Last updated on February 16th, 2026 at 02:31 am
Card Crawl – Card Game Review
Card Crawl is a Card/Entertainment/Roleplaying game from Arnold Rauers, first launched in 12th March 2015.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 1,958+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Card Crawl Stand Out
Card Crawl is a solitaire-style dungeon crawler game played with a modified deck of standard cards.
Pocket Tactics – Card game of the year 2015
Pocket Tactics – Reader’s choice game of the year 2015
Pocket Tactics – Editor’s choice game of the year 2015
German Games Award – Nominee for best game design 2016
Clear the dungeon of 54 cards by using item-cards, slaying monsters and managing your limited inventory. On each run, you can use five ability-cards (mini deck building) to gain unique skills. By collecting gold, you can unlock 35 more ability-cards to access new tactics and even higher scores.
Card Crawl’s four single-player game modes are enhanced by Game Center to let players compare their scores and the associated decks. A typical game lasts two or three minutes and is a perfect “one more game” experience while waiting in line or commuting.
FEATURES
• Solitaire-style gameplay
• Four game modes (normal, constructed, daily & delve)
• Dungeon deck editor for building and sharing custom dungeon decks
• 35 unlockable ability-cards
• Mini deck building
• Game Center integration
– To compare high scores and decks
– To challenge your friends
– To access tricky new achievements
• Two to three minutes of playtime per game
ACCOLADES
"A brilliant distillation of the dungeon crawler, Card Crawl is well worth a look." — Pocketgamer
"Card Crawl is an enjoyable, casual card game that feels a touch like Diablo-Meets-Solitaire." — 148Apps
"There’s something about a solitaire card game that really does it for me, and Card Crawl is one of the best I’ve played."
— Pockettactics
"It's got great art, gameplay with cards that isn't like other card-based dungeon crawlers and is perfect for sitting back and relaxing while playing it." — Toucharcade
"Taken purely as a variation on Solitaire, Card Crawl is clever as heck, with a standout style and simple yet rewarding gameplay." — JayIsGames
"It’s a unique and interesting hybrid that plays out very well. If you love dungeon crawlers and card games like Hearthstone, then this is a no-brainer." — AppAdvice
"The most intriguing thing about Card Crawl is its simplicity."
— MACNN
"Card Crawl is an impressively solid card game that borrows what works from other games and spins it into its own, unique, game." — Gamezebo
"Card Crawl is really creative and unique game, in which strategy and luck is equally needed." — iPlayApps
"Card Crawl is a very polished card game with a high addiction factor." — AppGemeinde
"Card Crawl is easily suited for anybody who loves casual short game." – ModernJamming
Learn More about Tinytouchtales & Card Crawl at www.cardcrawl.com
This Card game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Card Crawl is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 1st October 2025
Recent improvements include:
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Download & Availability
Card Crawl is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This is one of the best card games we've played, (and we've played a ton of card games). Give it a try. We guarantee you won't be disappointed. It's the same with all of his other games. Give them all a try. The dude is a top-notch developer.
Its really good and fun but in all seriousness its just a more interesting solitaire and more interactive.
Beautiful art, fun gameplay for first 2 minutes until you realize its just thatover and over again.
You NEED more content in this game like a story mode or even and online mode or something anything this game needs more things to do because its so good how it is! ITS PERFECT.
The more the we play this game, the more we appreciate its charm and hint of complexity. Love that it has daily activities and some unlockables such as cards, avatars and dealers. Just wish there were more. Id happily purchase additional packs, dealer environments, skins, etc. Awesome work dev.
The only things "wrong" with it are the delays and the sheer randomness dooming some games early. We do seem to keep playing one more game.
It's great for a quick fix and a long marathon! We only have about half of the collection and we haven't gotten sick of it. We're not sure if there is anything else after the quests are achieved. Maybe that would be a good idea for a major update? It's a fun game and we never want it to end.
Excellent balance of strategy, timing, and luck.
We love this game. We feel like the price is a bit high for what it is but we have no regrets buying it. We play this game everyday.
Scratch your Sword & Sorcery itch with this enchanting card game. Every deal could result in death or victory literally due to the flip of a card or two. Ability cards can put you in or pull you out of a tight spot, so manage them thoughtfully. Great fun and definitely addictive.
Was scared it was going to be either too complicated or boring but its neither! Easy to learn and very fun to play! You need to pay 5$ for the actual game but the trial version is fun. Buying the game lets you collect very helpful cards to add to the deck. We highly recommend it for killing time. Awesome game! Two thumbs up from us.
Low skill floor, high skill ceiling. The more you play, the more you understand. Each game is around 1-2 minutes, so its easy to hop on a new one. Youll earn new cards before you know it, and learning how to optimize their use is a treat. Great design, and simple. Love it.
We love card games and this one is rlly good.
Great to see such a beautifully drawn game absolutely packed with charm.
Would like clarification on how to pursue quests. We're unable to find it within the game.
Awesome card game. Cant believe we didnt find it sooner.
We love the game but the other characters are so hard to get like idk how to get half of them and the other half are just too hard but thats our only problem hope devs see this and fix but thats all bye.
Good game with nice mechanics – after the first character and first few playthroughs, other characters and features are available to buy one at a time.
Very well made card game and equally fun as well! It is frustrating that the free version of the game is just the basic version. There is more to the game yet it is behind a paywall. Is the light version fun to play? Yes, it is. Is unlocking the rest of the game worth it? That is up to you; Ill play til we find another as there will always be more games available.
Need a way to see how people are getting the high scores in Dailt Deck. We can't even come close.
The game look very good but when we installed it its didnt work we mean when we want to play the game kick us out of it so please fix it fast.
This so far is a great card game and one of our favorites! Please please add more.
This game is good enough to buy. We did once. Now its behind a paywall anyway. Its worth buying once, not twice. App support doesnt work either. This is true of Card thief as well. We havent checked Miracle merchant, Maze Machina, Card Crawl Adventure, or Gnomitaire yet, but Id approach all with the same caution; until its addressed by the developer.
Graphics are pretty but thats about the only good thing The loading animations are slow The deck is completely random and occasionally unwinnable Trying to optimize play for maximal score means you need to play in a way that makes the game frequently unwinnable, thus wasting countless runs waiting on infinite rng. Theres barely any progression out of buying cards to expand the deck, which only further increases randomness and makes it even more impossible to have a strategy Theres constructed deck, which sets the abilities you have at least, but theres no incentive or progression to do well there.
Fun grinder of a game. Cool artwork and well though out.
Ive enjoyed it for over 2 hours which is generally our rule for being worth paying for. Fun and relatively easy to figure out.
This is the perfect, super addictive, time wasting, card game to play on the toilet. Super simple rules to pick up, with layers of strategy to peel back. Single player, so no long loading screens or waiting for other players. Progression feels rewarding with plenty of interesting cards to unlock. Even grinding for highscores with a new deck is fun enough to make 1 hour seem like 5 minutes.
Thats literally our only annoyance. Otherwise the game, especially the Daily Deck, is great. We play the daily almost every day.
One of the best travel games Ive downloaded. No worries about getting online and it is an interesting game that keeps your attention.
Fun, easy to learn and quick game. If we only want to play a game for two or three minutes, this is the perfect game.
Not bad, but not good. The game feels like it's missing something.
Once you start doing well in the game, every other deal, a notice appears stating that this is NOT a free game but you must pay 4.99. You can continue playing free, however, the game play changes drastically and you will receive continual notification. Free part is fun.
We bought this game years ago, and now it keeps prompting us to buy the full game to unlock the content, that we already paid for when we downloaded it originally. We understand the pressure to transition to a free to play/demo app, but why werent users who already paid grandfathered in.
Sure, you can download the app for free. But, everything you try to do in the game requires $4.99 to unlock.
Beautifully balanced and very compelling.
This game never gets old! Its deceptively simple, but always a challenge. The graphics are fun and fit the casual fantasy theme. We always come back to this one.
This is the one game that our brain doesnt get tired of. This game stimulates us just right and im always playing it! Its fun and we love the design as well.
Its very fun and fast paced thinking, Only sad part is the unlocking.
This card game is pretty fun, and super creative game play, but the card dealer enrages us like the dog laughing at you from Duck Hunt. Ha.
They always give pleasure to our brain.
Ive played 16 games so far and been having a lot of fun, but its crashed on us twice already. And it crashes only at the end of a game! It doesnt count the game or give you the coins you earned that game. Very frustrating! If they can fix this bug, Id say its pretty much a perfect little rogue-lite card game. Art style is amazing, animations fluid, and gameplay balanced. It gives you a good taste of the larger game for free without ads or user tracking. We just paid for the full version because it was fun. Again, great game but we just really hope they fix the crashing bug soon.
Game is epig but we dont want to pay for content we could have unlocked before.
Takes a million years to unlock delve mode.
No regrets. This game is a great simple card game that can absolutely! Be difficult when and if you want it to be. Its only as difficult as you want it to be and thats really cool.
We really like this game, its simple enough that its easy to pick up, and re-pickup if you dont play for awhile, and unlocking new things in game is definitely worth the price, but even if you dont do that it has no ads even in the ad-pocalypse.
We paid for the full game after just a couple hours of playing it.
The rules and card set are simple enough. We originally thought this meant a lack of depth, but theres subtleties and interesting ability cards to add in that lean in to replayability. Once you start optimizing for higher scores you can find a lot of interesting decisions.
Its a fun passer by very challenging but well made.
We really enjoy this creators games (Miracle Merchant and Card Thief included). Im not looking for games where we have to invest a large amount of time to play, so these are perfect for when we have a little bit of down time. We like the fantasy atmosphere a lot too.
The game play is really fun, we love the artwork, and we love that you can make an in-app purchase however you do not have to keep buying or watching ads in order to play.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.4.17
- Size: 162.57 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: NL, EN, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, ZH, TR
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
- Developer: Arnold Rauers
Last updated: 1st October 2025 | Genre: Card, Entertainment | Developer: Arnold Rauers