- #1 Hadean Tactics
97% matchVery Positive89% of 1,857 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
Why similar: Card Game 28%, Roguelike 18.7%, Roguelite 16.1%, Real Time Tactics 11.2%, Strategy 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines auto-battler mechanics with deckbuilding, creating a similar sense of managing units in a dynamic, tactical environment.
- #2 Alina of the Arena
96% matchVery Positive92% of 3,884 reviews2022
Dev: PINIX
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A roguelike deckbuilding tactics game that combines elements from 'Slay the Spire' and 'Into the Breach'. Play as a gladiator to survive. With roguelike deckbuilding and hex-based tactics, no longer bound by simple attack and defense. Make use of dodges and knockbacks to stay alive!
Why similar: Card Game 29.8%, Roguelike 23.3%, Roguelite 17%, Strategy 10.2%, Deckbuilding 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes tactical positioning on a hex grid, which is essential for players who enjoy the spatial strategy of Aestheta.
- #3 One Step From Eden
96% matchVery Positive93% of 7,592 reviews2020
Dev: Thomas Moon KangPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
Why similar: Card Game 27.2%, Roguelite 20.5%, Roguelike 17.4%, Deckbuilding 12%, Strategy 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the real-time card combat and high-speed tactical decision-making found in Aestheta.
- #4 Beneath Oresa
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,655 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Spear Inc.Pub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Beneath Oresa, a fighting roguelike deckbuilder, takes you deep within the city to confront your foes. As a strategist, choose your cards, upgrades, and artifacts wisely, but as a fighter, turn their positioning to your advantage.
Why similar: Card Game 34%, Roguelike 20.9%, Deckbuilding 12.5%, Strategy 12.4%, Roguelite 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique tactical card-battler experience that focuses on positioning and combat depth.
- #5 Ratropolis
94% matchVery Positive88% of 5,484 reviews2020
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!
Why similar: Card Game 22.3%, Real Time Tactics 22%, Roguelite 14.3%, Roguelike 12.6%, Strategy 9%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends real-time strategy with deckbuilding, requiring quick thinking to manage your defenses and troops under pressure.
- #6 Dungeon Drafters
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 753 reviews2023
Dev: Manalith StudiosPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Dungeon Drafters is a mystery dungeon adventure set in a world where magic is cards, and cards are magic. Explore ancient ruins, loot rare cards and employ clever combos to defeat your foes and build the legendary spell deck that could save the world.
Why similar: Card Game 34.2%, Roguelite 20.7%, Strategy 12.7%, Deckbuilding 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a tactical grid-based combat system where card usage and positioning are key to survival.
- #7 Phantom Rose 2 Sapphire
93% matchVery Positive92% of 376 reviews2023
Dev: makarollPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac
Phantom Rose 2 is a roguelike deckbuilding game. Fight and collect powerful cards as Aria, trying to survive in her cherished school that’s being ravaged by evil creatures.
Why similar: Card Game 31.8%, Roguelike 20.7%, Roguelite 17.4%, Deckbuilding 11.1%, Strategy 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: The real-time card combat system offers a similar intensity and focus on quick, tactical reactions.
- #8 Dream Tactics
92% matchVery Positive93% of 631 reviews2024
Dev: Spectra Entertainment Inc.Pub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Dream Tactics is a GBA-styled strategy RPG with cunning card combos and deep character customization. Pick your party, manage cards to create unique playstyles, and outsmart hordes of pillows in turn-based combat to save the Dream World from its inevitable collapse.
Why similar: Strategy 28.3%, Deckbuilding 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 21.7%, 2D 9.2%, Fantasy 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This tactical RPG uses card-based mechanics to drive its grid-based combat, appealing to fans of Aestheta's strategic depth.
- #9 Shuffle Tactics
91% matchMixed70% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Club SandwichPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Shuffle Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding tactical RPG. Strategize to survive tough battles, pick the right cards to create powerful synergies, and bond with your sidekicks to get an edge in battle. Adventure awaits! Will you rise as Asteria's new King?
Why similar: Card Game 30.1%, Roguelike 22%, Strategy 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Deckbuilding 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This tactical RPG focuses on grid-based movement and card-driven combat, making it a natural fit for fans of Aestheta.
- #10 Astral Throne
90% matchVery Positive82% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: Zero Sun Games
Windows
Uncover the mystery of a land beset by a Falling Star's curse in this Roguelike Strategy RPG inspired by the classics. Build your party, recruit new allies, and synergize your team's skills for decisive victory.
Why similar: Roguelite 28.6%, Roguelike 26.7%, Top-Down 15%, Strategy 14.8%, Fantasy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that shares the roguelite progression and strategic depth found in Aestheta.
- #11 Spire of Glory
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 151 reviews2022
Dev: Ferran Pla
Windows · Mac
Surpass the challenges of the Spire. Your legacy begins now. Prove your worth.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 25.5%, Roguelike 18.2%, Roguelite 13%, Strategy 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: An auto-battler that emphasizes strategic choices and pixel-art aesthetics similar to the seed game.
- #12 Monster Train
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,754 reviews2020
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Why similar: Card Game 33.2%, Roguelite 20.5%, Roguelike 20.3%, Deckbuilding 11.4%, Strategy 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: The lane-based strategy and unit management provide a similar feel to the troop-enhancement mechanics of the seed game.
- #13 Wildfrost
89% matchVery Positive83% of 8,624 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Why similar: Card Game 33.6%, Roguelike 20.3%, Roguelite 18.9%, Deckbuilding 11.2%, Strategy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features lane-based tactical combat where positioning your units correctly is just as important as the cards you play.
- #14 Tetra Tactics
88% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Jabari AliiPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Strategize, collect, upgrade. Tetra Tactics is a roguelite deckbuilder inspired by Triple Triad, featuring deep meta-progression and endless replayability. Outwit opponents on a 4x4 tactical grid, traverse branching maps, augment your cards, and combine powerful abilities to build the ultimate deck.
Why similar: Card Game 34.1%, Roguelike 24.3%, Strategy 13.1%, Deckbuilding 13%, Fantasy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelike deckbuilder utilizes grid-based tactical combat that rewards players for outmaneuvering their opponents.
- #15 Fights in Tight Spaces
87% matchVery Positive90% of 3,799 reviews2021
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.
Why similar: Card Game 31.9%, Strategy 23.2%, Roguelike 17.9%, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Roguelite 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on tactical positioning and card-based combat in confined spaces, mirroring the tactical intensity of Aestheta.
- #16 Vault of the Void
86% matchVery Positive93% of 2,938 reviews2022
Dev: Spider Nest Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!
Why similar: Card Game 28%, Roguelike 17%, Roguelite 16.1%, Strategy 11%, Deckbuilding 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, tactical card-battler experience that rewards careful planning and strategic unit management.
- #17 Lethal Dungeon
83% matchVery Positive97% of 196 reviews2026
Dev: Nihohe Soft
Windows
Lethal Dungeon is a roguelike card game. Win every battle using only the cards in your opening hand to defeat all enemies in a single turn.
Why similar: Roguelike 27.2%, Strategy 25%, Roguelite 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Retro 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D roguelite that incorporates card-battler mechanics and strategic dungeon crawling.
- #18 Zoeti
86% matchMixed65% of 503 reviews2023
Dev: Dusklight CO., LTD.Pub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Zoeti is a turn-based roguelite that features a deck of playing cards used to create card combos and activate skills in the heat of battle. Bolster your arsenal of skills through battles, discoverable upgrades, or aid from the locals which enhance your plays to overcome the evil plaguing your land.
Why similar: Card Game 30%, Roguelike 19.2%, Roguelite 16.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Deckbuilding 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a card-based combat system that requires strategic planning and quick thinking to overcome difficult encounters.
- #19 Across the Obelisk
84% matchVery Positive81% of 12,790 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamsite GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 20.8 hrsMean: 53.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!
Why similar: Card Game 33.9%, Roguelike 21.9%, Roguelite 18.9%, Strategy 12.4%, Deckbuilding 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: This party-based roguelite offers complex tactical combat and synergy building that aligns with Aestheta's focus on troop enhancement.
- #20 Castle Warriors
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 104 reviews2023
Dev: Cluck Games, LLC
Windows
Castle Warriors is a rogue like auto battler with a strategy twist. Build your army one card at a time!
Why similar: Roguelike 19.9%, Card Game 18.3%, Roguelite 17.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Deckbuilding 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This auto-battler focuses on strategy and troop management, echoing the core loop of Aestheta.
- #21 Arena Story~Rouge And Princess Knight~
84% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Kokutou Umeboshi
Windows
For various reasons, they come to the gladiatorial arena where they can get their wishes, and they keep fighting! The gladiatorial arena is filled with people of different races, demons, or anything else. If you lose, you lose everything, and if you win at the end, you can get everything.
Why similar: Card Game 25.3%, Roguelite 18.4%, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Roguelike 12%, Strategy 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines deckbuilding and strategy in a way that feels familiar to fans of roguelike tactical games.
- #22 Sun Halo
82% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: RenkaPub: Renka M
Windows
Sun Halo is a real-time combat game blending roguelike progression with strategic deck-building. Recruit and develop a roster of distinctive characters, build your own unique deck, and adapt your tactics on the battlefield. Uncover the world’s unfolding story, all the way to its final chapter.
Why similar: Card Game 27.6%, RTS 16.5%, Roguelike 14.8%, Roguelite 13.1%, Deckbuilding 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG with card-battler mechanics that emphasizes deckbuilding and strategic combat.
- #23 Tainted Grail: Conquest
82% matchVery Positive90% of 8,124 reviews2021
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.
Why similar: Card Game 41.8%, Roguelike 26.5%, Roguelite 15.4%, Deckbuilding 15.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Why You'll Like It: It blends dark fantasy themes with a tactical combat system that requires careful management of your deck and positioning.
- #24 Revelatio
81% matchVery Positive93% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: Guild Studio
Windows
"Revelatio" is a turn-based strategy game that combines tile-based combat and elements of roguelike. Strategically summon and control units to claim victory. Stain the world with your darkness by corrupting various units, bosses and even NPCs.
Why similar: Roguelike 25.5%, Roguelite 21.4%, Strategy 16.5%, Deckbuilding 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-RPG that focuses on tactical combat and dark fantasy elements, similar to the tone of Aestheta.
- #25 Reign of the Renegade
81% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Dabuoys
Windows
Reign of the Renegade is a dice-based roguelite deckbuilder. Ascend the tower, brave the odds, and create powerful synergies. Will you end the Reign of the Renegade?
Why similar: Card Game 34.5%, Roguelike 21.5%, Strategy 17.5%, Deckbuilding 8.1%, Roguelite 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title features turn-based tactical combat and card-battler mechanics set within a dungeon-crawling framework.
- #26 Rune Coliseum
79% matchVery Positive88% of 892 reviews2024
Dev: Rafale Software
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A deck-building roguelike game with unique semi-real-time combat system. Step into the shoes of an ancient gladiator and do your best to survive in the coliseum. Combine various skills and equipment, develop your own fighting style, and defeat all the enemies to become the next champion!
Why similar: Card Game 38.6%, Roguelike 25.7%, Strategy 18%, Deckbuilding 17.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deckbuilding strategy game that focuses on arena-style combat and roguelike progression.
- #27 Ring of Pain
79% matchVery Positive92% of 5,015 reviews2020
Dev: Simon BoxerPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? Meet strange friends bearing gifts and treasure. Choose your gear wisely to survive and discover the secrets of the Ring of Pain.
Why similar: Card Game 39.1%, Roguelite 21.8%, Roguelike 21.1%, Strategy 10.6%, Horror 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelike features unique tactical combat where every decision impacts your survival in a dark, atmospheric setting.
- #28 Card Hog
78% matchVery Positive94% of 541 reviews2023
Dev: SnoutUp
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Card Hog is a pig-based dungeon crawler with roguelike and deck building elements. Take the role of an adventurous hog and interact with more than 100 cards of dangerous enemies, powerful weapons and exciting spells!
Why similar: Roguelite 35.1%, Deckbuilding 21.1%, Roguelike 17.9%, Card Game 16.6%, Strategy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A grid-based tactical roguelike that simplifies complex mechanics into an accessible but challenging card-driven experience.
- #29 DungeonTop
80% matchVery Positive82% of 573 reviews2020
Dev: One Up Plus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A rogue-like deck-building experience coupled with table top battles. Choose a hero and allegiance then dive deep into the dungeon, evolving your deck for survival. Each choice you make matters, even in between battles!
Why similar: Card Game 31.7%, Roguelike 19.9%, Roguelite 17.8%, Deckbuilding 11.1%, Strategy 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It blends deckbuilding with tactical grid combat, providing a solid experience for fans of strategy-focused roguelikes.
- #30 One Turn Kill
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,141 reviews2026
Dev: DenDenPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
One Turn Kill is a PvE card game where card drawing and deck control are the keys to victory. Engage in battles limited to a single turn for an exhilarating, suspenseful experience.Join the protagonist in a pixel art wasteland to face off with the strongest of enemies and see what story awaits.
Why similar: Card Game 42.3%, Strategy 18.7%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Sci-fi 5.1%
- #31 Holder of Place
76% matchVery Positive90% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: Ardent FieldsPub: Alibi Games
Windows
Holder of Place is a Roguelike Auto-Battler Card game. Recruit different follower cards, arrange them, watch them fight ever-stronger enemies. Along the way, unfold a dark science-fantasy tale of a ruined kingdom, meet strange characters, and visit exotic locations.
Why similar: Card Game 35.2%, Roguelike 29.9%, Strategy 17%, Sci-fi 8.5%, 2D 6.1%
- #32 Spirits of The Silicium Forest
77% matchVery Positive94% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: PixelGreeds
Windows · Linux
SotSF is a turn-based rogue-like game with deck-building elements, in the aesthetics of Mesoamerica and transhumanism. Position yourself on the battlefield, build and utilize various combinations of abilities to defeat the mysterious spirits of the Silicium Forest. Has “Story” and “Roguelite” modes.
Why similar: Card Game 41.8%, Strategy 14.6%, Roguelite 13.7%, Roguelike 9.6%, Deckbuilding 8.8%
- #33 Madcap Mosaic
77% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: 1classydude
Windows
Carefully craft your Mosaic in this fantasy themed deckbuilding game. Battle by battle, tile by tile, you'll form synergies and build up your Mosaic's combo potential, hoping to beat the curve as you forge deeper into enemy territory.
Why similar: Card Game 27.2%, Roguelite 18.2%, Roguelike 16.9%, Strategy 12.3%, Deckbuilding 10.4%
- #34 Aurora Defense
76% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Moka Games
Windows
A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!
Why similar: RTS 21.2%, Card Game 19.2%, Roguelike 16.8%, Roguelite 11.8%, Strategy 8.4%
- #35 Void Tyrant
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Quite Fresh GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Collect an intergalactic bounty of eccentric allies and deadly weapons, explore vibrant planets, and engage in risky turn-based battles to restore the Eyes of Chronos and save the galaxy in this strategic roguelike deckbuilder!
Why similar: Card Game 32.1%, Roguelike 19.6%, Roguelite 16.8%, Strategy 13%, Deckbuilding 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelike deckbuilder offers a streamlined but deep combat system that rewards strategic card play.
- #36 Stash: A Card Looter
75% matchVery Positive80% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: WheeGaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a unique drafting adventure with an endless array of randomized cards inspired by classical ARPG-Loot. Transform your one-of-a-kind loot into powerful battle tactics! Take on enemy squads drafted by real players in a post-human world teeming with beasty conflicts.
Why similar: Card Game 29.5%, Roguelite 22.9%, Strategy 16.7%, Roguelike 11.6%, Deckbuilding 9.8%
- #37 Backpack Battles
71% matchVery Positive91% of 19,754 reviews2025
Dev: PlayWithFurciferPub: IndieArk
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A PvP inventory management auto battler! Buy and craft powerful items, then carefully arrange them in your backpack.
Why similar: Roguelike 38.2%, Strategy 37.7%, Combat 7.5%, 2D 6.1%, Fantasy 5.8%
- #38 Into the Restless Ruins
74% matchVery Positive85% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Ant Workshop LtdPub: Wales Interactive
Windows
A roguelike deckbuilder where you create the dungeon you fight through. Each night use your cards to expand the ruins then battle through them, harvesting Glimour from the lost souls and improving your deck. Can you reach The Warden and defeat it, so The Maiden will grant your heart’s desire?
Why similar: Card Game 21.4%, Roguelite 17%, Roguelike 16.9%, Top-Down 10.4%, Strategy 10%
- #39 Starless Abyss
74% matchVery Positive85% of 316 reviews2025
Dev: Konafa GamesPub: No More Robots
Windows
Earth has fallen. Science and the Occult have united forces to brace for the arrival of the Eldritch. But will the efforts against this strange, alien race be enough? Play as one of many Proximae used to help defend humanity in this turn-based, roguelike, intergalactic deck builder.
Why similar: Strategy 33.1%, Card Game 31.8%, Roguelike 19.3%, Fantasy 7.7%, 2D 6.6%
- #40 The Royal Writ
73% matchVery Positive83% of 463 reviews2025
Dev: Save Sloth StudiosPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.
Why similar: Card Game 33.7%, Roguelike 16.1%, Strategy 14%, Roguelite 13.9%, Deckbuilding 10.6%
- #41 Cobalt Core
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,128 reviews2023
Dev: Rocket Rat GamesPub: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!
Why similar: Card Game 34.6%, Roguelike 21.9%, Strategy 13%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #42 Vinecard
72% matchVery Positive99% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: SiriusStudioPub: IndieArk
Windows
VineCard is a card strategy game that combines war chess and light rogue-like elements. Explore the divine weapons on the Kochab Planet, slay demons, solve puzzles, and cultivate your skills to the utmost.
Why similar: Card Game 34.2%, Historical 19.6%, Roguelite 19.5%, Strategy 13.8%, Fantasy 8.1%
- #43 Anomaly Collapse
72% matchVery Positive86% of 634 reviews2024
Dev: RocketPunch Games
Windows
Command a squad of adorably fierce warriors in Anomaly Collapse, a turn-based Roguelite strategy game that offers a fresh twist to an old formula! Face off against otherworldly beings and uncover the dark secrets of supernatural calamities. Immerse yourself in a story where every move counts!
Why similar: Roguelike 31.7%, Roguelite 31.2%, Strategy 19.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%, 2D 6.5%
- #44 StarVaders
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,970 reviews2025
Dev: PengonautsPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Why similar: Card Game 26.7%, Roguelite 17.6%, Roguelike 17.3%, Deckbuilding 12.5%, Strategy 9.9%
- #45 Knights in Tight Spaces
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 825 reviews2025
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Control your environment, gather your party, and build your best deck to overcome outlaws and supernatural forces, across a rich fantasy world. Watch as your tactical choices and deckbuilding prowess play out through stylish fight sequences.
Why similar: Card Game 38.8%, Roguelike 23.5%, Strategy 14.7%, Deckbuilding 12.2%, Fantasy 10.2%
- #46 Cardnarok: Raid with Gods
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: Greedy Wolf Studio
Windows
A roguelite deckbuilding card game that demands tactics and switching in battle. Unlock and pick your divine battle team, develop your very own strategy and deck builds, preview levels and choose your path, and survive mythological bosses to defeat Azathoth in each playthrough.
Why similar: Card Game 30.9%, Roguelite 21.8%, Roguelike 16.7%, Strategy 9.6%, Fantasy 9.1%
- #47 Deckstination
69% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: GoldKidsPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Deckstination is a real-time combat and deck-building hybrid. In this action roguelike, players use customized skill decks to overcome enemies in battles. Combine randomly drawn skills to survive intense encounters and take control of the battlefield with your own actions and strategy.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 25.8%, Roguelike 19.1%, Strategy 18.5%, Deckbuilding 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #48 Royal Booty Quest
73% matchMixed60% of 124 reviews2023
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 217.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Dive into the world of Royal Booty Quest and experience the thrill of deckbuilding and roguelike adventure like never before.
Why similar: Card Game 24.6%, Roguelike 15.9%, Roguelite 15.4%, Strategy 10.8%, Top-Down 9.6%
- #49 Guardians of Dao
68% matchVery Positive92% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: George Financial Holding Limited Company
Windows
“Guardians of Dao” is a wuxia RPG with real-time tactics × roguelite deckbuilding. Play cards to command heroes, shape your build with divine blessings, and defend Earth.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 28.5%, Card Game 25.7%, Roguelite 16.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Deckbuilding 9.7%
- #50 Hyperspace Deck Command
68% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Sleeper Games
Windows
Hyperspace Deck Command is a complex deck building roguelite. Command a massive space fleet that operates on individual turn timers, combine a wide variety of cards into powerful decks and master the dual-use status effects to defeat the hegemonising swarm.
Why similar: Card Game 31.9%, Roguelike 20.2%, Roguelite 15.6%, Deckbuilding 10.7%, Strategy 7.8%
- #51 Tendryll
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Brute Farce
Windows
Delve into grid-based tactical combat in this roguelike deckbuilder. Coordinate your heroes, modify your cards with unique runes, construct powerful item builds, and sidestep card-corrupting terrain to survive a gauntlet of befouled enemies.
Why similar: Card Game 39.5%, Roguelike 22.3%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Strategy 12.2%, Top-Down 8.5%
- #52 Rogue Hex
67% matchVery Positive89% of 252 reviews2025
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!
Why similar: Card Game 24.3%, Roguelike 21.4%, Historical 16.3%, Roguelite 13.9%, Strategy 13%
- #53 Immortal Tactics: War of the Eternals
70% matchVery Positive81% of 101 reviews2022
Dev: Kenisoft Game Studio
Windows
Experience a Fast-Paced Roguelite Turn-Based Strategy game with a New Turn-Based System which will need you to plan early on and create strategies that would lead your army to victory. Create an army with different Characters and Leaders to choose from and explore this Roguelite world.
Why similar: Roguelike 25.5%, Roguelite 24.1%, Strategy 22.9%, Fantasy 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%
- #54 Heat Death
69% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Gallistrix
Windows · Mac
Build your deck, re-write your cards, and join in epic space battles! Heat Death is a single-player deckbuilder which takes card customization and power scaling to the extreme, as you battle against sentient stars and black holes.
Why similar: Card Game 40.3%, Roguelike 23.3%, Deckbuilding 13.7%, Strategy 13.1%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #55 Cross Blitz
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,591 reviews2025
Dev: Tako Boy Studios LLCPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Cross Blitz is a unique RPG deckbuilder featuring fast-paced tactical combat with loads of cards to collect and synergies to wield. Explore, level up, craft new cards and build the perfect decks as you carve your own path to victory!
Why similar: Card Game 29.4%, Roguelite 18.7%, Roguelike 11.8%, Deckbuilding 11.1%, Strategy 10.7%
- #56 Heroes Against Time
66% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: David Vinokurov
Windows · Linux
Heroes Against Time is the ally-drafting game where you build a team and power up in a dangerous enchanted forest. Navigate events, fight enemies and dig through ruins while trying to avoid the creeping magical fog… Will your team endure… or be lost to the mist?
Why similar: Roguelite 23.9%, Roguelike 19.9%, Strategy 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Fantasy 10.5%
- #57 Deck Hunter
71% matchMixed69% of 325 reviews2019
Dev: L_Draven
Windows
Deck Hunter is a roguelike card game. The World of Klanojh has been cursed by Glatta, the Goddess of Anger. Build your deck, make combos, defeat fantasy creatures and help Avery to face the evil and restore the balance!
Why similar: Roguelite 30.2%, Card Game 28.1%, Deckbuilding 17.1%, Strategy 12%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #58 Racine
69% matchMixed62% of 347 reviews2023
Dev: Dark Root GardenersPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Racine is an Autobattler Strategy Roguelike. Use your cards to increase your heroes stats or cast powerful spells. Find some artifacts and new cards to develop your own play style.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 31.9%, Card Game 15.3%, Roguelite 10.9%, Roguelike 10%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #59 Theseus Protocol
68% matchMixed70% of 371 reviews2023
Dev: YueTang(Xiamen)Pub: Archive Games
Windows
Theseus Protocol is a deck building roguelike where rebirth offers strategic opportunity. Utilize a powerful suite of cards and weaponry to uncover the cruel truth behind the dystopian sci-fi world of Mark City.
Why similar: Card Game 41.9%, Roguelike 26.2%, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Sci-fi 6.7%, 2D 5.6%
- #60 Heroes of Magic & Cards
64% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: First Day Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Build the perfect deck, draw the perfect hand, and strike down your enemies with pairs and straights. Heroes of Magic & Cards is a roguelike deckbuilder with a poker twist, sending you and your fifty-two into a mystical fantasy world of monsters and magecraft!
Why similar: Card Game 34.9%, Roguelike 23.7%, Strategy 16.2%, Roguelite 7.7%, Deckbuilding 6.7%