Card Crawl Adventure

About

"Card Crawl Adventure" is a single-player card game where you journey to taverns, battle monsters, and collect treasures. The game utilizes a unique pathing puzzle mechanic and roguelike deckbuilding, challenging your strategic skills. With weekly competitions and randomly generated adventures, each playthrough offers a new experience.

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

85%

Audience ScoreBased on 66 reviews

gameplay6 positive mentions

grinding2 negative mentions

The game features an innovative play style and charming artwork, making it visually appealing and engaging.
There is a good level of replayability with various characters and mechanics that allow for different strategies and play styles.
The game is designed for short play sessions, allowing players to stop and resume at their convenience, which is a significant plus.

The game suffers from a steep learning curve and a poorly explained tutorial, leaving players confused about mechanics and card interactions.
There is a high level of randomness in gameplay, which can lead to frustrating experiences where outcomes feel out of the player's control.
Many cards and mechanics are considered useless or poorly balanced, leading to a lack of meaningful deckbuilding options.

gameplay
48 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
13%
81%
6%
The gameplay of the game is characterized by a unique path-based card selection mechanic that offers deep, tactical play and replayability, though many players find the mechanics convoluted and poorly explained. While the core gameplay loop is engaging, some users feel it lacks depth and can become repetitive, with certain cards and mechanics deemed ineffective. Overall, the game presents a challenging experience that may take time to fully grasp, but once understood, it can be quite enjoyable.
- “For casual players, cca offers deep, engrossing gameplay broken into bite-size sessions, where no two runs are the same.”
- “The seemingly simple and easy-to-learn gameplay gets deeper and deeper the more you play (and the more difficult your challenges become).”
- “I've found the gameplay challenging and addictive, and I appreciate how the difficulty scales and replayability is maintained through the combination of unique character strategies, achievements for unlockable gear, and the active weekly challenges.”
- “Well, this one has the most unintuitive and convoluted game mechanics that I've ever encountered in a rogue-like card game.”
- “The gameplay loop gets dull rather quickly, and feels a tad frustrating at times.”
- “Cca is one of his games that suffers from many mechanics that aren't properly explained to the player, as well as outcomes (failure or victory) that feel arbitrary or out of your control.”
graphics
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The game's graphics are praised for their innovative and quirky art style, which many players find charming and visually appealing, especially on PC. The animations enhance the gameplay experience, making it satisfying when executing combos. Overall, while the artwork is a highlight, opinions on the game's fun factor vary.
- “The artwork and sound are delightful on my phone but even better on my PC!”
- “The art style is just oozing charm and the animations make the game feel very satisfying to play, especially when you find just the right combo.”
- “If you like roguelike stuff and cards you'll probably like this too, and it visually is a real treat if you like the art style.”
music
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The music in the game is consistently praised for being relaxing and unobtrusive, enhancing the overall atmosphere without overwhelming the player. Reviewers appreciate the charming and fantastic integration of music with the game's art and personality, noting its effective blend of humor, creepiness, and coolness. Additionally, the background music varies, adding to the game's dynamic experience.
- “The music is nice too, relaxing and unobtrusive as it plays in the background.”
- “Game design aside, the art and music are charming and fantastic, as usual.”
- “The personality of the game runs through everything--the background art and animations, the card art, the ambient audio and music--and I find it just the right combo of humorous, creepy, and cool.”
replayability
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
33%
The game offers solid replayability, particularly for those who enjoy it, thanks to a variety of characters and unique strategies. While the overall variation may be somewhat limited, the combination of scaling difficulty, unlockable achievements, and active weekly challenges keeps the gameplay engaging and addictive. Overall, it is considered affordable and enjoyable for repeated play.
- “I've found the gameplay challenging and addictive, and I appreciate how the difficulty scales and replayability is maintained through the combination of unique character strategies, achievements for unlockable gear, and the active weekly challenges.”
- “Affordable, enjoyable, and replayable.”
- “If you like it a lot, this will be a great buy in terms of replayability, with a variety of characters to try out.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The story aspect of the game is criticized for its poorly structured weekly missions, with players expressing a desire for more flexibility to complete them in a shorter time frame.
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players feel that the grinding aspect in the game stems from a focus on short mobile experiences centered around achieving high scores and climbing leaderboards, rather than providing a meaningful sense of progression or adventure. This design choice can lead to a repetitive and grind-heavy experience.
- “It's clear to me that the developer has had a focus on short mobile games, with 'highest score' and 'leaderboards' as the main incentives to come back to their games, which can feel like grinding, instead of providing an actual sense of progression and adventure.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's humor is intricately woven into its overall personality, effectively blending elements of humor, creepiness, and coolness across various aspects such as art, animations, and audio. This combination creates a unique and engaging experience for players.
- “The personality of the game runs through everything--the background art and animations, the card art, the ambient audio and music--and I find it just the right combo of humorous, creepy, and cool.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is praised for its stability, particularly on the Steam Deck, where it runs smoothly without issues.
- “One of my favorite games, and it runs great on Steam Deck!”