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Card Crawl is a single player casual role playing game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes. It was developed by Arnold Rauers and was released on February 7, 2018. It received positive reviews from players.

Card Crawl is a solitaire style dungeon crawler played with a deck of cards.

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82%Audience ScoreBased on 1,260 reviews
gameplay60 positive mentions
monetization29 negative mentions

  • Engaging, addictive gameplay with a simple yet strategic card-based dungeon crawler concept.
  • Beautiful and charming art style, animations, and sound design that enhance the immersive experience.
  • Fair monetization model with a free version that offers a good taste, no ads, and a one-time purchase for full content unlocking without pay-to-win elements.
  • Significant portion of content, including ability cards, game modes, and characters, locked behind a paywall, limiting free play variety and causing slow progression or grind.
  • Gameplay can become repetitive and lacks depth or variety in enemies, decks, and game modes leading to reduced long-term engagement.
  • Some technical issues including bugs, occasional crashes, audio glitches, UI and usability problems, and inconsistent cloud save or progression restoration.
  • gameplay

    102 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    59% positive mentions, 37% neutral mentions, 4% negative mentions

    The gameplay is centered around a solitaire-like card system with strategic and well-thought-out mechanics, offering a simple yet engaging experience enhanced by beautiful artwork and smooth animations. While the core gameplay is enjoyable and accessible, many users find it becomes repetitive and grind-heavy quickly, with limited variation and slow progression that can lead to boredom unless more content or early unlocks are introduced. Overall, it delivers a solid, intuitive gameplay loop appreciated for its unique blend of mechanics, though its depth and challenge may not satisfy all players.

    • “It's simple but unique card game with easy-to-understand mechanics, gorgeous artwork and atmospheric audio.”
    • “Great core gameplay loop, delightful graphics and audio, and avoids all the worst impulses of current mobile games.”
    • “Fantastic UI design and clever gameplay mechanics with no pesky ads or pay to win microtransactions.”
    • “Due to not being able to unlock the next character, the lack of variation in gameplay soon gets boring as you master it quickly and the rest is up to RNG.”
    • “The gameplay doesn't seem to be expanding or changing, which means I'm just doing the same thing over and over again.”
    • “Its a fine short game; however, it's repetitive, and when I pushed to unlock other modes for different gameplay, I was disappointed.”
  • graphics

    95 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    65% positive mentions, 32% neutral mentions, 3% negative mentions

    The graphics are widely praised for their charming, quirky, and distinctive art style, with many users highlighting the beautiful, stylish, and atmospheric artwork and animations. The simple yet polished visuals contribute significantly to the game's appeal, complemented by well-integrated sound effects and music. While a few mention desires for more detailed or additional artwork, overall the graphics are considered a standout feature that enhances the gameplay experience.

    • “Awesome graphics and concept.”
    • “The quick gameplay loop, equipment-slot card management, and artwork were the clear standouts.”
    • “Wonderful, charming artwork paired with a card game that is easy to get into, but tricky and fun to delve into deeper strategies and decks.”
    • “A simplified and uncredited rip-off of the tarot solitaire game 'The Fool's Journey' by Desmond Meraz, with fewer decisions and uninspired graphics.”
    • “Update July 2021: latest update introduced graphics glitches in energy save mode.”
    • “Neat graphics and appearance, but the gameplay gets repetitive very quickly.”
  • monetization

    57 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    26% positive mentions, 23% neutral mentions, 51% negative mentions

    The game features a fair monetization model with no intrusive ads or pay-to-win microtransactions, offering a free trial experience before a reasonable one-time purchase unlocks the full content. While some users note the absence of ads and appreciate the non-grindy unlocks, others feel limited by having to buy the full game or additional season passes. Overall, the monetization is praised for its balance, transparency, and avoidance of aggressive advertising tactics.

    • “Monetization doesn't punish the player, and the unlockables end up way more rewarding than they seem initially.”
    • “I really enjoy this game. I like that it's a game where you can buy it instead of microtransactions, and it's ad-free.”
    • “My favorite monetization model: play for a bit, get a feel for the game, buy remaining features if you like it.”
    • “Even after paying for the full game, it still prods you to buy "season passes" as if this was some kind of cash grab MMO.”
    • “If the paid version has a lot more content, then the trial version is not a good advertisement for it; and if it doesn't, then it's not really worth paying for.”
    • “I have 800 coins but I can't unlock some of the cards because it forced me to buy in-game purchase.”
  • story

    33 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    24% positive mentions, 67% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions

    The story aspect is generally seen as lacking, with many users expressing a desire for a more engaging narrative or meaningful progression beyond grind-heavy quests. Quests often feel tedious, confusing, or heavily reliant on RNG, with some issues in quest rewards and unlocks diminishing player motivation. While the game offers challenge through quests, the absence of a strong storyline and the need for more varied, rewarding content are common concerns.

    • “The quest and the overall challenge is fun and I can't put it down.”
    • “I like the theme, it immerses you into story.”
    • “The quests make the game and provide a lot of the challenge.”
    • “The quests and challenges are built more around grinding than making things more entertainingly difficult.”
    • “Even worse is the confusing quests to unlock other heroes.”
    • “The only problem is I finished a quest before I bought the full game and now it won't give me the next unlockable character for some reason.”
  • replayability

    26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    58% positive mentions, 30% neutral mentions, 12% negative mentions

    The game is widely praised for its high replayability, offering unique challenges and strategic depth that keep players engaged repeatedly. While some find it addictive and comparable to classics like Minesweeper or solitaire, a few note limited variety after completion or minor gameplay frustrations. Overall, it balances simplicity with thoughtful design, providing satisfying replay value for most players.

    • “The simple-yet-challenging, fun-loving, endlessly replayable, even-the-free-mode-is-fun mobile game I've been waiting for.”
    • “Each playthrough has its own unique challenges, which gives it incredible replay value.”
    • “Fantastic design, balancing, and replayability.”
    • “The game has decent replayability but at the end of the day you're just playing against the same deck of cards over and over save for new ability cards.”
    • “Not much replay value once you've beaten it, but I will still whip it out and play it.”
    • “Zero replay value!!!”
  • music

    21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    52% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 14% negative mentions

    The music in the game is generally praised for its catchy, whimsical, and fitting quality, enhancing the overall charming and stylish atmosphere. However, some users report occasional audio issues, such as continuous loops or distorted sounds. Overall, the soundtrack and sound effects are considered a strong positive aspect, contributing significantly to the game's appeal.

    • “The art is great, the music and sound effects are excellent.”
    • “Sound and music are top notch.”
    • “Great music, satisfying sound effects when you use abilities, great replay value.”
    • “Only issue that I'm having now is that the sounds and music have been replaced with a continuous robotic hum.”
    • “There must be something wrong with the audio on my phone, but the music in-game sounds so slow.”
    • “Music and sound sucks.”
  • grinding

    17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game features a heavily grindy progression system, requiring extensive repetitive play to unlock abilities, cards, and content, which many players find tedious and slows down enjoyment. While the core gameplay and concept are enjoyable, the excessive grinding, combined with RNG and slow unlocks, detracts from the overall experience.

    • “I enjoyed the base game enough to drop the money on the full version, but it quickly became apparent that there really wasn't any value add -- took less than a full day of playing intermittently during my downtime before it went from a cute, fun little time-killer to a tedious grind.”
    • “Super grindy, takes forever to earn abilities, which are the only interesting part of the very repetitive gameplay.”
    • “Mostly fun concept only really let down by unnecessary tedious grind - both to unlock things and even just playing.”
  • humor

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is charming and quirky, adding a delightful, lighthearted atmosphere that players find endearing and enjoyable. It complements the artistic style well, making the game a fun and entertaining experience. Some players wish for more humorous story-driven content, such as a quest mode.

    • “Beautifully quirky, atmospheric artwork and a sense of humor make this one of my favorite little time-killers.”
    • “The art style and humor are endearing as well.”
    • “Funny, easy game to learn and an absolute blast to play!”
  • atmosphere

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game is praised for its unique and charming atmosphere, highlighted by beautifully quirky artwork and engaging audio. Players appreciate the blend of humor and visual style, making it a standout feature that enhances the overall experience.

    • “Beautifully quirky, atmospheric artwork and a sense of humor make this one of my favorite little time-killers.”
    • “It's a simple but unique card game with easy-to-understand mechanics, gorgeous artwork, and atmospheric audio.”
    • “My favorite thing about it is the art and atmosphere.”
  • stability

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from several stability issues, including bugs related to card discarding and graphics glitches introduced in the latest update when using energy save mode. Overall, stability appears to be a significant concern for players.

    • “The game is also very buggy.”
    • “Discarding cards is a bit buggy.”
    • “Latest update introduced graphics glitches in energy save mode (Update July 2021).”
  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users indicate that the game offers limited room for optimization, as initial gameplay consistently yields the same scores without significant improvement opportunities.

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3h Median play time
3h Average play time
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Card Crawl is a casual role playing game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes. Common tags for Card Crawl include turn-based, indie, score attack, trading, roguelite and others.

Card Crawl is available on PC, Mac OS, Phone, iPad and others.

On average players spend around 3 hours playing Card Crawl.

Card Crawl was released on February 7, 2018.

Card Crawl was developed by Arnold Rauers.

Card Crawl has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Card Crawl for its gameplay but disliked it for its monetization.

Card Crawl is a single player game.

Similar games include Dice & Fold, Monster Slayers, Solitairica, Fate Hunters, NEOVERSE and others.