Any similar campaign-based card games?

[Tim]

By that I mean: not run-based/a roguelite/etc, and not multiplayer.
Obviously there are licensed ones like Pokemon the Trading Card Game and its sequel on Gameboy Color, Shadowverse Showdown, Thronebreaker... But what about original, digital, primarily single-player card games?

[noBody]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1282510/

[Tyrtti]

Steamworld Quest does this, but I didn't like how numbers-heavy and obtuse it got. Give it a try?

[Tim]

Originally posted by Luce Canon:

Steamworld Quest does this, but I didn't like how numbers-heavy and obtuse it got. Give it a try?

I loved that game! And yeah, combining Slay the Spire-style status stacks with a multi-character party made it pretty mathsy.

[ajxx]

do the choices in this game affect anything or are they just simple dialogues?

[RE4everMK]

Inscryption. For me, GotY 2022.

[Tim]

Originally posted by RE4everMK:

Inscryption. For me, GotY 2022.

Inscryption spoilers: I know that 2/3 of the game isn't run-based, but even so, it's a game that's more interesting for all the stuff around the card game than the actual mechanics. Gets way too easy to 'solve'. I remember the first time I played it, the game forced a game over after beating the 2nd boss on my first run for the sake of the story... Oof!

[Dlanor]

Originally posted by Tim:

Originally posted by RE4everMK:

Inscryption. For me, GotY 2022.

Inscryption spoilers: I know that 2/3 of the game isn't run-based, but even so, it's a game that's more interesting for all the stuff around the card game than the actual mechanics. Gets way too easy to 'solve'. I remember the first time I played it, the game forced a game over after beating the 2nd boss on my first run for the sake of the story... Oof!

To reiterate this without spoilers, essentially Inscryption is mostly just enjoyable for the story and not the card game.
It's a shame too, they added a roguelike mode eventually but it's just very flawed and exploitable if you know what you're doing at all. There's a mechanic the game has where the game tries to guarantee a draw of a cheap card you can play on turn 1, which means if you only have 1 and you can guarantee victory with it then you auto-win pretty much every fight. One of the starter decks has a 1/1 for 1 cost that attacks 3 times, if you simply buff it once at a damage buff node now it is dealing 6 damage, which is enough to insta-win almost any normal fight because it only takes 5/6 damage to win depending on your difficulty setting. You just fill the rest of your deck with only expensive cards and you'll draw it consistently on turn 1 every fight. Add on broken nodes like "copy a card no matter how buffed it is" and you can have a deck that is pretty much guaranteed to win every fight instantly because even against multi-phase bosses you will have backups of your insta-win card.
The roguelike mode launched over a year ago and there hasn't been a single update since then for anything like content or balance patches, which means even though I love the concept there's just no long-term replayability because it's far too easy to guarantee victory.

[Hobimania]

lord of the ring adventure card game and gordian quest.

[Edwin_20er]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/226960/Ironclad_Tactics/

This is one I can think off offhand, it's got an Active time element, but it's not horrible, not great, but it hits all your boxes.

[Gelukpa]

System crash, good cyberpunk campaign-based card game.

[New World]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/271820/Card_City_Nights/

[JediMage]

Across the obelisk, Trials of fire, Gordian quest - all have team based combat, but you can play them by yourself (also only across the obelisk has any kind of multiplayer). Across the obelisk is most roguelike, because you pickapath and cant go back, but it plays out as campaign. Trials by fire have you travelling randomly generated map with campaign objectives sprawled across it, but if you stray too far from your main objective you will be punished by moral decrease. Gordian quest allows you to travel anywhere you want, with ~0 repricussions for taking your time, but all nodes are one time event/battle/whatevs untill story progresses or you activate something which adds another encounter to the map. It also has POE-like item and skill tree system, and because of that you get stuck in the position of needing a lot of grinding without being able to do said grinding.
Theres also griftlands, which is solo campaign with some roguelike sprinkled in, still its pretty decent.

Also the yu-gi-oh! games for psp or nds are campaign based ccg expirience. I hope konami ports them on pc instead of the trash we have rn.

[Raul Blanco]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1815570/Aces__Adventures/

[DemonicGodKiller]

Night of the Full Moon is a really good moblie game. I know that doesn't sound good, with the word "mobile" there, but trust me. If you like deck building card games, you should like Night of the Full Moon.

[ZexxCrine]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1824580/Dungeon_Drafters/

It’s really not a rougelike. Build a deck, explore a dungeon. Return to town, improve your deck, save the world.

If you have a switch, shadowverse champion battle is its own self contained adventure like the old Pokémon card game or yugioh games. It does have dlc but there is no buyable currency. You fight people for cards you want and build a deck. Apparently based on some mobile trash card game I never heard of but with all the free to play stuff removed it’s an enjoyable time.