Traditional Italian Card Game Scopa Turned into a Roguelike Scopa Sweep

Scopa Sweep takes the classic Scopa card game and gives it a local restaurant vibe. You sit at the table, play cards against a rival, and try to capture every card on the board while racking up as many points as possible.

Traditional Scopa uses a standard 40-card Italian deck or a regular 52-card poker deck with 8s, 9s, and 10s removed. Players place 4 cards face-up in the centre of the table and deal 3 cards face-down to each player.

Scopa Sweep is a single-player roguelike game where you maximise and scale scores exponentially across runs by beating tables and surviving boss levels. It retains the fundamental Scopa card-matching and sweep mechanics, but wraps them in an escalating scoring system.

One of the main things you’ll want to pull off is a SCOPA, which is when you sweep all the cards off the table. Doing that increases your multiplier, making it easier to push your score higher. You’ll also have objectives to complete, and these give you permanent bonuses that stack up as you meet them.

In Scopa Sweep, you rebuild your engine every run, so the bonuses and rules you work with can change depending on what you pick up along the way. Patrons sitting at your table can increase the points you earn by boosting multipliers or changing the rules themselves.

Card enhancements also let you modify the rules attached to individual cards, opening up even more opportunities to grab extra bonuses. Then you’ve got boss twists, which add another layer of challenge when things start getting a little too comfortable.

Scopa Sweep has an Endless mode that unlocks past Table 8

If you’ve never played Scopa before, you don’t need to worry too much about figuring everything out on your own. The game takes around five minutes to learn, and there’s a guided round that walks you through the basics of the game.

Scopa Sweep is available on the Google Play Store for $9.99.

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