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Griftlands
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
72 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“I keep coming back to Griftlands, and I think that says everything. It’s one of the few deck builders that really feels like a strategy board game brought to life. What makes it stand out is the dual-deck system. You’re…”
“Great dual system deck builder. Dialogue is well written. Atmossphere is great with well crafted backgrounds. Good game so far 9/10”
28 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“I keep coming back to Griftlands, and I think that says everything. It’s one of the few deck builders that really feels like a strategy board game brought to life. What makes it stand out is the dual-deck system. You’re…”
“Great dual system deck builder. Dialogue is well written. Atmossphere is great with well crafted backgrounds. Good game so far 9/10”
“This is a one of a kind Roguelike Deckbuilder, but with a massive emphasis on dialogue/diplomacy/persuasion. This game gives you 2 decks. One for combat, one for conversation. Your choices matter in your run, people in…”
20 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“Great dual system deck builder. Dialogue is well written. Atmossphere is great with well crafted backgrounds. Good game so far 9/10”
“As a Grumpy Gamer TM - I tend to focus on the negative when I review games. Well, ok so maybe that's just in all of life, but it happens to apply to games as well. Griftlands stands out against my normal tidal wave of…”
“It's... okay. It suffers a lot from the usual Klei game design flaws - overabundance of different game mechanics, with a lack of explanation sprinkled on top. Except that usually in their games I find the resulting…”
8 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“I played through this game more times than I usually do because the mechanics for each playable character were so different it was fun to play each style of deck, and the plot was engaging - the writers did a good job…”
“Great casual deck builder without the game mechanics being too basic. Solid replayability. Pretty neat art too.”
“One of my favorite roguelikes of all time. Love the deck building options. Great mod support for additional content (Arints Last Day), and e really enjoy the narrative paths you can take. I keep coming back to this game…”
7 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“As a Grumpy Gamer TM - I tend to focus on the negative when I review games. Well, ok so maybe that's just in all of life, but it happens to apply to games as well. Griftlands stands out against my normal tidal wave of…”
“It's... okay. It suffers a lot from the usual Klei game design flaws - overabundance of different game mechanics, with a lack of explanation sprinkled on top. Except that usually in their games I find the resulting…”
“This is the only deckbuilder I have played so far and man, it's so frigging difficult - and addictive. The achievements of this game are so far off everything that I manage to get done..... But the game is a breeze. The…”
8 of the 97 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“It's... okay. It suffers a lot from the usual Klei game design flaws - overabundance of different game mechanics, with a lack of explanation sprinkled on top. Except that usually in their games I find the resulting…”
“it's mid, good-ish, but not mechanically deep enough to get real long term enjoyment out of it. unless you really like the rpg component of it, runs take a while. like 90% of "rogue-like" games, what holds it back is…”
“Such a fantastic and unique deck builder. I love the negotiation deck mechanics, and the battle decks, while not as fleshed out as some other deck builders like StS, are still interesting and varied. The writing is…”
6 of the 97 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I felt thrown in a season 6 of an ongoing show where tons of fantasy lore was use and I had no context. Once you arrive on the world map, still no clue why I would go to one city instead of another, then I'm on a fetch…”
“Seldom have I quit a game after playing this little. Basically three strikes in a row: The androgynous characters (I had to hear her voice to find out that I was playing a woman). The lame humor (the first character you…”
“It's... okay. It suffers a lot from the usual Klei game design flaws - overabundance of different game mechanics, with a lack of explanation sprinkled on top. Except that usually in their games I find the resulting…”
5 of the 97 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Great deck building game and the stories and choices of the three characters really adds something to the deckbuilding genre. Little slow at first though as you need to do a run with each character before you start…”
4 of the 97 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“it's an underrated deckbuilder that i came to appreciate, but know i wont revisit again. the negotiation/battle system is still one of the more memorable mechanics i've seen in a roguelike, the music is surprisingly…”
3 of the 97 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Another Klei game that is most excellent, but doesn't get the attention it deserves. Invisible Ink is another title that was finished and left, while they continually update their other games that I can care less about.…”
Counted across 97 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Very slick and underrated card game. Great worldbuilding, characters, writing and pacing. It has kind of an OG Star Wars vibe to it. Klei games always have good art direction, and this is no exception. The card battles are well done too. There's "negotiations" and "battles" so…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“It's a cool and engaging concept. The stories and gameplay of the 3 playable characters get progressively more fun and interesting, so there's certainly something to look forward to. The one thing I cannot wrap my head around, is the abhorrent Mettle system (character upgrades.)…”
— a player, Steam review · 76 hrs played“Disclosure: yes I've only played 6 hours on Steam. However, I have two copies of this. One for Steam and one for Switch. I've played the Switch version the most, since it's portable and I haven't invested in my own Steam Deck, (yet). That said, I feel the versions are fairly…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:45 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
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.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
August 30th Update
Hey Grifters! This update brings all of our official translations to completion. You can now fully grift in any of the following languages: English Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Brazilian
July 7th Update
Hey Grifters, This update brings the translations almost to completion, and fixes some UI and card issues that we've seen in feedback reports. Patch notes are on the forums. Happy grifting!
June 29th Update
Hey Grifters, This is a small update that fixes some issues with translations, and adds commandline argument to allow the game to work on certain older Macbooks. Patch notes are on the forum. Happy Gr
June 24th Update
Hey Grifters, This update updates some translations, further improves controller mode, and fixed a whole bunch of UI issues that have shown up in our feedback system. Thanks for all of the reports! As
June 15th Hotfix
Hey Grifters, This is a small update that brings the fixes and tweaks from the experimental branch to release. This update: Improves the gamepad experience, and improves readability on small screens F
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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.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Card Battler · Rogue-lite · Deckbuilding · Choices Matter · RPG · Turn-Based · Story Rich · Card Game · Strategy · Dark Humor · Rogue-like · Turn-Based Combat (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on Tablet · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Spain |
| Achievements | 13 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.griftlands.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (64 bit) Processor: Dual Core 2 GHz (64 bit) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (AMD or NVIDIA equivalent) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space