Choose Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards
Choose Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards if you want an Adventure experience. 2,434 Steam reviews back the pick.
Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards vs GWENT: The Witcher Card Game
Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards and GWENT: The Witcher Card Game both land in Strategy, RPG, 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, RPG, Free To Play on Steam. Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards (2017) is 3 years older than GWENT: The Witcher Card Game (2020). GWENT: The Witcher Card Game scores higher on Steam reviews (84.9% positive) than Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards (71.2% 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 GWENT: The Witcher Card Game
Choose GWENT: The Witcher Card Game if you want the Color Alternatives, Camera Comfort, and Custom Volume Controls side of the pairing. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 84.9% positive across 7,928 reviews.
Both Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards and GWENT: The Witcher Card Game sit in Strategy, RPG, and Free To Play on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, 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
 Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards |  GWENT: The Witcher Card Game | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2020 |
| Genres | Strategy, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play | Strategy, RPG, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 71.2% positive (2,434 reviews) | 84.9% positive (7,928 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer |
| Developers | Synapse Games, Chinzilla | CD PROJEKT RED |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, RPG, Free To Play on Steam.
- Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards (2017) is 3 years older than GWENT: The Witcher Card Game (2020).
- GWENT: The Witcher Card Game scores higher on Steam reviews (84.9% positive) than Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards (71.2% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Steam Deck: Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards is Deck Playable, GWENT: The Witcher Card Game is Deck Unsupported.
Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards vs GWENT: The Witcher Card Game — FAQ
- Which is better, Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards or GWENT: The Witcher Card Game?
- On Steam reviews GWENT: The Witcher Card Game scores higher (84.9% positive) than Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards (71.2% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, GWENT: The Witcher Card Game is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards or GWENT: The Witcher Card Game first?
- If you want chronology, Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards (2017) came out before GWENT: The Witcher Card Game (2020). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards and GWENT: The Witcher Card Game similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, RPG, 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.