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Deck 'Em! – Sports Game Review
Deck 'Em! is a Sports/Sports/Card game from Frosty Pop Games Inc., first launched in 3rd September 2020.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 3,955+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Deck 'Em! Stand Out
Look, kid. You're not even a contender. You're a nobody. A total long shot. The champ is a stone cold killer. As big as an ox. Stronger than oak. But you got a lot of heart, kid.
And Mickey loves you.
Deck 'Em! is a boxing card game. Try and survive twelve rounds with the undisputed champion of the world, and you'll be a winner in my books, kid.
Much like solitaire, the object of the game, much like many card games, is simply to play and strategize. Each fight is different. Sometimes you'll win. Sometimes you'll lose.
Highlights include:
• Endlessly replayable
• Incredible art
• Simplified gameplay
• Intuitive controls systems
• No ads
• No IAP*
• 100% Free
- Tips welcome. :)
This Sports game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Deck 'Em! is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 9th September 2020
Recent improvements include:
Hey kid, in this update we:
• Fixed a typo on the game description
• Updated the tutorial per request
• Added a tip jar
• Updated some meta-data
Download & Availability
Deck 'Em! 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:
Yes, you can win. Its called strategy.
We were looking for just a quick little card game that wasnt solitaire or rummy or blah blah blah and we came across this and its good for time were trying to just do something easy so you could go to sleep and stop scrolling on social media. Overall, we like it and we like the animation style.
Discovered this recently and we LOVE it. One of the best mobile games Ive ever played. Hope to see more from this developer in the future.
Is a little hard to figure out when first starting, but after a handful of games we were able to figure out how the game works. We love the concept. Very creative.
This is a great game. There are no levels so its just one fight, but there is a TON of strategy involved. At first it will feel like you cant win, but once you understand the rules and how the cards work it becomes addictive. We play it several times a day and enjoy every fight.
Very fun and quick for killing time and has good gameplay.
Deck Em! Is exactly what it says on the box. Its a solitaire style game in you are pitted against a randomly shuffled deck of cards and are required to puzzle out a solution to survive 12 turns. This is done by collecting offensive and defensive cards and using them against randomly drawn opponent cards of various difficulties. The concept is done very well and is surrounded by a beautiful cartoonish art style. Unfortunately the game suffers from a lack of depth. There is only one deck and winning and loosing can sometime feel like a roll of the dice than careful execution of a plan or build. It would have been really interesting to see more deck builder elements where the player can edit the deck to change differently or add variety to attacks. Or perhaps having different opponent decks to choose from. Ultimately this game feels like a fantastic concept or first look at an idea. We highly recommend you give it a try (Its free with an option to tip the dev) and see how you like it. We look forward for a Deck Em 2 or whatever comes next from this developer.
Could be better and wut do you do with the money update that please.
Excellent concept for running through a deck of cards as actions during boxing match rounds. Nice visual style and controls. Would love to see additional options if possible such as character upgrades or other things to spend winning money on, or a tournament mode of some kind.
Please make more game for us to play.
Lot of reviews saying that the cards dont match up and the champ always puts out unfair cards towards the end of the match, etc etc blah blah. Thats the fun of the game, there is a lot of strategy to this game, for example when to sacrifice and takes hits in order to save cards for just the right time. Or when and when not to place bets. We only place a bet if Ive lost 3 in a row. We think the goal of this game is more so to make money rather than have a stellar record. Our record is 68 wins with 107 losses. Not exactly a great record but thats a lot of wins contrasting the people saying that the game cheats when the going gets tough. We find that when Im down and almost out in the latter rounds, we end up winning about as much if not more than we lose. And our bank roll is currently $17,342,200! With our top purse of $10,018,100. People who thinks the game has too much of an advantage when throwing out the cards, well. Sorry, they just arent very good at this game.
Nearly impossible to go 12 rounds but we love the game just the same.
We liked this game right off the bat. The solitaire style gameplay is great and makes for a very strategic style. The art is also very pleasing. We also love the fact that youre an underdog and have to survive the fight, not win it. Its a very calming vibe and fun to play on little breaks just to see how well you can do. Great game.
Probably the best game in the market. Its fun and challenging. Easy to learn, hard to master. Not too involved which makes it perfect to play on the go or while waiting in line somewhere. On top of that Im a fan of card games. And its free with no ads. Truly a gem among so many other games that could have had potential. Id gladly pay $1-5 just to support the developer in making more games like this. Its refreshing to find a game where we dont have to purchase coins or moves in order to play. Hats off to the dev and please make more fun games like this.
We never ever write reviews but this game is worthy. Its such a beautifully simple game. We agree with a lot of the reviews that talk about ways to improve the game. It definitely has lots of room for growth but Im also pretty happy with the simplicity of what it is now as well. Its a really good game to pass some time here and there, and personally, we dont really get tired of it. There are some reviews we read about it being unfair/hard to win/etc and in the beginning, its a little confusing but it gets easier because you start to understand the curveballs they may throw at you. So you really have to take your time with each spread and strategize. For example, sometimes, youre gonna have to probably sacrifice the champ cards directly onto your fighter to avoid decreasing the number on your block card, which could come in more handy the next spread of cards. (This actually took us a few games to figure out to use as part of our strategy) Every game we play takes us a while to get through because we think through each option that we have per spread and we try to see what our best play is. All in all, we think you should definitely give it a try. We will never delete this game.
We would love to see you guys do one for MMA, professional wrestling, and other sports! Yall really nailed boxing so lets see what else you can come up with.
We think this game is amazing but it could use more modes like more people to fight, more characters, story mode, etc.
Pretty dope videogame card-game, took us a sec to get down how the game works but once we did its fun to while away trips or wtv.
Again, if this idea is original, these guys should be teaching the world how card games should actually be made. Simple and yet awesome. Thanks people for developing this.
Is there any thought to putting out a real deck of Deck Em cards? It wouldnt be so hard to make! We love the gameplay and would love a real set of cards to use.
We have the best idea ever! ( we think ) what if you could put up some of you money and fight other people online! Like each turn you combine punches to send an attack to your opponent! And still block and heal normally! Please listen to our greatest idea ever! ( we think ) we forgot to say we love the game.
We love this game. Most of the time when we download games that are repetitive we have them for a week then just delete them. Deck em, on the other hand, we will never delete. Ive always been a big fan of solitaire and card games in general and this gives a really fun spin to games like solitaire. The only thing that would make this game even better would just be more game modes. For example a campaign which provide you with different opponents and would allow you to earn cool rewards such as when you beat that opponent you unlock them to be used as a skin. Or you could even make a mode were u can actually beat the champ or other foes. This may sound like any other game but you could even add a multiplayer mode were you would play it almost like a card battle were instead of fighting the champ who has unlimited health, you would vs off against another player who has an even amount of health as you were you can throw luckys, haymakers, etc. We know the multiplayer seems we little over the top and complicated but we think that the campaign would add a fun sense of completion to the game.
Absolutely awesome game, only wish there was more depth. Something like a campaign mode or a single player story with multiple opponents.
This game is simple to understand and very addictive. Each deck seems random, which gives the game a ton of replayability. Be strategic when choosing cards if you want to win. It can be challenging at times to win round 12, if you even manage to reach it. Im so glad that there arent ads between rounds. The are no ads at all. Fun game to play that doesnt involve long-term commitment, grinding, or in-app purchases. Great game devs.
We love this game and became addicted to it. Unfortunately facing problem with our points now and also having issues with the ranking. We won INFINITYT amount twice and now all we can see that we have IT as our balance. But our All time win and Single Game win ranking is still stuck. Wanted to convey the message to the developers but didnt get any contact :(.
The person who made this did an amazing job. And the tip jar is a great idea. No ads is the best.
This game is a lot of fun. Simple mechanics, but a lot of relatability. It's a consistently fun puzzle to solve. It just needs the currency counter/representation fixed. We're up in the billions of trillions range and the numbers are overflowing the screen, and it's also hard to tell how to bet the correct amount. Also, the leaderboard seems to be broken right now, as our position for money won in a single fight hasn't changed in forever. The last change we could recommend is somehow ensuring there are no games that are just flat out impossible to win. We've had a few games that we've played perfectly but still lost in the first 5 rounds or so, and we ran the numbers and realized we had no way of winning. It's a great game, thanks for making it.
Hope they add more opponents to this game or maybe even a story line.
The game is fun and easy to play once you get the hang of how to strategize the blocks. We do wish the game was a little more true to its description on the App Store as in the you win some, you lose some – since you dont really have the chance to win, just last with the champion. It would be great if we could defeat the champion and defend the title. Also, a little more true to the Solitaire styles would be great as well since there are Deck Em! Games where you just cant win them regardless of the strategy you use.
We have over 1000000 coins but can really use them besides bet for more the game is fun and you should add either different modes or characters that you can but or new cards or special cards we get how to play the game and win 75% of the time but cant do anything with the rewards we get for winning nice game though it could use a little work 4 STARS.
This game is great fun! Its simple to get up and going but understanding the strategy takes a bit of play time and revisiting the tutorial. An exemplar of mobile gaming.
This game fully encompasses what Depression is like.
This has to be one of the best absolutely free games ever made on IOS. The gameplay is challenging and rewarding. Ive seen a couple reviews that dont like the gameplay because it is random. The gameplay has SO MUCH STRATEGY! Yes, there is an element of randomness but part of the fun of the game is learning how to minimize your risk so that the randomness doesnt kill you. The game is challenging but so rewarding.
A great game with no additional cost.
Im not into boxing at ALL and got this just b/c Apple recommended it. We also havent played many of these types of use your power card games, either (in fact, none at all). So once we played a few rounds and got the hang of it, we were surprised to find its very fun! Im probably not the best, but we last most 12-round fights.
This game is a VERY fun solitaire style game. We would love to have a physical version of this game although it wouldnt have betting you could try to implement it somehow. You can use KICKSTARTER if you cant get a major publisher. (kickstarter is in all caps so maybe you, the developer(s) can see it).
Love it. Enough strategy to keep you coming back. Maybe next version will list numbers for bets and winnings above $999T? Gets confusing when youre dealing with 1000s of $1,000,000,000,000. Great game otherwise.
Really enjoyable and well made game with no ads.
This is a 5-star game, you must try it. But developers… Pleaaase, add more to this game… The mechanics are incredible, and with the artwork to finish. We think the simplest way to add more is to add an adventure mode, where you fight bosses leading up to an epic almost impossible boss. Also, adding cards to purchase in a gym storefront that get mixed into the deck with the 52 cards would be awesome. Great way to spend money, AND you could even add micro transactions in order to buy them instead. This would add the ability to try different deck building strategies. Maybe certain bosses hit hard so you need more block cards mixed in. Maybe the boss has cards that break through your block so you're better off just adding more haymaker cards in. Stuff like that. This is one of the only games we've enjoyed playing on the last 3 years on mobile. Thank you for the time and effort you put in. We'll definitely be donating in hopes of more being added to this game.
We loved it. This is an enjoyable time and we think more people need to know about it! Thanks for the fun time.
We really stopped playing iOS games most fun fast ones are filled with ads. This is not only fun and fast but really requires some skill and has zero ads. Not only that it takes a classic solitaire game and does something with it we have never imagined. Superb. We only have 5 games on our phone and we play this the most! If this was on Apple Arcade and we knew about it (we dropped that as all the games tried to either be super artsy or super detailed) we would sign up in a heart beat. Glad its not. Superb job Frosty Pop.
This game is genius! Simple but addictive game mechanics. Hey devs, this would sell like crazy in a player vs player version.
A strategic solitaire boxing game. What else could you ask for? Fun and engaging. Great job by the developer.
Wish the game did more. Would be great if there were girls holding round cards. And we would like to to see the Champ actually be able to loose all together. The look of the game is terrific. Great sound effects but we just wish there was more to it. Oh… And this is the most important thing that we wish the developers would look into…It would be a lot better if the number on the cards were BOLDER. We find ourselves struggling to see the numbers some times. All in all its a very fun game. We think it could be taken much further. We would definitely be willing to pay for the game if it went further and addressed the numbers being too Small. But still… Great game here. Thanks for it! Please keep going with it.
Great little solitaire type game.
We love games with attractively simple designs and good strategy. Honestly has eared its Title. But we would love for this to be a real-life card game we could play on the dining room table against our family or even by ourselves. We would love to hear if Deck Em! Is in the process of making one.
We never write reviews…. GET THIS GAME!!! So fun easy and quick.
This is insane we can see ourselves playing this all the time this is so fun.
Boxing and solitaire? Whats not to love? Great concept for a game, and loads of fun. Looking forward to the continuing evolution of this game.
We play all the card games in all their variations, and this one is so simple yet fun, it really translates the Smooth Science into a wonderful game with much replayability.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.3
- Size: 277.88 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Simulated Gambling, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Frosty Pop Games Inc.
Last updated: 9th September 2020 | Genre: Sports, Sports | Developer: Frosty Pop Games Inc.