Last updated on December 13th, 2025 at 05:15 pm
Cards of Terra – Board Game Review
Cards of Terra is a Board/Card game from Denis Buslaev, first launched in 11th August 2021.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 422+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Cards of Terra Stand Out
Cards of Terra is a single-player card game. It combines light solitaire-like card play with the in-depth mechanics of collectible card games.
You play as an alien princess stranded in an unfriendly fantasy realm. Luckily, our heroine has psi-powers which she can use to make enemies fight each other. Drag-and-drop enemy cards and remove them from your path to salvation.
FEATURES
- designed for one-handed play;
- more than 70 unique cards to explore;
- gentle learning curve and intuitive mechanics;
- campaign with 80 handcrafted levels and 9 bosses;
- draft mode with challenging deck-building gameplay;
- great for offline play;
- beautiful art in a charming fantasy setting;
- no free-to-play nonsense. Single IAP purchase to Remove Ads;
- made with indie spirit;
This Board game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Cards of Terra is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 5th June 2022
Recent improvements include:
Dryad bug fixed.
Ruturn ability now correctly restores 1 Energy when used.
Cards with common rarity will appear slightly less frequently.
Download & Availability
Cards of Terra is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Cards of Terra on App Store
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:
Awesome even if you dont 100% it. The campaign is amazing. It has to be near – if not at – the top of card game campaigns for us. The puzzles and draft modes are okay. Very challenging. So much so that we gave up after failing miserably for a long time at one of the last draft mode challenges. Maybe Ill come back to it someday.
We were looking for a new card game to play that is interesting but quick to play when we have short breaks and not overly complex (while still being deep enough to be engaging). This game is perfect for that! Its super intuitive with a great tutorial built in. The design is cool and the UI super easy. Its simply enjoyable to play. Its good on battery too. We immediately bought the only IAP to remove ads even after only playing a couple of rounds. We like to support good indie developers that design unique games and are fair in how they monetize. We really appreciate that. We look forward to playing more and more! Thank you for a great card game for busy people like us.
Glitched and froze, when it came back all our work was gone. Reset to beginning.
The campaign is okay but very easy and short. The other modes arent well thought out. The draft mode is awful. Not sure why it has existed so long in this broken and poorly balance state with no attention by the dev. Seems like they didnt even test most of it. Half way through you have to eliminate 30 cards with 6 energy.
We usually play more narrative games but this card game is narrative in many ways. Just play it! The characters are delightful, gameplay challenging, and we just cant stop! Please make more! An amazing, fun, thoughtfully designed game! And so inexpensive. We are grateful for it all! Moxieruby.
This is an excellent game. Great gameplay, solid visuals, and it doesnt insult or manipulate its players with the sort of tricks common to free-to-play games. We were more than happy to pay the $3 to remove ads, though honestly, there were only a few to begin with! We see from the credits that this was made by a super-small team. They should be really proud of making something that outshines much of the exploitative trash turned out by larger game companies! Cant wait to see what else they create.
Absolutely great that is real game not like those big name must pay game.
This game brings us back to the early days of the App Store. No micros transactions, minimal ads, and just tons of fun. The draft and puzzle modes are great, quickplay for a little endless entertainment, and the story mode is fun. We hope they release a part 2 to the story.
We wish there was more to it. Great balance of ads (with the option to pay a reasonable amount to remove them.) Love the single player focus. Developers, please fix the dove card – it doesnt work as described, meaning it literally just wastes 1 energy. Edit: ok you addressed the dove card issue by changing the description on the card is it supposed to be an extremely annoying card? Because we cant figure out how it is useful at all. A close 2nd would be that traveling lady, but at least she can be used to remove cards. The gingerbread is pretty annoying too, but the dove is absolutely useless. Also please give us a way to replay the campaign. Once that has been completed and all cards unlocked, draft and random modes become pretty boring especially since theres no way to customize a draft run. Still an excellent game though.
We enjoy this game thoroughly but the real story is sharing this game with our mom. Shes an avid solitaire/puzzle game casual player. Doesnt consider herself a gamer by any stretch of the imagination. We usually refrain from suggesting games like this to her because she doesnt like complexity in games. For her, its more about relaxing and taking things at your own pace without too much added flair. We felt like this game has that next level of complexity, but does a really great job of taking the player to that level with thorough explanation. Most tutorials she ends up asking us about stuff despite the tutorial technically covering it. This is because sometimes theyre designed to talk to a gamer. Shes not a gamer. She doesnt understand nuisances or in the know terminology that is sometimes used to build a tutorial. This game does a great job of explaining everything that ANYONE can understand. Not once did she ask for help, and ended up playing for a couple of hours on the first go. Shes now hooked on the game, and bought the remove ads IAP out of want to support the game rather than remove something annoying. This has helped take her to that next step and open up a lot of games for her to express interest in. Games she wouldve found too intimidating the first time around. We highly suggest this as a game to suggest to a more casual solitaire/puzzle game fan. It may be the gateway.
Dont download if you value your privacy. Why do we need to answer personal details before every ad? Is this a convenient app, or am we applying for a drivers license? Delete.
Enjoyable puzzle game, we got through the campaign in a couple weeks playing casually. The draft mode gets a little repetitive after a while because of commonly used formats for the cards. Minimally invasive ads and great for a free game.
This game is legit amazing. The amount of strategy was very surprising and we couldnt stop playing.
In a good way. Fun art, unique concept, solid UI.
Addicting, no micro transactions, and the ads dont come very often.
Superb upgrade to the classic solitaire. As you progress new mechanics get introduced increasing complexity and depth. Very nice game.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.4.1
- Size: 320.98 MB
- iOS: 10.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
- Developer: Denis Buslaev
Last updated: 5th June 2022 | Genre: Board, Card | Developer: Denis Buslaev