Creature Card Idle

Creature Card Idle

Released Dec 2019

Creature Card Idle is an incremental game that fuses strategic grid-based gameplay with the thrill of collecting cards. Experience an evolving journey across expansions, each introducing new mechanics and cards. Play for free without microtransactions.

72% positive · 176 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Creature Card Idle launched on December 22, 2019 as a complete package. The store description explicitly states the game includes "the base game and its three expansions," all playable for free with no microtransactions — framing the game as a finished, all-inclusive product. Early patch notes from late 2019 and April 2020 mentioned a planned "Cityscape expansion" and early-stage mod support, but the April 2020 patch note removed the estimated launch date for the Cityscape expansion and noted the delay without any follow-up commitment. No further developer communication about this expansion has appeared. The September 2021 announcement post was focused entirely on promoting the developer's new game, Eternal Exodus, with no mention of any remaining or upcoming content for Creature Card Idle. The current store description makes no reference to a Cityscape expansion or any planned content — it describes the game as complete with three expansions. Given that the store copy now reflects a finished product and the developer's attention has visibly shifted to a new title, the earlier mention of a potential fourth expansion appears to have been quietly dropped. The last developer communication of any kind was on September 30, 2021. There is no evidence of ongoing development activity.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as a complete package: 'Play all the content for free forever, including the base game and its three expansions.' No mention of any planned future content.
description source development ending
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Developer's last communication was a Kickstarter announcement for a new game, Eternal Exodus. No mention of any remaining content for Creature Card Idle.
news post · Sep 30, 2021 source development ending
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Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Playsaurus
Achievements
14
Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

The hit web game finally comes to Steam, complete with achievements & cloud saves. Now with NO ads and NO microtransactions! Play all the content for free forever, including the base game and its three expansions.

Named one of the best games in the genre by gaming site PCGamesN, and one of the winners of Kongregate's November 2019 game competition, this is a incremental game where you place cards strategically on a grid to generate resources, and you spend those resources to purchase booster packs containing new cards.

Once you have enough resources, unlock the next expansion. Each expansion is its own little idle game that adds new mechanics and new cards to the mix, ensuring the game never gets stale. Later expansions change the formula even more, featuring RPG-like battle mechanics.

Features deep mechanics with various card synergies and many deck possibilities. The game is 100% strategic idler and 0% clicker, so you won't break your mouse playing.

Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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