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
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 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 | — | — |
Verified 18 May 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, see the tier picks above.