Cartomancy Anthology

Boring and immature beyond belief. Most of the games barely work and those that do are full of pseudo-new age nonsense for people that think they're deep. Can't believe I wasted time and money on this.

This is a collection of small indie games inspired by the Tarot. Many of them aren't really games, just click-through cinematics and/or text. Many of the games are minimal, foolish, and full of bugs. Some of them are intriguing just the same. Some are pretty cool. Some don't work at all. I get the sense most of these games were made by very young designers; they lack maturity. My favorite is the Emperor; my least favorite is The World.

I really like anthologies like this, you get a feel for a lot of different artists' styles and efforts. The games are varying degrees of completable for me (I'm terrible at puzzles), but they all have something nice to offer. Looking forward to trying them all.

I haven't played all the games but this is already a great experience. It's a really unique experience ! Congrats to all the devs for this anthology !!

So I never leave reviews but this project really deserves some love! I don't remember how I found this game or why I bought it (I'm not even that into tarot!), but I have no regrets because it's probably the coolest thing I've ever purchased on Steam. If you're someone who appreciates game design as an artform and the experimentation that indie games allow for, then this shouldn't be overlooked. These games are meant to be experiential rather than gameplay-heavy. Every one of these bite-sized experiences won't be for everybody (there were certainly a few I put down early because I didn't enjoy their genre), but every one of them will make you think. I was also under the impression from some of the other reviews that this would be far buggier than it was; really, there was only one game in the whole bunch that was buggy to the point of being unplayable. Special shoutouts to my top five games, in no particular order: The Emperor, The Empress, The Hierophant, The Hanged Man, and The Magician.

After trying out all the cards, here's a list of some notable games without spoilers (treat it as some kind of personal ranking): [b] S tier: [/b] Empress - overall great puzzle game, level difficulty is just right, concise story and to my surprise there's also voiced lines Fortune - this fishing game is just adorable to its core, also it's made by only one person, it's really impressive, I just wish that my luck wasn't so bad that it took me so many tries just to get the correct weather I wanted High Priestess - cute art and story, the puzzles are quite challenging and I appreciate that there's an optional easy mode, do also note that you need a mouse to play the game Emperor - I'm probably biased because I love cooking games, but I still think it's great because even though the game is short, the story and message are still solid, and definitely need some thinking to interpret what the emperor desires Hanged Man - I just find the concept of this really interesting, you have to combine ingredients to make an item for each customer, which then you also have to interpret each customers' demands carefully as they are not the most direct orders, probably one of the games where …