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Cardboard Hero

Josh Caudill · SCAD Games Studio · 2025-05-31

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 31, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play as the hero of a young child’s imagination and fight your way through a fantasy cardboard adventure in this 3rd person action-adventure. Fight wacky enemies and find treasure to help you as you explore the vast worlds.

Cardboard Hero is a free-to-play Action, Adventure, Indie, and Free To Play game released in 2025, with a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 15 reviews).

67%
positive of 15 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Top 86% of 27,712 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420252026Week of 2025-05-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-04: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedFamily Sharing

Census log

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