Early Access

Is Kartika still being updated?

Not really. It's slowing down. Last updated 5 months ago, with about 1 update per month.

Last checked Oct 22, 2026

About the game

Kartika is a turn-based strategy card game where you fight to reunite a shattered kingdom. Build your deck with 16 unique evolving creature cards and spell cards, outsmart your opponent, and seize the throne!

Indie
Strategy

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developer filed this on the Steam store page. It is not a guess by active.games.

I created the card images using ChatGPT. I improved the game's mechanics and visuals using Claude AI.

Update history

8 updates in the last 12 months, avg every 10 days

Kartika: 8 updates in the last 12 months, avg every 10 days. The chart shows the last 12 months, including months with zero patch notes. Counts are dated patch and update posts, not branch builds. The Early Access release on 2026-03-10 falls inside this window.

Updates per month for Kartika, last 12 months
Month	Updates
November 2025	0
December 2025	0
January 2026	0
February 2026	0
March 2026	5
April 2026	0
May 2026	1
June 2026	0
July 2026	0
August 2026	0
September 2026	0
October 2026	0

Recent updates

May 3, 2026 · Patch note
Evolution Sleep Update (opens in new tab)
Hello, Evolution Sleep system has been reworked: While a card is evolving, no effects can be applied to it except direct attacks (all abilities and spells from both sides are blocked). If the evolving card survives the 2-turn evolution period, it returns to full HP when the evolution completes. Have fun^^
May 3, 2026 · Build
Public branch build 23068507
Latest build time Steam reports for the public branch.
Mar 27, 2026 · Patch note
AI Has Been Improved (opens in new tab)
Hello, The game's AI has been improved. Previously, it was thinking in a single layer — now it uses two layers. First, it considers whether to play or not, then it decides what to play. The "what to play" part has been added. This way, it will make different decisions at each difficulty level. The Champion card's ability was active throughout the entire tur…
Mar 21, 2026 · Patch note
Statistics Section (opens in new tab)
Hello; Here's what was done in this update; 1- The Shiny Lake fraction icon and card color have been changed. 2- Cards in hand were attacking; this issue has been fixed. 3- In the Statistics section, it now shows whether creatures' active and passive abilities succeeded or failed. This way, I'll also be able to track whether the abilities are working correc…
Mar 15, 2026 · Patch note
Passive Abilities (opens in new tab)
Hi; Passive abilities were not working, the issue has been fixed. Have Fun!

Questions

When was the last Kartika update?

Kartika last posted a patch note 5 months ago (May 3, 2026: Evolution Sleep Update (opens in new tab)).

How often does Kartika update?

It got about 1 update per month over the last year and is rarely updated (18/100). 2 of the last 8 months had at least one update day. Not enough of a cadence to call it regular.