Games Like Backpack Battles

The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!

Why similar: Inventory Management 30%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.5% ★, Turn-Based 12.8%, Card Battler 9.9%, Roguelike 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive inventory-management roguelike where the physical arrangement of items in your bag dictates your combat effectiveness.

Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!

Why similar: Auto Battler 49.2%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 18.1% ★, PvP 7.6%, Strategy 6.2%, Multiplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational auto-battler that mirrors the asynchronous multiplayer and strategic team-building elements found in Backpack Battles.

Megaloot is an addictive Inventory Management Roguelike RPG, where meticulous loot management lets you create diverse and powerful builds for each run. With every new attempt, start from scratch and loot strategically to craft dominating setups and become the ultimate power hunter.

Why similar: Inventory Management 55.4%, Loot 19.8%, Roguelike 12.6%, Strategy 8.5%, Fantasy 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on inventory management and loot optimization within a fast-paced dungeon-crawling framework.

The Bazaar is a fast-paced multiplayer Roguelike where every run is a new puzzle. Choose from unique heroes, uncover powerful combos, and outwit your opponents in a dynamic, ever-changing marketplace. Play at your own pace while discovering endless ways to win.

Why similar: Auto Battler 39.2%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 24.7% ★, Card Battler 9.7%, PvP 9.2%, Strategy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated auto-battler that centers on strategic item acquisition and shop management to outplay opponents.

The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 49.4% ★, Roguelike 14.2%, Turn-Based 13%, Card Battler 11.1%, Strategy 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This poker-themed roguelike shares the same addictive focus on building powerful, game-breaking synergies through careful deck and resource management.

Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

Why similar: Roguelike 57%, Multiplayer 36.5%, 2D 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite that emphasizes character builds and item synergies, providing a similar sense of progression and tactical customization.

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: Auto Battler 43.5%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.2% ★, Card Battler 11.6%, Roguelike 7.6%, Strategy 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines deckbuilding with auto-battler mechanics, forcing players to think about positioning and unit synergy.

Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 42.7% ★, Auto Battler 39.1%, Strategy 8.4%, Roguelike 7.7%, Indie 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: It turns inventory management into a slot-machine puzzle, requiring careful selection and arrangement of items to maximize efficiency.

"Vivid Knight" is a "party-building roguelike" game in which you collect friends who have been turned into jewels and fight by combining their abilities! Explore the ever-changing dungeon and harness the gems you have gathered to challenge the labyrinth!

Why similar: Auto Battler 31.9%, Inventory Management 26.4%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.2% ★, Roguelike 7.4%, Strategy 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features a party-based inventory system where managing your items and unit combinations is essential for survival.

Just King is an action auto-battler with roguelike elements. Assemble your party to venture into different lands fighting fearsome kings and their deadly armies. Use your loot to hire and upgrade mighty heroes... or the bard.

Why similar: Auto Battler 55.6%, Tactical 10.4%, PvP 10.2%, Roguelike 8.9%, Strategy 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical auto-battler that focuses on managing a party of heroes and their equipment in a roguelite environment.

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 37.5% ★, Card Battler 23.7%, PvP 15.7%, Roguelike 12.7%, Strategy 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A premier deckbuilder that requires deep strategic planning and synergy management, much like the item crafting in Backpack Battles.

Build and command your own party of Dwarves in this mix of RPGs, roguelike and auto battlers. Prepare formations, assign equipment, and decide the fate of up to 10 Beardlings, as you lead the raid through reckless runs filled with Glory, Death, and Loot!

Why similar: Auto Battler 68.8%, Inventory Management 15.1%, Loot 6%, Roguelike 4.7%, Strategy 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: An auto-battler that emphasizes character customization and gear management to lead your squad to victory.

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 44.9% ★, Card Battler 19.1%, Turn-Based 15.6%, Roguelike 10.6%, Strategy 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends deckbuilding with auto-battler positioning, offering a high-stakes tactical experience.

Peglin is a Pachinko Roguelike - Fight enemies by collecting special orbs and popping pegs to deal damage. Acquire special relics that radically change the game and ensure no two runs are the same. Aim carefully to survive in this unique turn-based RPG!

Why similar: Turn-Based 38%, Roguelike 26.6%, Strategy 19.6%, Cute 6.2%, 2D 4%

Why You'll Like It: It combines roguelike progression with a pachinko-style mechanic that relies on building powerful item synergies.

Tiny Rogues is a challenging fantasy rogue-lite bullet-hell dungeon crawler with rpg elements. Build a new unique character each run and fight one monster-infested room after another! Discover unique weapons, collect magical items and level up to become more and more powerful!

Why similar: Roguelike 60.7%, Combat 17%, Fantasy 11.4%, 2D 5.6%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This action-roguelite features a heavy emphasis on loot and character builds that reward strategic planning.

Become a giant walking dice, explore dungeons and defy Lady Luck in this dice powered roguelike! Now featuring "Reunion", a free DLC with six brand-new episodes!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 58.6% ★, Card Battler 17.3%, Turn-Based 9.8%, Roguelike 6.4%, Strategy 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It treats inventory management as a core mechanic, where you must fit dice and equipment into a limited grid to trigger abilities.

Face the Lords of the Void and their endless minions, collect their Soulstones and become a god! In this Action Roguelite, unveil secret spells, craft mighty weapons, unlock multiple characters, discover game-breaking synergies and conquer the power of the void.

Why similar: Roguelike 100%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep progression system where selecting the right passive skills and items is key to dominating the battlefield.

Gather your monster squad and fight in Monster Battles! Dive into this inventory management auto-battler. Collect, combine, and strategize with your monsters. The same-race monsters get powerful buffs, and monsters can fuse and evolve. Discover endless possibilities and build your ultimate squad!

Why similar: Auto Battler 31.4%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.9% ★, Inventory Management 20.1%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 8.3% ★, PvP 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike-deckbuilder that incorporates auto-battler combat and inventory management to create a tactical experience.

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: Inventory Management 32%, Turn-Based 24.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 17.5% ★, Roguelike 14%, Strategy 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique roguelike where inventory management and item choices directly dictate your ability to navigate dangerous encounters.

We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 50.1% ★, Card Battler 18.1%, Turn-Based 13.3%, Roguelike 11.5%, Strategy 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for roguelike deckbuilders, providing the same strategic depth and 'one more run' appeal as Backpack Battles.

"Tavern of Gods" is a roguelite auto battle game. Players collect hero skills, followers, and equipment to form various builds to fight with random monsters. Unlock new heros, follower traits and equipment suits, then you can experience more different builds next time.

Why similar: Auto Battler 73.5%, Roguelike 11.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Indie 2.9%, Fantasy 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic auto-battler that focuses on collecting and upgrading units to create the most powerful team composition.

Epic Auto Towers is a turn-based strategy game combining elements of autobattler, deckbuilder and roguelike. Purchase uncommon and rare Towers and build the strongest combo to withstand the monster assault! Discover unusual new Tower combinations as you come back for more.

Why similar: Auto Battler 47.4%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 19.7% ★, Roguelike 7.3%, Turn-Based 6.7%, Card Battler 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tower-defense auto-battler that focuses on deckbuilding and strategic placement to defend against waves of enemies.

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 50.7% ★, Card Battler 19.5%, Roguelike 12%, Strategy 11.2%, Indie 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: This deckbuilder allows for extensive deck and inventory management, giving players total control over their build.

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 59.7% ★, Roguelike 14.3%, Strategy 12.2%, Tactical 10%, Combat 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique grid-based combat system where positioning and card management are vital for success.

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 37.5% ★, Turn-Based 15.7%, Card Battler 14.9%, Tactical 11.7%, Roguelike 10%

Why You'll Like It: A party-based deckbuilder that requires careful coordination of abilities and items across multiple characters.

Oaken Tower is a synergy-heavy PvP auto battler where your tower of items fights other players. Build deadly combos and scale exponentially. Every decision matters.

Why similar: Auto Battler 43.6%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 28.9% ★, Strategy 8.2%, Card Battler 7.1%, PvP 6%

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 52.9%, Roguelike 24.9%, Strategy 19.7%, 2D 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: While more narrative-focused, its core card-battling and board-management mechanics share the tactical DNA of inventory-based games.

Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.

Why similar: Roguelike 52.6%, Hand-drawn 25.1%, Indie 11.8%, Fantasy 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced roguelite that focuses on creating powerful spell synergies to overcome challenging bosses.

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: Loot 40.8%, Strategy 30.4%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Indie 7.1%, Fantasy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A grid-based strategy game where deckbuilding and item management determine your tactical options in combat.

Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!

Why similar: Roguelike 46.1%, Tactical 32.7%, Combat 15.4%, 2D 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a tight resource and inventory management loop that requires constant strategic decision-making.

Turnbound is an auto battler, where you manage a hero's inventory to escape a haunted boardgame. Each run is different from the last, with unique upgrades, combos and synergies. Async PvP lets you battle the ghosts of other players at your own pace in this unique new inventory battler.

Why similar: Auto Battler 23.2%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 16.1% ★, Inventory Management 15.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.3% ★, PvP 5.8%

Toy mayhem unleashed! Arrange, combine, and craft the wildest toy army inside your desk, then crash into chaotic cartoon brawls across the tabletop!

Why similar: Auto Battler 26.4%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 18.2% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.8% ★, Inventory Management 15.5%, PvP 6.9%

A 1v1 tactical auto battler game with elements of roguelike mechanics and backpack management in a dark medieval art style. It was inspired by Backpack Battles and developed with Unreal Engine. Create your own unique attack combos by arranging items in your backpack to connect moves.

Why similar: Auto Battler 38.8%, Inventory Management 18.4%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 17.5% ★, PvP 10%, Strategy 5.9%

This is a free multiplayer PvP strategy game that incorporates rogue-like and auto chess elements, players need to equip their auto-battling heroes with the right treasures and skills to ultimately defeat all other players and become the champion.

Why similar: Auto Battler 48.4%, PvP 12.7%, Card Battler 12.4%, Roguelike 7.9%, Strategy 7.3%

Adapt your strategy to a skill tree that changes every run, combine pieces of equipment to form powerful synergies and create a game-changing build capable of defeating the bosses that will try to stop you. In this Inventory Management Roguelike two games never feel the same!

Why similar: Inventory Management 32.6%, Auto Battler 26%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.8% ★, Loot 11.7%, Roguelike 7.2%

Lunchbreak Tactics is a strategic auto-battler card game set in a chaotic supermarket backstore. Draft cards, min-max your squad, build ridiculous synergies, then battle players asynchronously. Play your way to climb the ranks with quick runs, no timer, limitless combos, and endless replay.

Why similar: Auto Battler 36.5%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 26.2% ★, Card Battler 9.6%, PvP 9.2%, Strategy 5.4%

A chill PvP auto battler where you build your team on a 3x3 grid. Recruit and upgrade unique heroes, strategically place them on the battlefield and find the best synergies.

Why similar: Auto Battler 35.4%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 19.8% ★, Turn-Based 9.1%, PvP 8.7%, Card Battler 7.4%

A Tactical Auto-Battler set in a Dark Fantasy world- complete with Roguelike Dungeons, a PVP Arena, Crafting and Kingdom Building.

Why similar: Auto Battler 21.2%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 14.5% ★, Inventory Management 14.2%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 13% ★, PvP 5.6%

Backpack jianghu is a Wuxia theme, inventory management and battle royale game. Choose a starting sect, enter the world with dozens of other players, pick your path, battle and grow, and compete in the final showdown at Mount Hua's peak.

Why similar: Auto Battler 37.5%, Inventory Management 27.9%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 15.2% ★, PvP 9.6%, Strategy 4.9%

Strategic auto battler where you design a heavily-armed spaceship. Draft 200+ items, outfit your hull, and unleash it in async PvP. Blend captains and factions for absurd combos and galactic domination. Roll, buy, place, pray.

Why similar: Auto Battler 32.4%, Inventory Management 21.5%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 14.6% ★, PvP 8.1%, Card Battler 7%

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: Auto Battler 30.6%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 19.3% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.2% ★, Loot 7%, Inventory Management 6.9%

NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters is an inventory auto-battler with a monster-trainer twist! Collect Cosmions and items, and strategically manage your backpack to create unbeatable combos in tactical duels. Rise through the leagues to become the ultimate Cosmion master!

Why similar: Auto Battler 32.9%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 23.6% ★, Inventory Management 22.3%, PvP 8.6%, Tactical 6%

A sci-fi roguelike auto-battler. Build a powerful intergalactic starship by interlocking different technologies, then battle through a galaxy populated with other players' creations.

Why similar: Auto Battler 30%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 21.6% ★, Inventory Management 20%, PvP 7.5%, Card Battler 7%

Recruit powerful units, place them strategically and find the best synergies in this Roguelike Autobattler! Knightica lets you guide a warband through many challenges to free the Kingdoms. Discover optimal combinations, weave powerful enchants, face dangerous monsters and lead your army to victory!

Why similar: Auto Battler 34.2%, Inventory Management 20.6%, Turn-Based 9.5%, Card Battler 8.3%, Loot 7.2%

Dungeon Clawler is a Roguelike Claw Machine Deckbuilder. Build your deck, grab weapons and items from the claw machine to battle enemies, discover powerful perks that create game-changing synergies and unleash crazy combos as you fight your way through the dungeon!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 64.6% ★, Roguelike 15.1%, Strategy 13.2%, Cute 4.3%, 2D 2.9%

"Magicraft" is a Roguelike game that uses a variety of spells to match unimaginable spell effects, and the construction of ultra-high degrees of freedom cannot even be exhausted by developers.

Why similar: Roguelike 84.2%, Indie 10.5%, Multiplayer 5.3%

The third installment of the MetaCard series, MetaCard: Backpack Legend, is a backpack management Roguelike card game! Before Battle: Manage your artifact backpack to build and synergize your playstyle. During Battle: Drag and drop cards to unleash skills on key enemies at the right moment.

Why similar: Auto Battler 39.3%, Inventory Management 33%, Card Battler 10%, Roguelike 9.5%, Strategy 7.1%

Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 52.6% ★, Roguelike 13.9%, PvP 12%, Strategy 11.3%, Multiplayer 6.8%

A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 40.5% ★, Card Battler 16.4%, Turn-Based 15.1%, Roguelike 11.5%, Strategy 9.9%

DICEOMANCER is a roguelike deck-building game. Though you long for a peaceful life, you're forced to embark on an adventure. In this world of swords, magic, and guns, make good use of your dice and deck to find a way back to tranquility! What can the dice be used for? To change... anything.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 48.9% ★, Card Battler 19.6%, Strategy 18.5%, Roguelike 11.2%, Indie 1.7%

CROPS! is an async autobattler in which your fruits and vegetables come alive! Craft a deck with awesome synergies, plant your crops in specific patterns and place them strategically on the battlefield to defeat your opponent.

Why similar: Auto Battler 63%, Strategy 14.7%, Tactical 8.2%, Roguelike 5.7%, PvP 4.6%

From the creators of Vampire Survivors comes a turbo-charged, turn-based roguelite deckbuilder! Deal world-ending combos, blitz through infested dungeons, and master the Turboturn to obliterate hordes of familiar foes with a chaotic hand of cards.

Why similar: Card Battler 38.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.8% ★, Strategy 16.5%, Roguelike 16.4%, Combat 2.9%

Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!

Why similar: Auto Battler 49.1%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 22.5% ★, Tactical 8.6%, Roguelike 8.3%, Strategy 5.2%

INVENTORIX is an inventory-management money-making roguelike deckbuilder. Creatively pack and synergize items and alien perks to create astronomical wealth and pay a mysterious space debt!

Why similar: Auto Battler 28.1%, Inventory Management 26.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.5% ★, Turn-Based 10.2%, Strategy 4.4%

A card-strategy roguelike inspired by a variety of poker games. You play as a highly skilled card shark in the Tavern at the End of the World, combining all kinds of demon chips to rewrite the rules of play, compete with players from across the globe, and ultimately rise to the top.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.4% ★, Asynchronous Multiplayer 21.2% ★, Inventory Management 18.4%, Turn-Based 8%, Roguelike 6.7%

Dive into a fantastical autobattler where fairytales and legends collide! Choose your hero and assemble your team of characters, items and treasures to outwit opponents in strategic battles where positioning matters. Will you be the last one standing in this enchanted PvP arena?

Why similar: Auto Battler 53%, PvP 13.7%, Card Battler 13%, Strategy 8.6%, Multiplayer 6.5%

The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run

Why similar: Auto Battler 53.3%, Roguelike 14.8%, Tactical 13.2%, Strategy 11.5%, Combat 4.1%

BALLIONAIRE is a fast-paced, kinetic roguelike where strategy meets physics to create outrageous wealth! Find and exploit game-breaking synergies as you theorycraft your way to victory. Welcome to the autobonker genre!

Why similar: Auto Battler 50.6%, Card Battler 17.8%, Roguelike 13.9%, Strategy 11.4%, Cute 3.6%

Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.

Why similar: Auto Battler 52.4%, PvP 12.6%, Turn-Based 11.2%, Tactical 9.1%, Strategy 8.1%

Roguelike Squad-based Autobattler in a Tabletop RPG setting. Draft your army, carefully equip and position your units, make important choices, and meet a colorful cast of characters as you make ready for the Grand Tournament.

Why similar: Auto Battler 50.9%, Card Battler 11.7%, Loot 11.2%, Tactical 9.3%, Roguelike 7.6%