Strategy · October 27, 2016

Shadowverse CCG (2016)

group1M–10M ownerstrending_up1.1k peak concurrentrecommend338 recommendations
Four million battles every day. One Shadowverse. Japan's #1 strategic card game. Made by card gamers for card gamers.  Shadowverse is Japan's #1 strategic card game! - There are millions of Shadowverse battles every day, and a multitude of ways to play - Easy to get into, thanks to a singleplayer story mode, free card packs for new players, and bonuses every day  - Battles are finely balanced, with less RNG than other card games, and balance adjustments take place every month - New card expansions are released every three months, unleashing new deck-building strategies and battle tactics - We’ve got a great community of 22 million players and counting, with tournaments and esports broadcasts every week and support for streamers  - Featuring beautiful art and animations and fully voiced cards and story - A multitude of ways to play:  With eight different leader classes, Shadowverse gives you unparalleled freedom to create your own deck strategies. Will you play as Urias and unleash your Vengeance when your health is depleted? Or will you select Isabelle, whose spells power up the cards in your hand? Will you go all in with an aggro deck, or try to contain the board with a control deck? Or will you try to sneak in some sublimely ingenious combos? It’s entirely up to you.  - Easy to get into:  Learn the basics by playing through our extensive singleplayer story mode before taking on other players in our multiplayer modes. Be sure to pick up your free card packs after you’ve finished playing through the tutorial – just go to your Crate from the main menu to pick them up. And bonuses and daily missions help you unlock new card packs every day so it won’t be long before you have a deck that is capable of competing with the very best.  - Finely balanced:  There’s less RNG in Shadowverse than other card games, making it supremely balanced: you’ll need to trust your judgement not your luck if you are to come out on top. And we make balance adjustments every month to make sure that no one card or deck type becomes too dominant. - New card expansions released regularly:  New card expansions are added every three months to make sure the meta never gets stale. And every single expansion unleashes new deck-building strategies and battle tactics, and even new leader classes and game modes. We’re in this for the long haul and we hope you will be too. - Beautiful art: All of the cards in Shadowverse feature fantastic art by some of Japan’s finest artists, and every single card is available as an animated version. Every card is also fully-voiced, in English and Japanese, as is the singleplayer storyline.  - A great community: And last but not least, we have some amazing fans. We’ve got memes, we’ve got streams, and we have much, much more to offer than the average card game. Community tournaments and e-sports broadcasts take place every week, and there are a ton of deck-building resources online in case you get stuck. Millions of card gamers can’t be wrong – why don’t you join them?

Position in Strategy

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume14.7k Steam reviewsTop 31% in Strategy
Positive rating74% positiveGenre average: 84% — this title sits in top 86%
Concurrent peak1.1k playersTop 20% in Strategy by live player count
Engagement hours140 h averageTop 2% for session depth among Strategy

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Free to Play · 705
  • Card Battler · 625
  • Trading Card Game · 577
  • Deckbuilding · 550
  • Anime · 497
  • Card Game · 457
  • Strategy · 326
  • Sexual Content · 259
  • Multiplayer · 216
  • Nudity · 208
  • Fantasy · 191
  • Turn-Based · 147
  • PvP · 126
  • Singleplayer · 123
  • Competitive · 123

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (9)

  • English volume_up
  • Japanese volume_up
  • Traditional Chinese
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Korean volume_up
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Simplified Chinese volume_up

Full audio (4)

  • English
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Simplified Chinese

Peer Strategy titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Strategy releases from 2016

9 Strategy titles launched in 2016 — top 6 by review volume.

Reception Metrics

Steam community

74%Mostly Positive · 14.7k reviews

10.9k positive · 3.8k negative

Curator recommendations

338

Peak concurrent players

1.1k

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 27, 2016
DeveloperCygames, Inc.
PublisherCygames, Inc., Cygames Korea Inc.
Base priceFree-to-play
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Support

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Other

  • Single-player
  • In-App Purchases

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

140h

extensive (100+ hours)

Median

7h

Typical completion time