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Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards cover art

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 · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards is an Adventure, RPG, Strategy, Free To Play game released in 2017, priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (74% of 4191 reviews).

34
playing now
74%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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.

Trailer

Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards trailer thumbnail

Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards - Steam Launch Trailer

≈69,314 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 34 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 6% of 28,914 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

71242026-09-15 14:00 — 52 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 64 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 32 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 43 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 63 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 36 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 30 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 71 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 42 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 59 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 53 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 31 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 47 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 37 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 36 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 39 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 54 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 33 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 44 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 70 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 44 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 37 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5471Apr 2017Aug 2026Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2017 — avg 377 · peak 634Oct 2017 — avg 219 · peak 380Jan 2018 — avg 173 · peak 307Apr 2018 — avg 130 · peak 221Jul 2018 — avg 134 · peak 220Oct 2018 — avg 116 · peak 210Jan 2019 — avg 110 · peak 193Apr 2019 — avg 91 · peak 160Jul 2019 — avg 98 · peak 169Oct 2019 — avg 98 · peak 175Jan 2020 — avg 111 · peak 204Apr 2020 — avg 125 · peak 217Jul 2020 — avg 112 · peak 206Oct 2020 — avg 100 · peak 191Jan 2021 — avg 109 · peak 284Apr 2021 — avg 89 · peak 166Jul 2021 — avg 83 · peak 148Oct 2021 — avg 83 · peak 154Jan 2022 — avg 87 · peak 151Apr 2022 — avg 86 · peak 163Jul 2022 — avg 85 · peak 157Oct 2022 — avg 75 · peak 138Jan 2023 — avg 62 · peak 117Apr 2023 — avg 63 · peak 129Jul 2023 — avg 61 · peak 134Oct 2023 — avg 67 · peak 130Jan 2024 — avg 65 · peak 134Apr 2024 — avg 73 · peak 156Jul 2024 — avg 55 · peak 110Oct 2024 — avg 59 · peak 144Jan 2025 — avg 50 · peak 107Apr 2025 — avg 48 · peak 102Jul 2025 — avg 58 · peak 122Oct 2025 — avg 49 · peak 96Jan 2026 — avg 50 · peak 93Apr 2026 — avg 46 · peak 81Jul 2026 — avg 43 · peak 90Aug 2026 — avg 45 · peak 96
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

56102026-06-02 — 24 pageviews2026-06-06 — 22 pageviews2026-06-10 — 20 pageviews2026-06-14 — 22 pageviews2026-06-18 — 26 pageviews2026-06-22 — 15 pageviews2026-06-26 — 25 pageviews2026-06-30 — 35 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-08 — 31 pageviews2026-07-12 — 19 pageviews2026-07-16 — 28 pageviews2026-07-20 — 31 pageviews2026-07-24 — 36 pageviews2026-07-28 — 36 pageviews2026-08-01 — 28 pageviews2026-08-05 — 39 pageviews2026-08-09 — 44 pageviews2026-08-13 — 29 pageviews2026-08-17 — 14 pageviews2026-08-21 — 25 pageviews2026-08-25 — 19 pageviews2026-08-29 — 25 pageviews2026-09-02 — 27 pageviews2026-09-06 — 37 pageviews2026-09-10 — 37 pageviews2026-09-14 — 29 pageviews2026-09-18 — 33 pageviews2026-09-22 — 26 pageviews2026-09-26 — 31 pageviews2026-09-30 — 30 pageviews2026-10-04 — 29 pageviews2026-10-08 — 22 pageviews2026-10-12 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-06-21 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGFunnyMemesCasualComedyCartoonStrategyAdventureCard GameMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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