Age of Rivals
Released Mar 2017
Deep civilization-building strategy in a fast-paced card game! There are many paths to victory in this competitive card drafting game featuring 12 unique characters and hundreds of cards ranging from great pyramids and war elephants to sneaky spies and crafty merchants.
86% positive · 236 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $8.99
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Evaluation
Age of Rivals launched on March 14, 2017 and received a series of updates throughout 2017, culminating in the Conflict of Faith update on October 11, 2017 — a major content drop that added 18 new cards and a new campaign. That appears to be the last significant content addition to the game itself.
In July 2022, the developer posted a notable infrastructure update: their backend cloud service provider was shutting down, so online accounts were discontinued. As a result, all card packs and content were permanently unlocked for all players. The developer framed this as ensuring "Age of Rivals will always be playable," signaling a maintenance-and-preservation posture rather than ongoing development.
Developer activity since then has focused entirely on the sequel. On May 11, 2025, the developer announced Bannerlands (Age of Rivals 2), and in June 2025 pushed a technical update to Age of Rivals that upgraded the Unity engine version and added a Bannerlands informational dialog — essentially a housekeeping and cross-promotion patch rather than new content. Demos for Bannerlands were released in November 2025 and updated in May 2026.
No new content has been announced or released for Age of Rivals itself since October 2017. The developer's energy is clearly directed toward the sequel. The game launched as a complete product and received its final major content update on October 11, 2017.
Evidence
Developer announced that the cloud backend is being discontinued; all content is now permanently unlocked for all players. Framed as preserving the game's playability, not adding new content.
Conflict of Faith update released: 18 new cards, a new campaign, and gameplay improvements. This is the last major content update for Age of Rivals.
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Developer
Publisher
Roboto Games
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP · Local/Split Screen
About this game
Deep civilization-building strategy in a fast-paced card game.
You know those games where you spend 10 hours building up a huge civilization with a carefully balanced economy, military, culture and defense so you can prove that you are the greatest ruler ever? Age of Rivals is like a 10 minute version of that. With cards.
There are many paths to victory in this competitive card drafting game featuring 12 unique characters and hundreds of cards ranging from great pyramids and war elephants to sneaky spies and crafty merchants.
Age of Rivals was inspired by boardgames like 7 Wonders and Dominion and CCGs like Hearthstone. We designed it to be ideal for 2 players to play in 10 minutes, and we emphasized depth and replayability.
And unlike many CCGs, all cards unlock at a constant pace, and you never get duplicate cards you don't need. There are no in-app purchases.
The anti-deck building CCG.
Having only minimal control over your deck encourages endless variety in each game and puts the focus on in-the-moment tactical decision-making. You may go heavily offensive one game with an arsenal of war machines and in the next game find yourself emphasizing artistic achievement and burglary. It’s all about trying to put together clever card combinations to counter what you think your opponent might do.
Perfectly balance your city’s culture, military, defense and economy to outwit your opponent and win!
Key Features
- Play offline or online - no account necessary for single-player or local multiplayer
- Play as 12 unique characters
- Unlock over 200 cards with unique special abilities
- Ranked public matchmaking and online multiplayer (requires registering a free account)
- Private friend matches
- Alliances with other players
- Daily missions
- Monthly tournaments
- Single player challenge levels
What Players Are Saying
- “this game is intoxicating ... in the best possible meaning. the balancing is close to perfect and the card exchanging rule makes every game different and never unbalanced. 10/10 magna cum laude. “ - Lobbod
- “I think this is a great card game that also incorporates a nice board game style to it” - narayan999
- “A very dynamic game with different ways to achieve victory. No best strategy to win, no grinding required, luck factor is not so relevant: you just have to be smarter than your opponent :) Definitely worth your free time.” - crodino
- “What separates this brilliant game from 7 wonders is its emphasis on military, which is closer to civilizations in real life. This game carefully balances economy, military, and growth elements well and deserves 5 stars.” - SuperBigDay
- “Well designed game, excellent card system.” - Zalgocomes
Will I like Age of Rivals?
- If you like the idea of a fast-paced card game version of Civilization, then yes!
- If you like board games like 7 Wonders and Dominion, then yes!
- If you like like the part of a CCG where you try to tactically outwit your opponent more than you like the part where you have to build a 30 card deck, then yes!
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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