- February 28, 2025
- WinterSpring Games
- 165h median play time
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
Platforms
About Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a single player open world role playing game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes. It was developed by WinterSpring Games and was released on February 28, 2025. It received very positive reviews from players.
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a card-based deep survival simulator and the next installment in the Card Survival Series. Experience what life would be like in the primordial forests of old. Carve out a home in a world teeming with beasts, spirits and monsters - where humans have yet to find their place. Key Features: Simple but deep System: A deep and detailed survival simulator in a v…





Games Like Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
Looking for games like Card Survival: Fantasy Forest? Here are top open world role playing recommendations with a fantasy, medieval and historical focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Mirthwood, Going Medieval or Survival: Fountain of Youth.
Reviews
- Deep and complex survival mechanics that expand and improve on the previous game, offering hours of challenging and rewarding gameplay.
- Highly responsive and dedicated developers with frequent updates, quick bug fixes, and active community engagement.
- Immersive atmosphere with beautiful artwork, sound design, and unique card-based interface that enhances realism and exploration.
- Early Access state means incomplete content, balancing issues (especially hunger and food spoilage), and some cumbersome or tedious mechanics.
- Navigation system and quest gating can be confusing or restrictive, making exploration and progression less intuitive for some players.
- Lack of preset characters, some UI/UX inefficiencies, and an overemphasis on realism mechanics that some players find annoying or excessive.
gameplay
104 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe gameplay builds on and expands the deep, strategic survival mechanics of its predecessor with new systems like magic, item quality, and biological functions, offering a uniquely immersive and complex experience. While praised for its innovative depth and addictiveness, the game currently suffers from some balance issues, intrusive "annoyance" mechanics, and unfinished features typical of early access. Overall, it delivers a solid core gameplay loop that rewards experimentation and long-term engagement but may overwhelm new or casual players due to its complexity and rough edges.
“More than just the new setting, the devs have expanded on old mechanics and added many new ones that add great depth and possibility to every playthrough.”
“I noticed there are more body regulation systems in place such as urination, etc. These take the appreciable depth found in the original and go even further, making the survival-simulation mechanics feel even more authentic.”
“This sequel starts with those biological mechanics already integrated—and adds even more: these traits interact with other mechanics like sunlight, eyesight, attack reach, dehydration, and more. And yes, each of those is an independent game mechanic!”
“Game is filled with repetitive tedium and nonsensical or broken mechanics.”
“At the moment, there's multiple annoying mechanics sprinkled into the core gameplay loop, including literal "bowels" and "bladder" meters, which are really just as annoying and interruptive as they sound, requiring you to click multiple buttons several times a day to "relieve" yourself.”
“They spent 2 years making the gameplay significantly worse, adding tons of complexity in the parts of their design that don't benefit from it.”
Play Times
Frequently Asked Questions
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a open world role playing game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes. Common tags for Card Survival: Fantasy Forest include turn-based, indie, life sim, early access, building and others.
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is available on PC.
On average players spend around 186 hours playing Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest was released on February 28, 2025.
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest was developed by WinterSpring Games.
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked Card Survival: Fantasy Forest for its gameplay but disliked it for its grinding.
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a single player game.
Similar games include Mirthwood, Going Medieval, Survival: Fountain of Youth, Card Survival: Tropical Island, Clanfolk and others.










