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Game
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Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars
Developer Square Enix
Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars is a 2021 role-playing video game developed by Alim and published by Square Enix for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Windows. It was released for Android and iOS in 2023. Using the aesthetic of a tabletop role-playing game, the player controls a party of adventurers in the wake of a legendary dragon's reappearance. Gameplay involves travelling between towns, completing story… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
287 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
70
Fresh
124 positive · 53 negative
95% range 63–76%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 124 | 53 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 33 | 4 | 62 |
| Mastodon * | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
618 of 770 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
71% recommend · 128 yes, 52 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 180 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,160 of 1,445 positive).
Players praise the game's unique card-based aesthetic and Yoko Taro's involvement, but note it is a traditional JRPG, not a card game. [1][2][3] Many find the story charming yet simple, with some reviewers appreciating its heartfelt moments and Yoko Taro's signature twists. [4][5][6] Some players criticize the repetitive combat and simplistic gameplay, while others enjoy it as a casual, relaxing experience. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [8]
This feels like an RPG Maker Game, that had nearly unlimited budget in the art and music department. The whole presentation, visuals and music are great. Sadly visuals and music do not make a great game alone. The gameplay is so overly simplistic and slow, without any trace of depth, that even the great artistic part of the game just gets old too quickly. Let's talk about the problems: This game has all the sins of …
- [11]
I'd recommend it, but specifically because I play it for Japanese language study. There is narration for most lines and all of the text in the game is on the cards and each card waits for you to click before it progresses, you can take as much time as you want to look up words, phrases, or whatever you need. It's an amazing study guide while also being able to play a decent game.
- [4]
Good game but definitely not for everyone. The gameplay gets rather tiring with time, and combat isn't the most interesting for sure. Loved the final boss though, it was actually challenging and fun to fight. Amazing music and art. The story is pretty good too, but it takes its sweet time to actually start getting interesting. anyways in any situation just use ridis shes insane
- [7]
More of a mixed review, the core gampeplay is fun and all the budget went into the art and the music (superb quality there), sadly it gets really repetitive really soon, the enemies and encounters aren't varied enough, and you end up wanting to escape most of the battles, which is counterproductive since the bosses will give you a hard time. It's a good foundation to build on, but it needs some polishing. The game …
- [1]
I picked up this game for about $10-$15 on a sale, and I will say that is about how much it is worth to play. Please note that this is NOT a card-based game. Think of your standard turn-based RPG, but if the same mechanics were portrayed as cards and dice. That is what this game is--it is a turn-based RPG just with the flair of a TTRPG with cards. The story is on the basic side, but the characters are fairly …
Summarised from 34 of the 275 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars talk about beautiful art and music enhance the experience; those who didn't talk about combat becomes repetitive and lacks depth. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars received "generally favorable" reviews for most platforms according to review aggregator Metacritic; the Windows version received "mixed or average" reviews. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received fair approval, being recommended by 56% of critics. Destructoid praised the visual style, calling it "a unique look... bolstered further by the excellent character art". PC Gamer disliked the way the visual style was used, feeling it became repetitive later in the game, "But the wow wears off. There's little variety or poetry in these building blocks, just acres of repeated grass and mountains, as sparse and basic as the 8-bit…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 287 · most liked firstHi new folks! I'm a translator, editor, and game dev! I worked on stuff like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Fire Emblem Three Hopes, Voice of Cards, Dragalia Lost, plus neat stuff like FFXIV TTRPG + Chocobo and the Airship. Now I'm at TPCi! Also, I don't discuss localization on here!
neutral · AI labelView post →New「RISINGSUPERBLOG」Post! Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars Finally got around to playing the Yoko Taro-directed card game-looking RPG that we've all diligently allowed to gather dust on our collective wishlists! It was fun! But just how fun? risingsuper.blog/2025/05/13/v...
positive · AI labelView post →Yosuke Saito (Square Enix - Producer of NieR: Automata, Voice of Cards, NieR: Replicant ver.1.22, etc.) 1) Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake 2) Pokemon Sleep 3) Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket 4) Diablo IV 5) Metaphor: ReFantazio
neutral · AI labelView post →I'd recommend it, but specifically because I play it for Japanese language study. There is narration for most lines and all of the text in the game is on the cards and each card waits for you to click before it progresses, you can take as much time as you want to look up words, phrases, or whatever you need. It's an amazing study guide while also being able to play a decent game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This feels like an RPG Maker Game, that had nearly unlimited budget in the art and music department. The whole presentation, visuals and music are great. Sadly visuals and music do not make a great game alone. The gameplay is so overly simplistic and slow, without any trace of depth, that even the great artistic part of the game just gets old too quickly. Let's talk about the problems: This game has all the sins of early 2000s RPG Maker games. What does this mean? - Way too frequent Random…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ash, Melanie, Mar, and Ridis from Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars by artist Kimihiko Fujisaka. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_voice-of...
neutral · AI labelView post →The next game is the Voice of Cards trilogy!
neutral · AI labelView post →The Voice of Cards trilogy is super underrated!! Give them a shot when you need a little charming game that gives kind-of-sort-of DnD vibes!! 🥰 ((still need to play the third game but I LOVED the first two!!))
positive · AI labelView post →35. Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars Neat game, super easy until the literal final boss where it kinda locks the fuck in? Not complaining, game was a good time, very heartfelt. You can definitely feel the Yoko Taro-isms, but also it's kind of heartwarming, despite the subject matter?
positive · AI labelView post →Blight, Gladio, L'via, and Barren & Laty commemorative art from Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden by artist Kimihiko Fujisaka. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_voice-of...
neutral · AI labelView post →Key art, Barren, Laty, and Phila from Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden by artist Kimihiko Fujisaka. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_voice-of...
neutral · AI labelView post →I do live in Spain and speak English too and it mixes English and Spanish. I have it set for both interface and results in English. It is most egregious when looking for video games and products as their names appear in Spanish websites.  