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Card Survival: Tropical Island

Card Survival: Tropical Island

WinterSpring Games · released Sep 15, 2022

AdventureIndieSimulationStrategyPC

Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.

Steam page ↗Metacritic ↗
88
VGC Score
■Stablemedium confidence
89%
At launch
95%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
89%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews95%901000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)89%836
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 88.6, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 3,049 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 18 reviews sampled · 18 total reviews in window · weighted 15.7 up / 2 down · computed 10h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Card Survival: Tropical Island French translation
    Mar 25, 2024
  2. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Japanese Localization
    Feb 9, 2024
  3. Turkish Localization for Card Survival: Tropical Island
    Dec 14, 2023
  4. Card Survival: Tropical Island in German!
    Aug 28, 2023
  5. Card Survival: Tropical Island in Korean!
    Jul 11, 2023
  6. Update Merge, Spanish Translation & the Future of Card Survival
    Jul 2, 2023
  7. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 42
    Jun 1, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  8. Update Merge and GDWC Fan Choice
    Mar 22, 2023
  9. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 41
    Mar 1, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  10. Patch Notes and Update 40 Merge
    Feb 1, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  11. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 40
    Jan 6, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  12. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Mac Release and Update 39 Merge
    Dec 12, 2022
  13. Special Card Survival - Card Quest Bundle
    Dec 10, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  14. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 39
    Dec 2, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  15. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Patch Notes 3
    Nov 14, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  16. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Halloween Update
    Oct 25, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  17. Card Survival Tropical Island - Patch Notes 2
    Oct 10, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  18. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Patch Notes 1
    Sep 28, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  19. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Full Release
    Sep 16, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  20. Card Survival Update 37
    Sep 1, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  21. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 36
    Aug 18, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  22. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 35
    Aug 11, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  23. Card Survival: Tropical island - Update 34
    Jul 28, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  24. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 33
    Jul 14, 2022
  25. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 32
    Jun 30, 2022
  26. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 31
    Jun 16, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  27. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 30
    Jun 2, 2022
  28. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 29
    May 19, 2022
  29. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 28
    May 4, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  30. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 28 Delayed
    Apr 25, 2022
  31. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 27
    Apr 14, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  32. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 26
    Mar 31, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  33. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 25
    Mar 17, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  34. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 24
    Mar 3, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  35. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 23
    Feb 17, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  36. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 22
    Feb 3, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  37. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 21
    Jan 27, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  38. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 20
    Jan 20, 2022
  39. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 19
    Jan 13, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  40. Card Survival: Tropical Island - Update 18
    Jan 6, 2022significant · resets scoring window

…and 17 earlier patch announcements.