Card Game Simulator

Card Game Simulator

Finol Digital LLC · November 15, 2021 · Simulation, Card Game, Casual, Strategy, Tabletop

Card Game Simulator is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Mixed66% · 41 📉 Recent reviews down 54%
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Card Game Simulator price

Card Game Simulator is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Card Game Simulator

✦ AI summary

Card Game Simulator is a virtual tabletop where you can create, customize, and play any card game imaginable, from classic decks to entirely original designs you build yourself. Play solo, with friends locally, or online with up to 10 players across LAN or the internet with full support for custom cards, decks, and game rules.

Create, share, and play card games with Card Game Simulator!
Create your own original card games, import custom cards, organize your decks and cards, and play card games with your friends.
All on an intuitive virtual tabletop!

Create and Share Games


You can download additional games by selecting the center card game in the Main Menu. Press the download button that appears and enter the CGS AutoUpdate URL for the game you would like to download.
If you enable Developer Mode, you can easily create your own games by importing images onto custom boards and tables, and create custom cards and decks.
You can also define your own custom game(s) by following the Custom Games Documentation on the CGS website!

Cards Explorer


See all the cards laid out neatly and easily search-able, with the option to filter for any search criteria.
If you enable Developer Mode, you can also add custom cards here.

Deck Editor


Some card games will come with pre-built decks, but you can always create new decks by writing in card names or with the visual Deck Editor.
You can load up and edit existing decks, or you can start with completely new decks to add and save for later.

Multi-player


Create online rooms with optional passwords to ensure only your friends Join your game.
You can play over LAN or over the internet.

Single-player


You can immediately Start a game, either to play by yourself or to play with friends hot-seat style.

Key Features

  • Online sandbox with unlimited games to play how you want.
  • Create and play your own original games.
  • Play just like you do in real life; pick up, rotate, and flip any card.
  • Up to 10 people can play online together on the same table.
  • Save, load, and share decks.
  • Multiple "drawer"s allow you to play locally on the same computer with your friends.
  • Default games: Standard French-Suited 52-cards, Dominoes, and Mahjong

Card Game Simulator — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Split screen, Cross-platform multiplayer
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Card Game Simulator is a free construction kit for building custom card games rather than a finished game itself, and players appreciate its low barrier to entry for importing custom decks compared to alternatives. However, reviewers consistently criticize its clunky interface, lack of rule automation, poor documentation on setting up custom game mechanics, and overall lack of polish when compared to other card game simulators.

Not recommended Apr 2, 2025
I managed to bumble through importing a tarot deck into the game but once I get into the multiplayer screen it's all too unclear how this is supposed to work. I was hoping for something where I would be able to specify the rules of the game so that gameplay could be automated somewhat. How to set that up is sort of unclear. Maybe looking at what other people did for their custom games might shed some light on the situation, but the crash course for custom games didn't talk at all about how rules worked. Still, it's a lot easier to get a deck of cards into this than it is in Tabletop Simulator, so that's something at least.
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Recommended Apr 4, 2026
Great Game but look at that kitty, whoever pass by can pet it and give it a thumbs up. Have a nice day :3       />  フ       |  _  _ l       /` ミ_xノ      /      |     /  ヽ   ノ     │  | | |  / ̄|   | | |  | ( ̄ヽ__ヽ_)__)
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Not recommended Nov 10, 2025
"Card Game Simulator" is not strictly a game in itself. Instead of being a game, "Card Game Simulator" is a software application that works more like a construction kit for making card games that you could then possibly, theoretically play with this... maybe. The key problem is that this is trying to solve a problem that doesn't really exist. Also, an "anything goes" card game builder like this is a massively complex undertaking and the resultant quality of this attempt is underwhelming, with elements that almost look like they came out of Windows 95. It's clunky, with no automation or anything, importing your own cards takes a ridiculous amount of time. It's just not worth all the bother. As a construction kit more than a game, it's more appropriate to see this as a software app. Here's a link for the process to publish non-game software on Steam: [url=https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithPublishing?issueid=925]Steam Developer Help With Software Publishing[/url] It's unfortunate this process was not known about/followed, resulting in a software application being published in the wrong place. Despite having no up-front cost, this failed to appeal to the 130 mi…
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Not recommended Jun 3, 2026
its ok
Recommended Jan 30, 2026
I wish I could give a neutral rating. Card Game Simulator is objectively bad at what it sets out to do compared to other card game simulators and as such I could not get it to do very basic things I needed from it. It also had really poor controls and dynamics, at least the last time I booted it up. It could have changed by now. However, it is infinitely cheaper given that it is free and is clearly a labour of love from the probably lone developer who tirelessly updates and improves upon this simulator. The progress made since day 1 cannot be understated and I have no doubt that one day, perhaps years from now, this will be a viable alternative to the leading card game simulators. I can't rightly reccomend this simulator in its current state to anyone, but I have immense respect for the dedication of the developer to sticking to this project even when it would be so much easier to give up.
Recommended May 15, 2025
Great Sim

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