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Card Shark

Nerial · Devolver Digital · 2022-06-02

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AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 02, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 02, 2022 (Mac), Jun 02, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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 an Adventure, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 3237 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.

20
playing now
90%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Card Shark is an action-adventure game developed by Nerial and published by Devolver Digital. The game was released for macOS, Windows, and Nintendo Switch on June 2, 2022. Based and set in 18th century France, the game follows a mute peasant who assists Comte de Saint Germain to con gamblers from various parlors as they pursue a Royal rumor called "The Twelve Bottles of Milk".

Trailer

Card Shark trailer thumbnail

Card Shark - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 240 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (899 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 29,321 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 65k–146k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,237 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$3.99-80%
Gamesplanet$3.99-80%
Steam$3.99-80%
GOG$5.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-06-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 133 of 166 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
80680620222026Week of 2022-06-01: 806 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3422026-09-15 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 25 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 32 players2026-10-06 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 14:00 — 34 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 13:00 — 20 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-15 12:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1706Jun 2022Aug 2026Jun 2022 — avg 170 · peak 875Aug 2022 — avg 20 · peak 48Oct 2022 — avg 13 · peak 36Dec 2022 — avg 21 · peak 56Feb 2023 — avg 9 · peak 28Apr 2023 — avg 17 · peak 106Jun 2023 — avg 18 · peak 73Aug 2023 — avg 12 · peak 61Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2023 — avg 30 · peak 114Feb 2024 — avg 13 · peak 35Apr 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Jun 2024 — avg 10 · peak 44Aug 2024 — avg 15 · peak 48Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2024 — avg 13 · peak 41Feb 2025 — avg 10 · peak 31Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 22Aug 2025 — avg 8 · peak 24Oct 2025 — avg 16 · peak 59Dec 2025 — avg 12 · peak 39Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 27Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 20Jun 2026 — avg 52 · peak 162Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 28
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.352022-05-112026-10-152022-05-11 — best price $16.992022-08-09 — best price $16.992022-10-27 — best price $16.992022-12-06 — best price $14.992023-01-31 — best price $19.992023-03-29 — best price $19.992023-05-11 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $11.992023-08-20 — best price $11.992023-10-18 — best price $19.992024-01-05 — best price $11.992024-02-17 — best price $19.992024-03-26 — best price $11.992024-05-19 — best price $19.992024-07-08 — best price $16.752024-08-20 — best price $19.992024-10-10 — best price $8.382024-11-22 — best price $10.002025-01-07 — best price $7.992025-02-20 — best price $19.992025-04-03 — best price $19.992025-05-13 — best price $9.992025-07-12 — best price $19.992025-09-08 — best price $8.002025-10-16 — best price $19.992025-12-12 — best price $17.792026-02-24 — best price $19.992026-04-07 — best price $4.992026-05-05 — best price $5.342026-06-06 — best price $19.992026-08-17 — best price $3.352026-09-06 — best price $3.992026-09-24 — best price $3.992026-10-12 — best price $3.992026-10-15 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

12472026-05-30 — 9 pageviews2026-06-03 — 20 pageviews2026-06-07 — 15 pageviews2026-06-11 — 22 pageviews2026-06-15 — 34 pageviews2026-06-19 — 11 pageviews2026-06-23 — 16 pageviews2026-06-27 — 20 pageviews2026-07-01 — 22 pageviews2026-07-05 — 24 pageviews2026-07-09 — 24 pageviews2026-07-13 — 23 pageviews2026-07-17 — 19 pageviews2026-07-21 — 37 pageviews2026-07-25 — 15 pageviews2026-07-29 — 16 pageviews2026-08-02 — 13 pageviews2026-08-06 — 19 pageviews2026-08-10 — 14 pageviews2026-08-14 — 13 pageviews2026-08-18 — 10 pageviews2026-08-22 — 12 pageviews2026-08-26 — 16 pageviews2026-08-30 — 19 pageviews2026-09-03 — 15 pageviews2026-09-07 — 11 pageviews2026-09-11 — 13 pageviews2026-09-15 — 39 pageviews2026-09-19 — 17 pageviews2026-09-23 — 20 pageviews2026-09-27 — 30 pageviews2026-10-01 — 124 pageviews2026-10-05 — 46 pageviews2026-10-09 — 30 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
86.8%
earned "Party Trick"
15.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-06-02, latest 2022-06-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,9531%52
Switch (Nintendo)1150%0

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

2DIndieMysteryStealthGamblingStylizedTutorialCard GameNarrationHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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