- Patch 1.2.4 - 4 May 2026
Added Gamblers deck to the Daily Run poolTweaked difficulty on some enemy decks, and making them come laterFixed a bug where modified card costs and buffs were not being taken into accountAI now uses actual card values instead of just base values when making decisionsClarified how trading works in the Debt Healer sceneWhistleblower cost reduced to $0 / 200 debtUpdated and improved some card artLife guard 'rescued' Token image is now changed Garbage card now costs $0/100 debt
- Steam Deckbuilding Fest 2026 - 3 May 2026
Urban Cards is officially part of the Steam Deckbuilding Fest 2026. To celebrate the art of the deal, we are slashing the price by 60%!If you’ve been waiting for the perfect time to build your empire and crush the competition, this is your moment. Grab our cutthroat capitalist deckbuilder for its lowest price yet and start climbing the corporate ladder today.Patch NotesFixed a bug where modified card costs and buffs were not being taken into accountAI now uses actual card values instead of just base values when making decisionsClarified how trading works in the Debt Healer sceneWhistleblower cost reduced to $0 / 200 debtUpdated and improved some card art
- Patch 1.2.3 - 29 April 2026
We’ve just pushed a fix for an issue that caused the daily run to not work properly. Thanks for helping us discover this issue!
- Patch 1.2.2 - 28 April 2026
We’ve pushed a new build with several bug fixes based on issues we’ve discovered. We’ve also updated some background art, adding more variation and details. We’ll continue improving and tweaking Urban Cards. Thanks for your feedback!
- 📢 Urban Cards: The Big Beautiful Update - 26 April 2026
Hello everyone! The latest update is officially live! We’ve introduced a massive wave of new content, including card upgrades, a brand-new game mode, and game-changing modifiers.🏆 New Mode: Daily RunsDaily Runs are unique challenges where everyone plays the same setup.Designed to be played in one sitting. Progress does not save, but you can replay it as many times as you like.Difficulty: It is currently tuned to be harder than the standard game, and we will continue to adjust the challenge based on your feedback.Leaderboards: Compete against the community for the top spot.The Setup: Every player gets the same deck (8 variations available so far), a 20-card campaign, 6 enemies, and 1 Boss.Modifiers: 3 random modifiers are applied dailyProgression: You can unlock new cards for your collection by playing this mode Daily Run ModifiersRecession: All BIZ make -25% but have +2 Defense.Gang Wa…
- Urban Cards Update News - 13 March 2026
Hey everyone!We’ve got some news 🚨We’re currently working on a new update for Urban Cards focused on improving the deckbuilding experience, adding more content, and doing an overall balance pass to give the game a refreshing update.Here’s a quick overview of what’s coming:-New Campaign CardsPlayers will be able to remove cards from their deck, improve cards during runs, and obtain free cards through new campaign events.-Daily Runs We’re introducing a daily challenge with its own leaderboard.-New achievements -Balance updates-Enemy AI tweaks-New cards and ObjectsYou might be wondering why it took so long.We’re a very small team, and we’ve also been working on another game called Carbox (by the way, check it out, it’s currently on sale!). Because of that, we had limited time and took a break from developing Urban Cards.However, I really want to continue improving the game and address som…
- Urban Cards available on iPad - 18 April 2023
Hey folks! We are very happy to announce that we have released Urban Cards on iOS. Here's the link to the Apple store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/urban-cards/id1668458374 I hope you enjoy this version as much as we do!
- Beach Faction: New cards! - 11 April 2023
Hey folks! It's been a little while, but here we are again with more content and news We have added more cards to Beach! Here is the complete list Yes, they still exist, and some of them are not money laundering. For the old school traveler or the tourist with complex needs. A goldmine walking on sunburnt legs, if spotted by an enterprising local. Some people will go to great depths to avoid the beaten path It says on my dating profile that I travel for business regularly, there really is no space to mention it's picking buds in Oregon When you need a vacation from your vacation The powers that be have decided they need a rest from you - perhaps a chance to work on your anger management issues A nightmare for the socially awkward - a party you cannot go home from until it is over and back in harbor You may question the warning about going into the ocean after a large meal, but certainly…
- Hotfix - 2 January 2023
Fixed Grinch Boss AI issue Added some missing strings for Japanese Adjusted translation for French, Chinese and Spanish
- Patch notes - 29 December 2022
Added new enemy, Grinch Boss Fixed Crash when opening the trade cards interface "Christmas Market" effect affects only its owner Chinese localization revised Added new Chinese font Fixed "Tourist" texture issue Many AI improvements AI tries to protect their thieves by buffing them, if possible When playing biz cards on empty squares, AI always chooses the least protected one And much more!
- Christmas Faction Added to Urban Cards - 20 December 2022
Hello Everyone! We are updating Urban Cards with a new Christmas-themed faction. The faction will be active during the holiday season. Then, we'll be selling it as a DLC. So, enjoy it while it's free! The update includes 20 new Cards, two playable decks, more enemies, new background skin, new music, and more! Here are some of the cards included with the update And more for you to unlock! (Not Christmas-related, but it's red!) Balance Notes and more Textures are loaded at the beginning of every game instead of when starting the app. This way, Urban Cards need less VRAM to run. The port Brewery Defense is 6 Condominium Defense is 7 Electron Club Defense is 5 Parts Shop Debt cost is 200 After Hours Debt cost is 200 Hackers Boss nerfed (again) Our team of two friends, me and @acepedaperez, continues to update and balance the game. And we have many plans to expand the UCU (Urban Cards Univer…
- PvP Random beach deck - 25 June 2022
Hello everyone! We've updated the game with the following changes and fixes Added random deck for Beach PvP Added sounds fx for Climate Extreme and Beach Loot Fixed selection screen sounds Vacation Sharkman does not earn money anymore when a henchman moves Magic Tie takes now enemy henchmen on owned streets into account, too Corrupt Cop takes now enemy henchmen on owned streets into account, too Added missing half-res textures Tip-off takes now enemy henchmen on owned streets into account, too Ecco the Surfer no longer resets its lifetime when moving
- New Summer-Edition Cards - 22 June 2022
Hey people! We have added new cards to Beach, a new Random deck to the faction, and many minor fixes and balance tweaks. New Beach Cards! We have also made changes to some grey cards based on community feedback. Balance Notes and fixes Nerfed "Hackers Boss" Nerfed enemy "Party People" Changes were made to improve Lender's debt mechanics. "Tormented Entrepreneur" now costs -200 debt Lenders deck now has the "Misleading Advertising" item Volatile Stock now Makes +100$ or +50 debt every turn Tweaked Year 1 campaigns to smooth out the difficulty curve Fixed deck inspector title label Fixed missing card names in the Game Over screen for non-Latin languages Added new Sound FX for Beach Added new Random Deck for Beach
- Steam Deck Verified and giveaway! - 13 April 2022
Hey there! Our Roguelike Capitalist Deckbuilder is releasing on Nintendo Switch this Thursday 14th in America (It was released last week in Japan and Europe), and to celebrate we are giving away a bunch of Steam keys! https://gleam.io/pYvmI/urban-cards-steam-key-giveaway The giveaway will end in about a month. Good luck to everyone! Here's the switch trailer. We're also really happy to announce that Urban Cards is now Steam Deck verified! Patch notes Added a new card. (this one was included in a Hot FIx patch but it wasn't announced before) Fixed some Spanish strings. Thanks, Nachuelas for reporting the typos! Going back to the main menu after the message box when a disconnection takes place Handled the case where the message box is on top of the options menu Preventing error code in the leaderboard scene when switching classes or categories quickly (fixes black screen bug) Removed dupl…
- Hot Fixes - 14 November 2021
Here are some issues we have fixed based on your feedback Fixed bug in the 'Vacation Sharkman' behavior when a Tourist died by attacking other henchmen without earning the money 'Lady Pigeon' now removes all the buffs when converting the enemy henchmen into pigeons. Pigeons no longer get Tourists' time left. 'Onion Bank' takes now into account Tourists henchmen on their own streets 'Urban Samurai' no longer lands on enemy tourists 'New processor' item affinity correctly set Updated Japanese Translation Thanks for the invaluable feedback!
- BEACH added to the game - 11 November 2021
So here we go! The first pass of the new neighborhood, Beach, is up and running. We've added 11 unique cards and one deck for the campaign, and one deck for PvP. We're curious to know what you think! We'll continue to work and add more cards to Beach and finish FXs, voiceovers, and sounds. Don't hesitate to share thoughts and ideas. We're always open to picking your brains and taking advantage of the expertise and creativity of this great community! New Cards As a small roadmap, we want to add cards every week. So, stay tuned for more content! Also, an important change to the game is that these cards now Draw a card from your discard pile. This way, we want to help smaller decks and make the gameplay more dynamic. Patch Notes Items now have class affinity. They won't be in your pool if you are not playing with the corresponding neighborhood. Added beach leaderboard Added the item 'Plane…
- Russian language added to the game - 8 October 2021
We've added Russian to the game! Thanks to Rucodeby for the hard work!! We keep working on the expansion coming to Urban Cards soon. Take a look at these new BIZs! Patch notes General AI improvements Some strings updated in different languages Minor fixes and updates
- Controller Support and News - 23 September 2021
Hey hey, people! It´s been a while but we are still here working on improving and extending Urban Cards. NEW FACTION COMING! After thinking about many new ideas and prototypes, we've decided to keep working on our beloved Urban Cards and to finally announce a new neighborhood: Introducing Beach By the rising seas. Tourists descend like a swarm of bright pink locusts, ready to squeeze the last drop of forgetfulness and fleeting pleasure from the hours purchased in advance. They lose their minds and their wallets, while the locals smile indulgently. Beaches bright like glitter, golden tans and the pallor of salmonella. This faction will be available soon after finishing our port to Switch. Stay tuned for news and help us test it! Patch Notes Controller support Yes! It took some time but we finally have controller support. Optimized the way the game loads textures. Now the game works on ol…
- Urban Cards on the Switch - 7 May 2021
Localization Bon jour ! The game has been translated into French! Thanks, Alexis, for the hard work and the people who helped on our localizor project. Breaking News! The game is being ported to Nintendo Switch! Here's the proof. Patch Notes Daytrader now earns from +300 to -100 Added sound when activating/deactivating an Item on the notebook Working on controller support ~75% done (already playable) Fixed some visual issues on the History Screen Fixed some minor issues for the Chinese and the Spanish localizations Translated achievements into Japanese and Portuguese Quote of the patch It looks like we just keep popping up like mushrooms, but carving out a niche takes hard work. Startup BIZ
- Japanese translation and merch! - 24 March 2021
Urban Cards is now also available in Japanese! Big thanks to mimirairan and the folks from localizor for the hard work. We have also improved some of the translations for the Chinese and Portuguese languages. Get the official Merch If you are looking for a way to support our game, take a look at the t-shirts we have made available on our website.
