Create a cool 3D Game card in CSS

Today we will create a stunning 3D Game card using CSS. CSS can do many things it’s one of them.

To create a 3D Game card we will use the CSS rotate() function and transition property.

Also Read – How to apply background color on background image in CSS

Result

For those who are impatient, here is the end result.

See the Pen 3D Card Hover by Gayane Gasparyan (@gayane-gasparyan) on CodePen.

HTML

First, we will write our HTML structure code. You can follow along by copying the below code.

<a
  href="https://www.mythrillfiction.com/force-mage"
  alt="Mythrill"
  target="_blank"
>
  <div class="card">
    <div class="wrapper">
      <img
        src="https://ggayane.github.io/css-experiments/cards/force_mage-cover.jpg"
        class="cover-image"
      />
    </div>
    <img
      src="https://ggayane.github.io/css-experiments/cards/force_mage-title.png"
      class="title"
    />
    <img
      src="https://ggayane.github.io/css-experiments/cards/force_mage-character.webp"
      class="character"
    />
  </div>
</a>

Here we are using basic HTML elements and some classes.

CSS

Now, we will style and animate our card using CSS.

:root {
  --card-height: 300px;
  --card-width: calc(var(--card-height) / 1.5);
}
* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
  width: 100vw;
  height: 100vh;
  margin: 0;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  background: #191c29;
}
.card {
  width: var(--card-width);
  height: var(--card-height);
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: flex-end;
  padding: 0 36px;
  perspective: 2500px;
  margin: 0 50px;
}

.cover-image {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
}

.wrapper {
  transition: all 0.5s;
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  z-index: -1;
}

.card:hover .wrapper {
  transform: perspective(900px) translateY(-5%) rotateX(25deg) translateZ(0);
  box-shadow: 2px 35px 32px -8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75);
  -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 35px 32px -8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75);
  -moz-box-shadow: 2px 35px 32px -8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75);
}

.wrapper::before,
.wrapper::after {
  content: "";
  opacity: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 80px;
  transition: all 0.5s;
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
}
.wrapper::before {
  top: 0;
  height: 100%;
  background-image: linear-gradient(
    to top,
    transparent 46%,
    rgba(12, 13, 19, 0.5) 68%,
    rgba(12, 13, 19) 97%
  );
}
.wrapper::after {
  bottom: 0;
  opacity: 1;
  background-image: linear-gradient(
    to bottom,
    transparent 46%,
    rgba(12, 13, 19, 0.5) 68%,
    rgba(12, 13, 19) 97%
  );
}

.card:hover .wrapper::before,
.wrapper::after {
  opacity: 1;
}

.card:hover .wrapper::after {
  height: 120px;
}
.title {
  width: 100%;
  transition: transform 0.5s;
}
.card:hover .title {
  transform: translate3d(0%, -50px, 100px);
}

.character {
  width: 100%;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: all 0.5s;
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
}

.card:hover .character {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: translate3d(0%, -30%, 100px);
}

Boom! You have it.

Source Code

The source code is available on Codepen.