About the Game
A la Card is a food truck deckbuilding roguelike where you'll mix and match the best aspects of every card you find to create absurd synergies and make new discoveries every time you play!
Stick the effect of one food onto another. Change what triggers that effect in the first place. Swap stats, inherit flavours, and cook up clever combinations no one else will.
Every run is an ebb and flow of cramming as many calories as possible into the window before hittin' the road to slap together the most powerful cards you can conceive of. These people want food? Oh you'll give them food.

But it won't be enough to just make a really big burger. Zany bosses bring self-contained puzzles to navigate, testing your deck's flexibility. They'll slip you a card and refuse to leave until you serve it to them or clog the window with half-eaten scrap. You'd better be able to improvise.
Served with a garnish of tasty tunes made to order by Josh Whelchel.

Features:
Sequence your cards to make the most of their effects. Skilled players are rewarded for clever plays.
Combine the calories of your ingredients using powerful recipes, creating space to serve even more food!
Random special events provide opportunities to change each and every detail of your cards: the colours, calories, effects, how you trigger those effects, and more!
Each starting deck has a unique and powerful trinket that deeply impacts how it plays, and you'll find more trinkets to mix and match throughout your runs.
Presiding over each location is a memorable boss with a unique ability. When big numbers aren't enough, you'll have to get creative!
Win runs to unlock more starting decks, trinkets, and release even more cards into the pool for future runs.
Revisit your favourite decks to take on special challenges and earn coveted stars!
With hundreds of cards and dozens upon dozens of mid-game events and upgrades, no two runs are ever the same.

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Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
- adjusted OPENED trigger to work from anywhere instead of only from deck (this avoids some awkwardness where effects like Pot of Seed could move a card out of the deck before its OPENED trigger could fire)
- fixed Barbacoa failing to target itself when green
- fixed cards sometimes moving to odd locations during meals
- fixed a rare hang that could occur when restarting a run
- fixed a bug that could cause card calories to very rarely display incorrect values
- fixed a text wrapping issue when players earn ridiculous amounts of money
- adjusted camera to properly display 4000+ cards in hand (we do not advise putting 4000+ cards in hand)
- Fixed an issue where trinkets would be offered after defeating the 3rd boss
- Fixed an issue where cards could temporarily display their calories incorrectly for the first meal after loading a save
- Xmas Truck featuring a special Trinket and 8 holiday-themed cards you can't find anywhere else!
- Winter vibes!
Changes:
- Added 4 new permanent trinkets
- Added 8 new permanent cards
Notes:
Daily content updates will be paused for the duration of the Xmas Event (issues will still be fixed as necessary, of course). The next content update will take place next week and will introduce mid-run saves, per community feedback!
Happy Holidays!
Notes:
No other changes today, but tomorrow's update will be larger and more festive than usual...
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue preventing market trinkets from appearing in the pantry
- Fixed an issue where Clipped Coupon wouldn't properly discount some items in market
Fixes:
- Fixed an unintended interaction between Stock Pot and Portal Pen
- Fixed an issue preventing Nonslip Shoes from affecting liquids drawn from top of deck
Changes:
- Made effect of Goose able to target itself if mutated enough to do so
- Card Targeter: moved "do not show this again" checkbox to a spot players are more likely to see it
- Cards heading to top of deck now visually move to top of hand when overridden by Portal Pen
Changes:
- Adjusted Pheasant to 5 calories
Notes:
We're keeping an eye on Lettuce and Dumpling Press in the event we need to pull them back a touch balance-wise.
Fixes:
- Fixed Persimmon's effect succeeding at inappropriate times
- Enabled Steam AutoCloud features
- Fixed an issue where music could temporarily stop playing
Changes:
- Per feedback received, game now continues to run in background when unfocused
- Audio now ducks when game loses focus
- Removed trinket ammunition counters from pantry, market, and end-of-run summary screens
- Polymorph now targets Ingredient and Scrap only
- Pizza Peel buffed to allow infinite uses
Please peel responsibly.
Fixes:
- Fixed rocket-truck animation not looping cleanly
- Fixed an issue where Restock Button could queue up restocks if pressed during Hungry Customer Warning
- Adjusted some texts for clarity
Notes:
We're aware of a (non-serious) issue with Crashley Carpile's effect timing and have a fix that we just want to test a bit more thoroughly, so we'll aim to include that in tomorrow's patch!
Current Release
Build 25764843
Uploaded Nov 13, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
AlaCard.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
Needed when extracting (WinRAR / 7-Zip) — not a site login.
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