

Rival Books of Aster
Games by Stitch · March 25, 2024 · Strategy, Indie, Casual, Card Game, Free to Play
Rival Books of Aster is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.
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Rival Books of Aster price
Rival Books of Aster 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 Rival Books of Aster
Four rival books, each a separate translation of a single source that is long since lost to time. All begin with the same phrase: "Take me and hide me, for I am the one true light". Every journey begins with a choice and the time has come for you to make yours.Rival Books of Aster is a strategy card game that features over 140 hand illustrated spells that you can use to build custom decks and go head to head against other players. Each spell is also a page in a living story book that translates itself and reveals its secrets as you play the game.
Rival Books of Aster does NOT contain randomized booster packs. Play for free with a starter deck of your choice, and expand your collection with DLC packs containing known-quantities of cards.
Can you decipher the Rival Books to save your household and rule the plane of Aster?

- An easy to use deck-builder
- Training Levels for Practice
- AI Battle Mode
- PvP matchmaking & ranking system
- A unique take on familiar game mechanics
- 4 distinct art styles by award-winning artists
- Over 140 different spells & characters
- Endless gameplay possibilities
Expand your deckbuilding possibilities with new spells and characters from DLC expansion packs. What new strategies and synergies will you uncover? There are 4 Starter Decks and 4 Expansion Packs (will require that house’s Starter Deck) available:Starter Decks
- Heptameron
- Theurgia Goetia
- Grimoirum Velum
- Pauline Art
Expansion Pack (Requires Corresponding House’s Starter Deck)
- Heptameron Expansion Pack
- Theurgia Goetia Expansion Pack
- Grimoirum Velum Expansion Pack
- Pauline Art Expansion Pack
Rival Books of Aster — game info
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Player modes
- Online PvP, Cross-platform multiplayer
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
DLC & expansions

Rival Books of Aster - Grimoirum Verum Expansion Pack

Rival Books of Aster - Grimoirum Verum Starter Deck

Rival Books of Aster - Heptameron Expansion Pack

Rival Books of Aster - Heptameron Starter Deck

Rival Books of Aster - Pauline Art Expansion Pack

Rival Books of Aster - Pauline Art Starter Deck

Rival Books of Aster - Theurgia Goetia Expansion Pack

Rival Books of Aster - Theurgia Goetia Starter Deck
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Rival Books of Aster features appealing tactical card game mechanics with distinctive art, music, and lore that players appreciate, but the game suffers from aggressive monetization practices, a nearly dead playerbase, technical performance issues, and a reputation as a mobile cash grab that makes it difficult to recommend despite its creative design elements.
Игра 'Rival Books of Aster' — это настоящий бриллиант для любителей глубоких тактических сражений и очаровательного фэнтезийного мира. С первых минут погружаешься в атмосферу магической дуэли, где каждая карта — это не просто пиксели, а часть сложной и продуманной стратегии. Механики игры интуитивно понятны, но при этом открывают безграничные возможности для креативных решений. Битвы захватывают своей динамикой: нужно не только собрать идеальную колоду, но и предугадать действия противника, мастерски используя свои заклинания и существ. Особо радует разнообразие доступных архетипов и карт, что позволяет каждому найти свой уникальный стиль игры. Графическое оформление выполнено с любовью к деталям, а музыкальное сопровождение ненавязчиво, но идеально дополняет игровой процесс. 'Rival Books of Aster' — это игра, в которую хочется возвращаться снова и снова, открывая новые грани тактического мастерства.1 found this helpful
[quote][b][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtransaction]Warning: Microtransaction infested mobile app![/url][/b] This game is infested with a toxic mobile app style cash shop. You will be prompted to and expected to give money to the developers through this cash shop to buy in-game goods so you can play the game.[/quote] "Rival Books of Aster" is one of thousands of nasty mobile apps infesting the "free" section of Steam, but it's not really free. This got pulled from the app stores, at some point, from my understanding, but this P2W garbage lingers on Steam with a handful of fake reviews and disgusting monetisation. Yes, this does look a lot like a ripoff of MtG or Hearthstone, but it's not. Also, it's unplayable, there's no players, this a dead mobile cash grab scam. There's only a superficial game here. The game visuals and the game itself are incredibly shallow... think of them as the cabinet dress theme on a poker machine at the casino. That's basically what this is. So really, the mobile app "game" is just a veneer, a thin skin wrapped around a nasty, predatory mobile app cash shop. Putting that toxic mobile app monetisation aside... this is a mobile app. I …1 found this helpful
Is that Dagoth Ur? No? I'll pass then.1 found this helpful
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I had the game bug out on me about an hour in. Fairly mathy, lots of familiar concepts from Hearthstone with a positional element. Music and Graphics and U.I. give the game it's own flavor and vibe.
I think it's amazing but there are simply no players. The lore and 'context' of the game is fantastic and i really wanted to know more but i was playing the ai over and over and my one issue is the game is not super sleek, games are a bit sluggish and unwieldy, so playing the ai over and over starts feeling like walking through mud.
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