- #1 Ortus Regni
74% matchVery Positive83% of 190 reviews2016
Dev: Jon Sudbury Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Ortus Regni is a new and novel card game inspired by the late Anglo-Saxon period of English history. The Late Anglo-Saxon era in English history is a time of warring Earls. Minor kings all, they claim whatever lands they can. All the while, the Vikings roam not just the sea, but the land.
Why similar: Card Game 42.2%, Strategy 28.2%, Medieval 24.8%, Indie 4.8%
- #2 Lightseekers
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 148 reviews2019
Dev: PlayFusion
Windows · Mac
Epic battles await you in the multi-award winning Trading Card Game, now on Steam. Battle with digital cards and scan tabletop cards into your digital collection for Double the Value!
Why similar: Card Game 57%, Strategy 43%
- #3 Automatic Kingdom
70% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Matthew Pontarolo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build the perfect kingdom in this turn-based strategy game that combines elements of automation, board games, and city builders. Keep your kingdom happy, endure hostile Challenges, and unlock new cards as your kingdom becomes more prosperous.
Why similar: Card Game 30.7%, Resource Management 22.4%, Medieval 17.4%, City Builder 15.6%, Strategy 12.3%
- #4 Hidden Dimensions 3
72% matchVery Positive84% of 96 reviews2016
Dev: Stijn Van Cauter
Windows
Hidden Dimensions 3 is a science-fiction themed collectible cards game offering over 500 cards, varied gameplay modes and challenges. Create decks containing spaceships, as well as various structures and actions to support your fleet.
Why similar: Card Game 52%, Strategy 44.8%, Indie 3.2%
- #5 War of Omens Card Game
70% matchVery Positive86% of 699 reviews2019
Dev: Fifth Column Games
Windows · Mac
War of Omens is a CCG with a unique Deckbuilder combat system and deep strategy. Set in a masterfully crafted dark fantasy world, it features fast, strategic battles with 4 distinct factions and over 20 heroes. Challenge the online ladder, conquer the story mode, or compete in a cross faction draft!
Why similar: Card Game 61.4%, Strategy 32.8%, Indie 5.7%
- #6 Pawker
68% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Oh Baby Games
Windows · Mac
Pawker is a supurrr satisfying deckbuilder roguelike where you play as cat adventurers trying to create purrfect combos. Find crazy felines, battle memes, and modify your deck to do insane numbers. Play Pawker meow!
Why similar: Cats 48.1%, Card Game 34.6%, Strategy 17.3%
- #7 Durak!
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 71 reviews2017
Dev: Funghisoft
Windows
Durak is a classical Russian card game. While it requires strategical thinking, cheating is also a viable strategy as long as you don't get caught. In the same spirit pay attention to your opponents or else you might get tricked and be left as the Durak! The game is best enjoyed with 1 to 5 friends.
Why similar: Card Game 77.9%, Strategy 18.8%, Indie 3.4%
- #8 Polyopolis
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FireOwl Games
Windows
Stamp out a thriving city by fitting shapes into a ever-changing grid to attain the most resources. Chain buildings to boost energy, people and products, gain gold coins, and unlock rare stamps in this zen-meets-strategy city builder.
Why similar: Card Game 38.7%, Strategy 24.6%, City Builder 22.9%, Resource Management 12.4%, Indie 1.4%
- #9 Draconian Wars
70% matchMostly Negative39% of 44 reviews2014
Dev: Kardfy Studios
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Draconian Wars is the most strategic and challenging card game. Every card available; no additional purchases or microtransactions. Bring it all to the table. Take the challenge, command armies of zeppelins and robots or unleash the fury of the ancient dragons. The fate of Hyperborea lies in your hands.
Why similar: Card Game 50.9%, Strategy 41.9%, Indie 7.2%
- #10 Forgotten Myths CCG
69% matchMixed53% of 86 reviews2016
Dev: Anchora Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Forgotten Myths is a free to play online collectible card game that incorporates deck building, card collection and strategic gameplay in a fantastic historical background incorporating several civilizations, myths and legends in the same universe!
Why similar: Card Game 49.2%, Strategy 43.9%, Indie 6.9%
- #11 Feed The Void
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Barribob
Windows
An incremental deckbuilder where you shape your deck the way you desire. Upgrade cards, unlock synergies, play massive combos, and constantly discover game-changing abilities.
Why similar: Card Game 47.2%, Resource Management 29.8%, Strategy 20.5%, Indie 2.5%
- #12 Hobs
66% matchVery Positive85% of 1,170 reviews2019
Dev: Teneke Kafalar
Windows
Hobs is a turn based card game which you can try different strategies to beat your opponent. Find best deck for your strategy, buy new heros, try different strategies and try to place to the top.
Why similar: Card Game 68.3%, Strategy 27.2%, Indie 4.5%
- #13 Epic Cards Battle 2 (TCG)
66% matchMixed58% of 130 reviews2018
Dev: momoStorm Entertainment
Windows
3D PVP Free Fantasy Strategy TCG Online Game!Experience the legendary battles. Hundreds of cards. 3 Card types: Creature, Spell, Trigger. Campaign and Arena and Ladder.
Why similar: Card Game 69.2%, Strategy 30.8%
- #14 Seekers of Eclipse
64% matchPositive93% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: ThinKING Cat Games
Windows
A turn-based roguelike combining city-building and deckbuilding. Build thriving towns as you forge a path towards the eclipse. Strategically produce resources to appease the gods and unleash their divine wrath upon your enemies.
Why similar: Card Game 33.4%, Resource Management 21.2%, City Builder 20.8%, Medieval 13.6%, Strategy 9.7%
- #15 Ghosts of Oblivion
65% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Phoenixxx Games
Windows
A strategy game in which you need to create a deck of cards and defend against waves of opponents using different tactics by combining them. Armies of evil spirits have attacked our world and you have to fight back the hordes of monsters!
Why similar: Card Game 50.5%, Medieval 25.3%, Strategy 24.2%
- #16 Meow Wars: Card Battle
66% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Taco Truck Games
Windows
Combat cats in this epic card battle strategy game, featuring an all-new card combat system.
Why similar: Card Game 59.8%, Strategy 33.8%, Indie 6.3%
- #17 Midgardr
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Holy Radish
Windows
You are a Duke sent to govern a village at the edge of the realm. Build, protect, and guide your people toward prosperity. But beware, hidden threats await... Choose your strategy wisely, forge alliances and face your fate. Will your village thrive… or be swallowed by chaos?
Why similar: Card Game 35.4%, City Builder 24.2%, Strategy 16.6%, Medieval 13.8%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #18 The Last Spin
64% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: PackPub: GamesByPack
Windows · Mac
The last spin originally named 'Casino?' is a deck-building roguelike that disguises itself as a slot machine. How many spins until the last spin?
Why similar: Card Game 49.1%, Cats 26.7%, Strategy 22.7%, Indie 1.4%
- #19 The Cat Machine
65% matchVery Positive94% of 147 reviews2015
Dev: Cranktrain
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Future is Meow! The Cat Machine is a game of logic, and cats riding around on trains.As we are all aware, The Cat Machine is a giant contraption that maintains the stability of earth's orbit around the sun. A fun logical puzzler with over 50 levels, now you can build that machine too!
Why similar: Cats 77.8%, Strategy 18.7%, Indie 3.5%
- #20 Galacard: Ackian Archives
64% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Bipedal Studios
Windows · Mac
A collection of retro-style card games featuring friendly aliens! Galacard: Ackian Archives features enhanced ports of three installments in the strategy-based Galacard card game series: Galacard, Galacard Platinum and Galacard Advance.
Why similar: Card Game 66.5%, Strategy 33.5%
- #21 Tiny Defender
65% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Blue Heart Games
Windows · Mac
Tiny Defender is a game that combines CCG and tower defense. Build your own deck and clear various stages.
Why similar: Card Game 47.6%, Strategy 31.6%, Medieval 18.1%, Indie 2.7%
- #22 Rival Books of Aster
63% matchMostly Positive73% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Games by Stitch
Windows · Mac
Rival Books of Aster is a strategy deck building game that features over 140 hand illustrated spells that you can use to build custom decks and go head to head against other players. Each spell is also a page in a living story book that translates itself and reveals its secrets as you play the game.
Why similar: Card Game 52.9%, Strategy 39.9%, Indie 7.1%
- #23 Cats Yakuza - Online card game
64% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: kan.kikuchi
Windows · Mac
In this strategic card game, you battle with adorable yet quirky cats! The rules are similar to mahjongg and poker, with a new tactical sense you'll love! Even though the rules are simple, the game is surprisingly deep, so the battle of wits and psychological strategies are so fun!
Why similar: Cats 47.5%, Card Game 41%, Strategy 10.2%, Indie 1.3%
- #24 Medchess
64% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Hashdev
Windows
Build and manage your own medieval village while maintaining the balance between gold, army, technology, and faith. Will you survive the bandits and pollution in Medchess?
Why similar: Card Game 35.9%, City Builder 26.5%, Medieval 18.5%, Strategy 14.5%, Resource Management 4.6%
- #25 Cat Lady - The Card Game
63% matchVery Positive94% of 321 reviews2019
Dev: Nomad Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Cat Lady - The Card Game is a fun card-drafting game in which players are Cat Ladies, trying to tempt cats into their cattery using food, toys, costumes and more. Based on the much-loved card game by AEG.
Why similar: Cats 37.6%, Card Game 35.7%, Strategy 14.2%, Resource Management 10.6%, Indie 1.9%
- #26 弹幕那个恶人
64% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: 白信鸽工作室
Windows
在美丽而祥和的幻想乡里,有一个总是故意挑事的人…… 他总是迈着六亲不认的步伐走在大街上,并时不时地拍别人的肩膀,挑起事端…… 没有人知道他的名字,但他出门只穿固定的一件衣服,于是人们都用他衣服上的字来称呼他…… 他就是——全员恶人……
Why similar: Card Game 54.1%, Strategy 38.9%, Indie 6.9%
- #27 The Last Draw
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kVent
Windows
The Last Draw is an immersive single-player card RPG that plunges you into a post-apocalyptic world where the air itself has become poison. In this atmospheric survival experience, every card you reveal could be your salvation—or your doom.
Why similar: Card Game 61%, Strategy 21.6%, Medieval 15.7%, Indie 1.8%
- #28 Cards with Personalities
62% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Sebastian Lind
Windows
Cards with Personalities is a single-player deck-building game full of charm!
Why similar: Card Game 46.4%, Strategy 26.6%, Medieval 15.3%, Resource Management 11.7%
- #29 The Dynasty Of Cats
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 独立游戏酸奶菌
Windows
The Dynasty Of Cats is a Match-3 Game,which featured card game,rougue,and base construction
Why similar: Card Game 36.5%, Cats 34.1%, Strategy 13.4%, City Builder 11.9%, Resource Management 4%
- #30 Stronghold 3 Gold
64% matchMostly Negative33% of 4,763 reviews2012
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Set 10 years after the original, Stronghold 3: Gold follows the vengeful story of The Wolf in the third installment of the award-winning castle building series. The Wolf has cheated death become even more bitter and twisted. Build castles, rally your troops and save medieval England!
Why similar: Strategy 30.7%, City Builder 27.9%, Medieval 23.4%, Resource Management 18%
- #31 猫咪牌 Meow Cards
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LazzyCat
Windows
Meow Cards is a cat-themed strategic card game. Collect feline cards with unique abilities, build your very own Meow Cards deck, and climb to the top—together with your cats! Meow~
Why similar: Card Game 44.9%, Cats 38%, Strategy 15.9%, Indie 1.2%
- #32 Ordo Et Chao: New World
63% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Kobold Workforce Studios
Windows
Inspired by famed series like "The Settlers", "Battle for Middle-Earth", "Anno" and "Age of Empires", Ordo Et Chao is a solo-player strategy game combining elements of real time strategy, resource management and city building.
Why similar: Strategy 39.2%, City Builder 31.2%, Resource Management 29.7%
- #33 Smash Up
63% matchMixed61% of 267 reviews2016
Dev: Nomad Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Smash Up is the digital adaptation of the award-winning (and totally awesome) card game. Smash together two factions, and destroy your opponent with a wild and wacky combination of pirates, nerds, zombies, wizards and more!
Why similar: Card Game 55.5%, Strategy 44.5%
- #34 Myths and Legends - Card Game
62% matchMixed59% of 606 reviews2019
Dev: Salo
Windows · Mac
Battle other Guardians leading your favorite mythological, historical and literary characters in this adaptation of the popular TCG game Myths and Legends. Collect the cards, build the perfect strategy and crush your enemies.
Why similar: Card Game 61.1%, Strategy 33.5%, Indie 5.4%
- #35 Feudalia
62% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: JunjoPub: Abba Games
Windows
Feudalia is a deck building and resource card game. Discover how to be a feudal lord and manage the new territories of the kingdom with the help of your vassals. A fun card game that will make you the master of three fiefdoms, make them grow by taking advantage of your card skills.
Why similar: Card Game 36.8%, Resource Management 22.3%, Strategy 15.1%, Medieval 14.6%, City Builder 10.8%
- #36 Cat's Showdown
61% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: CH86
Windows
A casual card battle game where mischievous cat brothers fight using poker-based rules. Designed for quick and fun singleplayer matches.
Why similar: Card Game 50.5%, Cats 30.9%, Strategy 17.2%, Indie 1.4%
- #37 幻想英雄传 卡片对决
62% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: 幻想英雄传开发组
Windows
This game is based on a turn-based card battle and incorporates a random loop dungeon to explore the RogueLike-style game. Play a variety of characters in the game and experience the ever-changing adventure!
Why similar: Card Game 55.3%, Strategy 44.7%
- #38 The Settlers® : Rise of an Empire - History Edition
62% matchMostly Positive76% of 729 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build vibrant cities in a medieval world with this modernized version of The Settlers – Rise of an Empire. Each character leads their individual lives and can be observed by you at any time. Will you go down in history as a legendary king?
Why similar: City Builder 38.1%, Strategy 37.8%, Medieval 24.1%
- #39 The Settlers® 7 : History Edition
62% matchMixed63% of 990 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Let yourself be enchanted by the new world of Settlers with this modernized History Edition – in the midst of green forests and lush meadows, it will bustle again. You alone hold the fate of your kingdom in your hands. Which strategy will you choose?
Why similar: City Builder 43%, Strategy 32.3%, Medieval 24.7%
- #40 Appetite of the Abyss
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mighty Tide Games
Windows
Appetite of the Abyss is a survival cooking roguelite where your tribe’s fate depends on feeding an abyssal creature, learning its tastes through cooking, building with cards, and choosing forecasted paths to prepare for growing threats.
Why similar: Card Game 41.9%, Resource Management 26.2%, Medieval 16.4%, Strategy 13.4%, Indie 2.2%
- #41 DRAKERZ-Confrontation
63% matchMixed52% of 259 reviews2014
Dev: Peoleo Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
The Trading Card Game in Augmented Reality.
Why similar: Card Game 65%, Strategy 30.8%, Indie 4.2%
- #42 Knights Province
61% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Krom Stern
Windows
Real-Time Strategy game focused around town-building and resource management
Why similar: Strategy 39.8%, City Builder 29.1%, Medieval 28.3%, Indie 2.8%
- #43 Switch Poker
60% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Lam Games
Windows · Mac
The poker trader. Switch Poker is a fast-paced, rewarding handbuilder where you trade cards with other players, strategize against opponent playstyles, and create the best poker hand.
Why similar: Card Game 67.4%, Strategy 30.4%, Indie 2.2%
- #44 Demon Cycle
61% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Rise
Windows
Demon Cycle is a casual strategy game, where luck favors the prepared. You have limited turns to make enough coins to pass the floor. Your choices will determine the outcome.
Why similar: Card Game 40.8%, Resource Management 32%, Strategy 27.3%
- #45 Siege 'n Sow
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CucaPub: Softwool
Windows · Linux
Siege 'n Sow: Unleash strategic mastery in this minimalist real-time strategy game. Micromanage units, expand territory, and fend off night attacks. Harvest resources, build structures, and command diverse units to survive relentless waves. Will you triumph or succumb to the shadows?
Why similar: Resource Management 32.1%, Strategy 29%, City Builder 20.5%, Medieval 17.4%, Indie 1%
- #46 BattleCON: Online
61% matchMostly Positive71% of 280 reviews2018
Dev: Level 99 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this deeply strategic, full-information battle card game, choose your fighter from a diverse roster of spell-slinging duelists, tag-teaming werewolves, time-traveling boxers, dimensional knights, and more!
Why similar: Card Game 65.6%, Strategy 29.5%, Indie 4.8%
- #47 Icaropolis
61% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team-like Team
Windows
Take up the role of the city mayor. With a deck that evolves based on your political standing, not just your strategy, every decision becomes difficult. Keep everyone happy and increase production, but don’t push too hard or you’ll get burned.
Why similar: Card Game 50%, Strategy 24.4%, City Builder 24.1%, Indie 1.5%
- #48 Transport Legion
58% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows · Linux
A unique roguelike card-based tower defense game. Strategically place cards, manage resource transport, balance production with combat, and craft distinctive decks to claim victory.
Why similar: Card Game 45.9%, Strategy 27.6%, Medieval 15.3%, Resource Management 11.2%
- #49 Cast or Pass
60% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Terpening
Windows
Battle your friends in a real time card game where wizards sling spells at each other. Has a unique spot as something in between a card game and a fighting game. Games usually take 1-5 minutes, depending on the characters that get picked.
Why similar: Card Game 50.2%, Strategy 30.9%, Medieval 17.2%, Indie 1.7%
- #50 Feudal Baron: King's Land: Prologue
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sim Farm S.A.
Windows
Would you make a good Feudal Baron? Establish and develop a medieval settlement. Create a prosperous city, take care of its inhabitants and make tough decisions.
Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Resource Management 30.7%, Strategy 22.2%, Medieval 15.9%
- #51 IRONHIVE
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wondernaut StudioPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Ironhive is a deckbuilding strategy game about surviving in a dying world. Build your colony, ensure the survival of your people, create a legacy that will be passed on to the next generations. As the Ironlord, you are their only remaining hope.
Why similar: Card Game 38.5%, City Builder 25.9%, Resource Management 20.3%, Strategy 13.8%, Indie 1.5%
- #52 Arena of Shaelo
61% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Royal Donut
Windows · Linux
Arena of Shaelo is a pixelated co-op card game set in the world of Shaelo. Once you begrudgingly take a step into the arena, it soon dawns on you that it is only through the power of teamwork that both you and your teammate might make it out alive.
Why similar: Card Game 56.4%, Strategy 37%, Indie 6.6%
- #53 Brewmatics
59% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Nova Makes Games
Windows
An Incremental Deck builder where you build decks, collect artifacts and upgrade your skills to brew the best potions Possible and discover crazy combos and live the fantasy of Number Go Up.
Why similar: Card Game 66.8%, Strategy 31.2%, Indie 2%
- #54 Cat Syndicate: Istanbul
59% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Creedon Games
Windows
Get ready for a mix of chaos, strategy, and cuteness in the heart of Istanbul. Run your own cat business among the city's legendary street cats, grow your lira income. It may look adorable... but underneath lies a game that rewards careful planning, just like navigating the Grand Bazaar itself.
Why similar: Card Game 45.8%, Cats 28.2%, Strategy 26.1%