The Huntsman: Winter’s Curse
This is an amazingly fun game. The first chapter of 5 is free but the rest will cost you. Not sure if they’re worth the asking price but when they’re on sale, definitely worth it.
The Huntsman: Winter’s Curse is a turn-based RPG where the skills you use are based on a deck of cards. Every piece of equipment you use (weapon, armor, and 2 accessories) will give you access to a different set of cards and sometimes a special bonus (or negative effect). So there’s a lot of strategy in what you decide to equip. On the same page where you choose your equipment is also a skill tree. Everytime you level up, you get to choose one perk - all passive.
– Real player with 81.7 hrs in game
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The Huntsman : Winter’s Curse is a surprising gem in a fairytale universe, totally worth its price in my opinion. The first book is free to play : a perfect way to make your own opinion about it. And since this is a fairytale, your steam wallet will magically decrease in order to purchase the season pass. Remember : magic always comes with a price.
This game is so much more than a Visual Novel, I just fell in love with its unique type. The story is about Elisabeth, a stubborn girl who used to live in a farm with her father and decides to leave her village to start her own adventure. Her brothers left home years ago and it’s time for her to look for them and discover what happened. During her journey, she will meet many good or evil characters / monsters. Many dangers await but sometimes, fear and inner self are the worst enemies.
– Real player with 12.2 hrs in game
Card City Nights 2
I was skeptical of buying this game because I don’t really like “casual” games, but I did enjoy the game despite it being filled with stuff that wouldn’t normally be to my taste.
The premise of the card system worked really well. The board positioning/countdown system sounded silly but was really interesting. There’s a careful balancing act between planning ahead for the space your going to need, crowding your opponent out, and getting down the powerful cards which are harder to hook to chains and make it harder to keep your chain momentum going. Unfortunately this is all scuddled by cards later in the game that are able to ignore all of this, and I haven’t seen a strategy that works better than spamming those cards over and over and I was able to cakewalk through the game once I figured that out.
– Real player with 37.7 hrs in game
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Card City Nights 2 is unfortunately a much worse game in many ways than the first game.
The core gameplay is similar in many ways, with having to connect 3 cards together using the 8-way arrows on each cards. But the board is one large 6x3 board instead of each player having their own 3x3 board, and connecting the cards doesn’t immediately cause an action, but rather activates them, to do something in X number of turns.
There are definitely pros to the new game. Being able to place your cards directly in the way of the opponent is nice. The “spy” cards that have red arrows that connect to the opponent’s cards are very cool, and there’s some great balance with them (they often have powerful placement effects, but help your opponent create matches). There’s a lot of interesting possible combos you can do. Like powerful cards with no arrows, that have to be activated by other means. Or cards with great effects only WHILE active, which means you want to delay their turn timer as much as possible.
– Real player with 32.6 hrs in game
Card Apocalypse
A rogulike Card Battle Game
Background
It’s said that finding the World Tree can realize a wish,people who keep looking for the World Tree are called travelers,they use their cards to fight the enemy.Their stories are all around the world.
Play method
Each skill card has numbers and colors,use numbers or color combinations to activate cards,the more powerful the card, the more difficult it is to take effect,each profession has a large number of exclusive skill cards and treasures.
Features
Distinctive characteristics of art style,players upgrade to unlock more skill cards and treasures,super many combinations waiting for players to discover.
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Chaincards
Chaincards is a JRPG where you play as Chain, a young wizard whose goal is to find out his master’s magic notes to reveal the secrets behind his mysterious death. Search powerful spells exploring dungeons. Learn how to control them and unleash the power of magic cards to fight demons and evil magicians. Unveil the truth.
Jesters Poker
Bad.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Northmark: Hour of the Wolf
IN A WORD: MAYBE
IN SHORT:
OF A SIMILAR NATURE TO: Hero of the Kingdom
WHAT TO EXPECT: Very short. Story-driven objectives. Fantasy setting. Overhead map movement. Minor RPG elements. 31 locations to visit, some with multiple areas. 196 card deck battle system. Limited number of basic puzzles. Virtually zero replayability value.
ACHIEVEMENTS: EASY.
STATUS: COMPLETE.
WHEN TO BUY: ON A SALE.
More info below….
– Real player with 7.3 hrs in game
Okay I’m going to try to keep this simple as honestly I’m pretty confused how I feel about this game.
I enjoyed every minute of playing it, but at the end of it I’m feeling empty. I literally did everything I could, fought every battle visited every location cleared every arena and got every achievement. The game could be finished easily a lot faster than my own clocked hours,
I was crawling and searching through the dust hoping for more content.
What is here is really solid, good battle system, a decent selection of cards.
– Real player with 7.1 hrs in game
EllrLand
This game has been abandoned, no sign of developer or any substantial mean to follow with update.
This game had some potential, but sadly the dev prefered to dump and go with this bare minimum of a game with poor translation
– Real player with 28.4 hrs in game
NO UPDATE, very irresponsible
– Real player with 18.8 hrs in game
Folding Edge
I’ve got the 1st round clear.
Good job, actually it is better than I expected.
The group making this game should then continue to modify the details to make it better.
– Real player with 59.9 hrs in game
UPDATED VERSION (March 2020)
Game has changed name from Starship Helmet, but same card style battles + campaign. No tutorial but clearer translations, so expect to jab at it for the first couple of games, it becomes obvious soon. Enjoyable.
Improved balance, campaign and new special weapons, plus crew that can improve cards.
At first glance the new graphics look worse.
Still a couple of Chinese parts. Easy to guess the meanings by jabbing at them. [In the original game entire cards might be in Chinese - seems fixed.]
– Real player with 22.9 hrs in game
Sinistrous
Introduction
Discover an ancient dungeon and battle eldritch horrors in this Lovecraftian deck-builder. Play as either the Warrior, the Witch, or the Rogue and enjoy strategic turn-based combat as you carve your way through mind-bending labyrinths. With each new adventure you will face a unique and randomized assortment of mystifying events, phantasmal environments, and perplexing creatures. There are more than 100 unique cards featured in Sinistrous and each class introduces new mechanics and distinct play styles for high replayability. Seek out the Darkness, question your sanity, and uncover the secrets of Carcosa.
Features
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Play as three cultists with their own unique skill sets while fighting your way through an unpredictable Lovecraftian world.
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Make critical decisions in an attempt to preserve your sanity, or satiate your lust for lunacy and unlock your cultist’s untapped potential.
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Customize your deck with over 100 ‘Cards’ and game-changing ‘Runes’ as you strategize against enemies of shapes and sizes unbeknownst to man.
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Experience events that make you question reality as you explore and unveil the secrets of Carcosa.
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Enjoy a dark, gritty art style featuring fully animated heroes, enemies, and more.
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Experience a hauntingly atmospheric soundtrack that fuses orchestra and electronica.
Goddess Of Card War
I think this is a “You get what you pay for” sorta thing but….I’m still iffy on the price (I got it at discount/sale too). So…I’m tentatively going to give it a thumbs down (I’ll explain in point 2). The game is interesting if you’re really into grinding. If you’re not into grinding, this is a hard pass.
The game’s story…doesn’t exist. I was taken back at first that there was no tutorial, I was thrown into battle right away, and I was lost for about 20 seconds then realized…you don’t do anything. This is a semi-idle game that is bad at the idle part. The combat is fully automated, there is no control there. That said, most battles take 6-12 seconds, and you have to constantly re-enter or go to the next map/area. So you still have to manage it but without any kind of actual game play. You set a formation of up to 9 characters and you can equip them with stuff and little things to grind to make them more powerful, which I’m not gonna lie, is pretty fun in its own way.
– Real player with 11.3 hrs in game
The character is very beautiful, there is nothing to say.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game