Cardboard Town
Stratera Games · August 18, 2023 · Building, City Builder, Card Game, Stylized, Resource Management
Buy the Cardboard Town key for Steam from Eneba at $0.98 — the cheapest of 9 stores we compare.
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Mostly Positive80% · 2,330 📉 Recent reviews down 70%8playing now
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Cardboard Town price by region
Cardboard Town costs £0.82 in the United Kingdom, €0.89 in Europe (EUR), $0.98 in the United States, $0.98 in Georgia (USD), zł5.25 in Poland, R$7.98 in Brazil, CA$24.17 in Canada, A$27.43 in Australia and NZ$28.99 in New Zealand right now.
| Region | Best price | Official store | Key shop | Stores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom | £0.82 −95% | £15.57 | £0.82 | 5 |
 Europe (EUR) | €0.89 −95% | €18.13 | €0.89 | 8 |
 United Statesyour region | $0.98 −95% | $18.59 | $0.98 | 9 |
 Georgia (USD) | $0.98 −94% | — | $0.98 | 7 |
 Poland | zł5.25 −94% | zł91.99 | zł5.25 | 3 |
 Brazil | R$7.98 −87% | R$59.99 | R$7.98 | 2 |
 Canada | CA$24.17 −7% | CA$24.17 | — | 2 |
 Australia | A$27.43 −7% | A$27.43 | — | 2 |
 New Zealand | NZ$28.99 | NZ$28.99 | — | 1 |
Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.
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About Cardboard Town
✦ AI summary
Build a thriving city by drawing and playing cards to balance resources like electricity, water, and safety while managing a delicate economy. Survive random disasters, unlock persistent upgrades between runs, and chase high scores across endless replayable combinations of over 300 unique cards in this hand-drawn roguelite builder.
Cardboard Town is a city-building card game where you manage resources, upgrade buildings, and navigate random events to build the ultimate tabletop metropolis.
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Cardboard Town has a charmingly aesthetic and hand-drawn art style, but you aren't just mindlessly placing buildings to make a pretty skyline; you are actively managing a complex economy where every decision matters. Every card you play impacts your delicate balance of Water, Electricity, and Safety.
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With over 300+ Building, Action, Quest cards, Festivals, and Upgrades, the combinations are endless. You might build an eco-friendly green paradise in one run, and an industrial powerhouse in the next.
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/2198070/extras/m1
The stakes are real. Failing to manage your stats or resolve disasters results in a Red Alert. Accumulate three Red Alerts, and it’s Game Over. Can you beat your high score before the city folds?
With different upgrades, random festivals, disasters, and quests; each run is different! Try to beat your high score each time and unlock even more random stuff such as new building cards, festivals, cosmetics and even resources!
Build your cardboard empire today!
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/2198070/extras/m2Cardboard Town has a charmingly aesthetic and hand-drawn art style, but you aren't just mindlessly placing buildings to make a pretty skyline; you are actively managing a complex economy where every decision matters. Every card you play impacts your delicate balance of Water, Electricity, and Safety.
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/2198070/extras/m4⚡ The Gameplay Loop
- Draw Your Hand: Each turn gives you new options. Will you expand your residential district or upgrade your power grid?
- Manage Your Stats: Keep an eye on your Money, Electricity, Water, Environment, and Safety. If your population grows too fast without the infrastructure to support it, things get messy.
- Survive the Chaos: Random disasters and events will test your planning. Do you have the Action Cards to save the day?
- Unlock & Upgrade: Earn persistent rewards after every run to beef up your deck for the next attempt.
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/2198070/extras/m3🃏 A Massive Deck of Possibilities
With over 300+ Building, Action, Quest cards, Festivals, and Upgrades, the combinations are endless. You might build an eco-friendly green paradise in one run, and an industrial powerhouse in the next.
- Various building cards to build your city from the ground up
- Action cards to take care of random events and adjust your cards
- Quest cards to complete and make your people happy
- Road cards to make cars go wroom wroom
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/2198070/extras/m1🚨 Three Strikes, You're Out!
The stakes are real. Failing to manage your stats or resolve disasters results in a Red Alert. Accumulate three Red Alerts, and it’s Game Over. Can you beat your high score before the city folds?
🏙️ Roguelite Fun
With different upgrades, random festivals, disasters, and quests; each run is different! Try to beat your high score each time and unlock even more random stuff such as new building cards, festivals, cosmetics and even resources!
Build your cardboard empire today!
Cardboard Town — game info
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Player modes
- Single-player
- Controller
- Full controller support
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Cardboard Town has charming aesthetics and a unique card-based town-building concept that some players genuinely enjoy, but it suffers from significant issues including poor tutorials, confusing mechanics with heavy randomness, and particularly severe Steam Deck compatibility problems with stuck prompts and input detection failures. Players are divided on whether the gameplay loop is engaging or frustrating, and several note concerns about the refund policy and lack of clarity on what they're supposed to be doing.
I picked this up because I loved the aesthetic and wanted to try it out. I regret to inform those who are interested in Steam Deck usage of the game it is nigh unplayable. Prompts never leave the screen, you get stuck between controller and keyboard detection constantly, mouse options don't work, it's a giant mess. The lack of a tutorial when you begin hurts this a lot as there is very little representation of what you're supposed to be doing and it makes attempting to rebind keys even more difficult. It is a shame because the game looks delightful and I wanted to enjoy it, but it is just unusable on Steam Deck and I do not recommend for anyone using it on that device.2 found this helpful
The game is truly unique, but it's not for me. The explanations are annoying; things appear every minute, but nothing is explained. I can say it's not as relaxing as it seems, or maybe I'm just too stupid to understand the randomness.2 found this helpful
Really enjoyed and I've played for quite a while with different settings, super fun and i really like it :)1 found this helpful
Not for me. And game does not allow refunds after 14 days, which I have never seen for other games on Steam.
Cards shape a small town Build and watch the city grow Tiny worlds take form
Too much RNG.
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