Cards of the Dead
Released Oct 2021
Cards of the Dead is a survival card game. Play your cards right and you might escape the zombie apocalypse!
75% positive · 106 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $7.99
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Evaluation
Cards of the Dead launched on October 21, 2021 as a complete, self-contained survival card game. The only post-launch developer activity was a single bug fix patch one week after release (October 27, 2021) that addressed a handful of technical issues. There have been no further updates, patches, or communications about this game since then. A news post from April 28, 2023 announces a new game by the same developer — The Creepy Syndrome — indicating the studio moved on to a new project rather than continuing to develop Cards of the Dead. No DLC has been listed, no expansions or future content have been announced, and the store description describes a complete narrative experience with three character stories and a defined beginning and end. The game shipped as a finished product.
Evidence
Cards of the Dead launched on all platforms with a launch week discount. No mention of post-launch content plans.
Boomfire Games announced and launched a new game, The Creepy Syndrome, indicating the studio moved on from Cards of the Dead.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
JanduSoft
Achievements
28
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
History
The infection is advancing by the minute and getting the vaccine is humanity's only hope. Do
everything in your power to fight off the hordes of zombies piling up in the streets to make
your way to the biological complex and retrieve the sample.
Live the story of Rick, Selena and Dan, three interconnected stories on which it depends to
get the vaccine to stop the infection.
Features
- Multiple weapons: Get all the weapons at your disposal to take out the undead, find everything from broken bottles to chainsaws, spiked bats, hunting shotguns, rifles, futuristic experimental weapons...
- Survival strategy: Each level is a battle for survival, control your vaccine to avoid giving in to the infection while you stock up on food to recover your health and weapons to defend yourself, manage your turns using all the equipment at your disposal, binoculars, explosive barrels, tools, lanterns... and watch out for traps!
- A nightmare story: Unravel the role of the survivors and how their lives are intertwined in the same destiny. Acquire the documents scattered throughout the game to learn more about each of them.
- Zombie Hordes: Take on the army of the undead, explosive zombies, zombie dogs, zombie soldiers or zombie nurses are some of the creatures that have mutated due to the viral infection. Each creature has a strategy for attacking and defending itself. The zombie apocalypse will show you no mercy.
- A flight forward: On your way, you will visit places in the twilight, Chaos in the city. The dangerous escape in the suburbs, the infamous experimental biological complex, supply shops, dangerous gas stations where a spark can blow everything up, and much more.
Extra mode:
Complete the story mode to unlock Deadly Night mode, an extreme survival mission againstthe clock with the goal of recovering a vaccine sample.
Face multiple hordes of enemies with your base equipment, enemies have new mechanics
and you have the unique dodge ability
A deckland tales production.
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Last evaluated Jun 23, 2026
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