Card Shark on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit. Enter a world where you’ll need to play your opponents better than you play your cards.

Card Shark is a indie, story rich and historical game developed by Nerial and published by Devolver Digital.
Released on June 02nd 2022 is available on Windows and MacOS in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil and Russian.

It has received 2,809 reviews of which 2,559 were positive and 250 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Card Shark into these genres:

Indie Story Rich Historical Card Game Stealth Mystery Interactive Fiction Hand-drawn Simulation 2D Atmospheric Stylized Tutorial Narration Gambling Adventure Quick-Time Events RPG Alternate History Point & Click

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core i3-530 (2*2930) / AMD A8-3850 (4 * 2900) or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics / Radeon HD 6550D or equivalent
Storage: 2 GB available space
Additional Notes: Controller Recommended

MacOS

OS: Mac OS X 10.9.5 or later
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M (4 * 2500) or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Radeon HD 6630M (256 VRAM) or equivalent
Storage: 2 GB available space
Additional Notes: Controller Recommended

User reviews & Ratings

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Sept. 2025

One of the most charming, well animated, and beautifully orchestrated(in the musical and plot sense of the word) adventure games I have played in a long time. A definite Recommend.

Aug. 2025

A really interesting concept with mechanics that link well to the narrative. Unfortunately, it's not accessible to people with disabilities relating to mobility of the hands. After a few minutes of play I am in agony. Switching to easy mode didn't help. I'd recommend this for people with full hand-arm mobility, but if you have any issues with your hands, stay away.

July 2025

This was quite an enjoyable little story set in pre-revolution France. It's not really a point-and-click adventure game as such and it's quite linear, so there's not that much replay value. This game has two things going for it that make me recommend it: The first thing is that if you're interested in sleight-of-hand card tricks and clever manipulations for fooling people, this game has plenty of examples of those. I'm fairly clueless when it comes to stuff like faking card shuffles, so a lot of the dirty tricks here were new to me. Of course you can't actually simulate the haptic feel of real cards in a videogame, but the presentation of the tricks was way more entertaining than reading a wiki about them. I've no idea if the tricks are actually historical, but at least they seem plausible. The second thing is that the gameplay consists almost completely of timed QTE minigames. If you enjoy playing cooking games such as "Cook, Serve, Delicious" this plays a lot like that. You're shown how to perform a single trick or technique, then you're expected to apply it as a minigame (without screwing it up, of course). As you learn more techniques, these get combined in new variations, later in the game some of the shuffling puzzles become more complicated. If you aren't annoyed by ticking timers in QTE puzzles, this is actually quite satisfying to play, at least with a controller. The story was... fine, but I wouldn't buy this just for the plot.

May 2025

I'm horrible at card games. This game has taught me that I'm also horrible at cheating at card games. Fun little story set in 18th century France where you have to cheat at cards in order to build yourself up a veritable fortune, while also cheating death! Recommended!

Dec. 2024

This is definitely a very interesting take on a card game with a story-driven approach to it and a really beautiful art style. I just have one complaint and that has to do with the difficulty/lack of access to previous tutorials on it, it's really hard to pick the game back up if you haven't played it for a while. I experienced this after taking a break from playing it for a few months, and now I find myself completely lost and can't remember the tactics/strategies that the gameplay requires to progress. The game does let you refer back to a description of the strategies you've learned but without being able to practice them again, it's quite difficult to pick this back up again. That's a real shame because I did really like the game itself but I'm stuck on the final act and can't seem to complete it only because it's been a while since I played it. Would have been great if the game included a feature to let you do the tutorials/practice the strategies you've learned at any point in the game.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Card Shark is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

Card Shark is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.

Card Shark received 2,559 positive votes out of a total of 2,809 achieving a rating of 8.73.

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Card Shark was developed by Nerial and published by Devolver Digital.

Card Shark is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Card Shark is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Card Shark is not playable on Linux.

Card Shark is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for Card Shark. Explore additional content available for Card Shark on Steam.

Card Shark does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Card Shark does not support Steam Remote Play.

Card Shark is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Card Shark.

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