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Dawncaster | The RPG Cardventure

Dawncaster | The RPG Cardventure

What if you combine the best of story-driven RPGs with the strategic decision-making of cardgames? Dawncaster was created to answer that question, containing over 1100 handcrafted cards and over 100 unique challenges designed by veterans of the cardgame genre.

Released Feb 6, 2026 Developer Wanderlost Interactive Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux StrategyRPGIndieDeckbuildingCard Game
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

82.3%positive294 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Amazing deck builder with a lot of synergies. The meta progression and unlocks are decently paced. What I like about the game is that you can choose and taylor the run the way you like it. You can choose the maps, difficulty and card sets (You can turn off unneccesary card sets…”

— a player, Steam review · 82 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“5.5/10 TL;DR: RNG So torn on this one. It could have been absolutely stellar with some more effort. I was hoping for an experience more like Hex: Shards of Fate or Etherlords II or something (a single player deck building experience). It's slightly like that, but the entire…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 13 found this helpful

“I'm a veteran in these kinds of games and this one feels like I'm playing a slot machine with little player agency. Because of the huge card set with almost no synergy between the expansions, getting a combo or cards that work well together is rare. So the consequence is in…”

— a player, Steam review · 48 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

489all-time peak
0 100 200 187 avg · Feb 2026

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.

122achievements
3.7%median completion
0.1%rarest: Shovel Knight
63.4% of players 54.5% of players 48.0% of players 40.0% of players 37.2% of players 20.4% of players 19.5% of players 18.9% of players 18.4% of players 18.3% of players 17.1% of players 15.9% of players 15.1% of players 14.8% of players 12.9% of players 12.6% of players 11.7% of players 10.9% of players 10.0% of players 8.8% of players 8.1% of players 7.7% of players 6.7% of players 6.4% of players 6.3% of players 5.7% of players 5.2% of players 5.1% of players 4.6% of players 4.2% of players 3.9% of players 3.6% of players 3.2% of players 2.8% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 63.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
63.4%Yoink — Play a Monster Action
55.2%The More You Know — Complete the tutorial
54.5%Business Opportunity — Recruit the Bandits
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Shovel Knight — As a Knight, activate a Shovel 3 times during a single turn
0.1%Monster Hunter — As a Hunter, finish a run with at least 10 different Monster cards
0.1%Logophile — Finish a run with a deck that contains a card for each letter of the alphabet

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
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 UK EU≈$22

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

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

Sep 25, 2026
Patch 1.19.004 | Nexus of Nightmares

Hey all ! We're currently updating the build to 1.19.004! It's a big one, with plenty of updates bugfixes and updates all around Also! Did you know we have a new design contest running in the ⁠ cardbr

Aug 06, 2026
Patch 1.19.002 | Nexus of Nightmares

Hey all! Another day, another patch to clean up some left-over bugs from the Nexus of Nightmares update! This patch introduces: - 2 New shrines (added in 1.19.001) - 2 New puzzles (added in 1.19.001)

Jul 30, 2026
Nexus of Nightmares is here!

Hey all! Welcome to the Nexus of Nightmares update, a brand-new expansion for Dawncaster. What's in the box? A Dawncaster expansion update has 2 major components: A free update available to everyone.

Jun 15, 2026
Nexus of Nightmares Mini-expansion Spoilers #1

Here we gooooooo - spoiler season is here 🥳 These cards are part of the mini expansion, which will be part of the Nexus of Nightmares update, available for free for everyone, regardless of purchase of

May 04, 2026
Steam Deckbuilder Fest

If you were holding off on getting Dawncaster on Steam, now is a great time to consider picking up Dawncaster at a discount 🙂 Dawncaster on Steam is fully Steamdeck compatible, has extended art for ev

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresIndie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · RPG · Indie · Deckbuilding · Card Game · Fantasy · 2D · Roguelite · Turn-Based Combat · Card Battler · Class-Based · Singleplayer (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option · Narrated Game Menus
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese *
ControllerFull support
Achievements122
Official sitehttps://dawncaster.wanderlost.games/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 (64 bit) Processor: Intel core i3 7100 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 512 mb vram DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 3 GB available space