Deck of Ashes

Buy72%

Mostly Positive · 1k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

AYGames · Card Battler · Jun 9, 2020

Player review score
72%
Mostly Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
110
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
7
Full audio2 of 7
Subtitles7 of 7

Should I buy Deck of Ashes?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 132 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 40 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews50% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
132 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay wise, it feels like Slay the Spire meet Heroes III for me :
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The UI and other weaknesses still hold, but the world building enemy variety, story and card designs really start to take form and I started to strongly like this.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I like the art-style (and dummies who say it's too close to Darkest Dungeon are morons. I don't mind having lots of games with a similar art style. It beats that crappy mobile card game look that many TCG's go for these days) and I like the concepts behind the game, but I don't know if I like the game itself.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There are a number of other things in this game that I'm enjoying (such as, IMO, the four playable characters feel very different from each other)... but if the battle mechanics mentioned above don't interest you, then maybe this just isn't the game for you.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This system gives combat a different type of tension because players constantly need to balance efficiency with conservation.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The soundtrack is pretty decent as well, though without much being special to it.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay132 reviews
Story64 reviews
Graphics32 reviews
Characters31 reviews
Combat25 reviews
Audio20 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Difficulty
63% still recommend
Bugs
52% still recommend
Interface
36% still recommend
Controls
20% still recommend
Performance
17% still recommend
Crashes
0% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Captions available
  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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