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HELLCARD cover art

HELLCARD

Thing Trunk · Skystone Games · 2024-02-01

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AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Feb 01, 2024 (Mac), Feb 01, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 10, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 10, 2025 (PlayStation 4)

Hellcard is a unique cooperative deck builder rogue-like game. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other players' lobbies in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!

101
playing now
86%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 101 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 298 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~37/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 93k–210k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,664 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 18 of 36 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
51851820232026Week of 2023-02-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

147182026-08-07 00:00 — 63 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 74 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 73 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 50 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 88 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 88 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 61 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 121 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 71 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 45 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 97 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 65 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 37 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 71 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 46 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 47 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 102 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 76 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 29 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 67 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 67 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 70 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 91 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 102 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 47 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 37 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 102 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 101 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$7.492023-02-162026-08-252023-02-16 — best price $17.992023-07-05 — best price $19.992023-07-21 — best price $16.812023-08-11 — best price $12.992023-09-14 — best price $19.992023-10-03 — best price $17.882023-11-02 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $14.992024-01-09 — best price $19.992024-02-12 — best price $10.612024-02-24 — best price $19.992024-03-01 — best price $17.992024-03-10 — best price $17.992024-03-20 — best price $16.882024-03-26 — best price $14.892024-04-01 — best price $14.692024-04-07 — best price $17.992024-04-22 — best price $17.992024-04-27 — best price $14.692024-05-05 — best price $17.982024-05-15 — best price $14.692024-06-02 — best price $17.992024-06-07 — best price $17.402024-06-17 — best price $13.992024-08-22 — best price $14.992024-11-01 — best price $14.992024-12-03 — best price $24.992025-01-17 — best price $24.992025-04-26 — best price $13.742025-08-04 — best price $24.992025-10-03 — best price $12.502025-10-28 — best price $24.992025-12-11 — best price $11.242026-01-08 — best price $24.242026-02-11 — best price $24.992026-05-18 — best price $24.992026-08-24 — best price $9.892026-08-25 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
80.2%
earned "Team Work"
18.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support4 DLC

14 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Bulgarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Japanese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,4461%83
PS4 (PlayStation)400%25
Xbox One (Xbox)190%82
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

RPGCo-opFantasyStrategyCard GameDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-BasedCard Battler

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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