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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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Pox Nora, developed and published by Desert Owl Games LLC, is a rare hybrid that merges the strategic foresight of a collectible card game with the positional nuance of a turn-based tactics title. Originally launched years before its arrival on Steam, it has endured through…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“I recommend Pox Nora because the modern free‑to‑play version is dramatically more welcoming than the paid release from over a decade ago. The entire card collection has been redesigned, maps updated, mechanics retuned and the engine modernized. The reward system has been rebuilt…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Fantastic MTG analog online (I've played just a bit though, the game has absolutely endless potential, thousands and thousand of hours for nerds like me)”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:40 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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
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 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
April 2026 Patch
This month's patch has some more quality of life updates as well as adding the new factional Pox Harbingers to the store. You can still earn these by being in the top 5 for any faction in the Drums of
Network hotfix
We have released a small hotfix to correct some issues that were occurring after adding some adjustments to networking including the latency monitor. Fixed an issue that could make the client disconne
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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 | RPG, Strategy, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Trading 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) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Trading Cards · In-App Purchases · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://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