- #1 Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
97% matchVery Positive82% of 3,580 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Moss CollectorsPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Battle your way through a seedy tavern filled with gambling addicted townspeople in this Blackjack Roguelike Adventure. From aces and face cards to tarot cards, business cards and more, create your unique deck to beat the house.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.1% ★, Card Game 16.3%, Deckbuilding 14.1%, Roguelike 10.4%, Card Battler 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its blackjack-centered roguelite runs combine card counting, risk management, and relic-like rule-breaking effects in a way that feels especially close to Balatro's casino strategy.
- #2 Slay the Spire
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 218,929 reviews2019
Dev: Mega Crit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.5 hrsMean: 67.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 31.3% ★, Card Game 18.1%, Deckbuilding 11.4%, Roguelike 10.5%, Card Battler 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: The defining roguelike deckbuilder offers the same addictive cycle of shaping a build around powerful card and relic interactions across endlessly variable runs.
- #3 Luck be a Landlord
96% matchVery Positive93% of 11,546 reviews2023
Dev: TrampolineTales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 39.5% ★, Deckbuilding 19.9%, Roguelike 10.5%, Roguelite 9.5%, Procedural Generation 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Like Balatro, it turns gambling imagery into a run-based engine builder where seemingly small symbols stack into outrageous scoring synergies.
- #4 Poker Quest: Swords and Spades
95% matchVery Positive86% of 724 reviews2022
Dev: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Poker Quest is a fantasy roguelike where players use a standard 52-card deck to take on fierce enemies in epic battles. Featuring over 20 unique heroes, thousands of items, and deep gameplay that will test even the most experienced players.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.2% ★, Card Game 14.7%, Deckbuilding 12.1%, Roguelike 9.1%, Turn-Based 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It uses poker hands as the resource system for a deep roguelike adventure, making hand evaluation and deck manipulation central to every decision.
- #5 Aotenjo: Infinite Hands
94% matchVery Positive88% of 1,081 reviews2025
Dev: XO CatPub: XD
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Mahjong Roguelike. Aotenjo: Infinite Hands is an deckbuilder where you will use Mahjong styles all over the world to beat innate threats, play different Patterns and combos, reach the "bottom" of Aotenjo, and discover ancient secrets....
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 38.2% ★, Deckbuilding 19.8%, Card Game 18.9%, Roguelike 10.8%, Strategy 6%
Why You'll Like It: This mahjong-inspired roguelite focuses on constructing increasingly valuable hands and exploiting modifiers for explosive score-driven runs.
- #6 Dicey Dungeons
94% matchVery Positive89% of 11,889 reviews2019
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 41.7% ★, Deckbuilding 13.2%, Card Battler 11.2%, Card Game 9.2%, Turn-Based 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its compact roguelite battles turn dice rolls into manipulable build pieces, delivering Balatro-like satisfaction when a run's modifiers click together.
- #7 Wildfrost
93% matchVery Positive83% of 8,859 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 24.2% ★, Card Game 14.3%, Deckbuilding 11.7%, Card Battler 9.5%, Turn-Based 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tightly designed deckbuilder with highly tactical sequencing and clever charm-based card modification for players who enjoy optimizing every draw.
- #8 Monster Train
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,964 reviews2020
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 27.9 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.5% ★, Card Game 17.2%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Card Battler 11.8%, Roguelike 10%
Why You'll Like It: Its dense card, unit, and artifact synergies create the same escalating feeling of discovering a build that can break the game's expected limits.
- #9 DICEOMANCER
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,624 reviews2024
Dev: 超厚皮猪猪 Ultra Piggy StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 30.8% ★, Card Game 22.4%, Deckbuilding 14.2%, Card Battler 11.3%, Roguelike 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It pairs roguelike deckbuilding with dice manipulation, enabling the kind of probability-cheating and combo construction that makes Balatro so compelling.
- #10 Inscryption
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 148,820 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.1 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 Game 28.2%, Deckbuilding 23.4%, Card Battler 17.7%, Roguelike 13.4%, Roguelite 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its unsettling card-game presentation, deck experimentation, and rule-bending surprises make it a superb choice for players who want more personality around their cards.
- #11 Die in the Dungeon
89% matchVery Positive92% of 3,597 reviews2026
Dev: ATICOPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but dice! Deal with enemies by combining powerful dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and risk it all hoping for a good roll on unexpected encounters.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21% ★, Card Game 13.3%, Deckbuilding 11.7%, Turn-Based 8.9%, Roguelike 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This dice-building roguelite replaces cards with customizable dice, but retains Balatro's appeal of assembling a small set of pieces into a devastating engine.
- #12 Aces & Adventures
89% matchVery Positive89% of 3,486 reviews2023
Dev: Triple.B.TitlesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Aces & Adventures is a deckbuilding RPG with poker-powered combat. Craft your deck, combining poker hands with powerful ability cards. Journey through 13 fully-voiced campaigns to save the Life Tree, or tackle procedurally-generated runs in this strategic deckbuilder unlike any other.
Why similar: Card Game 27.6%, Deckbuilding 25.4%, Roguelike 15.6%, Card Battler 13.2%, Roguelite 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: This fantasy roguelite bases combat on poker-style hands, letting players use suits, values, and deck upgrades to overcome encounters.
- #13 All in Abyss: Judge the Fake
90% matchMixed57% of 501 reviews2025
Dev: ACQUIRE Corp.Pub: Alliance Arts
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Either I die, or the Witches perish. I challenge thee to a deathmatch!” Asuha, a self-proclaimed gambling prodigy, challenges the Witch ruling the gambling district. Poised to win, she is defeated by a mysterious power. An adventure of gambling, exposing frauds and earning fortunes through poker.
Why similar: Card Battler 47.4%, Card Game 42.6%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%, Indie 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: A poker-focused strategy game about reading opponents, manipulating the rules, and taking high-stakes risks provides a strong thematic complement to Balatro.
- #14 Peglin
87% matchVery Positive84% of 17,718 reviews2024
Dev: Red Nexus Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Deckbuilding 29.2%, Turn-Based 20.1%, Roguelike 18.9%, Roguelite 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Rather than cards, it uses a pachinko board and relic synergies to create similarly unpredictable runs built around huge damage and score spikes.
- #15 SpellRogue
86% matchVery Positive87% of 1,650 reviews2025
Dev: Guidelight GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 15.4 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.7% ★, Deckbuilding 15.5%, Card Game 13.3%, Turn-Based 9.8%, Roguelike 8%
Why You'll Like It: Its dice deckbuilding and extensive roll manipulation make every run a puzzle of bending chance toward increasingly powerful combo turns.
- #16 Zoeti
88% matchMixed64% of 525 reviews2023
Dev: Dusklight CO., LTD.Pub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.2% ★, Card Game 15.6%, Deckbuilding 11.7%, Turn-Based 11.6%, Roguelike 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its combat abilities are powered by poker hands made from a rotating card set, giving every turn the familiar challenge of finding the best possible combination.
- #17 Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
86% matchVery Positive92% of 4,561 reviews2023
Dev: Little Leo GamesPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.4% ★, Card Game 13.7%, Deckbuilding 11.6%, Turn-Based 10.2%, Roguelike 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its dice-based deckbuilding turns chance management into the heart of combat, with flexible builds that can snowball in satisfying ways.
- #18 Cobalt Core
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,401 reviews2023
Dev: Rocket Rat GamesPub: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 37% ★, Card Game 20.9%, Roguelike 12.9%, Deckbuilding 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast, polished deckbuilder where cards control both attacks and ship movement, rewarding careful drafting and repeatable synergies.
- #19 Griftlands
84% matchVery Positive94% of 14,485 reviews2021
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.4 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 Game 16.2%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.1% ★, Deckbuilding 16.1%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Card Battler 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its two-deck structure and lasting upgrades reward clever drafting and combo planning, with plenty of room for unusual builds.
- #20 Roguebook
84% matchVery Positive84% of 4,593 reviews2021
Dev: Abrakam Entertainment SAPub: Nacon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.7% ★, Card Game 15.4%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Turn-Based 10.8%, Roguelike 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This polished deckbuilder emphasizes heroes, gems, and relics that reshape cards into powerful interlocking strategies over a randomized map.
- #21 Vault of the Void
83% matchVery Positive92% of 3,012 reviews2022
Dev: Spider Nest Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.3 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.8% ★, Card Game 15.2%, Deckbuilding 14%, Card Battler 9.1%, Roguelike 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A highly strategic deckbuilder focused on precise planning, card upgrades, and adapting a finely tuned build to each encounter.
- #22 Backpack Battles
79% matchVery Positive91% of 20,742 reviews2025
Dev: PlayWithFurciferPub: IndieArk
Windows · Linux
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A PvP inventory management auto battler! Buy and craft powerful items, then carefully arrange them in your backpack.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 49.3% ★, Roguelike 15.1%, Turn-Based 13.2%, Card Battler 10.2%, Strategy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Although it is an auto-battler rather than a card game, its item-placement builds offer the same pleasure of discovering unexpectedly powerful synergy engines.
- #23 Fights in Tight Spaces
82% matchVery Positive90% of 3,951 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.6% ★, Deckbuilding 18.1%, Card Game 15.4%, Turn-Based 12%, Roguelike 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This deckbuilder adds positional tactics to the familiar draw-and-upgrade loop, making each run a stylish exercise in efficient sequencing.
- #24 Ruff Ghanor
81% matchVery Positive89% of 772 reviews2024
Dev: DX Gameworks
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Ruff Ghanor is a Deckbuilder game with Roguelite elements, where each collected card represents a crucial action in your journey. Build the perfect deck, strategize, and create powerful synergies as you progress to face your destiny.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.9% ★, Deckbuilding 15.8%, Card Game 13.7%, Card Battler 11.8%, Roguelike 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy roguelike deckbuilder with approachable card play and a strong focus on assembling powerful combinations from run to run.
- #25 Pirates Outlaws
82% matchVery Positive82% of 789 reviews2020
Dev: Fabled Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.1% ★, Card Game 15.3%, Turn-Based 10%, Deckbuilding 9.8%, Card Battler 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a large pool of heroes, cards, relics, and randomized routes for players who want traditional deckbuilding depth and replayability.
- #26 Black Jacket
78% matchVery Positive91% of 1,874 reviews2026
Dev: Mi'pu'mi Games GmbHPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Gamble your way out of hell in this blackjack-inspired rogue-lite deckbuilder. Play powerful card combos or cheat to outwit your opponents and earn your freedom. Win their Soul coins! Bribe the ferryman! And uncover the story of those who stand in your way.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24% ★, Card Game 15.7%, Deckbuilding 12.8%, Turn-Based 10.5%, Roguelike 9.3%
- #27 Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,235 reviews2026
Dev: poncle
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 Game 19%, Deckbuilding 18.8%, Card Battler 16.5%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15% ★, Roguelike 12.6%
- #28 Overdungeon
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,108 reviews2019
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A completely new style real-time card battle "Overdungeon" Overdungeon combines rogue-like, tower defense and card games. More than 100 cards are Attack, Animal, Building, Spell, Trap, etc..Build your creative and crazy deck!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.2% ★, Card Game 15.5%, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Card Battler 10.2%, Roguelite 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its real-time card deployment produces chaotic, high-synergy runs where the joy comes from stacking effects into overwhelming combinations.
- #29 RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike
77% matchVery Positive82% of 4,672 reviews2026
Dev: Doraccoon Pub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A coin-pushing dopamine machine. RACCOIN is a roguelike deckbuilder where you combine special coins with powerful items to trigger wildly satisfying combos. Stack shiny towers, spin the lucky wheel, and shake the machine until all the coins drop.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26% ★, Deckbuilding 14.7%, Card Game 13%, Roguelike 11.2%, Roguelite 6.2%
- #30 Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,448 reviews2026
Dev: Crux Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A mini citybuilding roguelike. Place buildings, stack combos, and master deep strategy in short bursts to create a tiny thriving metropolis!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23% ★, Card Game 11.3%, Deckbuilding 10.9%, Roguelike 9.8%, Turn-Based 8.4%
- #31 SNKRX
78% matchVery Positive94% of 4,337 reviews2021
Dev: a327ex
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
SNKRX is an arcade shooter roguelite where you control a snake of heroes that automatically attack nearby enemies. Combine different heroes to unlock class bonuses and create unique builds, and steer your unstoppable party as they ravage through endless waves of enemies.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 48.6%, Roguelite 26.7%, Arcade 9.9%, Relaxing 6.3%, 2D 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: This minimalist roguelite captures Balatro's runaway-combo energy through compact runs where a small team can evolve into a spectacular build.
- #32 Ballionaire
77% matchVery Positive84% of 2,700 reviews2024
Dev: newobjectPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Card Game 18.4%, Deckbuilding 18%, Roguelike 13.3%, Card Battler 10.7%, Roguelite 8.7%
- #33 The Solitaire Conspiracy
79% matchVery Positive89% of 770 reviews2020
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
We need your help, Spymaster. Join a world of near-future spies and take on a supervillain in this supercharged take on classic Solitaire. Precision engineered for replayable espionage action.
Why similar: Card Game 84.4%, Casual 6.7%, Singleplayer 4.9%, Indie 4%
Why You'll Like It: Its inventive solitaire variants and stylish presentation make it a great lower-pressure card-game option for Balatro players who enjoy reimagined classics.
- #34 Slay the Spire 2
75% matchMixed61% of 203,013 reviews2026
Dev: Mega Crit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 45.4 hrsMean: 79.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.3% ★, Card Game 21.1%, Deckbuilding 17%, Roguelike 14.6%, Card Battler 6.7%
- #35 9 Kings
74% matchVery Positive92% of 23,381 reviews2025
Dev: Sad SocketPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 22.7% ★, Card Game 14.5%, Deckbuilding 12.7%, Turn-Based 9.9%, Roguelike 9.3%
- #36 Slots & Daggers
74% matchVery Positive94% of 7,624 reviews2025
Dev: FriedemannPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A retro mini-roguelike inside a slot machine. Steady your blade - and spin!
Why similar: Roguelike 26.2%, Deckbuilding 20.4%, Strategy 13.1%, Roguelite 12.9%, Card Battler 10.2%
- #37 Card Crawl
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 184 reviews2018
Dev: Arnold Rauers
Windows · Mac
Card Crawl is a solitaire style Dungeon Crawler played with a deck of cards.
Why similar: Card Game 32.1%, Deckbuilding 27%, Roguelite 12.5%, Roguelike 9.1%, Strategy 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This concise solitaire-like dungeon crawler turns familiar card suits and values into a fast, replayable run of risk assessment and resource management.
- #38 Gambonanza
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,723 reviews2026
Dev: BlukuléléPub: Sidekick Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Gambonanza is a tactical roguelike that sets chess pieces on a tiny board. Forget traditional chess and embrace the chaos of breaking the balance! Spend your money on rule-bending upgrades, board tiles and pieces. Experiment with illegal combinations and face off against iconic bosses!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.9% ★, Deckbuilding 13.6%, Turn-Based 11.1%, Roguelike 10%, Roguelite 6.7%
- #39 Dungeon Clawler
72% matchVery Positive89% of 4,025 reviews2026
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 35.7% ★, Deckbuilding 16.7%, Roguelike 12.2%, Roguelite 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%
- #40 Insider Trading
73% matchVery Positive81% of 643 reviews2026
Dev: Naiive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Insider Trading is a roguelike deckbuilder where you bend the market to your will. Synergize perks, manipulate stock prices, and trade wisely or risk pricing yourself out.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.4% ★, Deckbuilding 14.9%, Turn-Based 11.8%, Roguelike 10.3%, Roguelite 6.4%
- #41 Bingle Bingle
72% matchVery Positive82% of 708 reviews2026
Dev: Knitting Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
"Bingle Bingle" is a "roulette-building" game where you create your own roulette wheel and build strategies around it. Combine balls, bets, tokens, pockets, and badges to trigger adrenaline-pumping synergies, win millions or billions of chips, and beat the casino.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.7% ★, Card Game 16.5%, Deckbuilding 11.5%, Roguelike 8.9%, Roguelite 8%
- #42 Tabulo
73% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Noah Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Position your pieces carefully to max out your score in this Balatro-inspired chess roguelike. Enhance your pieces, purchase powers, and win bonuses from optional challenges, but be careful - your board only has so much room.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.2% ★, Card Game 14.9%, Deckbuilding 11.3%, Roguelike 9.9%, Turn-Based 8.6%
- #43 RogueJack21
73% matchMixed69% of 209 reviews2026
Dev: Zandbox Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
RogueJack21 is a Blackjack-inspired deckbuilder where you build and upgrade your deck to battle your opponents. Navigate through procedurally generated casinos and take revenge on The House, the ruthless mafia ruling Noir City that stole everything from you.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.1% ★, Card Game 14.5%, Deckbuilding 12.3%, Turn-Based 9.5%, Roguelike 7.4%
- #44 Apokerlypse
71% matchVery Positive83% of 754 reviews2026
Dev: Breaker Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 28.7% ★, Deckbuilding 13.3%, Card Game 13.2%, Roguelike 11.9%, Turn-Based 10.7%
- #45 Spinny Dungeon
71% matchVery Positive91% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: Typing Monkey
Windows · Linux
The slot machine roguelike. Each time you hit the SPIN button monsters creep closer. KILL 'em! LOOT 'em! EAT 'em! Focus on spells or synergies between symbols. Spin to DIE or spin to SURVIVE!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24.4% ★, Card Game 14.1%, Deckbuilding 12.8%, Roguelike 9.4%, Turn-Based 8.2%
- #46 My Card Is Better Than Your Card!
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,275 reviews2025
Dev: Utu Studios
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Become the coolest kid of the playground in this playful roguelike deckbuilder. Craft every card yourself with adorable stickers and wow your rivals in tug-of-war card battles full of wonder!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.3% ★, Card Game 14.2%, Deckbuilding 12.3%, Turn-Based 10.6%, Roguelike 9.1%
- #47 Infinite Cards
71% matchVery Positive93% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Tubby Turtle Studios
Windows
Discover infinite cards in this roguelike deckbuilder. Every card is unique, every run a new experience. Craft, combine, and build your deck completely freely to defeat enemies and bosses, or take on cleverly designed puzzle challenges!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.1% ★, Card Game 18.5%, Deckbuilding 13.6%, Roguelike 7.7%, Card Battler 7.6%
- #48 A la Card
70% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Shook Loose
Windows
Buckle up for a food truck deckbuilder boiling over with card mutation mischief, questionable recipes, and limitless synergies.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.8% ★, Card Game 16.8%, Deckbuilding 12.5%, Turn-Based 11.6%, Roguelike 10%
- #49 The Loopler
69% matchVery Positive90% of 605 reviews2026
Dev: Mheep
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The Loopler is a roguelite deckbuilder about a slot car driving in mesmerizing loops. Pick cards, place gates, and collect charms. Settle into the loop as numbers go up and dopamine fills your brain. See how far you can go in the pursuit of infinity.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 38.4% ★, Deckbuilding 18.7%, Roguelike 12.6%, Roguelite 10.2%, Strategy 5.5%
- #50 Sol Cesto
67% matchVery Positive91% of 5,179 reviews2026
Dev: TambouillePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Sol Cesto is a tactical and frantic roguelite where mastering your luck is key. Choose a hero, upgrade them using cursed teeth and magical items, and descend to the bottom of an ever-changing dungeon. In this dark world, every action has consequences…
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.6% ★, Turn-Based 17.4%, Roguelike 17.1%, Deckbuilding 14.9%, Roguelite 8.7%
- #51 Noir Lords
69% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Speed Trail GamesPub: Booda Games
Windows
A fast-paced single-player card battler with tactical choices, quick rounds, and upgradeable cards. Build your deck and outsmart the city’s crime lords.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.3% ★, Card Game 19%, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Card Battler 10.7%, Roguelike 9%
- #52 Moonsigil Atlas
68% matchVery Positive84% of 304 reviews2026
Dev: Snake Tower GamesPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Linux
The deckbuilding roguelike with no energy – play cards using physical space! Slot cards together, manipulate the shape of your cards, and create overpowered combos to break the game!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.3% ★, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Card Battler 9.5%, Turn-Based 7.3%, Roguelike 6.7%
- #53 Fogpiercer
67% matchVery Positive84% of 650 reviews2026
Dev: Mad Cookies StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Fight through the fog in this sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder where clever positioning, explosive chain-reactions, and the environment itself can make the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.3% ★, Card Game 13.9%, Deckbuilding 12%, Turn-Based 9.6%, Roguelike 8.9%
- #54 Facehand
68% matchVery Positive88% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: foolsroom
Windows
Facehand is a synergy-driven roguelike deckbuilder with autobattling mechanics. Craft the perfect deck and chain card abilities to create wild combos!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.2% ★, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Card Game 14.6%, Card Battler 9.5%, Roguelike 8.8%
- #55 Megaloot
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,013 reviews2024
Dev: axiliratePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Roguelike 23.5%, Deckbuilding 23.1%, Roguelite 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
- #56 Northwind
67% matchVery Positive86% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Barking Kitten Interactive
Windows
A fusion of deckbuilding, monster-hunting, and roguelite progression all its own. Hunt strange beasts, win tug-of-war duels, craft a unique deck, and evolve your strategy at Northwind!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25% ★, Card Game 15%, Deckbuilding 12.2%, Roguelike 8.8%, Card Battler 8.7%
- #57 Bearly Brave
66% matchVery Positive88% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Barbaric Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bearly Brave is a 2D roguelike deck-building game set in a deceptively charming toy shop, where the cutest teddy bears come to life each night to fight in a no-holds-barred tournament that determines their placement on the shelves, and thus their likeness to be taken to their forever home.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.9% ★, Card Game 15.9%, Deckbuilding 13%, Roguelike 9.6%, Turn-Based 8.5%
- #58 Inkborn
67% matchVery Positive80% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Acram Digital
Windows · Mac
Inkborn is a roguelike deckbuilder with a card system built around chaining Glyph-based combos. Sequence your cards in tactical combat to unleash impactful effects. Customize your Skill Tree before each run, evolve new abilities and uncover the hidden story of a world folded in ink, metal and paper.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.4% ★, Card Game 16.3%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Turn-Based 11%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #59 Blood Card
70% matchVery Positive81% of 729 reviews2019
Dev: Pixel Cattle Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
This card game combines elements of roguelike and deckbuilding. During the game, you shall strive ahead, gathering cards to build a unique deck and use it to defeat the enemies getting in your way. You will have to choose between escaping or try to defeat Death, who is relentlessly pursuing you.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.1% ★, Card Game 15.1%, Deckbuilding 12.9%, Card Battler 10.5%, Turn-Based 10.2%
- #60 Vegangsters
65% matchVery Positive94% of 82 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.9% ★, Card Game 15.1%, Deckbuilding 12.3%, Turn-Based 9.7%, Roguelike 9.2%