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Ardor
A hex-grid puzzle-tactics card game. Outwit and outlive your enemies, while upgrading your deck. A lightweight game of bite-sized encounters.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Simple, free, requires thinking. What else do you need to try?”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“it's been a while since I actually played it, but I remember it being really fun.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedLatest official news
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Update Notes for December 19th
-Fixed issue where Brother Eggory's ability text contained incorrect hex range credit to Catchamouse for catching this issue
Update Notes for October 24th
Ardor 2 is in development! -Added Ardor 2 Beta Signup links from Start Menu and Victory Screen. You can sign up for the Beta at: https://sendfox.com/ardor2 -Updated Gamemaker engine version to latest
Update Notes for December 8th
-Added new enemy Thresher -Added new enemy Meat Seamster (credit dragon_of_celts for idea inspiration) -Added 11 new levels into rotation featuring new enemies
Update Notes for September 25th (tiny fix)
-Fixed incorrect level progression bug introduced in last update (credit FancyGames) -Fixed incorrect card loot tables assigned to Masochistic Fodder
Update Notes for September 21st
-Added new enemy: Masochistic Fodder -Added six new levels featuring new enemy
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Deckbuilding · Grid-Based Movement · Singleplayer · Strategy · Turn-Based Combat · 2D · Card Game · Hex Grid · Top-Down · Casual · Indie · Funny (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 35 MB available space