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Stepford, BlightedHelix · Published by 2 Left Thumbs
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Cardaver is a tower defense, deckbuilder, with roguelike looping gameplay. Using a wide variety of monsters and spells to defend each lane, help the Dragon Queen protect her Castle Kingdom against an army of fantasy do-gooders and tyrannical princesses.
Action, Adventure, Strategy, Casual · 2026 · More free games
In Cardaver, strategize your deck to fend off waves of monsters and spells in this 2026 action-adventure game. Team up with the Dragon Queen against tyrannical princesses and good guys alike.
About this game
Cardaver is a tower defense, deckbuilder, with roguelike looping gameplay. Using a wide variety of monsters and spells to defend each lane, help the Dragon Queen protect her Castle Kingdom against an army of fantasy do-gooders and tyrannical princesses.
◇ Features ◇
Fight the enemy across a wide variety of themed levels that randomly generate, ensuring no level is the same!
Spend the treasure you earn on new cards or packs, making your deck bigger and hunting for rainbow rares and powerful modifiers!
Between levels, spend time at the center of the Castle by taking on quests, earning favor with the characters and making choices to make yourself more powerful or make the run harder to reap even more reward!
Try to earn the affection of your infallible Dragon Queen!
Each run you fail has the chance to unlock new Cards and Relics that will get you further in your next run!
Compete against your friends (and the whole kingdom) on the Daily seeded run, with highscores.
An awesome booty groovin OST that'll get your Nan dancin!
Find secrets that nobody else on the playground will believe...
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: AMD FX-6300 / 3rd gen i3 or better
- Memory: 5 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel Integrated Graphics
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: Windows compatible audio device
Supported Languages
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Steam Deckbuilder Fest
DECKBUILDER FESTToday also kicks off Steam's Deckbuilder Fest!There are nearly 2000 games taking part in this event.We are collecting applications for our Playtest (Coming Soon)Click the green "Request Access" button on the Steam pageThe best thing you can do to help support any other upcoming games taking part, is to wishlist and/or leave reviews on those pages.MORE GAMES?2 Left Thumbs alone managed to have 11 games including in this event!A few highlights of the event include:The public demo for Decklings is OUT NOW. We'd love to hear your feedback!AND! First playtests are available now for Chaos Coin, King's Haven, Trial by Magic, and SlotsNStock!Read full article on Community Announcements (2 Left Thumbs)Community & EventsOfficial
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2026 Publisher Sale
Today kicks off the big 2 Left Thumbs Publisher Sale!Explore the full event page to scope out loads of discounts, free games, bundles and more! We also have the first PROPER trailer for Cardaver! I hope you're as excited for the game as we are!!NEW RELEASEYesterday saw the release of Underboard, a new team-based tactical roguelike autobattler!(The lead artist of which did the awesome custom art for this sale!) COMING SOON 4 more games have received official release dates! Each of which offers a public demo.Dice A Million - Dice-rolling Deckbuilder Roguelike - February 25thCrawling Angels - Physics-based Puzzle Horror - March 13thWasteland Bites - Survival Horror Food Truck Manager - April 3rdBesmirch - Survival Horror Farming Sim - May 11thWHAT ELSE?There were too many announcements this year to include in store page post.Check out this news post with EVERYTHING related to this year's 2 Left Thumbs sale!FOLLOW ALONGFollow 2 Left Thumbs on social media to stay up-to-date on all the latest games and news. 👇BlueskyTikTokInstagramYouTubeDiscordTwitterRead full article on Community Announcements (2 Left Thumbs)
