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Grim Deck

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Chris HannaDiscovered Oct 25, 2026

About the game

A solo card game with one deck. Clubs and spades are monsters. Diamonds are weapons. Hearts are potions. Each round deals 4 cards: play 3, keep 1. Get through the deck alive. Every deck can be won.

Original Steam description

It's a Grim Solitaire

It's a grim solitaire. One deck, 44 cards, 20 life.

Clubs and spades are monsters. They hit for their rank: J 11, Q 12, K 13, A 14.

Diamonds are weapons. A weapon takes its rank off every hit, but only fights monsters weaker than its last kill.

Hearts are potions. They heal their rank, up to 20. Only the first one each round heals.

Each round deals 4 cards. Play 3. The 4th stays for the next round.

Flee a round to send all 4 under the deck. Not twice in a row, and not once you've played a card.

Clear the deck to win. Hit 0 and you lose.

Every deck is dealt to be winnable.

Couch and Online Co-op

Two players, two decks, two crosses of 4 cards. The crosses share 2 cards.

A shared card goes to whoever plays it first. What you leave there, your partner can reach.

Leave them the potion. Take the monster their weapon can't. Flee your cross and the shared cards go with it.

Each player has their own life, weapon and potion. If one falls, you both lose.

Clear both decks to win.

Play local, or online with a Steam friend.

A Small Game

Grim Deck is small: one deck, one table, one set of rules.

Runs are short. You will die a lot.

Deal again.

Features

  • Every deck winnable, or any shuffle

  • Local and online co-op

  • Step-by-step tutorial

  • Undo, stats and streaks

  • Keyboard, mouse or controller. PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and Steam Deck prompts

  • 12 languages

Based on Scoundrel by Zach Gage and Kurt Bieg. Cards and sounds: Kenney. Icons: .

Demo and release information

No demo is verified in the current check data. This does not mean the game has never had a demo; check its Steam page for current availability.

Steam demo, playtest and Early Access: what is the difference?

Information & artwork: Steam · Last checked UTC