Card-en-Ciel

Card-en-Ciel is a roguelite card-battling RPG featuring over 300 different cards and 50 unique vocal songs! Play as Neon, the "Gaming Chair Detective" famous for solving net-crimes, as he encounters a strange new case when he dives into an in-development game world.

Card-en-Ciel is a rpg, deckbuilding and story rich game developed and published by INTI CREATES CO. and LTD..
Released on October 23rd 2024 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 531 reviews of which 505 were positive and 26 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 18.39€ on Steam and has a 20% discount.

The Steam community has classified Card-en-Ciel into these genres:

RPG Deckbuilding Story Rich Rogue-lite Card Game Rogue-like Anime PvE Card Battler 2.5D 2D 1990's Cyberpunk Retro PvP Tactical Combat Controller Grid-Based Movement Multiple Endings

Media & Screenshots

Get an in-depth look at Card-en-Ciel through various videos and screenshots.

screenshot_ss_6c877e303577d2e0851aef9922d05c95458cc5de.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_46831b69dbd12cae0f50b310b353b2f7519a62d3.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_56e77bc7fe6116cf0087bf7a498ba736f2be9915.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_264e39b34154c404bddf98cf8041acb560b04ca5.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_07eba86457a96baf866df6d50a9c8c907dde30ef.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_882a1dbcf67b5cac3a0e06eb93cafb5a63151c33.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_0974d576ea973ba097638e7bfacc8aed3a333921.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_954e139ee3e4b6a5e79b9077e83a853b73623d34.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_bebe9656d1124c88f282f93c604d21fdec2ba4df.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_6bc28f79ee97819c6b90382a27ffb3fe25112c46.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_06a08b6d5c9f099c1f313b5da90fa37d32e03519.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_d6247d643a256a30e221870859f30bfcdec53ef5.1920x1080.jpg

Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 or later (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or equivalent
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 5 GB available space
Sound Card: Windows Compatible Audio Device
Additional Notes: An internet connection is required for PvP and daily/weekly dungeons.

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2024

Listen up nerds, this is the INTI CREATES cinematic universe deck-builder of J-Pop, anime waifus, comedically cringe dialogue, and doki-doki Muse singing-is-magic powering up your "MY SOUL'S BURNING BRIGHT" gigachad wombo combo. You need a certain level of tolerance to the above to be able to enjoy the experience of playing Card-en-Ciel. First off: yeah this game is clearly very similar to Mega Man Battle Network, but it's also very different and much more strict. There is no free movement in Card-en-Ciel, so there are also no boss patterns which you can dodge via player skill and reflexes. This contrasts heavily with "One Step From Eden", a true MMBN-like with free movement and excellent boss patterns on a 4x4 grid. Instead, your victory in Card-en-Ciel is down to what options your cards themselves have for defense, including using cards to move. Keep in mind that, generally speaking, you never have enough "Cost" to play all of the cards in your hand on a given turn, so you will have to move with some of them. Moving with cards prevents you from being able to play them, but consumes 0 "Cost" and will have other more complex effects as you get further into the game. All this means that Card-en-Ciel is truly turn-based and is also very much a puzzle game. The developers lean into this because each dungeon has an entirely different pool of cards and muses, which will be tailored towards *only 2 or 3* types of card effects and particular deck engines. If you don't like that style of gameplay, that's tough shit because those are your only options for that dungeon. The gameplay feel of each dungeon ends up wildly different as a result: and I personally liked most of them but absolutely hated like 3 of them. What complicates this system even further is that Card-en-Ciel is a score-chasing game; INTI CREATES loves their high score systems. The main way you improve your scores is by taking fewer total turns in battle: which means skipping or avoiding most of the possible fights in any dungeon. Doing this deprives you of cards and other rewards, so your deck is barely built in a deck-builder game... which is very rough. The best possible scores are right on the razor's edge of being so weak that the boss fights are literally unwinnable, and the game is pushing you to find that line and skate along it. You can play slowly instead and leisurely power yourself up, but the game's UI will basically mock you at the end of your run and tell you that you get 1-star and did a bad job. You'll have to understand yourself to know if this type of gameplay loop is something you love or hate. Every other aspect of Card-en-Ciel is very secondary to the gameplay... but all of it is serviceable; You play this game for the gameplay. The story is overall whatever, but I like Neon and Ancie well enough as characters. The English dub pulls a lot of weight here with Aleks Le and Cristina Vee reciting some grade-S memelord lines with total conviction. Some of the individual dialogue about each game's world is hilarious, with special mention to "Love above the Rooftops" which is the fake game that I most wish was real out of this entire experience. Most of the graphics are... fine but not stellar. A lot of card attack FX are merely decent, and most sprites aren't actually animated much and instead just handled with Live 2D style squash and stretch "non-imation", which is tolerable but a step down from lovingly-crafted individual sprites. The music is the standout part of the game and the 50 Muse songs really go hard, but sneakily about 30 of those songs were already finished and composed for previous INTI CREATES titles across Gal*Gun, Azure Striker Gunvolt, etc... The new songs are great, but they aren't all new so it's not really fair to boast that this game has "50 songs" implying that you've never heard Indigo Destiny or LOVE HEARTS before. I understand and respect that a lot of time and effort went into these things, but I can still criticize the game for an overall lack of polish in the above ways that would've really improved it. The thing is... I really like the gameplay so I'm having fun. That's why I already played the game for 40+ hours and will be playing it more. I think there's enough of that to justify the price of purchasing Card-en-Ciel, but only if you're 100% on-board with a gameplay-first experience.

Oct. 2024

I was expecting a clone of megaman battle network / slay the spire, but this game is even better than that. This game is a celebration of past INTI games, videogames and otaku culture in general. I can't recommend enough this game, try the demo and check it out by yourself!

Oct. 2024

The boss of the second dungeon is a shy, nervous, 2 story tall schoolgirl mecha cheered on by her complete degenerate of a boyfriend who insists he will burn his love for giant women on you (Naturally if not for him you probably could have avoided a fight entirely). Once you beat these two weirdos down, the mecha girl gives her boyfriend a lap pillow to help him recover and your female companion goes "Hmm..." upon seeing this. Upon reaching the main menu, you unlock a dedicated "Lap Pillow" button to receive a lap pillow from your companion at any time. As you can see, this is one of the last truly innovative games of the modern era.

Oct. 2024

This is a pretty fun deckbuilder rogue-likey thing with some pretty great features. I love that the activation of a muse changes the music and background especially. As a warning to anyone looking, this game is anime. It is EXTREMELY anime, it is anime inside of anime inside of anime. Like a giant robot girl falling over and a lightbeam covering her pants/privates levels of fan-servicey anime. You can completely and utterly ignore all the story though and just pretend it's a deckbuilder but i definitely wouldn't play this on your lunchbreak at work that's for sure. Gameplay is genuinely great though, cool combos nice cards nice audio and visuals.

Oct. 2024

The gameplay is great, but playing the game with the sound on will get you put on the sex offender registry

Similar games

View all

Bingle Bingle

Similarity 85%

Price -10% 9.71€

Rating 7.9

Release 18 Mar 2024

View

Theseus Protocol

Similarity 63%

Price -60% 3.90€

Rating 6.6

Release 22 Aug 2023

View

Fantasy of Caocao 2

Similarity 62%

Price -30% 6.15€

Rating 7.9

Release 01 Nov 2023

View

Chrono Ark

Similarity 62%

Price -25% 18.37€

Rating 8.7

Release 02 May 2024

View

Journey to the West

Similarity 61%

Price -25% 14.62€

Rating 7.8

Release 28 Jun 2023

View

Griftlands

Similarity 61%

Price -60% 6.71€

Rating 9.2

Release 01 Jun 2021

View

Cross Blitz

Similarity 60%

Price -35% 12.99€

Rating 7.0

Release 29 Nov 2023

View

Trials of Fire

Similarity 60%

Price -76% 4.10€

Rating 8.3

Release 09 Apr 2021

View

Card Quest

Similarity 60%

Price -50% 4.09€

Rating 8.0

Release 07 Nov 2017

View

Phantom Rose 2 Sapphire

Similarity 59%

Price -40% 11.70€

Rating 8.6

Release 29 Oct 2023

View

Yao-Guai Hunter

Similarity 59%

Price -20% 10.63€

Rating 8.1

Release 03 Apr 2023

View

Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend

Similarity 59%

Price -20% 19.99€

Rating 8.8

Release 17 Aug 2022

View

More games like Card-en-Ciel

Data sources

The information presented on this page is sourced from reliable APIs to ensure accuracy and relevance. We utilize the Steam API to gather data on game details, including titles, descriptions, prices, and user reviews. This allows us to provide you with the most up-to-date information directly from the Steam platform.

Additionally, we incorporate data from the SteamSpy API, which offers insights into game sales and player statistics. This helps us present a comprehensive view of each game's popularity and performance within the gaming community.

Last Updates

Steam data	08 December 2024 01:11
SteamSpy data	17 December 2024 07:45
Steam price	23 December 2024 12:48
Steam reviews	23 December 2024 11:49

-20% 22.99€ 18.39€

8.8

505

Online players

Developer

INTI CREATES CO., LTD.

Publisher

INTI CREATES CO., LTD.

Release 23 Oct 2024

Platforms