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Card Shark

Card Shark

Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit. Enter a world where you’ll need to play your opponents better than you play your cards.

Released Jun 2, 2022 Developer Nerial Publisher Devolver Digital Platforms Windows · Mac IndieStory RichHistoricalCard GameStealth
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

91.1%positive2,809 reviews
Recommended · 11 found this helpful

“A gameplay you almost never see, in a place and time you almost never see, with an art you almost never see. It's original, and incredibly good !”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Fun mechanics, okay story. It's basically trying to turn part of Barry Lyndon into a video game (I'm surprised this isn't mentioned more often).”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“'Quick Time Event: The Game'. This is a very fun game if you're into pre-revolutionary France and like a game a little fast-paced but still comfortable. Puts you in the position of a card cheat and every round becomes very anxious. You learn other tricks also like duelling and…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:35 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

57playing at last check
5724-hour peak
875all-time peak
0 100 200 2023 2024 2025 2026 170 avg · Jun 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

52achievements
15.7%median completion
0.5%rarest: Butter Fingers
86.8% of players 79.8% of players 79.7% of players 75.4% of players 65.0% of players 46.6% of players 44.3% of players 42.2% of players 40.1% of players 38.5% of players 32.2% of players 31.6% of players 30.0% of players 27.2% of players 26.5% of players 26.3% of players 24.4% of players 24.2% of players 23.5% of players 21.2% of players 20.8% of players 20.6% of players 19.9% of players 19.7% of players 16.4% of players 15.7% of players 15.7% of players 14.5% of players 13.9% of players 12.7% of players 11.2% of players 11.2% of players 11.1% of players 10.6% of players 7.8% of players 5.6% of players 5.2% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.2% of players 4.1% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 2.3% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.5% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 86.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
86.8%Party Trick — Master the Ineffective Shuffle.
79.8%Earning Your Keep — Pull off the first scam of your journey.
79.7%I Can See My Face In This! — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Butter Fingers — Fail every technique at least once.
0.5%Erdnase, Who? — Finish the game without losing a single round.
0.7%Comedy Macabre — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU19.50 EUR
UK16.75 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan2,300 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China76.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$22

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Dec 18, 2023
Card Shark included in a limited time bundle

Greetings fellow card sharks, we have an exclusive opportunity for you to take a look at. We've joined with other LudoNarraCon titles in this amazing "Story-Rich Mega Bundle" to bring our fantastic st

Nov 22, 2023
Card Shark in the Autumn Sale + more

It's that time of year again, the Autumn Sale is now on! Card Shark is once again struck by its best, lowest price, with a shiny 40% discount, you're practically cheating us! If con artistry and card

Nov 29, 2022
Card Shark tips, tricks and a new game by our studio

Card Shark Tips and Tricks We know that Card Shark can be difficult. The deck manipulation puzzles get particularly complex at the end of the game, sometimes requiring many steps of memorization and a

Nov 13, 2022
The Art of Card Shark Dev blog and a new lowest SALE price!

On sale at a new lowest price of 30% off! When making this game, we honestly weren't sure if anyone would want to play it. We knew that the gameplay would not be for everyone. It's a game about cards,

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsIndie · Story Rich · Historical · Card Game · Stealth · Mystery · Interactive Fiction · Hand-drawn · Simulation · 2D · Atmospheric · Stylized (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian
ControllerFull support
Achievements52
Estimated owners20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://cardsharkgame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i3-530 (2*2930) / AMD A8-3850 (4 * 2900) or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics / Radeon HD 6550D or equivalent Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: Controller Recommended