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Shards the Deckbuilder2018
Early Access

Shards the Deckbuilder

2018 80Arcade62Worthwhile

Playtime

BriefPlayers typically spend about 1 hour in the game.

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Game modes

Details

First access
November 22, 2018
Launch
n/a
Developer
80Arcade
Publisher
80Arcade
Themes
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Genres

Overview

Shards the Deckbuilder is a new breed of digital deckbuilding game that uses the popular Cerberus game engine. Combining deep strategy and fast paced fantasy elements, build up your deck to defeat an array of deadly foes, or join forces in raids to take down powerful monsters.

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Reception

  • Steam52from 27 reviews

Don't spend anything in this game until you completely understand how pvp works. I wish one of these reviews mentioned this, but perhaps they did not spend anything. I played the game and it's a bit confusing early on, but a lot of fun once you understand it. The community is also helpful which is a big plus, but here is the big problem. You play vs...

Steam, , 19 found it helpful

nice game, Free To Play but...
- you have to pay to play multi
- you have to pay to be allowed play raid but you don't have any raid cause :
- you have to pay to unlock every raid
- you have to pay to play mythical (normal game with card loot)
perhaps 'Free To Pay' is a more honest tag.

Steam, , 12 found it helpful

Good game, but bad F2P practices. What you get free isn't bad, really. You can play to your heart's content against AI opponents. Where the F2P problems come in is... 1. There's no way to grind and use an in-game currency to unlock content. Even if it took six months to unlock the full game, it would still be an improvement. 2. With online-multiplayer...

Steam, , 6 found it helpful

The same developers made a better version of this game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1017080/RWBY_Deckbuilding_Game/

The new version allows you to play multiplayer for free.

Besides the upgrade mechanic, heroes changing your starting cards instead of having a passive power, and different cards the games are the same

Steam, , 3 found it helpful

This is the most basic a deck building game can get. You start with a deck of 10 cards (7 Shards that generate power/ 3 cards that do nothing), and buy cards from a line up to improve your deck. Attack and currency is both the same: Power. You buy cards from the line up with power, and you defeat bosses with power. Cards give you VP. The Player with...

Steam, , 3 found it helpful