Card Shark
- Developer
- Nerial
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital
- Released
- 02 June 2022
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £16.75
Platforms: PC, macOS, Nintendo Switch
Genres: simulator , adventure , indie , card and board game
Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit. Enter a world where you’ll need to play your opponents better than you play your cards. Cheat your way to the top of 18th-century French society. Master deceptions using card marking, false shuffles, deck switching, false deals, and more! Use your ill-gotten gains to buy your way into the closed world of high-stakes tables. Card Shark is a new adventure that’s all about playing your cards right.
Best gaming PC for Card Shark in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Card Shark today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Devolver Digital on Steam. They tend to be conservative, usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 | Windows 10 |
| CPU | Intel Core i3-530 (2*2930) / AMD A8-3850 (4 * 2900) or equivalent | AMD A10-5800K APU (4 * 3800) / Intel Core i5-760 (4 * 2800) or equivalent |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics / Radeon HD 6550D or equivalent | Radeon HD 7750 (1024 VRAM) / GeForce GTX 550 Ti (3072 VRAM) or equivalent |
| Storage | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| DirectX | Not stated | Not stated |
Verified 23 August 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Card Shark?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to AMD A10-5800K APU (4 * 3800) / Intel Core i5-760 (4 * 2800) and your GPU is at or above Radeon HD 7750 (1024 VRAM) / GeForce GTX 550 Ti (3072 VRAM), you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.