Great art and historical details
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The historical descriptions on the back of units is an incredible perk.”
Steam review · 601.6 h played ↗
KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 66%Mixed · 66%1939 Games2020Card Game · Wargame · Turn-Based Strategy
The verdict
A distinctive WW2 card game with a frontline mechanic and great art, but heavily criticized for pay-to-win, power creep and balance. Skip it if you dislike monetized CCGs or constant rotation.
Great for
WW2 history fans and CCG players who like frontline tactics and deckbuilding
Main risk
Pay-to-win feel and constant power creep/rotation make free play a losing grind
What changed in the last 30 days
36 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews cite the weather/forecast expansion, power creep, pay-to-win pricing, forum bans and AI-art cards. Steam's recent score is notably lower than all-time.
36 recent reviews
What players love
Free to play is viable for some
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“I have never bought anything in game and I still have fun and consider myself to be somewhat competitive in ranked play.”
Steam review · 15.3 h played ↗
Fun, relaxing and easy to learn
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“If you wanna relax but still make the brain work ... this game is for you .”
Steam review · 753.4 h played ↗
Great WW2 atmosphere and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“Awesome music selection and SFX are gooooood!”
Steam review · 55.4 h played ↗
Unique frontline mechanic and tactics
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“To attack the enemy HQ with ground troops, you must first take the front line with infantry or tanks.”
Steam review · translated · 0.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Pay-to-win and expensive store
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“30 packs cost ~100 dollars on your first purchase, and ~120 on your second.”
Steam review · 61.6 h played ↗
Poor balance and dominant meta decks
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Every major update, there are a few either new or old strategies that are extremely simple to play once you copy a deck”
Steam review · 327.1 h played ↗
Power creep and rotation invalidate decks
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the new expansion cards are full of power-creep”
Steam review · 304.9 h played ↗
Cheaters, bots and no report function
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Please set up a reporting channel and don’t let cheaters ruin this game.”
Steam review · 180.5 h played ↗
Weather and forecast cards slow and skew games
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Games take 20–30 minutes, thanks to the endless amount of Weather cards being played every single turn.”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗
Campaign locked behind paywall
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“each of the single player campaigns are locked behind $15 dollar paywalls”
Steam review · 8.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorCore i3-3225 3.3 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD 4000 on PC; AMD Radeon Vega 8
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorCore i3-3225 3.3 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD 4000 on PC; AMD Radeon Vega 8
Storage5 GB available space
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