GO PHISH
PC Gamer US Edition|October 2022
 Stack the deck in your favor in CARD SHARK
Imogen Mellor
GO PHISH

NEED TO KNOW

WHAT IS IT? An adventure about gambling and sleight of hand, set in 17th century France

EXPECT TO PAY $20

DEVELOPER Nerial

PUBLISHER Devolver Digital

REVIEWED ON Ryzen 5 3600X, 32GB RAM, RTX 2070

MULTIPLAYER No LINK bit.ly/3bYwLfS

There are plenty of card games around these days. From Hearthstone to Inscryption to Slay the Spire, deck-builders are everywhere. But Card Shark is different. It’s not about mastering the rules, it’s about cheating your opponents. It’s set in the early 17th century, while Louis XV is on the throne, and you play a young mute boy on a whirlwind adventure, avoiding prison, cheating death (literally), and emptying the pockets of the French nobilty.

After your soon-to-be teacher Comte de Saint-Germain enters the inn you’re working in, your life changes forever. Suddenly you’re on the run, wanted dead by the king. The Comte is a master trickster, and it’s your job as his new apprentice is to assist him.

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