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The Amazing American Circus
Developer Klabater, Juggler Games
The Amazing American Circus is a deck-building video game published by Klabater and developed by Klabater and Juggler Games. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
193 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Lemmy, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Sep 11, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
36
Rotten
68 positive · 120 negative
95% range 30–43%
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| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
230 of 433 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 193 · most liked firstA lot of people are saying this is just a re-skinned basic card battler. I disagree. I'm a huge deck building addict and I've purchased almost all of the games in this genre. Although this game has a lot in common with the typical deck building game, it's different in lots of ways. Not only do you have the typical energy points to play cards, but the cards themselves effect your HP... every time you have to reshuffle, you lose half of your HP. A full HP loss means you have to discard one…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have waited until finishing the game and reaching a 100% completion on the achievements to write this review. TDLR: this game is a waste of money. The current state of the game is pretty mediocre, the twist within the deckbuilder formula in a circus enviroment wasn't a terrible idea, but the execution of TAAC definitely was. I enjoyed it at first, but quickly realised the game at its core is broken. Your goal is to entertain the audience members until their ''hp'' bar drops to 0, on their…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting premise which is different than normal attack card games but just can't stay interested even after trying to start over several times with different strategies. Frustrating mechanics such as lack of money even after winning all the shows, bias towards negative quirks, annoying audience heals or resurrects that prolong battles, no incentive to develop other artists when at lower level. Then this last time, ran into a bug that others already reported but not fixed. Decided to give…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow. Just... wow. I feel like a real DOPE for holding out on this game for so long. I was put off by some of the negative reviews, not realizing they must have been written by literal BABOONS! 1) The game is not difficult to grasp or obscure. Tool-tips are abundant and there's a tutorial. Hell, even a turn or two of trial and error clarifies things if you don't want to read. 2) Anyone who says this is a re-skin of Slay the Spire has either not played this game, not played Slay the Spire, or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You became the owner of a circule and you will have to travel across the country with your circus and do a lot of tricks to impress different kind of people.Sounds easy huh !? well ain't so easy because each people is impressed by different tricks and also you will have to feed your circus when you travel..you will have to buy food and so much more ..is a pretty amazing game and very fun to play ! really worth a shot ! especially if you always wanted own a circus !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An original card game about a traveling circus. There is no need to defeat monsters here; instead, you need to entertain the audience. The mechanics are generally familiar from other card games. Interesting campaign.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After giving it an honest try, I lost my patience when seeing game mechanics bugs. The game requires learning a lot of different systems, but in the end, it did not capture my interest. I had trouble caring whether the circus performed well, it could upgrade the carnival tents, whether the actors' quirks were okay, or the right food was cooked. And, I am a big fan of the Darkest Dungeon game, which inspired this one. The Amazing Circus just has too many things happening, so many details that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alright, 13 hrs in traveling around the US and we gave PT Barnum, Teddy Roosevelt, and Queen Victoria the show of their lives. Some quick thoughts in no particular order: • The tutorial is long and even with that, the mechanics are not intuitive, this is a problem. In the world of game design, there is a spectrum of tutorials. On one end, you have no tutorial, just have players jump in to the game and have them figure it out as they go. On the other end, you have an excessively long…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A lazy re-skin of a bog-standard deckbuilder with questionable UI, poor explanation of mechanics, and insufferable writing. A generic re-skinned deckbuilder The game is basically a generic re-skin of the deckbuilder genre where: Performers = ally units Impress = ally attack Ignore = ally defense Focus = Ally HP vitality = action points audience = enemies Sneer = enemy attack boredom = enemy HP That being said, I cannot recommend this game even if you enjoy the genre because while it copies…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Amazing American Circus is yet another CCG/deckbuilder/Slay The Spire type ripoff except it's a Nintendo Switch game and instead of the usual fantasy battle kind of theme, they find/replaced that with circus themed stuff. Because what amateur cardbuilder games really needed to compete with Hearthstone and Magic the Gathering is old western circuses and creepy clowns. But yes, quite literally they reskinned a fanatasy battler cardbuilder and replaced "attack" with "impress" and other…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tags: Boards&Cards Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Unfun. Samey cards. Encounters drag on without fun or excitement. Nonsensical animations. Subpar audiovisuals. This card combat game is about managing an action economy and health points, chipping away at the opposite team while shielding yours. Over time you lose access to your cards which further decreases your ability to play efficiently. Some audience members can have very high hitpoints and shielding or…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⣿⣿⡻⠿⣳⠸⢿⡇⢇⣿⡧⢹⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡐⣯⠁ ⠄⠄ ⠟⣛⣽⡳⠼⠄⠈⣷⡾⣥⣱⠃⠣⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⠽⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢢⠏⠄ ⠄ ⢠⡿⠶⣮⣝⣿⠄⠄⠈⡥⢭⣥⠅⢌⣽⣿⣻⢶⣭⡿⠿⠜⢿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠄⠄ ⠄⣼⣧⠤⢌⣭⡇⠄⠄⠄⠭⠭⠭⠯⠴⣚⣉⣛⡢⠭⠵⢶⣾⣦⡍⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⣿⣷⣯⣭⡷⠄⠄⢀⣀⠩⠍⢉⣛⣛⠫⢏⣈⣭⣥⣶⣶⣦⣭⣛⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⢀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣎⢩⠌⣡⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠄⠄⠄ ⢸⡿⢟⣽⠎⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠄⠄ ⣰⠯⣾⢅⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠄ ⢰⣄⡉⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠄ ⢯⣌⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⢸⣇⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⢸⣟⣧⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⠈⢹⡧⣿⣸⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠗⣈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠄ ⠄⠘⢷⡳⣾⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⢀⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠄ ⠄⠄⠈⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠄⠄
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is a mixture of card battle and management.The set of artists is also pleasantly diverse, as is the set of opponents. Everyone has their own advantages and weaknesses.There is a good atmosphere here.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: Idea is great Music is well done Like the art Cons: Everything that is outside of pro You get a reskinned card game They tried to do a complicated game but it is just pointless management game The combat or show or whatever you call it boring after 30 minutes. I swear it has the same 2 or 3 animations no matter what you do. The trailer had more than this.. I'm just pissed about how an amazing opportunity went to waste.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A genuinely fresh take on the genre. Unfortunately held back by bugs, unintuitive card behaviour, imbalance, and some frustrating gameplay choices.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gameplay https://youtu.be/UEu3s5VQQEY Roguelike deck-building game. Mix of "Slay the Spire" and "Darkest Dungeon". + Unique setting. + A full story in the form of a visual novel with voiced dialogues. + Humor. + Stylish drawing. + Strategic elements. + Unique mechanics of card battles. + Upgrade decks and characters. - Boring tutorial. - One auto-save slot for each new game only. (If you choose a bad management strategy, you will not be able to load stages completed. You have to start a new…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the concept and the art style. The mechanics are woefully unbalanced across the board. The deckbuilding combat effects make no sense in the context of the game world. The macro-game progression is trivially simple. Needs a few months of competent rebalancing. I checked to see if the game was in Early Access still before writing this review because I expected it still was and I should be kind. Nope, it shipped this way. Terrible.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It seems that the developers themselves did not understand what they wanted to make: either a card roguelike or a resource manager, and in the end they mixed everything together and the result was a product overloaded with unnecessary mechanics that are boring to understand and play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The intention of making this new style of game is great but it did not manage well. The aim of the game is entertain the audience with tricks by the several cards should provide but it does not happen. The game mechanic is obscured. You have the same 5 cards during the gamplay while the unsatisfied audience members makes your life as hell if you dare to work at that circus tent. It is impossible to satisfy them with 'impress' when you don't have anything else only 'ignore' cards in your hand.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The art style and whole “traveling circus deckbuilder” concept immediately grabbed me, but the gameplay loop gets repetitive pretty fast. There are some fun card synergies and weird charm throughout, though progression feels uneven and runs can lose momentum halfway through.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think this game would have benefited from simpler mechanics, not during combat, but the other management aspects. I liked the theme and the artwork, but the gameplay felt too repetitive and not well explained.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't like the game. It lured me in with the promise of fun, then promptly buried me under a pile of mechanics like a one bit too enthusiastic game designer who has just discovered complexity. If they were going for a Slay the Spire vibe, I’d love to know at what point someone decided that it's a genuinely good idea to generously pour some soul-crushing despair from Darkest Dungeon—because apparently, what every deck-building roguelike needs is a side of existential suffering. Negative…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →From a creative standpoint, this game is a great idea, and I love to see concepts like this executed. However, the mechanics of the game seem opaque, and its not enough fun to motivate me to learn them. I'm thinking it would have benefited from more play testing prior to release.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good concept in need of serious polish. The one thing I don't want to be asking in a slay the spire type game is. "what do my cards do" "what is the enemy doing" "how did I just take damage" over and over again. The UI needs an overhaul before I recommend this to anyone.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got around 5 hours into the game and had to complete a certain quest that required using cards in the correct order to open a safe. I was given a "buff" that increased the outcome of using my cards and made it impossible for me to use the right combination as they were altered by my "buff". I lost 3 times because of it and this game has the fun mechanic where if you lose 3 times in a row you lose your entire run and in my case, 5 hours of gameplay and progression. WTF!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No choice in difficulty and if you fail three shows the game ends? What a joke.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't normally write game reviews. Then again, I normally don't play games that are so wildly unbalanced with such a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ tutorial. -1000000/10, do not recommend The game features make negative sense. The first show you do well in, you make really, really good money. From then on, even if you crank the difficulty, you make 60% of what your first show would have gotten you at max. Each time a performer dies, you lose massive amounts of money from the show AND you have to discard a card…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →many mechanics seem to be reskins, but does have some original ideas. The majority of the game is slow, and tedious.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The concept of the game isn't even that bad, but the game balance in general is completely whack. Bugged card interactions, an endless stream of "positive" "gifts" that just clutter up your deck, some performers are completely OP while others are borderline useless, etc etc, coupled with pretty mediocre writing and voice acting that tries really hard to be professional but just falls short. There are just a lot more better Card Deck based games you can use your money and time for.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too many mechanics that add nothing but tediousness to the game, the theme - to me- is very boring -as personal a preference that is- it doesn’t add anything to the game, and despite the theme being rather original in gaming the game itself is simply an average or rather below average card game, changing the terms of abilities to match the theme does nothing to distinguish it from any other game, deal damage is inspire, absorb shield is ignore and so on. Some abilities were not explained…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this hoping that the unique theme would be expressed with unique mechanics. It's actually just an awkward and unpolished marriage of Slay the Spire's card battles with Darkest Dungeon's stable management. Because these mechanics are very obviously meant to model combat, the non-violent theme significantly detracts from the experience, giving the flavor of hackish and lazy edutainment or Christian games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A blend of Darkest Dungeon, slay the spire. Very well made game. It is moderately hardcore, you will have to turn on your head quite often. And also the game will not make you bored, as it has a very good set of artists and opponents. True, there is something else to refine and rework, in particular to make more complex mechanics of interaction with the deck
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →review after 100% i agree with others that some of the management mechanics seem unnecessary, but i still am fond of the core "combat". reshuffling the cards leading to loss of health led to some interesting encounters, especially with how the reshuffling damage can be shielded! decent overall, but not too challenging. 100% completion will particularly be time consuming due to needing to max out every character. this takes multiple playthroughs. several characters can only be found in later…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing name but not the game. I bought this game in hope of a funny "Slay the Spire" deck-builder. But the game is so confusing and frustrating that i can't recommend it. Pro: -the theme and the characters are really interesting and funny. Cons: -too many variables what cards do -constant defuffs called quirks which kill the fun and feel like running against a wall -no difficulty settings
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very roughly, you could say it's a Slay the Spire meets Darkest Dungeon circus campaign game— though much easier (and not quite as tightly designed) than either of those games and with its own charms. Deeply routed in the wild west period, it has all the expected touchstones of the setting. The game excels in having a wide range of performers, each with their own unique deck mechanics, and the most fun way to play is not to try and pick the best performers each match (yawn) but to explore lots…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has a lot going for it, but it doesn't stick the landing as well as other deck-building games. The sub-par tutorialization made the gameplay confusing to follow and progression was not satisfying enough for me to continue.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://jannekeparrish.com/reviews/amazing-american-circus] Full review [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44626948-Loons/] My curator page The Amazing American Circus is a circus-themed deckbuilder RPG. You play Jones, the son of a circus ringmaster who has inherited his father’s circus and now seeks to win $100,000 in the circus tournament. To do this, he must travel the US, giving shows, following quests, and training his performers. There’s a lot here to like. The idea…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had high hopes for this one, but it's too boring.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕡... ℝ𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕞𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣'𝕤 𝕣𝕦𝕝𝕖𝕤 Having already played this game on PS4, do not mind the review time. The Amazing American Circus is actually quite mediocre, and I'll explain why. This game tries its hand at a lot of different things: RPG, Card-battler, Darkest Dungeon-like... in my opinion, it fails in everything it tries to push because it's TRYING SO HARD! Yes, I said, it's a try-hard game... The problem is when you try to encompass all these genres, there would be a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I could barely understand what was going on. The cards and general mechanics were very unintuitive and overly complicated. The tutorials for them were just wall of text for the player to read. I also had a quite a hard time changing the settings since they seemed to be bugged. I quit after the game refused to let me save. The story is incredibly boring, and the voice acting is also atrocious. But these things are just a matter of personal preference.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My biggest issue with this game is that it tries to include too many mechanics and doesn't do any of them well. Many of the mechanics are poorly explained and the UI is opaque. The gameplay is not compelling enough to encourage me to try to learn it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you want weirdly racist cartoons in the year of our lord, 2022? You've come to the right place! It's 2021, and I need to know why we have racist Indian contortionists and Natives that woop every round (and also brought their totem pole to the show). Someone clearly put a lot of effort into this, but there's honestly too much going on. It's also not always clear what card is doing what or how, and cards don't seem to affect others like they say they should. Pass on this one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this product as part of a large bundle, so while it wasn't free I also did not pay full price, and I'm glad. It was clunky, with tutorials that were simultaneously too time consuming and lacking vital information. I had expected the game would gloss over realistic aspects of circuses of this era, and while I wasn't happy about that I accepted it was a fictional work. What I didn't expect was tomahawk waving Native Americans who you have to entertain alongside...totem poles? It's one thing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is not a good game - it took features from Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon and made them worse. The combats are tedious, repetitive, and dull due to the time they take. Characters are simple, and their combos are primitive. The circus management part also isn't done well.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →just a slay the spire clone with extra {bad} steps
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very unique concept, fun gameplay, a an enjoyable experience. I haven't beaten the game yet but I can already tell I will be replaying it. Mainly for achievements but there appears to be a few options that you cannot change so that will be fun to explore. The mechanics are very fun. I like how each performer has like a unique mechanic in their cards. For example, the juggler's cards stash balls which can be used with other cards to power them up. The Face-Changer's cards are two sided,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like caard games and roguelites, but this one did not appeal to me. I am not a fan of the combat design and overall presentation did not help keep me interested.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3/10 + decent animations - need to set everything up every single time, doesnt save last setup - some of the shows last far to long - SOOO MUCH RNG, who needs skill or strat Over half an hour reading and learning new rules i dont really know whats going on. invited into a ♥♥♥♥♥ house, choose one of your performers who deserves it more…what!!! They impressed everyone so it was free…..
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Card game and circus director simulator, in short. In general, beautiful graphics, good music, card fights have been replaced by circus performances.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love it! I don't play card games in general but it's really fun. It IS a little hard to get into because the instructions are sometimes unclear but once you get into it, it's great. I love the circus and circus history so the aesthetic is very pleasing to me. There are some artist types that go well together, play off each other and make combos and once you unlock the second map, the game is super easy. During my playthrough I only lost one show, so the difficulty level might be off (as I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent game, but ultimately didn't compel me to play it further. There's a lot of grinding happening here and sometimes instructions are unclear or they don't just exist. If I'm left unsure what each card does or if I have to go online to look for information on how to do the quests, the game fails in explaining things to you. Also, I wish there had been more of a selection with your starting performers. If I level up the ones I started out with, why would I feel compelled to spend my time…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →my save got broken asking help didn't come even on discord, it stuck on certain location and when you load the game you can't click anything except press escape to go back to the main menu. Looking at the problem and it seem the issue has been around for a long time but it hasn't been fixed at all
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun concept and ideas, but too many bugs.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some original ideas and setting, but overall a very boring game. The cards are just all too similar and the shows you give get to be a copy of the last. Not my kind of game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really big fan of deck building games and circuses/theme parks, but I didn't really enjoy this. Racist stereotypes/characters (Which, ok, to be fair are actuate for the portrayal of the time, but that is still a choice to set this during the early 1900s), buggy mechanics (cards played by the juggler added ball stacks onto the mystic. If this was supposed to happen, no in-game information told me why), a dark and gritty art style that is not my personal choice, and a surly unlikable main…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Buggy, missing info, cards aren't intuitive and don't do exactly what they say they do, way too many screens to get to simple actions... In a crowded genre you have to stand out, and this one stands out for the wrong reasons. Avoid.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Amazing American Circus is an amazing change of pace in what is usually grim, gritty, aesthetics with the mechanics. The issue is the aesthetic may be too on point, holding onto some really racist stereotypes that the developers should know better. The game play is pretty good for what it does, but it's hard to look past Native Americans portrayed as tomahawk-wielding, hoopin-and-hollaring, "indians".
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well done card based squad management game. Performers each feel very unique, and can change up quite a bit depending on their deck builds and individual quirks. The various performers synergize with each other in different ways to keep the fresh and interesting as you play. The only real negative is the voice acting. Its a mixed bag. Some of it is decent, but some of it is quite cringe-worthy. Would be nice if they included an option to turn off the voices.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I definitely fell in love and attached to this game, it attracted me to its style, the interface and the setting is made for the old era, nice to look and play!) I would recommend this game to my friends, which I do now)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →::: spoiler hidden as the list can be long; also should I list games not on Steam? - 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure - A Vampyre Story - ABZÛ - Anodyne - Battle Chef Brigade - Celeste - Codemancer - Coromon - Dandara - Divekick - Downwell - Dreaming Sarah - Dreamscaper - DUSK '82 - Etherborn - Hollow Knight (& Silksong) - Ittle Dew - JackQuest - Knight Club (friends required for this one) - Kraken Academy - LiEat - Lost in Dungeon - LYNE - Micro Mages (includes ROM!) - Momodora III (iirc…
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