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Cardboard Town

Card-based city builder balancing resources against random disasters

Stratera Games, cukuto · Published by Rogue Duck Interactive, Gamersky Games · Released Aug 18, 2023

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Reviews
Mostly Positive
79% of 2,219
Recent reviews
Mixed
63% of 11 in 30 days
Players
6
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Jun 7, 2025
Minimum PC
840M
4 GB RAM · 1 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Cardboard Town?

A tabletop-style city-building card game where you place buildings and roads while managing money, water, electricity, environment, and safety. Each turn brings new cards, and random events and disasters can derail a run. Rewards unlock more cards and upgrades for later attempts.

For you if...

  • +you like planning city growth through turn-based card placement
  • +you enjoy replaying runs with new cards to unlock

Not for you if...

  • −you want freeform building without cards or resource pressure
  • −you prefer city builders without random setbacks or failed runs

What players say

79% of 2,219 reviews are positive · 63% of 11 in the last 30 days

Players praise the cardboard art style and the planning involved in managing a city with cards. Common complaints concern unclear rules and card effects, limited control over growing decks, and repetitive runs.

Screenshots and trailer

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Cardboard Town system requirements

Minimum: 840M, 4 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7
Processor
Intel Pentium CPU G860
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 840M
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
1 GB available space
DirectX
Version 8.0
Notes
64 Bit

Recommended

Notes
64 Bit

Does Cardboard Town have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.

Does Cardboard Town run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • Cloud saves are not shared across platforms

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
20
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English, Turkish, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.

Does Cardboard Town use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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