Card-en-Ciel
INTI CREATES CO., LTD. · 2024 · RPG, Deckbuilding, Story Rich, Roguelite, Card Game
PC
Very Positive91% · 869
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About Card-en-Ciel
Card-en-Ciel is a JRPG take on roguelike deckbuilders, with a full story, over 300 cards each with unique characters, 50 full vocal songs, and a 6x3 playfield for strategic depth.
Each battle will earn you new allies to add to your deck, powering up to take on the boss and advance the story.
Freely roam around dungeons and battle the enemies you choose.
You'll take control of Neon, a self-professed detective who specializes in crimes in full-dive VR games. When an in-development game is suddenly overrun by countless characters from other games old and new, Neon has to delve into virtual dungeons to stop them.
Each of the over 300 cards you'll collect features a unique character from those games. They come alive with full English and Japanese voice acting, talking with their friends and foes and reacting in battle.
Recruit powerful Muse cards who begin performing when you meet their conditions, activating unique effects to enable your most degenerate combos.
Each Muse sings a different song, created with respect to the era and genre you would expect from their original game, with 50 vocal songs in total.
Full content available day 1:
- Over 10 story dungeons, each with different cards to add to your deck and collect
- 10 extra difficulty levels, with new rule twists in addition to stronger enemies
- Special "Grand Battle Dungeons" that allow you to construct a deck to challenge with
- Over 50 random events featuring various game characters, real and imagined
- Daily and weekly dungeon challenges with online leaderboards
- Real-time online head-to-head battles
DLC & expansions
🎁 Complete the collection
Base game + 2 of 3 DLC at today's best prices (some DLC unpriced).
$39.97
to own everything
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
The idea was there but was too repetitive for me. The vast majority of the fights were the same thing.3 found this helpful
Card-like roguelites are dime a dozen, but this one stands clear above the pack by virtue of its gamey aesthetic and amazing soundtrack. Not to mention that the game is so mechanically complex yet relatively simple to learn. You can genuinely put hundreds of hours in this game, and the amount of free content added to the game post-launch is mind-boggling. The characters themselves are charming, though the story is genuinely bad. But if you're interested in this game, you're not playing for that. The only main critique I have is that the game's pacing between battles is genuinely a slog. I hope they fix this in a future isntallment.2 found this helpful
The game isn't translated very well and it's extremely hard to understand.1 found this helpful
Great game especially the music!1 found this helpful
I'm recommending Card-en-ciel for its creative mechanics, strong balance, solid roguelike progression system, and many viable deck archetypes. As a bonus it's very polished in terms of graphics, UI, voice acting and sound. The plot is a weak point though, and you will be constantly pestered by a hyper-sexualized android girl. You might think that sounds fun in theory, but in reality it's mostly obnoxious.
Card-en-Ciel is a unique fusion of roguelite progression, tactical card battles, and Japanese role-playing storytelling developed and published by INTI CREATES CO., LTD. Rather than following the familiar formula of traditional deckbuilding games, it introduces players to a virtual gaming universe where digital worlds collide and fictional characters become sentient. You step into the role of Neon, a detective who specializes in investigating incidents occurring inside virtual reality games. His latest case quickly evolves into an adventure filled with mysterious anomalies, colorful personalities, and countless references to fictional game worlds, creating a setting that feels imaginative and packed with charm from beginning to end. The game's strongest quality is its combat system, which combines strategic card management with movement across a battlefield grid. Every encounter requires players to think beyond simply playing the strongest card available, as positioning, enemy placement, and movement all influence the outcome of battles. This extra tactical layer makes combat feel more dynamic than many deckbuilders, rewarding thoughtful planning and clever combinations rather tha…
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