Will Android Netrunner be released online or as a playable apply soon ?

Most of TCG like Heartstone, Might and Magic or Magic the gathering have their online version and i think it would be a great idea to do the same with Netrunner.

Futhermore, i have no player around me to play, so i do not invest money on Netrunner cards. If there was an online version, i would spend money in it.

Soon? No. It's not even officially known to be in development.

But, there is OCTGN. Just google "OCTGN Netrunner" and you'll get where you're going.

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Most of TCG like Heartstone, Might and Magic or Magic the gathering have their online version and i think it would be a great idea to do the same with Netrunner.

Futhermore, i have no player around me to play, so i do not invest money on Netrunner cards. If there was an online version, i would spend money in it.

The universal problem with all card/board/table top games isn't it.

Netrunner is designed as a colictible card game using the LCG format from the ground up. All the mechanics are designed around card functions unlike Hearthstone which is designed as a videogame with CCG like elements. Still Hearthstone design has all those mechanics designed around the video game so you get stuff you won't be able to do with a card game (such as Unstable Portal which can get you legendary cards you don't have). You don't search through your deck or recover any discards in Hearthsone.

Sure MTG has an online version but trying to get those card mechanics into a video game often becomes clunky. During the first Duels of the Plain Walkers back in 2011 the interface was not very user friendly and they had to design the interface around card mechanics which was hard for users to figure out such as stopping the clock to interrupt or respond to actions all the time (which could be used as a trolling tool) As well as the search feature for when you need to look through your deck and there was very little deck building. Sure the more recent version is much better than the first one but still most Magic players prefer playing the Card game over the video game. Also the card game does get more support with quarterly set releases while Duels get revised once a year.

Thanks a lot for your answer !

I once downloaded OCTGN but it brought me a malware, so i uninstalled it immediatly.

Netrunner is a great game, and if Fantasy flight and Edge want to touch more people and make Netrunner more popular : they must developp it online, cause the future of TCG is online

I play on OCTGN here and there, and love it. It's a little complex at first, but reading all the numerous guides available online should get you up and running!

I to am forced to play on OCTGN as there are no player in well......my whole country (Netherlands)

Really would like to play the real thing though.............;(