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Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Griftlands is a card battler, rogue-lite and deckbuilding game
developed and published by Klei Entertainment.
Released on June 01st 2021 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 11 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Spanish - Spain.
It has received 13,950 reviews of which 13,088 were positive and 862 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 16.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.50€ on Eneba.
The Steam community has classified Griftlands into these genres:
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 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual Core 2 GHz (64 bit)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (AMD or NVIDIA equivalent)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 4 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: Mojave (OSX 10.14.X) or later
- Processor: 2.0 GHz Intel
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5000 (AMD or NVIDIA equivalent)
- Storage: 6 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Most recent version of Ubuntu LTS
- Processor: 2.0 GHz Intel
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5000 (AMD or NVIDIA equivalent)
- Storage: 6 GB available space
User reviews & Ratings
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Haven't played all the campaigns, but I have beaten Sal's campaign enough times to reach maximum prestige for her campaign (on GOG at least, hence my low hours here; but I love this game so much that I waited for it to be on sale to get Steam achievements). The gameplay consists of doing jobs on the map, be it the main campaign jobs that progress the story or the side jobs that are given to you at random. Each run will be slightly different from each other, since the selection of side jobs while you're in between the main missions are randomly chosen, and who'll be involved in those jobs are also random. The main missions of the campaign are more constant, and even that can have small variations in the details. Pick your jobs wisely, though, as you'll inevitably make friends and also enemies along the way. The former give you buffs whereas the latter give you debuffs, with some effects being more impactful than others. If said people are in the location of a negation or fight, they'll even help or hinder you depending on your relationship with them. Each jobs consists of either negotiations, fights, or both; some even have more than one encounter of each. Sometimes you can avoid fight by negotiating, or vice versa. This is done through two similar but separate card battling systems, with both requiring you to defend yourself and defeat your enemy. For negotiations, this means destroying your opponent's core argument while also defending your own core argument's resolve (think of it as mental fortitude and the strength of your argument). For combat, this means either forcing the enemy to surrender by lowering their HP enough, or killing them outright; though you always have the option to individually execute them if the entire enemy team surrenders (though there are usually consequences for murder; good and bad). You build out and upgrade your negotiation and combat decks as you finish random jobs between the campaign jobs, along with making new friends and enemies throughout the campaign. Each card gains xp when played, and can eventually be upgraded into one of two variations that are randomly selected from a wider pool of upgrade paths. Along with money, each job also gives you one of three rewards from a random loot pool--be it new cards, the removal of a card, or a graft (a unique augmentation that enhances you in negotiations or in combat, though some come with downsides; and there is a limit of 5 for each type). All of the mechanics are meant to force you into being flexible enough to adjust to what you're given each run, and makes each run different and never boring. The only true constant is the Mettle system, which allows you to permanently upgrade your character's stats, starting cards, and flourishes (a unique meter that builds up with each card played in negotiations and battles, allowing you to use a special ability in a negotiation or fight; best used when you know you're about to be squeezed in a boss fight). While I don't want to get into details, the writing is truly excellent. The lore of the world isn't too overbearing, but there's always something interesting to glean from each conversation; all of which isn't mandatory and can be quickly skipped, and thus new runs aren't bogged down with repeated dialogue. The game isn't too difficult, especially if you know how to build your deck for the end of a run. Only the highest prestige levels gave me a run for my money, and even then only the highest level made me struggle with the final boss fight. This is a rather simplistic review that doesn't go into the details. So if this interests you, I recommend you check out Indeimaus' video on it. It shows a good amount of what the game is like.
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this roguelike card game is for the girls and gals, excellent storytelling and combat, and all the unique card art and effects and combos reminds me of the early days of hearthstone when it was good
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This is better than Slay the Spire in my opinion, and I love Slay the Spire. It's basically two card games plus a role-playing game in one game. I put over 500 hours into this on PlayStation 5 and just got a PC and got it here too. There are three characters/stories, and they just get better as you progress. The world building is deep, and the stories are impressively well written. There are a few scripted encounters in each story, but there are also random events so no two stories play out exactly the same. After a battle or negotiation there is a draft where you get to pick one of three random cards for your deck, so there is deck-building too. The characters you encounter are also not always the same, and so you can get different bonuses by making them love you (or different disadvantages from them hating you.) This makes the game highly replayable. Where the game failed was its marketing! I'd actually never heard of it until I saw someone on Facebook ask: What are your 10 favorite games of all time? And someone had Griftlands in their answer, and I was like "WTF is that? Never heard of it." I'm glad I asked.
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Took a few runs initially to get my head around all the keywords and the way the negotiation system worked but after like 30 mins - 1hr it all made sense and I got hooked! Really nice flow to the gameplay and you can skip through the dialogue if youre not too interested in the story and just want to focus on the card mechanics if you want to. (but I ended up being interested in each characters stories anyway) Cant say yet what long term replayability looks like but I've found the 2 characters stories ive completed so far very enjoyable.
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Griftlands is so much more than another deck-building game. KLEI added a unique story mode for each of the three playable characters, allowing you to complete quests and thereby making new friends or enemies. This works really well, and because there are lots of different choices to make in combination with random events, the replayability is very high. The combat is special as well, since the game is using separate decks for physical combat and "mental" combat to convince the opponent of your opinion in a discussion. Buffs and perks are visible as targets on the screen, allowing you to attack them as well. This takes some time to get used to, but once you do it's so much fun! Well done KLEI, you guys proved once again why you are one of my favorite developers!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Griftlands is currently priced at 16.79€ on Steam.
Griftlands is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 16.79€ on Steam.
Griftlands received 13,088 positive votes out of a total of 13,950 achieving an impressive rating of 9.13.
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Griftlands was developed and published by Klei Entertainment.
Griftlands is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Griftlands is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Griftlands is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Griftlands is a single-player game.
Griftlands does not currently offer any DLC.
Griftlands is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
Griftlands supports Remote Play on Tablet. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Griftlands 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.
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Online players
52
Developer
Klei Entertainment
Publisher
Klei Entertainment
Release
01 Jun 2021
Platforms
Remote Play
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