Card Quest
Fair · Roguelike · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 18.5h
- Value
- $0.54/hr
- Reviews
- 86% of 378 positive
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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.
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About the game
Card Quest is a dungeon crawling adventure game with unique card combat. Play with a variety of unique character classes, and customize decks to fit your playstyle. Explore the strategic depth of tactical roguelike gameplay, and crush the undead plague.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, DirectX11 compatible graphics card, 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
63 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 41 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 62 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, RUNGORE ($5.24, scores 59) beats it on value, while it beats Overdungeon ($7.49, scores 51).
The drop-off
32% start to 1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Genuinely a great game and pacing. You discover new things that open up easier pathways and tactics in increasing complexity and satisfaction. Learning moments stay with you and improve your skills. The graphics are retro but still creative and detailed. One mixed aspect (both good and bad) is that it feels very very calculated. It isn't totally 'random' card drawing - if it was, you'd probably lose a lot more. The...
2 more reviews
Card Quest is one of the best deckbuilding roguelites I stopped playing multiple times. The combat is great. Building your loadout before the run and then being forced to live with your choices the whole way through makes every fight feel tense. There's also a ridiculous amount of stuff to unlock. New gear, new archetypes, weird interactions, hidden mechanics. I recently learned there are secret classes (at 50 hour...
This is to me one of the best "deckbuilder" games ever made. There's almost zero randomness, you build your entire deck at the start of the game (which is how actual physical deck building card games work) and try to survive until the end picking the right challenges suited for your cards. There are a couple of extra abilities and stat increases to gain along the way and further tailor your build, but most of the...
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Cite this score
Card Quest scores 56/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/493080/card-questReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.