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Collective: the Community Created Card Game

Collective: the Community Created Card Game

Gather weapons and warriors from the community's imagination in the first strategy card game designed by its players. Create any card you can imagine, and The Collective decides what will show up on the battlefield. Test your skills (not your wallet) in the game that is never beaten, never solved.

Released Mar 27, 2020 Developer Odious Studios LLC Platforms Windows · Mac Free to PlayCard GameStrategyModdableMultiplayer
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

82.1%positive201 reviews
Recommended · 41 found this helpful

“I'm not usually into this type of card game style (call it hearthstone style if you will), I'm more a magic the gathering fan but so far I am loving this. I have just been playing the Single player modes and it has been fun. I haven't tried the multiplayer side yet. I just hope…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 16 found this helpful

“Collective is what every single card game fan has been wanting for as long as we can remember. This game looks a little rough around the edges but it has a stupid amount of content in the game right now. Lots of single player content including a story mode, a gauntlet, a…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 41 found this helpful

“TLDR: Game probably deserves a "mostly positive" rating rather than very positive. You might have fun, maybe, I did not. Is it worth checking out if you are into Online TCGs? Probably, yes. It's free, so check it out for a little bit. I have played 40~ hours in closed beta, took…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

7achievements
2.5%median completion
0.2%rarest: Greg
12.2% of players 10.5% of players 5.1% of players 2.5% of players 1.3% of players 0.9% of players 0.2% of players 12.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
12.2%Enter the Colosseum — Won 5 Colosseum games.
10.5%Getting Your Hands Dirty — Played 10 Versus or Colosseum games.
5.1%Gladiator — Successfully completed a Colosseum run.
Rarest badges of honor
0.2%Greg — Drew 10,000 cards.
0.9%It's Happening!! — Got a card officially added to the game.
1.3%When 9,999 Isn't Enough — Dealt 10,000 to your opponent in the Card Creator.

Latest official news

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

Jun 19, 2023
End of Service Announcement

Hey everyone, I'm sad to announce that Collective will be ending service on July 31st, 2023. Many things contributed to this decision, including declining player count and patreon income, our inabilit

Jun 11, 2023
Congratulations to the Weekly Winners! 2023 Week 19

Congrats to the winners of week 2023 - 18! New cards: 1) Diligent Gemcrafter (now 3/3/4) https://files.collective.gg/p/cards/cc1cf960-0397-11ee-a2c9-a1633227320a-m.png 2) Ghastly Guppy (Cooler concept

Jun 04, 2023
Congratulations to the Weekly Winners! 2023 Week 18

Congrats to the winners of week 2023 - 18! New Cards: Megalobone https://files.collective.gg/p/cards/93e90ee0-fdf6-11ed-8ded-978dfba4fd63-m.png Stitcher https://files.collective.gg/p/cards/afeb6af0-fd

May 29, 2023
Congratulations to the Weekly Winners! 2023 Week 17

Congrats to the winners of week 2023 - 17! New Cards: The Hush (Now it has Spirit Affinity and Chroma-Mind) https://files.collective.gg/p/cards/13d1d750-f671-11ed-bbad-37bd862b341c-m.png Redleaf Ranso

May 21, 2023
Congratulations to the Weekly Winners! 2023 Week 16

Congrats to the winners of week 2023 - 16! New cards: Snegauin The Link https://files.collective.gg/p/cards/cb3798b0-f24f-11ed-bbad-37bd862b341c-s.png Wicked Guide https://files.collective.gg/p/cards/

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresFree To Play, Indie, Strategy, Early Access
Player tagsFree to Play · Card Game · Strategy · Moddable · Multiplayer · Trading Card Game · Singleplayer · Card Battler · Turn-Based · Competitive · Casual · Memes (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · In-App Purchases · Includes level editor · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements7
Official sitehttps://www.collective.gg
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900 DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: Internet connection required