Fit check
Is Urban Cards worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Roguelike deckbuilder fans who want business-themed campaigns
- Strategy players who enjoy managing debt alongside an opponent
- Players seeking faction-based deck construction with PvP
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who want a straightforward campaign rather than repeated, procedurally generated runs
- Players who prefer combat-focused deckbuilding over business management, debt, and faction mechanics
- Players looking for a realistic business simulation rather than satire and criminal-themed factions
Our take on Urban Cards
Players may hit the wall when managing debt becomes as important as building the deck. The four factions also require adapting to different starting approaches, while the procedurally generated campaign adds repeated-run variation rather than a fixed sequence of scenarios.
What is Urban Cards?
Urban Cards is a capitalist roguelike deckbuilding game about building a business empire while managing debt and opposing players.
Choose from four factions—Oper, Akibara, Gastown, and Beach—with distinct starter decks and playstyles. Construct and customize a deck from more than 180 cards across Business, Workers, Henchmen, Actions, and Objects. A procedurally generated campaign includes more than 20 Events, enemies ranging from mob bosses to money lenders, and a final confrontation with the Government. More than 30 special items can support the pursuit of wealth. The game also includes PvP for challenging friends.
How Urban Cards plays
- 01Four playable factions
- Oper, Akibara, Gastown, and Beach each provide a distinct starter deck and playstyle.
- 02Large card pool
- Decks can be built and customized using more than 180 cards.
- 03Five card categories
- Available cards include Business, Workers, Henchmen, Actions, and Objects.
- 04Procedural campaign
- Campaign routes include more than 20 Events and varied encounters across repeated runs.
- 05Special item collection
- More than 30 special items can be collected during the campaign.
- 06Player versus player
- Friends can challenge one another in PvP matches.
Urban Cards compared to similar games
Shogun Showdown also combines roguelike progression with deckbuilding, but centers on turn-based positioning, attack upgrades, combos, and skills before facing the Shogun. Urban Cards instead focuses on business expansion, debt, factions, events, special items, enemies, and PvP. Men of War: Assault Squad is a large-scale World War II strategy game with direct control of military units rather than card-based empire building.
Urban Cards: platforms & release
Is Urban Cards worth it?
It is worth it if: roguelike deckbuilder fans who want business-themed campaigns. Skip it if: players who want a straightforward campaign rather than repeated, procedurally generated runs.
Where can I download Urban Cards?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Urban Cards's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Urban Cards on?
Windows only.
