Generous free-to-play economy
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Actually free to play, not free to grind.”
Steam review · 103.8 h played ↗
Shadowverse CCG
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 81%Very Positive · 81%Cygames, Inc.2016Card Battler · Deckbuilding · Card Game
The verdict
A fast, anime-styled Hearthstone-like CCG with great art, a strong story mode and generous free packs, but the service has ended and the servers are shut down. Don't buy it expecting to play.
Great for
Nobody new, since it is offline; fans can still look back on its story, art and fast card play
Main risk
The game is permanently shut down (end of service), so it is unplayable
What players love
Fast, deep gameplay with unique classes and Evolve
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Evolve is a game-changing, tempo-gaining mechanic that seems simple at first but has quite a bit of depth.”
Steam review · 18.1 h played ↗
Better than Hearthstone and the sequel
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“This game is better than its sequel in every way”
Steam review · 3760.8 h played ↗
Great story mode and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Shadowverse's story mode is for lack of a better word incredible and I would say its worth downloading Shadowverse just to play it.”
Steam review · 144.6 h played ↗
Beautiful anime art and animations
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Great artworks, visuals, and animations.”
Steam review · 19.1 h played ↗
Collabs and collectible leaders
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“This iteration of the game even had collabs with IPs like Nier Automata, Fate/Stay Night UBW, Re:Zero, and more!”
Steam review · 946.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor balance and power creep
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“All cards got powercreeped so hard it reached a point where balance has been thrown out of the window.”
Steam review · 3423 h played ↗
Meta-deck dominance and OTK/auto-win games
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“If you enjoy being dead by turn 5 this is the game for you.”
Steam review · 104.5 h played ↗
Service shut down, game unplayable
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“It's a brain dead decision in my opinion to shut down the more successful first game just because you want to force people to finally try your second game”
Steam review · 417.8 h played ↗
Expensive decks and unfriendly to new players
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“you have to either grind endlessly or pay a hell lot to earn a meta deck, which is a must for you could possibly win.”
Steam review · 259 h played ↗
Downloads gigabytes to C: drive and leaves data
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“it download the data into the AppData in your C drive, and you can't change it. And, all of that data DOESN'T DELETE ITSELF when you UNINSTALL the GAME.”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
Unfair account bans and censorship
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“Ever spent money on a game, then got banned without any specific reason and then hit your head on a wall repeatedly to a wall named "customer support" to no avail?”
Steam review · 747.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable15.5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GT1030 / AMD Radeon RX 550
Storage15.5 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GT1030 / AMD Radeon RX 550
Storage15.5 GB available space
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