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Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.

Cardboard Town is a building, city builder and card game game developed by Stratera Games and cukuto and published by Rogue Duck Interactive and Gamersky Games.
Released on August 18th 2023 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 11 languages: English, Turkish, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 1,824 reviews of which 1,503 were positive and 321 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 3.90€ on Steam with a 80% discount, but you can find it for 0.54€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Cardboard Town into these genres:

Building City Builder Card Game Stylized Simulation Resource Management Rogue-lite Turn-Based Strategy Strategy Deckbuilding Management Tabletop Solitaire Roguelike Deckbuilder Isometric Card Battler Casual Cartoony Hand-drawn Turn-Based Tactics

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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 Pentium CPU G860
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 840M
DirectX: Version 8.0
Storage: 1 GB available space
Additional Notes: 64 Bit

MacOS

OS: Mac OS X 10.6 or above
Processor: Intel 2 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 1280x720 minimum resolution, OpenGL 2.0 Support, and recommended dedicated graphics card with 128 MB of RAM
Storage: 1 GB available space
Additional Notes: Works for Silicon Mac

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, SteamOS
Processor: 1.7 GHz Processor
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8 or higher, ATI X1600 or higher, or Intel HD 3000 or higher
Storage: 1 GB available space
Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2026

Not a long lived game, but has interesting systems to learn.

Jan. 2026

Honest Review (7 Hours Played) If you enjoy deck-building and cute aesthetics, this game is worth a look. For the average player, though, it’s a harder sell. The game has solid potential but needs better balance and clearer systems. It often feels designed around harder difficulties, with upgrades and mechanics focused more on managing negatives than enabling fun or distinct builds. Many upgrades feel underwhelming or don’t meaningfully change how you play. The red buildings/disaster cards are confusing sometimes they appear back-to-back, other times randomly, and occasionally get added to your hand with no warning, which can instantly end a run. Mega Projects are a cool idea, but their high cost combined with constant disasters and deck bloat makes winning feel more frustrating than rewarding. While this is a deck-builder, it doesn’t feel like you’re building toward a strategy more like taking whatever you’re given. The threat meter in Classic also feels too aggressive, making the base game punishing enough that I’m hesitant to try harder modes. Overall, there’s a good foundation here, but it needs tuning and clearer feedback to truly shine.

Dec. 2025

Definitley recommend! It was a bit of a learning curve as there is no specific tutorial (just pop ups as you unlock new concepts) but outside of that I've really enjoyed it! My suggestions for new players: Focus on town growth from the beginning (many of the star quests utilize this concept.) Explore the new cards and try out all the packs to see what you like. Overall its a greatly developed game and I would 100% suggest if you are looking for a game similar to stacklands but without the "stress" it brings.

Oct. 2025

i like it but it gets to a point where it starts to get meaningless and theres no end game content

May 2025

The graphic design and soundtrack is good enough to attract the players to the game. Resource management and game mechanics are designed well and provides a fine balanced and immersive gaming experience.However, difficulty of redesign the town and disasters leads to a sudden lose and and disappointment.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Cardboard Town is currently priced at 3.90€ on Steam.

Cardboard Town is currently available at a 80% discount. You can purchase it for 3.90€ on Steam.

Cardboard Town received 1,503 positive votes out of a total of 1,824 achieving a rating of 7.90.

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Cardboard Town was developed by Stratera Games and cukuto and published by Rogue Duck Interactive and Gamersky Games.

Cardboard Town is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Cardboard Town is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Cardboard Town is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Cardboard Town is a single-player game.

Cardboard Town does not currently offer any DLC.

Cardboard Town does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Cardboard Town supports Remote Play on TV and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Cardboard Town 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 Cardboard Town.

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