Kingdom's Deck

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Kingdom's Deck is a single player role playing game. It was developed by Ivan Aco and was released on April 27, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Kingdom's Deck is a survival strategy game where you lead a kingdom using a unique card-based system to build resources, strengthen your army, and fortify your realm. Facing constant threats from darkness, your tactical choices in playing cards determine your kingdom’s growth and defense. Master your leadership to protect your people and secure your domain.

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Audience ScoreBased on 166 reviews

gameplay5 positive mentions

grinding5 negative mentions

Kingdom's Deck offers a simple and easy-to-understand gameplay experience, making it accessible for casual players.
The game features a unique blend of card mechanics and kingdom management, providing a fun and engaging strategy loop.
Visually appealing with a colorful art style, the game is enjoyable for short gaming sessions and can be a relaxing way to pass the time.

The game suffers from balance issues, with unit and enemy power being unbalanced, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences.
Many players find the game repetitive and lacking in depth, with limited content and a short overall playtime.
Technical issues, including bugs and crashes, detract from the overall experience, making it feel unpolished and in need of further development.

gameplay
29 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay of "Kingdom's Deck" features simple, intuitive mechanics that allow for quick immersion, though it largely relies on familiar concepts from the genre. While the core gameplay loop is entertaining and offers a mix of card-based mechanics and kingdom management, players have reported significant bugs and crashes that detract from the experience. Overall, the game shows potential but feels unrefined and may benefit from further balancing and polish.
- “Thanks to simple and easy-to-understand mechanics that are common in other games, you can get into the game almost immediately, and it flows nicely without unnecessary delays.”
- “The gameplay rhythm is structured around a repeating day-and-night cycle.”
- “I really enjoy the random card mechanics, and each level there are new cards and mechanics that are easy to learn.”
- “The game crashed three times within 15 minutes of gameplay; it also just screams mobile game port and it's very unfun.”
- “It's really clunky, controls don't work and are awkward; the gameplay is painfully boring, the graphics aren't polygonal they're just bad, and it's just an overall extremely unrefined game.”
- “The pacing is very slow, the difficulty is almost non-existent, and the gameplay loop is short and repetitive.”
graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews; while some players appreciate the cute art style and its suitability for the game's strategic elements, others criticize the visuals as clunky and unrefined. Despite the simplistic design, the graphics are noted to be charming, though technical issues like crashes have impacted the overall experience for some users.
- “While the art style is not particularly detailed, it suits the strategic nature of the game well, ensuring that players can quickly understand the state of their kingdom at a glance.”
- “The visuals are very cute and I enjoyed the sound design as well.”
- “It's really clunky, controls don't work and are awkward, the gameplay is painfully boring, the graphics aren't polygonal they're just bad, and it's just an overall extremely unrefined game.”
- “Don't let the simplistic graphics fool you, the game is far from being casual.”
- “It seems like a nice little game, but it keeps crashing my graphics driver, so unfortunately I can’t recommend it.”
grinding
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be initially enjoyable but ultimately tedious, particularly due to repetitive battles and limited map replayability. Many express frustration with the game's simplicity and lack of user interface improvements, which contribute to a sense of monotony and stress during gameplay. Overall, the grinding experience is seen as a significant drawback that detracts from the enjoyment of the card and city-building elements.
- “Fun for a bit, but gets very tedious.”
- “The game is too simple and quickly becomes tedious.”
- “The maps aren't replayable and grinding 100% completion is not fun.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's music effectively complements its pacing, featuring calmer tones during planning phases and more urgent sounds during nighttime assaults. While the soundtrack may not stand out on its own, it successfully enhances the game's shifting moods and overall enjoyment, particularly with the addition of new maps.
- “The audio design reinforces the game’s pacing, with calmer music during planning phases and more urgent tones during nighttime assaults.”
- “While the soundtrack may not be especially memorable on its own, it effectively supports the shifting moods of the game.”
- “There's been some new maps added, and the music, gameplay, strategy, and critical thinking that goes into this makes it all thoroughly enjoyable.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
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Players express a desire for a dedicated story mode, highlighting a lack of clarity in the rebuilding mechanics and resource management. While the game is enjoyable overall, some feel that additional modes, such as an endless mode, would enhance the experience.
- “Awesome game! I have very much enjoyed it; the only thing I wish it had was an endless mode since I've only played about an hour and finished 3 missions already.”
- “I wish there was a story mode for a specific tribe.”
- “The rebuilding of structures is weird: you don't get to choose the order, and I don't even know if they cost resources to rebuild (it's not indicated or explained; I would have expected something for this in the tutorial mission). You have to reassign your villagers to the rebuilt structures instead of them going there on their own.”
- “Awesome game, I have very much enjoyed it; the only thing I wish it had was an endless mode since I've only played about an hour and finished 3 missions already.”
replayability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game has been criticized for its lack of replayability, with users noting that the maps do not offer enough variety to warrant multiple playthroughs. Many feel that the grind for 100% completion is tedious, and there is a desire for a more dynamic gameplay experience, such as a rogue-lite deckbuilder format, to enhance replay value.
- “The maps aren't replayable, and grinding for 100% completion is not fun.”
- “It's very simple and not very replayable.”
- “I feel like this game is crying out to be a rogue-lite deckbuilder that would provide loads of replay value. As it is, I'm about to 100% the game and won't come back until new maps are added.”