Decromancer

"Trading card game" is not an appropriate description for this one - a better name would be "Tactical card game". Decromancer differs from most of the card titles out there in that it's much less random and focuses more on placement. You don't have a "hand" from which to play cards, instead - you have a grid on which to place them. All the cards you have are available from the start of a battle, but you're limited to only 3 creatures per turn. The resources you have to summon cards do not grow with time (only with your character level), so plan wisely Creature cards have attack patterns on the grid, so their placement matter a LOT..and of course many also have special abilities, but that's not so novel. The game is a port from mobile devices and so one should be prepared for some characteristic elements that are more suited to mobile, but the developer is still working on implementing some additions to make use of what PCs have to offer - like hotkeys. There's still traces of microtransactions here and there, but honestly - you never needed to make those in the first place - all the game has to offer is avalable through normal play. Sure it does mean a bit of grinding, but not an awful lot and the grind itself is not a a boring thing you just keep doing over and over - replaying some known battles actually lets you try out some different tactics and polish up your skills. There are of course some bad sides - biggest of all is that the game is mostly singleplayer. The only mp element is a hotseat skirmish. Decromancer doesn't make use of network connections, sorry. At least you can play it when you're out of range without losing anything. There are some bugs of course, but that's what we - the players and community testers are here for to find them and the developer takes our reports seriously, plus the bugs we find so far aren't something gamebreaking so it's quite a job well done so far. Mind you that's a small developer without a big marketing department so it might take time to react and long periods of silence, but that only means they're focusing on getting the game right instead of flinging empty words. to sum it up (TL;DR ?) pros: -Focus on tactics and planning - in battle, not just in deckbuilding -No microtransactions to access every element of the game -Well-made consistent single player campaign -The usual stuff that makes a game playable cons: - only hotseat multiplayer

For a game that is ultimately just a port from tablet gaming, it is plagued with bugs that are very likely to simply stop you from progressing any further into the game. Quest items to pick up are particularly guilty of this: some of them will eventually be picked up after one or two crashes, but some never do, and one of them might just make you unable to do anything else than grinding while waiting for a fix. The main problem with that, is that you will be playing for more than 2 hours before running into a brick wall, at which point Steam will not refund you even though the full game is basically not playable. A very great game that I had the chance to enjoy through a third party software as its mobile version, but saying that the game is FINISHED is a joke. I don't own a tablet/smartphone and I was very happy to support the developer when it was finally released on PC, but it's been released here 5 months ago and even basic functions aren't working properly (I crashed during the tutorial battle, for example) despite the fact that the devs announced 1 or 2 months to polish it up. Good game. In theory. It had better be completely bug-free after Early Access if they plan to push the price up once it is done. If it ever gets done.

Doesn't it suck when you buy a game in Early Access, and it's been 4 years and it hasn't seen an update and it is a buggy unplayable mess. This game crashes all the time, and doesn't work. It is a report of a pretty solid Mobile game, that I enjoyed, but this isn't that game.

It's a little buggy and you can feel that it's originally a F2P mobile game but none of those things are super annoying. The core mechanics are actually pretty good which makes up for those small flaws. However I recommend getting this game on mobile first to try it out for youself for free. More Details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDOSQcg0znY

Been looking for a card game since trying Gwent and enjoying it (Card game noob here). Was intimidated by the scale of Magic and such (I will go that route at some point though). Took a chance on this game and played it for 9 hours straight. Very fun and easy to get into but with some real stategy on card placement. A few bugs here and there but hopefully devs will keep refining the game. In short, I really like this game and recomend it.

Хороший пример, перекочевавшей с "андрюши", тактической кки. Все еще недоработанна, но стоит своих денег. Из однозначных плюсов: арты карт, акварельные задники и божеский баланс, хотя и гриндить приходится (фиг ли, донат же на андоиде был для этого). 8/10.

I love this game! Just what i like Cards,Strategy and RPG

Maybe the gameplay itself is fun, but I think I will never know, because the interface of this mobile port is really buggy which makes the game nearly unplayable on pc.

멀티 플레이와 요즘 유행하는 카드 게임에 길들여진 사람들은 이 게임에 재미를 거의 못 느낄 겁니다. 솔로 플레이밖에 못합니다. 또한 카드 업그레이드는 한 번만 가능합니다. 그러나, 이러한 단점이 상관없다 하는 사람에게는 너무나 좋은 게임입니다. 전투장은 5열 2행으로 되어 있는데, 카드를 배치하는 순서, 소환한 위치, 카드 별 주문에 따라 갈리는 전략적인 요소가 많습니다. 그렇지만 전투 과정 자체는 상당히 간결합니다. 상대의 빈 칸을 상대의 생명력만큼 데미지를 입히거나 상대의 카드를 모두 없애면 승리합니다. 스토리 초반부에는 쉽지만 가면 갈수록 강한 카드를 가진 상대가 나와 스토리 후반부에는 모든 전략을 동원해서 승리해야 합니다. 그러기 위해 카드를 구매하고 업그레이드를 해야 되는데 카드 업그레이드는 상대를 이기면 얻는 포인트를 통해 할 수 있습니다. 다소 지루하다고 느낄 수 있기 때문에 기존의 카드 게임들에 적응이 된 사람들에게는 별로 추천하지 않습니다. 그러나 독특한 카드 게임을 원하는 사람이라면 누구든 이 게임을 한번 해보셨으면 합니다.

In a world of card games where the meta-game is becoming too complex for their own good, Decromancer is a great old-school adventure with cards! Cards level up as you battle through increasingly more difficult creatures in an RPG game. Thumbs up! :)