Underplayed Gems

Cardful Planning (2021)

Cardful Planning cover
Developer
Walk Home Games
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Strategy
Rating
5.0 of 5, 10 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.0 hours
Where to get it
Steam
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How it feels

You guide a brave little playing card through a retro-inspired dungeon, solving puzzles and battling enemies with suit abilities and modifier cards.

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What players say

Players describe Cardful Planning as a clever puzzle adventure where you control a playing card through mazes, but opinions are split on its value. Some praise the challenging level design and replayability from speedrun and least deaths modes, while others find it devolves into trial and error and is too short, around 45 minutes to complete, for its price.

Screenshots

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