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Item: Card-en-Ciel
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Is Card-en-Ciel worth it for you?

We tell you who should skip it, too.

Play it if you…

Good fit

JRPG fans who want card-based battles and dungeon exploration
Deckbuilding players who prefer a full story alongside roguelite progression
Players seeking character voice acting, vocal songs, and online challenges

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Players seeking a linear RPG with fixed encounters instead of freely chosen dungeon battles
Players who prefer a short, single-path campaign without extra difficulty levels, random events, or challenge modes
Players looking for combat that does not center on collecting and building a card deck

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Our take on Card-en-Ciel

Instead of presenting deckbuilding as a largely standalone run-based system, Card-en-Ciel places it within a full JRPG story. It also adds character performances, dungeon exploration, online challenges, and real-time matches to the card-battling structure.

What is Card-en-Ciel?

Card-en-Ciel is a roguelite card-battling RPG with a full story set in an in-development game world.

Players control Neon, a detective who investigates crimes in full-dive VR games. Dungeons can be explored freely, with players choosing which enemies to fight. Victories add allies to the deck, while more than 300 cards represent characters from other games. Battles take place on a 6x3 field. Muse cards activate special effects and songs when their conditions are met, with 50 vocal songs in total. The game includes more than 10 story dungeons, 10 extra difficulty levels, random events, Grand Battle Dungeons, daily and weekly challenges with online leaderboards, and real-time online head-to-head battles. Cards feature full English and Japanese voice acting.

How Card-en-Ciel plays

01Character card collection: More than 300 cards depict distinct characters and can be added to the deck.
02Free dungeon exploration: Players move through dungeons and decide which encountered enemies to battle.
03Muse card effects: Muse cards trigger special abilities and songs after their individual conditions are met.
04Expanded challenge content: The game includes more than 10 story dungeons, 10 additional difficulty levels, and Grand Battle Dungeons for custom decks.
05Online activities: Daily and weekly dungeon challenges include leaderboards, and players can fight in real-time online matches.

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Is Card-en-Ciel worth it?

It is worth it if: JRPG fans who want card-based battles and dungeon exploration. Skip it if: players seeking a linear RPG with fixed encounters instead of freely chosen dungeon battles.