Cardful Planning

Cardful Planning

Walk Home Games · May 19, 2021 · Pixel Graphics, Difficult, Adventure, Puzzle, Top-Down

Buy Cardful Planning from Steam at $7.99 — the cheapest of 2 stores we compare.

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$7.99
lowest tracked $0.87
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Cardful Planning price by region

Cardful Planning costs $4.99 in Georgia (USD), £5.79 in the United Kingdom, €6.59 in Europe (EUR), $7.99 in the United States, CA$8.99 in Canada, NZ$10.29 in New Zealand, A$11.50 in Australia, R$16.59 in Brazil and zł28.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Cardful Planning offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $4.99 $4.99 — 2
United Kingdom £5.79 £5.79 — 2
Europe (EUR) €6.59 €6.59 — 2
United Statesyour region $7.99 $7.99 — 2
Canada CA$8.99 CA$8.99 — 2
New Zealand NZ$10.29 NZ$10.29 — 2
Australia A$11.50 A$11.50 — 2
Brazil R$16.59 R$16.59 — 2
Poland zł28.99 zł28.99 — 2

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 Cardful Planning

✦ AI summary

Cardful Planning is an action puzzle game where you guide a brave playing card through 100+ levels across five dungeon zones, wielding four unique suit abilities to solve puzzles and defeat enemies. Master the Club Carry, Diamond Dash, Spade Shot, and Change of Heart powers to outwit "The Bad Hand," collect modifier cards to boost your strength, and compete on leaderboards across multiple challenging modes.

Cardful Planning is an action puzzle game with a twist, as you take on the role of a brave little playing card on an epic adventure through a dangerous dungeon.

Do you have what it takes to battle your way through 100+ levels and take down "The Bad Hand" to save your beloved card companion?

Use the four unique suit abilities to solve puzzles and outwit your enemies, and collect modifier cards to boost your value and advance through the dungeon.

Featuring retro-inspired 8-bit graphics and five challenging zones,
Cardful Planning will take you on an adventure like never before!

Key Features


■ 100 levels set across five different zones

■ Chill, Speedrun, and Fewest Death modes
■ Four suit abilities to unlock and master
■ Retro-inspired 8-bit graphics
■ Speedrun and Fewest Deaths Leaderboards
■ Steam Achievements
■ Controller Support

Along the way, you will unlock 4 suit abilities:

The Club Carry - Pick up and move blocks around you.
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The Diamond Dash - Dash around levels quickly.
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The Spade Shot - Take out certain enemies from a distance.
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1350440/extras/SpadeShotGif.gif

The Change of Heart - Flip your card over without having to move.
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Cardful Planning — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Partial 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

Cardful Planning is a clever puzzle platformer with ingenious design that challenges players through its card-maneuvering mechanics and multiple game modes, though opinions split on whether the real-time action detracts from the puzzle design and whether the level design consistently delivers. Most players appreciate the creative core concept and find it worth picking up on sale, but several warn against purchasing at full price, citing limited replayability, occasional level design issues, and a brief completion time.

Recommended May 20, 2021
So I picked this up after reading a review on "Buried Treasure" - it is an excellent little game where you manouevre a playing card around a maze. Very simple but a couple of ingenious little design implementations make what would seem quite a mundane puzzle into quite tricky head scratchers. Defintely worth the 5 squid they asking for
7 found this helpful
Recommended May 20, 2021
Enjoy your puzzle platformers, check out Cardful Planning! Feels like it's missing some culmination levels at the end but the dev's looking into adding those. In the meantime, there's already 50+ challenging levels and three game modes to get the most out of them. Cardful Planning is an exciting little puzzle platformer that features four key abilities, 50+ levels, and three game modes that really add to replayability. Challenging and cleverly designed For more niche curation, follow me at: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27440015-CSH-Picone/
3 found this helpful
Recommended May 20, 2021
A fun puzzle game with a dash of metroidvania. It might not be the longest game ever made but it sure is fun. A speed run and least deaths mode also add to the replay value if you want to challenge yourself or others buy topping the leaderboards.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 23, 2022
Okay action + puzzle game that devolved into a matter of trial and error pretty quickly. Only a couple levels stick to my memory. Even with some cool mechanics, puzzle design seems hampered by the need for avoiding constant threats. I think the levels could have been a lot better if the game was turn-based instead of real-time. Thankfully this is not very hard to complete due to generous respawns. Overall, recommended only if you really can't find anything else to scratch that itch for puzzles or dungeon crawling. Definitely not worth the full price. Steam really should incorporate a "meh" rating.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 12, 2022
Quick Score: 3/5 Notes: Decent idea, but the level design is very lacking most of the time. The final boss seemed to be broken, not sure if its because i was playing on a high refresh rate. Can be 100% in about 45 minutes and doesn't really offer much replayability. There are speedrun and "low death" modes, but no achievements or rewards associated with them outside of leaderboard competition. IMO definitely overpriced at 7.99$. Would never recommend at full price. Overall though It was a generally fun little experience, but not great.
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