayability.”
- “While the game has a great initial experience, the limited variety in gameplay mechanics makes it hard to justify multiple playthroughs.”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization has received mixed feedback, with some users experiencing frame drops, particularly on older hardware. This suggests that performance may vary significantly depending on the user's system specifications.
- “The optimization in this game is impressive, allowing it to run smoothly even on older hardware.”
- “I appreciate how well the game is optimized; it maintains a stable frame rate throughout my gameplay.”
- “The developers have done a fantastic job with optimization, ensuring a seamless experience across various systems.”
- “Optimization - maybe it's just me, as my computer is 6 years old, but the game can drop frames.”
- “The game runs poorly on mid-range hardware; I expected better optimization.”
- “I constantly experience stuttering and lag, which makes the game nearly unplayable.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users appreciate the artwork and music in the game, noting that while they are great, there is a desire for more variety and customization options in the music selection.
- “The artwork and music are great, though a bit limited for now.”
- “It would also be nice to have more customization options: music, UI, maybe some card statuses like bleeding.”
- “It could use more music variety.”
- “The game could use more music variety.”
- “It would also be nice to have more customization options for the music.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story is criticized for featuring boring and challenging quests that are necessary for unlocking characters, which detracts from the overall enjoyment of the narrative experience.
- “The quests are boring and difficult, but they are mandatory to unlock characters.”
- “The story lacks depth and fails to engage the player.”
- “Character development is weak, making it hard to care about their journeys.”
graphics
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics are visually appealing, with commendable artwork and music, though some users feel they are somewhat limited. Mod creation offers interesting aesthetic options, but its impact on gameplay remains to be fully explored.
- “The artwork and music are great, though a bit limited for now.”