Player reviews: 76% positive72 reviews
Runs on: Windows
Price: Free

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2011 · Board game · Card battle

Shadow Era

As the first full-scale trading card game on mobile, Shadow Era has had a long history of innovation. The gorgeous card art, balanced gameplay and cross-platform accounts quickly earned it a place as one of the best indy card games.

Released: 24 February 2011
Platforms: Android Windows iOS macOS
Genres: Board game Card battle Card game Strategy
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Languages: English

About

Shadow Era (also known as SE) is a free online digital collectible card game created by Vietnamese developer Wulven Studios. Cross platform gameplay is central to the digital version's design and it is supported on PC, Mac, iOS, and Android. A physical version has also been released.

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Gameplay

The game Shadow Era is currently played between two players. Each player has a Hero which starts with 26-30 health. Players win the game when they reduce the opponents health to 0. Heroes can lose life when they are dealt "damage" by being attacked with summoned allies, abilities and weapons. A Hero will also lose 1 health for each card they are unable to draw when their deck is empty.

Shadow Era currently consists of 5 in-game sets: Call of the Crystals, Dark Prophecies, Shattered Fates, Lost Lands Part 1, and Campaigns.

Reception

Critical reception for Shadow Era has been positive and it currently holds a ranking of 90 on Metacritic (based on 5 reviews) and 90% on GameRankings (based on 2 reviews). AppSpy rated the game as 4 out of 5, writing "Shadow Era is a great first step for what could be a fantastic TCG for iOS devices - there's a lot of room for improvement, but the core gameplay is worth checking out if you're a fan of these sorts of games."