Card Shark

Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit. Enter a world where you’ll need to play your opponents better than you play your cards.

Card Shark is a indie, story rich and historical game developed by Nerial and published by Devolver Digital.
Released on June 02nd 2022 is available on Windows and MacOS in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil and Russian.

It has received 2,709 reviews of which 2,471 were positive and 238 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Card Shark into these genres:

Indie Story Rich Historical Card Game Stealth Mystery Interactive Fiction Hand-drawn Simulation 2D Atmospheric Stylized Tutorial Narration Gambling Adventure Quick-Time Events RPG Alternate History Point & Click

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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 7
Processor: Intel Core i3-530 (2*2930) / AMD A8-3850 (4 * 2900) or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics / Radeon HD 6550D or equivalent
Storage: 2 GB available space
Additional Notes: Controller Recommended

MacOS

OS: Mac OS X 10.9.5 or later
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M (4 * 2500) or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Radeon HD 6630M (256 VRAM) or equivalent
Storage: 2 GB available space
Additional Notes: Controller Recommended

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

This is definitely a very interesting take on a card game with a story-driven approach to it and a really beautiful art style. I just have one complaint and that has to do with the difficulty/lack of access to previous tutorials on it, it's really hard to pick the game back up if you haven't played it for a while. I experienced this after taking a break from playing it for a few months, and now I find myself completely lost and can't remember the tactics/strategies that the gameplay requires to progress. The game does let you refer back to a description of the strategies you've learned but without being able to practice them again, it's quite difficult to pick this back up again. That's a real shame because I did really like the game itself but I'm stuck on the final act and can't seem to complete it only because it's been a while since I played it. Would have been great if the game included a feature to let you do the tutorials/practice the strategies you've learned at any point in the game.

Sept. 2024

The most fascinating thing about Card Shark is that it's a card game where you don't even know what game you're playing. The only thing you're concerned with is cheating. All the tricks you'll use in the game are actual card tricks and cheats you can try in real life, which is incredibly interesting on its own. The story, set in France during king's Louis XV monarchy, does a good job at tying together all the stages and basically takes you on a tour of 18th century pre-revolutionary France. Special props to the sound track, which is amazing and fits perfectly both the historical period and the mood the game sets. It playes perfectly on the Steam Deck.

Aug. 2024

I played this game like 2 years ago and I'm still looking to find another game that has its exact ratio of super interesting theme/concept/setting, great story and characters, unique and somewhat challenging gameplay, and gorgeous art. I've never played a game quite like this but I desperately wish to play another one. It was also really educational in the best way! I'm bummed I've never heard anyone talk about this except for the single twitter thread that I heard about this from, because imo it deserves a lot more chatter. Play this if you like when a game has a satisfying story and doesn't take one million years.

June 2024

Great, but be cautioned if you have ADHD This is one of those games where you must memorize and develop your skills with all the various card tricks, which means it's daunting to get back into if you stop playing it for a week or two. It's best to sit down and just keep playing it multiple times a week until it's done. If that sounds like too much of a commitment and you prefer to pick up and forget about games as you please, you might not get the full enjoyment out of this.

Feb. 2024

90% of this game for me took place in a carriage where I practiced the same card trick until I could do it perfectly. It's like a skill practicing game. Shuffle the deck, offset the card, deal in the right order, palm one of the cards. It's memorizing and perfecting a procedure to accomplish a trick with such consistency that when the key moment comes, you're ready. There's few games quite like it.

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