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Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden

Square Enix · 2022-09-13

Steam

RPG

Modes: Single player

The Voice of Cards series are RPGs where everything is shown through the medium of cards. Enjoy a truly unique gaming experience from the minds of YOKO TARO, Keiichi Okabe and Kimihiko Fujisaka.

78%
positive of 181 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)
Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden is a 2022 role-playing video game developed by Alim and published by Square Enix for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Windows. It was released for Android and iOS in 2023. It is the third game in the Voice of Cards series, which uses the aesthetic of a tabletop role-playing game for its story and gameplay. The player controls a woman out for revenge against the monsters that destroyed her home. Gameplay involves travelling between towns, completing story quests and fighting in turn-based battles, with the party able to use captured monsters as powerful abilities.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 6,591 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 181 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

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Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeColor AlternativesCustom Volume Controls#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support8 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGFantasyCard GameEmotionalNostalgiaTurn-BasedAtmosphericCard Battler

Census log

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