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<figcaption>Official Trailer — Card Counters, Charles Tatum II · Small Screen Software. Source: Steam AppID 5293020 (checked 2026-10-26).</figcaption>
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<figcaption>Official in-game view — Card Counters, Charles Tatum II · Small Screen Software. Source: Steam AppID 5293020 (checked 2026-10-26).</figcaption>
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The listing is unusually literal about its ingredients: this is the memory card game Concentration fused with the casino card game Blackjack. The objective, stated plainly, is to find sets of three cards totalling 21 within the allowed turns per round.
That is a precise mechanical sentence, and it distinguishes the game from both parents. Standard Concentration is pure recall. Standard Blackjack is probability and decisions under incomplete information. Combining them means you have to remember card positions and simultaneously reason about which three-card sums reach 21 — a two-layer puzzle rather than a single mechanic relabelled.
The turn budget as difficulty
The most load-bearing phrase on the page is "within the number of allotted turns per round." That is the constraint that makes this a game rather than a memory exercise: a turn limit converts recall into planning, because every flip you cannot afford to waste.
How that limit scales is the design question the listing does not answer. A generous turn budget makes the game relaxing; a tight one makes it a genuine puzzle. The store page presents only one number per round and no curve.
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<figcaption>Official in-game view — Card Counters, Charles Tatum II · Small Screen Software. Source: Steam AppID 5293020 (checked 2026-10-26).</figcaption>
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Store facts, verified
AppID 5293020, Windows only
RM11.24 in the Malaysian store view, no Mac or Linux build
Released October 25, 2026 — one day before this check
Genre tagged Casual, single tag only
Developer Charles Tatum II; publisher Small Screen Software
Ten screenshots on the store page, one trailer
No public demo listed
What the page does not say
Three things matter and none are on the listing. First, whether rounds are hand-authored or procedurally generated — a memory puzzle's replay value depends entirely on this, and a fixed set of rounds exhausts quickly. Second, whether there is any progression or scoring structure beyond per-round completion. Third, whether the price is fixed or regionally variable, since the store shows RM11.24 rather than USD.
Ten screenshots and one trailer give a good sense of the visual treatment, which is the whole of what a card game at this scale offers on a store page.
The price question
RM11.24 is roughly the price of a coffee, and the risk profile matches that framing. This is a small, single-mechanic puzzle game made by an individual developer under a small-screen-styled publisher.
The honest risk is content volume. A fused card puzzle is a good idea that can be exhausted in an evening if the round set is small. At this price that is acceptable — but it is the difference between a recommendation and a shrug.
Verdict
Buy if you want a short, quiet logic game and the Concentration-Blackjack fusion sounds interesting rather than gimmicky. The premise is specific, the mechanic is genuinely two-layered, and the price is trivial. Wait if you need long-form progression; nothing here promises a campaign.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5293020/
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<figcaption>Official in-game view — Card Counters, Charles Tatum II · Small Screen Software. Source: Steam AppID 5293020 (checked 2026-10-26).</figcaption>
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