About This Game

A duel of nerve, dressed in tarot

Trickster is a trick-taking card game from the Preference family, reimagined with hand-painted tarot art and a warm, candle-lit table. Every hand, you wager exactly how many tricks you intend to win — bid too high and the debt drags you down, bid zero and survive untouched for a clean reward. There is no luck-only safety net: the must-trump rule forces hard choices, and a single wild card can flip a round on its head.

Bid the exact truth

• Round sizes climb from 1 card up to a full hand and back down again.
  
• Declare the precise number of tricks you'll take — the last bidder can't make the table's bids add up to the hand size, so someone is always squeezed.
  
• Hit your bid for a big reward, overbid for scraps, underbid and pay the debt.

Master the table

• Follow suit when you can, trump when you must — you can't duck a void if you hold a trump.
  
• The Poker is wild: play it to beat anything, or flip it to a plain seven for a quieter move. Lead with it and everyone must throw their highest trump.
  
• Climb to the target score across the full round plan; highest net result wins.

Play it your way

• Online with friends — invite straight through Steam, or connect directly by IP / over LAN.
  
• Solo practice vs 1–5 AI opponents across four difficulty tiers, from forgiving to merciless.
  
• 2 to 6 players at one table.
  
• Optional Tarot Mode layers Major Arcana powers on top of the classic rules.

Crafted to linger

• Hand-painted tarot card faces and an ornate, atmospheric interface.
  
• Fully localized: English, Ukrainian, German, Italian, and French.
  
• Controller-friendly layout that plays comfortably on Steam Deck and handhelds.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

The developers of Trickster used generative AI technology to create content for this game. All in-game content was generated with the assistance of generative AI tools. This content is pre-generated and included in the game build; the game does not generate any AI content live during gameplay, and it does not connect to any external or third-party AI services. All AI-generated content was reviewed and curated by our team to align with our quality standards and applicable rights and regulations.