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Recesses
It's recess. Time to play cards, find your missing friend, discover the meaning of life. The usual 5th grade playground stuff.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Fun card game and deck building with a charming style Worth”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“I played hours and hours of the demo. Had an absolute blast with a friend back-seating to build decks, weigh probabilities... Before fully exhausting its contents, I decided to purchase the full game. That's how much I love it! Initially, it's like the first idea you'd conjure…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Really fun game if you can persevere through hardship (it gets tough but definitely possible and rewarding)”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs playedAchievement 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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
2 Year Anniversary Update with EVEN MORE New Cards!
Hello everyone! I can't believe Recesses is 2 years old already. It feels like just yesterday that it came out, and I was expecting 2 negative reviews and tumbleweeds. But thanks to all of you who gav
1.5 Year Anniversary Update with MORE New Cards!
Hello everyone! I was planning on releasing an update for the 2 year anniversary five months from now in August, but then I finished it early and decided to release it now... for the 1.5 year annivers
One Year Anniversary Update With NEW CARDS!
Hello everyone! It's been one year since Recesses released, and I'm still amazed by the response you all have given it. Getting to Very Positive on Steam was something I'd never thought possible (I fi
Small Updates for Version 1.07
Hello everyone! It's been a while, but thank you for still taking the time to check out Recesses. The new version 1.07 of the game has made a few small changes: - In battle and in the collection scree
Updates for Version 1.06
Hello, and thank you for playing my little game Recesses! The new version 1.06 update of the game has a few additions and bug fixes: ADDITIONS - Eight new Steam achievements have been added to the gam
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Card Game · Strategy · Rogue-lite · Visual Novel · Story Rich · Funny · Philosophical · Card Battler · Indie · Rogue-like · Deckbuilding · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 17 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 1.8GHz Dual-Core CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Storage: 200 MB available space Additional Notes: Mouse required