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Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards

Synapse Games · Kongregate · 2017-05-05

SteamEpic Games Store

AdventureRPGStrategyFree To Play

Franchise: Family Guy, Bob's Burger, Futurama, American Dad!, King of the Hill, Archer · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: May 27, 2016 (Android), Sep 14, 2016 (iOS), May 05, 2017 (Mac), May 05, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 27, 2016 (Web browser)

Family Guy, Bob's Burgers, Futurama, American Dad, King of the Hill, and Archer join forces in Animation Throwdown, your favorite new collectible card game. Collect your favorite characters, combine cards to make hilarious combos, and battle your way through an adventure of animated proportions.

38
playing now
74%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

38 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards is a free-to-play digital collectible card game that combines content and characters from the American adult animated television sitcoms by 20th Television Animation, including: Family Guy, Futurama, American Dad!, Bob's Burgers, King of the Hill, and Archer. The game is available for Android, iOS, Steam, Kartridge and on the web via Kongregate.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 38 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 144 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
727220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

72252026-08-06 23:00 — 51 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 38 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 51 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 34 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 44 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 39 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 42 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 49 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 25 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 47 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 45 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 34 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 43 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 60 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 37 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 60 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 39 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 38 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 56 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 36 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 44 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 51 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 37 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 30 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 63 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 38 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
85.4%
earned "Never Lonely"
29.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,36812%19

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGFunnyMemesCasualComedyCartoonStrategyAdventureCard GameMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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