Carton
Town-building strategy in a cardboard world under nightly goblin attacks
Calepin Studio · Published by SA Industry · Released Oct 2, 2016
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 78% of 117
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 7
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 9 years ago
- Feb 5, 2017
What is Carton?
A single-player town-building strategy game in which humanity faces defeat in a war against goblins. You explore a generated continent, purchase land, construct buildings, gather resources, and assign residents jobs as seasons and temperatures change. You assemble warriors to protect the settlement and attack the goblin castle.
For you if...
- +you like mixing resource management with town defense
Not for you if...
- −you want a peaceful builder without enemies or seasonal pressures
What players say
78% of 117 reviews are positive
Players praise the cardboard art style. Recurring complaints include crashes, poor performance, bugs, a clumsy interface, and unclear English translations, particularly in the tutorial. Recent reports continue to raise stability and translation problems.
Screenshots and trailer
Carton system requirements
Minimum: ATI or Nvidia 512 MB, 1 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Carton?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Vista, Windows Seven, Windows 8, Windows 10
- Processor
- Double core
- Graphics
- ATI or Nvidia 512 MB
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Vista, Windows Seven, Windows 8, Windows 10
- Processor
- Quad core
- Graphics
- ATI or Nvidia 2 GB
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
Does Carton have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Carton run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English, French.
Does Carton 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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
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Recent updates
- Feb 5, 2017 · Linux and Mac ?
- Jan 18, 2017 · Carton need you !
- Oct 10, 2016 · Carton UPDATE 1.0.15
- Oct 10, 2016 · Carton UPDATE 1.0.15
- Oct 7, 2016 · Carton UPDATE 1.0.12
