Open now · By request
Cardness playtest
by Overscoped
Cardness is a card survival game where you stack cards to gather, craft and build a camp. Give a Villager an Axe and it chops the nearest Tree. Forge your tools, grow from Stone to Gold, and hold your camp when the void attacks at night.
It's free to ask. The developer chooses who gets in.
- Access
- By request
- On playtest since
- Oct 7, 2026
- Planned release
- To be announced
- Developer
- Overscoped
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English, French
How to join the Cardness playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Request access button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Request access to the Cardness playtest there. It's free and doesn't commit you to anything.
- The developer lets players in, often in batches, so it can take a while. Steam emails you when you're in, and the playtest appears in your library.
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About Cardness
Cardness is a card survival game where you stack cards to gather, craft and build a camp, then defend it when night falls.
For example, give a Villager an Axe and it goes to chop the nearest Tree. Put the Wood on a Workbench and you get Planks.
The Night
At dusk, a horn tells you where the void will strike. Plant Stakes, post a Villager in the Watchtower, and beat the wave to the last creature to earn its reward. Each night, the wave grows.
Combat
Villagers fight on their own. When they pin down an armored Void Brute, its weak point opens: slash it right then for triple damage.
Features
- 100+ cards to discover
- 75+ recipes to craft
- 50+ quests in 3 chapters
- 16 pickaxes to forge from 4 materials
- 3 ages: Stone, Iron and Gold
Make Your Own
Every card, recipe and quest is a file you can edit. The editor comes with the game: change a card, save, and it changes in your running game.
Other card games end. This one you can keep writing.
Cardness is still in development: some of the art in these screenshots is placeholder.
From the game's Steam page.
