GWENT: The Witcher Card Game

I agree with all of the other 5 star reviews. This is the best card game I've ever played. The game is generous. The matches are tactical and fun. The art is gorgeous. The devs have been largely responsive to feedback, and they have steadily improved the game over time, though there have been some steps back at times as to be expected. Overall, well worth your time if you like card games, and even if you don't I would recommend giving it a few hours of your time to see if this one peaks your fancy.

For months now there have constantly been only a handful of absolutely busted decks that ruin the experience for everyone, and CDPR does nothing about it. They launch one small balance patch a month, and keep on ADDING MORE CONTENT WHEN THEIR GAME IS ALREADY INCREDIBLY UNBALANCED AND SO MANY CARDS ARE WORTHLESS. Cards that haven't seen play since launch are still terrible. But real quick, pre-order our 70$ expansion bundle, not like the next patch is going to be absolutely broken as well.

+ Highly addictive + Easy to learn + Feel the climate of Witcher + more grown up than Hearthstone + Eye-catching graphics and animation - Minor errors at the moment but patches come out often

I've had a life long love for card games. Poker, magic the gathering and now Gwent. Really well polished game. I normally don't write reviews but this one totally deserves the 5 stars. Try it out if you haven't already.

Hello there, this is my first review. Prior to playing Gwent on Windows, my digital CCG experience was limited exclusively to Hearthstone. Once you find a deck that you really enjoy playing, card games can become a blast to play and offer an incredibly joyful experience. Hearthstone is generally more quick-paced (majority of games are against very aggressive decks or rather fast combo decks) than Gwent ; at least in the Wild format, which I play almost exlusively. Whereas the average match duration in Hearthstone is about 5-10 minutes, Gwent seems like 10-20 minutes. I personally wouldn't bluntly say that Gwent requires more skill 100% as there are quite a few tricky Hearthstone decks aswell in the format. If you are a Hearthstone player and enjoy control decks / value decks (that tend to have a rather full handsize and lots of possible plays at any given turn) a lot, I'm very sure you will enjoy Gwent aswell. Gwent seems also rather calm compared to Hearthstone. Decks like 'Quest Mage' can be rather aggrevating (Flame waker, sorceress apprentice + evocation and 10+ spells in a single turn) whereas in Gwent you can play only one single card per turn, which in many aspects makes it way easier to keep up with what is happening on the board. Not exactly sure about the e-sports scene in Gwent, though it seems the developers are really working on that. While Gwent has a lot more in-depth statistics than Hearthstone, it misses very basic features like a spectate mode which contribute greatly to this game in my opinion. It's very relaxing to eat and just chill while spectating an interesting match in Hearthstone - reckon the same could be said about Gwent if the developers were to implement this arguably highly sought feature. + unique gameplay (calm, 1x card per turn) + customization in form of reward trees, avatars and many more + detailed statistics + generous in terms of f2p - lacks features like spectate mode - some bugs (e.g: soundloop in reward tree)