Buy Dead Man's Draw

This is a fun card game that you can just sit down and play and relax while your doing it. Easy to learn, but that's not to say there aren't things to think about while playing. More strategy in playing your cards are added at the different challenges. And there are a lot of challenges to go through so there is always a reason to keep coming back to the game. The game is more based on luck of the draw than strategy but it's not all luck. You can also unlock abilities by completing challenges that you can use to make certain cards more powerful for your own style of play that you prefer. Up to two can be used after you unlock both ability slots. Overall I recommend the game if you enjoy card games for sure.

Dead Man's Draw is a pleasant 1 vs 1 card game with fun mechanics that keep you on your toes with every card you draw. It would be awesome if they updated the game for multiplayer or at least put out a similarly priced sequel that includes it.

Matches with real people would be a total blast with how fast and furious the action can get in this game. With the right draw no lead is safe.

So, although not nearly as cool as the name and pictures would suggest, this game is still good, addictive fun. The actual card game consists of equal parts strategy and luck. However, the better you are at the strategic element of the game, the less luck factors in. Especially if you choose your buffs well (once you have unlocked one and/or both slots available). You unlock different buffs as you rise in level and/or defeat certain "levels". Each level (or whatever) comprises of up to three battles (so far anyway, around 40 or so battles in (maybe 50), or hands if you will. Different "enemies" use different buffs as well, which can lead to some challenging battles. Overall, it's a fun game that you can play in small 15 minute chunks if you want, or play for hours at a time. This game is well suited to work around your schedule.
Anyway, I defintely recommend at the recent sale price, but the full price is still a reasonable asking price.
7 out of 10.

Game is extremely fun, but warning about some really lousy progamming decisions by the developer.

Basically, if you are the only one playing this game on a single computer you are fine. But if you EVER play the game on the same computer that someone else has played under even a different Steam account, you end up permanently sharing the same game. There is only one in-game profile, which can not be dleted easily [Seriously?], the game shares a common save file with all other players on a computer [who does that? i.e. not account based], and if it ever cloud synchs it overwrites them all.

So if you have a seperate computer for each player and never play it on another computer, good to go.

I'm just fond of card games and I bought DMD because it was cheap.

But it became an addiction very fast.

It is a nice, simple but interesting game.

But the most important part is, I'm playing it with my 5 years of boy. He learned two digits because of the game and he became a combo master. He even learned the concept of risk taking.

I advise this game to everyone who needs a five minutes break now and then.

I wish it had hot seat/real time multi player duel mode

The reviews I read said this game was addicting and they were definately not wrong. There are so many combinations and differents "skills" to use in this game. I highly recommend this game if you like strategy and thinking card games.

This is one of the best casual games on Steam. Each piratey suit applies a different rule to play, and each single-player match bends those rules in a satisfying but simple progression. A match will be affected by some game-changing condition, and each opponent chooses an ability that changes another rule just for him. Matches only take a few minutes, and the progression of unlocks is constant and satisfying. The game is smooth, colorful, and responsive. Get it if you like single-player casual games at all.

For those who like board and card games, this game is a must.

Pretty challenging and interesting gameplay. Simple to learn yet hard to master.

Luck is an element here, but not nearly as much as some stone famous online tcg out there...

Casual , so you can hop in, play a couple and be happy.

I love card games! And i love pirates! I love this game.

Good:
- Simple to learn
- Nice mechanics
- AI knows math =) (trust me, not all games have this)
- Beautiful artwork

Bad:
- Expensive compared to the iOS version, you can play for free on the ios, but it have microtransactions
- Dont have multiplayer (lot of potential lost)

A tactical card game with a mix of luck and thought. You might like it if:

+ You like cardgames that have a decent amount of luck,
+ You like making tactical combos with the situation at hand
+ You have a weakness for pirates
+ You like tactical/puzzle kind of game which provides many different challenges by having differenttakes on the rules
+ Choosing 2 bonusses/modifiers is enough strategy for you.
+ You like unlocking new possibilities
+ You want a quick game

You might not like it if:
- You're looking for Multiplayer
- you want deckbuilding
- you get frustrated about luck easily
- You're looking for visual spectacle.

I like to play it every now and then, and it's pretty relaxing and challenging at the same time.

Well lets start by saying one thing about this game,how shall i put it "GOD THIS GAMES ADDICTIVE".
Ok got that out of my system now on with the review,this is one of those casual games that just creeps on on you grabs you by the shoulders and says "HEY PLAY ME I AM A REALLY GOOD GAME" and trust me it is just that.
You start the game with a normal hand of cards and when you first start you have no special traits that can be applied to your deck but you earn these as you play and earn points and level up.
Now the object of the game is to win and be in front by the most points come the end of the game,now this is on some games a lot harder than it sounds depending on what special objectives are applied to that game and what special traits your opponent has equipped as these can spell success or failure depending on which ones are equipped.
Some special traits make you draw 3-4 more cards,some let you take an opponents card from any set you havent got and some further still let you play a card from your hand over again and there are many more for you to discover.
The graphics in game do there job (although this game is'nt about graphics to be honest) and the sound does its job also (again not really an issue as this games not about the music either) but its the play mechanics and the actual simplicity of the game that drags you in by the scruff of the neck and wont let go.
Start to play and you'll see why hand follows hand and eventually you realise that you have been sat playing the game for what seems like no time at all and yet 2-3 hours have passed.Now let me say that things start of nice and easy but (and this is where the game gets you) things soon pick up and eventually you end up at one of those pull your hair out moments that a lot of these deceptive games allways seem to posses ("I NEVER GET LIKE THIS I PROMISE" "OH YES YOU DO YOU LIAR" "OH OK THEN I ADMIT I DO OK,HAPPY NOW").
Dont worry about this though and dont let it put you of because as you play the game you will eventually start to learn the little Intricacies this game has and all the little tricks it throws at you and eventually you will wade past that difficult point you were stuck on,to only then get to another point thats just as annoying and just as tricky (but allways in a good and entertaining way).
So in closing if you like your games to be simple yet at times throw you with its twists in gameplay styles and also have the time to learn to play through all that the game throws at you then jump on in "ME BOYO",if not then i would suggest you look somewhere else as this game wont be for you,and remember why are pirates such dastardly deceptive blighters-answer "BECAUSE THEY AAARRRRRRRRRRR" (GOD THAT WAS SUCH AN AWFULL JOKE)

This is the best card game on Steam! (Also one of the few card games lol) This game is easy to learn and very fun to play. It's a game of chance and wits. As you advance the cards have ablitities. This isn't some RPG game. If you like simple card games like you'd play with popular playing cards you'll love this game. It's not poker and you don't have to twist your brain to learn this. You can learn the game in just minutes and it starts with a tutorial. The visuals are great too. The cards look great and the environment has a nice pirate feel to it. So far this game is only single player. Hopefully they'll update it with online multiplayer. If you're still unsure if you want it, download it on an iOS device. It's free in the App Store. $10 sounds like a lot for this game but I gave this game a shot and a few hours later I was still playing! It's addictive :)

Fun card game. Suitible for 6 and up. Nice game mechanics and the AI doesn't cheat, always a plus.

Dead Man's Draw is hard to explain. It's a card game with pirates, and it's a very casual one. Anyone can play it and anyone will understand it, unlike Magic The Gathering. Just believe me when I say that it's a very fun game and one that I'm still enjoying.

You'll be playing tournaments against other pirates, which start off rather easy, but increase in difficulty after just a few of them. And that's not because the game is becoming harder - it plays out the same way in every tournament you participate in - but the rules do change. Where initially your goal is to get the higest score, there'll be tournaments where you have to get a score of 60 or lower or certain drawn cards will be added to your opponent's score. This keeps things fresh and challenging.

You get XP for every opponent you beat and every tournament you complete. Leveling up allows you to unlock perks and portraits. Perks can be used to make your life a little easier. For example, there's a card that allows you to see the next card on the stack and 'activating' a certain perk might allow you to see 2 more after that. There are many more to be unlocked, but it will require quite a few battles. The limit seems to be level 34, by the way.

I'm not sure how many tournaments there are just yet, but there seems to be tens of them. I think I'm about 10-15% finished now so completing the entire game might take you more than 20 hours if I had to take a guess.

Plenty of content here as you can see. Unfortunately there's not much else to do but to battle opponents and level up. I have the feeling that it's missing something, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe I was hoping to see you get money for tournaments that could then be used to unlock things like portraits (instead of leveling up). It's not even worth mentioning if I look back now, but maybe I'm not the only one.

Dead Man's Draw is a fantastic little addictive game and truly is a game for everyone. Highly recommended !

[Rating: 86/100]

This game is incredibly addictive. its a card game sure and therefore a casual gamers game but this game is really quite complex and tactical. Don't be put off by the piratey theme of this game, I'm not such a fan either. there are lots of rules but each rule is introduced to you one by one so its easy to pick up. I have alot of games to play at the moment but I find myself putting more hours into this than anything else. despite its complexity I cannot fault this game. its not always easy but it is well balanced and extremely well thought out. I do however wonder why there isn't an option for local or online multiplayer because this would be a great game to play against other people but I guess the the point of this game might be to promote the fact that this game exists as an actual card game. if this is the case then they have suceeded because I assuming I can find a copy I will buy a deck.

I really enjoyed this game, the rules are really simple to pick up, it's fun to play, the characters are memorable and consistent in 'who they are' with the trait combos they use. The AI is really good and not overly cheaty, there were a couple of times I thought you wouldn't keep drawing like that or you'd have had to have known that card was there to have carried on or to have played that card, but this didn't happen often enough to make it a concern. It is incredibly fair the majority of the time.

Basically cards in your hand are banked, cards in the draw pile are the ones that you play with.
There are 10 suits and each suit has a function.
You're trying to beat the characters and usually you need a score of 65 at least on each game to get 3 stars on a tournament. (It will unlock the other tournaments on just one star though which just requires you to win each game with any score. I was going for the achievement which is why the 65 was important to me.)
You play cards from the draw pile, if you get a duplicate suit you lose all the cards in play to the bust pile (unless your opponent has a trait that puts bust cards into their hand instead)
Only the highest card from each suit is counted towards your score (although there are a couple of tournaments that count every card towards your score)

* Anchors lock all previously played cards so you can't lose them
* Hooks let you play a card from your hand
* Clairvoyant lets you see what's next in the deck. (The mystic trait will allow you to view the next 3)
* Swords lets you play a card from your opponent's hand as long as you don't already have the suit in your hand or currently in play.
* Chest combines with a key card to give you a selection of cards from the bust pile based on how many cards you drew that turn (or your ops hand if you have the plunderer trait. The treasure hunter trait will let you triple the amount of cards you get given)
* Cannon makes you discard a card from your hand which goes to the bust pile, or you can take the misfire trait and you can discard a card from your ops hand instead....if you combine misfire with the scavenger trait, the card you blasted goes in to your hand.
* Kraken makes you draw 2 cards to play so you can't choose to bank the cards you have until you've drawn them. If your op has the beastmaster trait you'll have to draw 4 cards.
* Mermaid lets you replay a card currently in play....Sir Lovesword sometimes uses a trait that banks the card you replay (you can also unlock this trait)
* Maps lets you take a card from the bust pile and put it in play. Ordinarily you get to choose between 3 cards, but the navigtator trait lets you pick from any card in the pile.

You don't have to memorise the suits to play effectively, if you hover over a card it will say at the top of the screen what the suit does.

There are loads of traits to choose from which you unlock as you level up (much more than the ones I've mentioned here) which allow you to manipulate how the suits work for you or against your op.
You can choose 2 traits at a time to use.

I completed the game with 3 stars on every tournament and I tended to stick with the misfire and scavenger traits. I only occasionally swapped one or both of these out for something else.
Here's a tip if you're going for the 3 star achievements....you can only get 70 points in total (unless you're in the tournaments that count every card towards your score) and you normally need 65 points per game, so I played to get five 7's and the rest as sixes if I couldn't get 7's (obviously any extra 7's will allow you to have another suit at lower than 6 and still get the 65 points you need), all lower numbers are dross and can be gambled with. The cannons trait combo will let you steal the 7's you need from your opponents hand. There are a few times this trait combo doesn't work as well, or you'll find it's better to negate your opponents traits instead but for the most part this method worked brilliantly.

There is no multiplayer, which doesn't bother me, I prefer single player games for the most part, this game would be great as a multiplayer though.

I bought Dead Man's Draw when it was on sale for around £1.64 but I think it's worth the £6.99 they normally ask for.

Brilliant game, very easy to learn, simple to play yet there's loads to it :)

What an outstanding game. Dead Man's Draw is a strategic card game that fully immerses the player in new and exciting ways as they progress through the game.

It doesn't take very long at all to become very familiar with the game mechanics and how the game is played, but it does take quite some time to truly master any number of dazzling card combinations to become the victor. As you progress, you gain experience and level up, unlocking any number of "traits" that make your card playing abilities even more powerful.

For the price, this game is definitely worth its money. Its easy playability make it a perfect game for taking a break from other games, and its a great standalone game as well. If this game were actually played with real cards, I could see it being a family favorite really fast.

I definitely recommend this game to anyone who enjoys a well rounded, challenging card game, pc game, or strategy game.

If you like card games, definitely give this a shot.

It has a unique deck, and each suit has unique properties. Unlocking traits lets you extend the abilities of each suit. The play is in tournament style, with each tournament having its own rules to make this an interesting game. The nine different opponents you face also have their own play styles.

The game is simple to learn, but your traits and the opponent traits, plus the tourney rules make the gameplay varied and not boring.


EDIT: You don't get to simply pick your two favorite traits and stick with them for every game - the traits chosen by your opponent can nullify a trait you choose.

After hours and hours of playing this card game I need to say it's really well made. While I'm not a huge fan of pirate theme, it's still something I really enjoy playing and I don't think I'll ever get bored of it. For first I'll point out pros of this, because I need to point out few of them:

A) Combination of really easy to learn mechanics combined with amount of strategies you may pull off with cards you have on your hand + traits. Traits is what make this so fun to play and yet allow you to be creative with your plays. Technically after tutorial you learn everything you need, while with each in-game tournament you learn new card combos and gain traits to use.
B) The amount of gameplay which in-game tournaments provide you. Counting all cards when it goes to points ? No problem. You need to reach 50 points first ? Also in. You can't score more than 60 points while beating opponent in points ? In as well. The amount of possible modes to play in is just nice making each tournament pretty much different.
C) Graphics and music are good combination here. For a simple game like this, I would say it fits really well.
D) Still lots of room for improvements and new additions. The amount of cards is good, but not huge enough IMO to add few cards in-game without making it too complicated. There's also a possibility of new traits. In other words - this game has still more potential for improvement.
E) Good AI which actually can not only count well (which is not as obvious in such games) but counter your strategies and eliminate/steal cards which are the main core of your strategy. I'm really happy with this as it makes game challenging.

Although unfortunately I see few problems as well:

A) Lack of multiplayer is outright unacceptable. I would really love to play this game against real players and outright test some traits and card combos against them, especially when this game has the perfect combination of simple mechanics and yet good amount of strategies and combos available to use. Please, do it. It's such a waste otherwise.
B) Price is a bit too high for a card game like this, but I must admit I don't regret spending this money. But still, I would lower the price. Or I won't even bother mentioning this as a con as long as creators will add multiplayer option.
C) While it is luck based (and I don't mind this, it adds additional thrill for example when one lucky pull saves you), but I think game favors AI a bit more than a player. But maybe that's me and I'm a bit biased. But still, you should still win more games than loose if you choose your cards and traits right.

In other words I give this game 8/10 because of small cons and lack of multiplayer. I really recommend this game as it's fun, addicting and challenging, while you don't need to waste time learning complicated mechanics. I would give 9.5/10 with multiplayer, but without it - I can't. Still good buy and certainly not wasted money as long as you enjoy card games ;).

Easy to learn, hard to master and very addictive. I give it a big thumbs up!