Choose Card Hunter
Choose Card Hunter if you want a RPG experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 84% positive across 3,627 reviews.
Card Hunter vs Magic Duels
Card Hunter and Magic Duels both land in Strategy, Free To Play on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Strategy, Free To Play on Steam. Both released in 2015. Card Hunter scores higher on Steam reviews (84% positive) than Magic Duels (79.3% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Magic Duels
Choose Magic Duels if you want the Shared/Split Screen side of the pairing. Magic Duels launched in 2015.
Both Card Hunter and Magic Duels sit in Strategy and Free To Play on Steam and both list Multi-player and Co-op, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Card Hunter |  Magic Duels | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2015 |
| Genres | Strategy, RPG, Free To Play | Strategy, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Free to play | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 84% positive (3,627 reviews) | 79.3% positive (651 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Co-op | Multi-player, Co-op |
| Developers | The Knights of Unity | Stainless Games Ltd. |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Free To Play on Steam.
- Both released in 2015.
- Card Hunter scores higher on Steam reviews (84% positive) than Magic Duels (79.3% positive).
- Card Hunter is free; Magic Duels is paid (Price unknown).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Steam Deck: Card Hunter is Deck Playable, Magic Duels is Deck Unsupported.
Card Hunter vs Magic Duels — FAQ
- Which is better, Card Hunter or Magic Duels?
- On Steam reviews Card Hunter scores higher (84% positive) than Magic Duels (79.3% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Card Hunter is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Are Card Hunter and Magic Duels similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Free To Play on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do both Card Hunter and Magic Duels have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Card Hunter ships Co-op; Magic Duels ships Co-op.
- Is Card Hunter free?
- Yes — Card Hunter is a free-to-play Steam title. Magic Duels is paid (Price unknown).