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Pox Nora

Pox Nora

Delve into classic turn-based strategy gaming with elements of table top miniatures, fantasy RPG and TCG style gameplay all wrapped into one.

Released Oct 15, 2014 Developer Desert Owl Games LLC Platforms Windows · Mac Trading Card GameTurn-Based TacticsPvPPvETurn-Based
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-08-12)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

76.8%positive906 reviews
Recommended · 452 found this helpful

“I am going to give you the good the bad and the ugly of this game and let you make up your own minds about whether you are going to enjoy Poxnora or not. To sum up this game quickly, I would say it's a cross between a collectable trading card game like MtG, a tabletop minatures…”

— a player, Steam review · 875 hrs played
Recommended · 122 found this helpful

“This game is basicly chess on steroids. It has a learning curve that will break your neck and is played over a long run and there are many things to learn about it because it has a lot of tactical depth. But if you do stick around for all that, it is very rewarding in the end.…”

— a player, Steam review · 112 hrs played
Not recommended · 80 found this helpful

“I started playing this game when it first came out so my time played is not remotely close to displayed here. At first I found the premise very refreshing and the trading community was great not only for finding new players to compete with but also for finding people to practice…”

— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

275all-time peak
0 100 200 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period 132 avg · Oct 2014

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-08-12 07:53 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-25

Latest official news

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

Oct 01, 2026
September Patch

For September, we have a minor balance patch. Client Updates Game User Interface Cleaned up the display of AP and charges on the selected rune in the lower HUD. Art & Effects Added additional high res

Aug 01, 2026
20 Years of Pox Nora!

Hello Pox Community, 20 years ago on August 1st 2006, Pox Nora was released. Since then there have been over 10 million games played from players all across the world. It is truly humbling to see your

Jun 23, 2026
June patch

For the June patch, we have focused mostly on client quality of life fixes as well as some fixes and changes to allow for some runes to be allowed in ranked play again. Client Updates Network DEV NOTE

May 26, 2026
Game Client hotfix

We have released a small hotfix for some issues that have arisen from the May patch. Fixed an issue in which double clicking a chat tab would not show/hide the tall chat window when using the new inli

May 17, 2026
May Patch

For this month's patch, there have been some pretty significant changes to the game client while in game. The chat and combat log is now integrated into the lower UI so it can be seen immediately and

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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GenresRPG, Strategy, Free To Play
Player tagsTrading Card Game · Turn-Based Tactics · PvP · PvE · Turn-Based · Card Game · Turn-Based Strategy · RPG · Strategy · 2D · Pixel Graphics · Turn-Based Combat (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Trading Cards · In-App Purchases · Partial Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish
Official sitehttp://www.poxnora.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

OS *: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 (64-bit), Windows 11 Processor: 2.4 GHz CPU or greater Memory: 1 GB of RAM Graphics: NVIDIA or ATI Video Card with 512 MB of video ram, with current video drivers Storage: 2 GB available space