- #1 Griftlands
96% matchVery Positive94% of 14,297 reviews2021
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Why similar: Card Battler 23.2%, Deckbuilding 20.3%, Card Game 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully combines deckbuilding with a branching narrative where your choices significantly impact the world and your relationships.
- #2 Ash of Gods: Redemption
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,435 reviews2018
Dev: AurumDust
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters.
Why similar: Isometric 18.2%, Tactical RPG 17.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: As the predecessor to your seed game, it shares the same dark fantasy art style, narrative-heavy RPG elements, and tactical combat.
- #3 Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
96% matchVery Positive90% of 16,944 reviews2018
Dev: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Discover a brand new RPG from the creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Facing an imminent invasion, Meve — war-veteran and Queen of Lyria and Rivia — is forced to once again enter the warpath and set out on a dark journey of destruction and revenge.
Why similar: Card Game 35.1%, Choices Matter 13%, RPG 12.8%, Isometric 11.7%, Story Rich 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the closest match to the lane-based tactical card combat and heavy narrative focus found in Ash of Gods: The Way.
- #4 Knights in Tight Spaces
95% 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 Battler 16.2%, Deckbuilding 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Isometric 11.2%, Tactical RPG 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, grid-based card battler that emphasizes positioning and movement, similar to the tactical puzzles in Ash of Gods.
- #5 The Banner Saga
94% matchVery Positive89% of 15,850 reviews2014
Dev: StoicPub: Stoic Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.6%, Tactical 18.3%, Tactical RPG 15.8%, RPG 13.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: While not a card-battler, it shares the exact dark, hand-drawn aesthetic and the high-stakes, choice-heavy narrative structure of the Ash of Gods series.
- #6 Tainted Grail: Conquest
94% 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: Deckbuilding 22.8%, Card Game 16.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.8%, Card Battler 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder that excels at world-building and provides a grim, immersive experience.
- #7 Trials of Fire
93% matchVery Positive86% of 3,239 reviews2021
Dev: Whatboy Games
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Why similar: Card Battler 21.7%, Tactical RPG 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Card Game 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: It combines tactical, grid-based combat with card-based abilities, requiring careful positioning and strategy to overcome superior enemies.
- #8 Black Book
92% matchVery Positive92% of 6,528 reviews2021
Dev: MorteshkaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
Why similar: Card Battler 23.4%, Deckbuilding 17%, Card Game 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: This dark folklore-inspired game features card-based combat and a heavy emphasis on narrative choices that affect the protagonist's fate.
- #9 Library Of Ruina
91% matchVery Positive94% of 41,062 reviews2021
Dev: ProjectMoon
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 53.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 22.4%, Card Game 17.9%, Card Battler 17.1%, Difficult 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply complex card-based combat system paired with an extensive, dark, and character-driven story.
- #10 Hadean Tactics
89% 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 Battler 23.4%, Deckbuilding 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Card Game 16%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: It blends auto-battler mechanics with card-based strategy, providing a unique tactical experience that rewards careful planning.
- #11 Deck of Ashes
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,061 reviews2020
Dev: AYGamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Deck of Ashes is an adventure game with tactical card combat. One character at a time, lead the cast of antiheroes on a quest for redemption. Explore the cursed fantasy world and hunt down powerful cards. Forge a unique Battle Deck, and crush your foes! Can you rid the world of the Ash Curse?
Why similar: Card Battler 33.3%, Deckbuilding 26%, Card Game 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Hand-drawn 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This dark fantasy card-battler focuses on survival and tactical decision-making in a harsh, unforgiving world.
- #12 Hand of Fate 2
89% matchVery Positive84% of 5,759 reviews2017
Dev: Defiant Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 42.5%, Card Game 35.9%, RPG 13.1%, Choices Matter 5.5%, Singleplayer 3%
Why You'll Like It: It blends tabletop adventure storytelling with real-time card-based combat, mirroring the choose-your-own-adventure feel of the seed game.
- #13 Inscryption
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,157 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Card Battler 33.4%, Deckbuilding 27.7%, Card Game 22.3%, Story Rich 8.2%, Puzzle 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a dark, unsettling atmosphere and a card-based combat system that is deeply intertwined with its mysterious narrative.
- #14 Banners of Ruin
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,181 reviews2021
Dev: MonteBearoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.
Why similar: Card Battler 19.7%, Deckbuilding 17.5%, Card Game 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Difficult 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical card-battler that focuses on party management and positioning, offering a similar strategic depth to the seed game.
- #15 Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars
87% matchVery Positive80% of 1,413 reviews2021
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars is an RPG set in a world of swords and sorcery, told entirely through the medium of cards.
Why similar: Card Battler 27.6%, Card Game 19%, Deckbuilding 16.4%, Hand-drawn 10%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: The entire game is presented through cards, offering a unique narrative-driven experience that feels like a tabletop adventure.
- #16 Ancient Enemy
86% matchVery Positive89% of 503 reviews2020
Dev: Grey Alien Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Ancient Enemy is an RPG card battler set in a crumbling world where the forces of evil have already won. Blast distorted enemies with a satisfying range of spells and abilities. Journey into a scarred wilderness and draw power and hope from the landscape to defeat the deadliest foe of all!
Why similar: Card Battler 32.7%, Deckbuilding 22.5%, Card Game 20.6%, Puzzle 8.9%, Story Rich 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy card-based puzzle game that emphasizes strategic thinking and atmospheric storytelling.
- #17 Pyrene
83% matchVery Positive93% of 727 reviews2024
Dev: Two Tiny DicePub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac
Defeat hellish monsters and rebuild your home in Pyrene, a fast paced roguelike dungeon-crawler. Play with different heroes & spells, collect powerful relics to upgrade your deck while uncovering the mysteries behind your village’s destruction.
Why similar: Card Battler 16.9%, Deckbuilding 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Card Game 11%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy strategy game that incorporates card-based combat and meaningful choices throughout the journey.
- #18 Three Kingdom: The Journey
84% matchVery Positive83% of 243 reviews2023
Dev: Senmu StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Craft a legendary deck and lead your troops to protect the Kingdom for the glory of the Han Dynasty in this fast-paced deck-building strategy roguelike. The Kingdom is on the verge of disaster against the Yellow Turbans rebellion, and only you – and your skills as a general – stand in their way!
Why similar: Card Battler 21.3%, Deckbuilding 20.3%, Card Game 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy card battler that draws inspiration from historical narratives and tactical combat.
- #19 SpellRogue
82% matchVery Positive87% of 1,585 reviews2025
Dev: Guidelight GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.7%, Card Battler 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Card Game 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A unique deckbuilder that uses dice mechanics to drive card-based combat, offering a fresh strategic challenge.
- #20 Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder
85% matchMixed63% of 329 reviews2023
Dev: Black Eye Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Nadir is a roguelike deck-builder with a twist: the cost to play a card is an enemy reaction you can predict. Craft your own cards to slay powerful demons. Gather resources, expand your city, grow in power and conquer the underworld.
Why similar: Card Battler 25.4%, Deckbuilding 23.6%, Card Game 18.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, Hand-drawn 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a highly stylized, dark aesthetic and a unique card-based combat system that feels distinct and challenging.
- #21 Monster Train
82% 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 Battler 24.2%, Deckbuilding 18.5%, Card Game 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: While more roguelike-focused, its lane-based tactical combat is a strong mechanical parallel to the lane-based system in the seed game.
- #22 Cardnarok: Raid with Gods
84% 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 Battler 36.9%, Card Game 21.6%, Deckbuilding 19.3%, Hand-drawn 11%, RPG 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A party-based card battler that requires tactical coordination to defeat challenging enemies.
- #23 Wildermyth
81% matchVery Positive95% of 18,060 reviews2021
Dev: Worldwalker Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 21.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%, Choices Matter 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Hand-drawn 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven tactical RPG where your choices have long-lasting consequences on your characters and the world.
- #24 Looper Tactics
80% matchVery Positive89% of 515 reviews2023
Dev: Inkstone AtelierPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Welcome again, wandering soul. Will this be the time of your success? Watch your steps as you advance in this roguelike-deck builder and engage in auto-battler card encounters of increasing difficulty. Get stronger in each battle, rise from the ashes, and break free from endless reincarnation!
Why similar: Card Battler 22.6%, Deckbuilding 21.8%, Card Game 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tabletop-inspired card game that emphasizes tactical movement and strategic card play.
- #25 Castle Morihisa
81% matchMixed67% of 445 reviews2022
Dev: Smokingbear StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
"Castle Morihisa" is a roguelike featuring strategic deckbuilder. You need to build up your deck through constant battles, acquire powerful talents, and wield the power of the Fallen Heroes to unveil the truth behind the rebellion in Castle Morihisa.
Why similar: Card Battler 24%, Deckbuilding 17.5%, Card Game 14.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Difficult 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical card-battler with a focus on character classes and strategic deck building.
- #26 Vegangsters
78% matchVery Positive94% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Poison Pill Games
Windows
Embark into a deck-building roguelike where real-time action will challenge your reaction and strategy skills. Face the deadliest criminals in intense turn-based combat, where each card defines the pace of the battle and save the city from the Vegangsters!
Why similar: Card Battler 25%, Deckbuilding 21.1%, Card Game 17.2%, Difficult 12%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deckbuilding card-battler that offers a unique thematic twist while maintaining core tactical gameplay.
- #27 Journey to the Void
77% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: RuneHeads
Windows · Mac
Prepare to fend off attacks from all directions in this hybrid strategy roguelite deck builder. On your journey through varied grid-based biomes, battle unique foes and make tough moral choices to restore a corrupted land and decide the fate of your world.
Why similar: Card Battler 21.2%, Deckbuilding 20.1%, Card Game 15.7%, Difficult 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%
- #28 Desert Revenant
79% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Kreationware
Windows
Desert Revenant is a strategic Roguelike Deck Building RPG packing a huge variety of cards to do battle with. Think about your every move and make careful decisions in hand-crafted encounters as you cut deals with Jinn and humans alike in your adventures amongst the dunes of Elmyr.
Why similar: Card Battler 17.6%, Deckbuilding 16.1%, Card Game 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG-focused card game that emphasizes exploration and tactical combat in a harsh environment.
- #29 Kamifuda
79% matchVery Positive88% of 138 reviews2022
Dev: Realm Archive
Windows
Master the eldritch art of Kamifuda—channeling long dead powers within arcane cards—in this visual novel and deck builder game.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 17.4%, Card Battler 17.1%, Card Game 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel-style game that integrates card-based combat mechanics with a strong narrative focus.
- #30 Gordian Quest
77% matchVery Positive89% of 5,923 reviews2022
Dev: Mixed Realms Pte Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
Why similar: Card Battler 22.3%, Deckbuilding 18.7%, Card Game 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Tactical 12.1%
- #31 Vault of the Void
76% 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 Battler 22.6%, Deckbuilding 22%, Card Game 15.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Isometric 11.6%
- #32 Shuffle Tactics
76% 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: Tactical RPG 14.7%, Deckbuilding 13%, Isometric 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Card Game 11%
- #33 Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
75% matchVery Positive94% of 709 reviews2023
Dev: D20Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
Why similar: Card Battler 23.6%, Deckbuilding 21.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Card Game 12.6%
- #34 A Long Way Down
78% matchMixed67% of 230 reviews2020
Dev: Seenapsis StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A deck-building roguelite RPG set in a dark and tormented world. Assemble your party and use your cards to survive, fight and build your way through a dark maze of monsters orchestrated by an evil mastermind. Your choices will lead you to judgement.
Why similar: Card Battler 29.1%, Deckbuilding 23%, Card Game 19.7%, Difficult 15.3%, RPG 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, dungeon-crawling card battler that requires careful planning and strategic deck management.
- #35 Deck of Souls
74% matchVery Positive83% of 211 reviews2024
Dev: Bigboot StudiosPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Roguelite deck-building meets souls-like. Break out of an infinite loop to close the hell gates, turn enemies into cards, and build your own omnipotent Deck of Souls! Rolls included.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 14.6%, Card Battler 14.3%, Tactical RPG 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Card Game 11.5%
- #36 Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
75% matchVery Positive80% of 539 reviews2023
Dev: Balcony SoftworksPub: Those Awesome Guys
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Delve into the depths of Deepest Chamber: Resurrection, where card boosting is your key to survival. Employ this unique mechanic to augment your abilities, strategize your next moves and endure a series of increasingly perilous descents in this gripping rogue-lite, card-battling adventure!
Why similar: Card Battler 21.9%, Deckbuilding 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Card Game 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%
- #37 Across the Obelisk
74% 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 Battler 20%, Deckbuilding 18.5%, Tactical RPG 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Card Game 14.4%
- #38 Alina of the Arena
73% 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 16.8%, Deckbuilding 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Difficult 11.8%
- #39 Prophecy of Ashen
72% matchVery Positive80% of 213 reviews2026
Dev: hhyuGame
Windows
Prophecy of Ashen: a dark fantasy tactical CRPG. Be a secret messenger between the Hall's judgment and the Ashborne's vengeance. Recruit allies, use terrain and magic in turn-based combat. Your choices reshape Rattalan: uphold order or ignite destruction.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #40 Dark Sky
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Ganymede GamesPub: Midwest Games
Windows
Dark Sky is a narrative RPG deckbuilder that features tactical combat and a branching card upgrade system. Assemble your party, customize your deck, and harness powerful synergies to master strategic battles as you unravel the mystery behind a planetary catastrophe.
Why similar: Card Battler 16.2%, Deckbuilding 15.2%, Card Game 13.7%, Tactical RPG 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%
- #41 Takara Cards
72% matchVery Positive83% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: Post Mortem PixelsPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Takara Cards is a unique tactical deck-builder RPG about chasing space dragons in a sci-fi fantasy universe. Create your deck as you explore sectors, fighting your way in deep puzzly combat. Every decision you make affects your Ship and Character: Each new adventure offers new surprises!
Why similar: Card Battler 25.2%, Card Game 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Deckbuilding 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.4%
- #42 Gloomhaven
71% matchVery Positive82% of 15,788 reviews2021
Dev: Flaming Fowl StudiosPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Deckbuilding 13.2%, Tactical RPG 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Card Game 11.5%
- #43 Veterum
69% matchVery Positive93% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows
Turn-based tactical strategy with a detailed combat system and interactive environment. Explore the open world, complete quests, search for rare artifacts. Lead the last army of the Order of the Gatekeepers and stop the coming chaos!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Tactical RPG 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Isometric 12.6%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
- #44 Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy
73% matchMixed69% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: Curious FatePub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy is a turn-based, tactical RPG featuring strategic battles, intriguing puzzles and exciting quests. Customize your heroes’ unique, class-based attacks and abilities to defeat Father Eldritch's oppressive armies throughout dozens of unique, hand-crafted maps!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 32.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 22%, Dark Fantasy 20.2%
- #45 Death Roads: Tournament
70% matchVery Positive81% of 797 reviews2023
Dev: The Knights of Unity
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Combine deadly racing, deckbuilding, and roguelite style to get car battles unlike anything before! Choose a driver, car, weapons, and sponsors to overcome tactical encounters. Adapt to an ever-changing race to come out on top and earn entry into the last safe haven on the Divided States of America.
Why similar: Card Battler 23.9%, Deckbuilding 22.5%, Card Game 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%
- #46 Valor of Man
68% matchVery Positive94% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: Legacy ForgePub: Numskull Games
Windows
Forge your party. Master your fate. In this turn-based roguelite RPG, lead four heroes through a fractured realm of danger and destiny. Build synergies, unlock powerful abilities, and face ever-shifting challenges in an epic battle for survival. No journey is ever the same.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 22.1%, Dark Fantasy 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Isometric 11.4%
- #47 Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
68% matchVery Positive92% of 4,424 reviews2023
Dev: Little Leo GamesPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.
Why similar: Card Battler 19.7%, Deckbuilding 17.3%, Card Game 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%
- #48 Wildfrost
69% 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 Battler 24.5%, Deckbuilding 19%, Card Game 15.6%, Difficult 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%
- #49 Othercide
70% matchVery Positive82% of 5,143 reviews2020
Dev: Lightbulb CrewPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 25.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Tactical 15.9%, Difficult 12.8%
- #50 As We Descend
67% matchVery Positive87% of 1,106 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Why similar: Card Battler 23.6%, Deckbuilding 21.6%, Card Game 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%
- #51 Vagrus - The Riven Realms
70% matchVery Positive85% of 1,691 reviews2021
Dev: Lost Pilgrims StudioPub: Lost Pilgrims Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Difficult 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #52 Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,383 reviews2019
Dev: Ctrl Alt Ninja Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A tactical, turn-based RPG from the makers of Legend of Grimrock games. Every action, every turn counts as you control your party of heroes through challenging, handcrafted missions in the ancient, mist-clad Menhir Forest.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 29.1%, Isometric 25.2%, Tactical 15%, RPG 11.6%, Difficult 9.2%
- #53 The Iron Oath
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 889 reviews2023
Dev: Curious Panda GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 27.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.2%, Tactical 15.7%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #54 Throne of Bone
67% matchVery Positive86% of 328 reviews2025
Dev: Windmill Slam
Windows · Mac
Draft minions to defeat all who oppose the noble art of necromancy. Wield spells, discover dark relics, and reclaim your castle to unite the land through undeath in this unholy amalgam of roguelike, deckbuilder, and autobattler.
Why similar: Card Battler 21.8%, Deckbuilding 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Card Game 13.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%
- #55 Tendryll
68% 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 Battler 22%, Deckbuilding 19.9%, Card Game 15.9%, Tactical 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
- #56 Legends of Eisenwald
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,821 reviews2015
Dev: Aterdux Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Legends of Eisenwald is an adventure game with tactical battles, RPG and strategy elements. Take the lead of a small feudal army and try to defend your right to survive in this ruthless medieval world.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Difficult 11.8%
- #57 Faith in Despair
65% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Philipp Lehner
Windows · Mac · Linux
Forge your own cards with triggers, actions and modifiers. Shape your deck and gamble against Death itself. Make one mistake and you will descend into despair.
Why similar: Card Battler 26.8%, Deckbuilding 22.4%, Card Game 18.3%, Difficult 15%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #58 None Shall Intrude
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 901 reviews2025
Dev: Aeterna LudiPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Venture into None Shall Intrude, a roguelite deck-builder with tile-based combat where you become a powerful Raid Boss. Epic battles, intricate strategies, and the ever-present threat of heroic challengers seeking to vanquish your reign. Will you conquer all or fall to valiant heroes?
Why similar: Card Battler 31.9%, Card Game 23.3%, Deckbuilding 19.4%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Tactical 6.3%
- #59 Deathless. The Hero Quest
64% matchVery Positive88% of 983 reviews2024
Dev: 1C Game StudiosPub: FOR-GAMES CR LTD
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Deathless, elements of a collectible card game, roguelike, and turn-based strategy combine seamlessly. Build a unique deck of cards, discover unusual relics, and defeat legendary bosses. No two journeys will ever be the same with endless Path. Crush the Evil and save the world!
Why similar: Card Battler 23.9%, Deckbuilding 23.6%, Card Game 17.7%, Difficult 15.1%, Hand-drawn 11.2%