CardLife: Creative Survival

Released Feb 2019 · delisted

Hand draw any weapon, tool, building piece and your own character in this innovative science-fantasy creative survival game. Mine for resources, construct unique buildings and battle fantastical beasts with friends or play alone. Explore a world made entirely out of cardboard!

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On January 20, 2025, Freejam announced that the studio was closing down after ceasing production on their other title, Robocraft 2. As part of the closure, CardLife was explicitly named as being delisted from Steam, with game servers scheduled to shut down within the week. The game is no longer available for purchase, confirming the delisting. CardLife had previously launched into Early Access on October 9, 2018 and reached its 1.0 release on February 28, 2019. All development and server operations have permanently ended as a result of the studio closure.

Evidence

Freejam announced the studio is closing down. CardLife and Robocraft 1 are being delisted from Steam and their servers are shutting down. This is the final communication from the developer.

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The game has no purchase options available, confirming it has been removed from sale on Steam.

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Developer

Freejam

Publisher

Freejam

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

Controller

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Steam Deck

Unsupported

Players

Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP

About this game

Explore a unique science fantasy world made entirely out of Cardboard.

Imps and Robots! Dinosaurs and Energy Swords! Cardlife is a creative survival game which allows for multiple genres to collide and embrace the strengths from each genre.

Innovative hand drawn crafting system

Experience full creative freedom with our hand drawn crafting system. Create completely unique weapons, tools and characters. Limitless creativity awaits!

Incredible Community Creations to be discovered on Official Online Servers

Explore a magical Cardboard world alone or play online with friends and encounter complete strangers! Visit epic castles, villages, mazes, statues and other fantastical creations created by other players..

Increase your stats by defeating powerful cardboard creatures

As you journey to the centre of the island, you’ll encounter dangerous creatures looking to make a light snack out of you. As you defeat various enemies they’ll drop souls which you can use to enchant gear and weapons to make your character more powerful. Work your way up to become powerful enough to defeat a terrifying raptor or the Age 2 surface droid.