Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator
Skip · Strategy · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 25, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 3.2h 23.4h to 100%
- Value
- $6.25/hr
- Reviews
- 72% of 479 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Open your own Card shop by the seaside! Buy, trade and sell Cards, OR keep them for your own collection! Earn reputation with customers, beat your shop goals, unlock new decorations, and host exciting events to bring everyone to the best Card shop in town!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce 7 Series/Radeon R7 Series, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 39 times in the 5 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 40 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre. On the same math Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon ($14.99, scores 77) and Another Brick in The Mall ($16.99, scores 64) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator
Steam's global achievement data puts about 6 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 3.2-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 324 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2022 to July 2026.
Finishing takes 3.2 hours; clearing it takes 23, which is 7.3 times the campaign.
The drop-off
71% start to 6% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
What players say
Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator, developed by Henry's House, Oscar Brittain, and Rob Gross and published by Akupara Games, takes a surprisingly heartfelt approach to a niche hobby that many players immediately recognize. Rather than presenting itself as a traditional management simulator filled with spreadsheets and endless optimization, the game embraces the culture surrounding collectible card games and...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
You like card games but bad reviews for this game makes you doubt it? Im here to help. Being straightforward I would recommend this game if you really like card games and collecting them. I played Magic The Gathering and this game really feels fun from that perspective. If you hate repetitive playing or just waiting then this might be not your best choice. Now a little about the game Story Game starts with somewhat...
Did I spend too many hours on this? Yes. Did I enjoy it? A bit. But the game has so many issues it's kind of startling. The story jumps all over and ends so abruptly it caught me off guard. The art and stylization of the cards is nice. The idea of 4 cards pack (which are only available some days, at random) of 10 card sets is... interesting. The 'game', when you play it, feels clumsy and frustrating. The game has a...
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Cite this score
Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator scores 25/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1298480/kardboard-kings-card-shop-simulatorReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 1, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.