Addictive pack opening
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“this scratches the card opening itch without spending real world money on the dopamine rush”
Steam review · 82.1 h played ↗
TCG Card Shop Simulator
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%OPNeon Games2026Management · Economy · Simulation
The verdict
An addictive pack-opening shop sim that's relaxing but grindy. Recent 1.0 patches brought stutter, bugs and lost saves; skip it if you want deep management.
Great for
Card collectors who want the pack-opening thrill and a chill shop loop without spending real money
Main risk
Post-1.0 performance problems, bugs and lost saves, plus a repetitive, shallow loop
What changed in the last 30 days
147 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mostly follow the 1.0 update. Players report heavy stutter and low fps, broken or missing saves, and a rushed playable TCG. Fairly confident, as many reviews cite the same causes.
147 recent reviews
What players love
Time-sink addiction
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“i love this game but it removes time irl, started playing one evening, then it was 3am.”
Steam review · 42.3 h played ↗
Relaxing, easygoing loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“put on podcast or something and just casually play in the background”
Steam review · 129.2 h played ↗
Authentic card-shop humor and realism
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“As an owner of a TCG shop, I have to say the attention to realism is amazing.”
Steam review · 28.4 h played ↗
Great mod community
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“The mod community is a gold mine.”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
Playable TCG and tournaments add depth
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“being able to play the TCG gives you more to do once you have employees running the empire.”
Steam review · 30.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bugs, crashes and lost saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Played 23 hours within a week and wokeup one morning to my save file gone.”
Steam review · 23.4 h played ↗
Repetitive, shallow gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The gameplay loop never improved , its always the same but the merch just gets more expensive”
Steam review · 8.2 h played ↗
1.0 feels unfinished; roadmap unmet
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“This game has no business being called 1.0.”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗
Grindy progression and costly licenses
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“You have to spend another $5000 just for the license to sell a stuffed Pokechud toy.”
Steam review · 50.2 h played ↗
Stutter and low fps after 1.0
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Ever since the 1.0 update I have had terrible performance. The game itself seems to have a memory leak as the stuttering gets worse the longer the game is open.”
Steam review · 9.1 h played ↗
Weak playable card game
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Whole reason I bought the game was for the "playable TCG" which felt very underwhelming and rushed.”
Steam review · 46.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows (64-bit) 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3550
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVidia GeForce GTX 1050
Storage5 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows (64-bit) 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6400
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVidia GeForce GTX 1070
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows (64-bit) 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3550
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVidia GeForce GTX 1050
Storage5 GB available space
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