- #1 Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 6,615 reviews2024
Dev: Darksun StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 57.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game is an online DBG which contains a PVE mode called Uncharted Realms and a PVP mode. Every game is a deck building from scratch. Players can have stronger decks by changing cards, and then build more powerful routines to defeat all opponents to win.
Why similar: Card Battler 34.7%, Solitaire 30.4% ★, Card Game 20.3%, Strategy 7.9%, 2D 3%
Why You'll Like It: This is the closest thematic match, directly combining xianxia cultivation progression with competitive card-battler mechanics.
- #2 Stacklands
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,013 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
Why similar: Card Game 16.5%, Solitaire 15.9% ★, Card Battler 15.2%, Management 11.9%, Tabletop 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core 'card-as-a-resource' management loop where cards represent items, creatures, and actions.
- #3 Cultivation Story: Infinite Sword Realm
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Bid Pond Studio Ltd.Pub: Chi Entertainment Corp.
Windows
Cultivation Story: Infinite Sword Realm is an action-packed roguelike deckbuilder rooted in Cultivation and Chinese mythology, where every action costs you lifespan. Enter the realm of Swords, balance power and mortality as you climb the path to immortality.
Why similar: Card Battler 35.8%, Card Game 32.5%, Roguelike 18.3%, Strategy 8.5%, 2D 2%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the cultivation theme and roguelike deckbuilding structure found in the seed game.
- #4 Card Survival: Tropical Island
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,951 reviews2022
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 45.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
Why similar: Card Game 29.6%, Survival 20.2%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Roguelike 9.8%, Board Game 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the survival-management aspect, using card interactions to simulate complex environmental challenges.
- #5 Cultist Simulator
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 13,737 reviews2018
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
Why similar: Tabletop 17.1%, Card Game 16.8%, Board Game 12.8%, Management 11.8%, Roguelite 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar tabletop-style card management system focused on lore, occult progression, and resource balancing.
- #6 Amazing Cultivation Simulator
94% matchVery Positive86% of 23,413 reviews2020
Dev: GSQ Games
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 58.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.
Why similar: Survival 28.6%, Simulation 27.5%, Strategy 19.6%, Management 19.6%, 2D 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: While more of a simulation game, it is the definitive experience for players seeking deep, systemic xianxia cultivation mechanics.
- #7 WitchHand
93% matchVery Positive91% of 609 reviews2024
Dev: Jon NielsenPub: HopFrog
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're a witch, leading your coven into new, unfriendly lands. Use the cards you find to build and expand your civilization. Befriend the local covens or use their bones to fuel your spells. Gather your familiars, the witching hour is nigh.
Why similar: Card Game 18.5%, Card Battler 18.1%, Tabletop 15.6%, Management 13.8%, Board Game 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A strong management-focused card game that emphasizes resource gathering and base building through card interactions.
- #8 Grime&Gold
92% matchNo user reviews95% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: Pemdora
Windows
Fancy some cards, alchemist? Grime & Gold is a small game about stacking and mixing cards to craft strange recipes. Open boosters, delve into dungeons to find rare resources, hire goblins to help you to craft the Holy Grail and save the city, and don't forget to serve your shady clients!
Why similar: Solitaire 29.8% ★, Card Battler 22.2%, Card Game 15.1%, Management 11.6%, Survival 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes solitaire-inspired mechanics combined with automation and crafting, mirroring the seed game's mechanical feel.
- #9 Inscryption
91% 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 32.4%, Card Game 27%, Roguelike 12%, Roguelite 12%, Story Rich 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully blends tabletop card-battling with roguelite exploration and dark, mysterious narrative elements.
- #10 Card Crawl Adventure
91% matchVery Positive83% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: Arnold Rauers
Windows · Mac
Card Crawl Adventure is a single player card game with light deck building and roguelite elements. Engage in a unique path based combat mechanic to battle against devious tavern bosses. Visit a variety of cozy taverns, collect cards and improve your deck with magic equipment items and charms.
Why similar: Solitaire 24.6% ★, Card Battler 18.2%, Card Game 13.8%, Board Game 10.7%, Roguelite 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A solitaire-based roguelite that focuses on quick, tactical card decisions during exploration.
- #11 Cardboard Town
90% matchVery Positive81% of 2,136 reviews2023
Dev: Stratera GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.
Why similar: Solitaire 18.8% ★, Card Game 15.5%, Tabletop 13%, Card Battler 12.5%, Management 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Uses card-based mechanics to drive city-building and resource management in a stylized, strategic environment.
- #12 Paper Kingdom
89% matchMixed62% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: obece
Windows
Paper Kingdom is a colony management game. Stack cards to gather resources, build structures, explore and fight invaders. Turn a nomadic tribe into an empire.
Why similar: Solitaire 20.1% ★, Card Battler 16%, Card Game 15.5%, Tabletop 12.3%, Management 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based management and survival game that emphasizes building and maintaining a kingdom through deck interactions.
- #13 Slay the Spire
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 210,878 reviews2019
Dev: Mega Crit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.3 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: Card Battler 34.7%, Card Game 31.9%, Roguelike 17.5%, Roguelite 8.7%, Strategy 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for roguelite deckbuilders, providing the foundational strategic depth that the seed game builds upon.
- #14 Rana Card
87% matchVery Positive90% of 1,332 reviews2025
Dev: VisionRanaPub: IndieArk
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rana Card is a roguelike deck-builder where you play as a farm manager chasing TimeTech's KPI targets. Draw cards in high-stakes moments, survive Time Explosions, and unlock powerful cards. Build your deck, chart your own path, and face branching events and cataclysmic years on the road to success.
Why similar: Card Game 34.8%, Roguelite 19.9%, Solitaire 15.7% ★, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Strategy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A casual yet strategic roguelite deckbuilder that focuses on efficient card play.
- #15 Gordian Quest
88% 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 38%, Card Game 33.9%, Roguelike 17.5%, Strategy 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deckbuilding with RPG progression and party management, offering a similar sense of character growth.
- #16 Crop Rotation
86% matchVery Positive94% of 548 reviews2023
Dev: Sprouting Potato
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Crop Rotation is a farming-theme card drafting game. Cards are played automatically so you can focus on the deck building and building synergies.
Why similar: Card Game 47.7%, Roguelike 24.7%, Strategy 12.5%, 2D 7.2%, Simulation 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends farming management with roguelike deckbuilding for a unique, systemic gameplay loop.
- #17 Library Of Ruina
86% 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: Card Game 37.7%, Card Battler 28.9%, Story Rich 14.6%, Strategy 11.8%, 2D 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique card-based combat and management systems that reward strategic planning and deck optimization.
- #18 Balatro
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 187,446 reviews2024
Dev: LocalThunkPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.6 hrsMean: 46.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Card Game 31%, Card Battler 17.8%, Roguelike 17.4%, Roguelite 12.7%, Choices Matter 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A highly addictive roguelite that uses poker-based solitaire mechanics to create deep, emergent strategic loops.
- #19 Ultimate Scroll
85% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Dragon Flame
Windows
This is a casual card game set in the backdrop of cultivation-themed Xianxia world. In this game, players control cultivators who challenge demon caves, search for treasures in the treasure pavilion, and overcome tribulations in the heavenly tower to enhance their cultivation levels.
Why similar: Tabletop 38.7%, Card Game 38.6%, Strategy 11%, 2D 6.4%, Casual 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tabletop-inspired strategy game that focuses on 2D card management and deck optimization.
- #20 Wildfrost
84% 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 33.9%, Card Game 26.9%, Roguelite 16.3%, Roguelike 14.9%, Strategy 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A charming yet challenging roguelite deckbuilder that emphasizes tactical positioning and card synergy.
- #21 Arcana Academy
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: 2A StudioPub: Luckycalf
Windows
Freely build your magic academy and choose qpprentices from over 200 traits: genius, eccentric, or perhaps a fool? Select from hundreds of wizard classes to face hundreds of different event challenges, resist the invasion of the abyss, and save the entire empire from crisis.
Why similar: Card Game 23.7%, Management 18.3%, Roguelite 13.1%, Survival 12%, Solitaire 11.1% ★
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on management and card-based simulation within a fantasy school setting, mirroring the 'cultivation' training feel.
- #22 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 32.4%, Card Game 24.6%, Roguelite 16.3%, Roguelike 13.8%, Choices Matter 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a complex deckbuilding experience with lane-based management that feels similar to the strategic depth of card cultivation.
- #23 Decks of the Damned
81% matchVery Positive80% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Thorian GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Raise an undead army in Decks of the Damned! Command your vampire minions, scavenge gear from fallen foes and craft powerful items to strenghten your forces. Defend by day, expand your domain by night, and shroud the land in darkness!
Why similar: Solitaire 17.4% ★, Card Battler 17.3%, Card Game 16.3%, Management 11.6%, Tabletop 10%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused card game that requires careful management of resources and deck composition to endure.
- #24 Scrap Collector
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: Wibert
Windows
Collect, combine, and automate card production. Discover new areas, resources, and enemies all while growing your mechanized army. Plan ahead before taking on the challenges of the ruptured earth.
Why similar: Card Battler 24.6%, Card Game 22.5%, Tabletop 22.4%, Management 18.3%, Strategy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features management and tabletop mechanics where card interactions are central to resource gathering and crafting.
- #25 Across the Obelisk
80% 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 29.1%, Card Game 25.9%, Roguelite 15.6%, Roguelike 15.5%, Strategy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a cooperative deckbuilding experience with deep RPG elements and party-based resource management.
- #26 Endless Road: Reborn
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 522 reviews2018
Dev: DreamForge
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Endless Road: Reborn is a roguelike card game where players use a variety of equipment & skills to defeat vile creatures lurking along a treacherous, endless road. Players will also be faced with choices that will test their decision-making abilities and survival skills.
Why similar: Card Game 25.8%, Tabletop 22.9%, Card Battler 11.4%, Roguelite 11%, Survival 9%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG-focused card game that emphasizes exploration and tabletop-style decision making.
- #27 Ways of Alchemy
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 680 reviews2025
Dev: RocketBrush Games
Windows
Become a medieval alchemist in this card game. Brew deadly potions, discover ancient recipes, hire adventurers, and outwit the Inquisition. Transform your humble shack into an alchemical empire. No wands are required — just knowledge and wit.
Why similar: Card Game 41.3%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Survival 10.9%, Strategy 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive RPG that utilizes card-based mechanics to simulate the historical and mystical process of alchemy.
- #28 Lucky Mayor
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 102 reviews2023
Dev: MadGoat Game Studio
Windows · Mac
This is a Rogue Deck-building game where you play as a mayor, recruit various citizens to earn coins, meet their needs, and submit enough coins by the deadline to complete challenges.
Why similar: Card Game 24.9%, Card Battler 22.1%, Roguelite 17.8%, Roguelike 13.4%, Strategy 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy roguelite that uses card management to simulate the challenges of governing a town.
- #29 Dead Town Tales
79% matchVery Positive83% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: 拾遗工作室Pub: Pixmain
Windows
Dead Town Tales is a game that focuses on strategy card building and core Roguelike gameplay. You can learn about this romantic and mysterious world by fighting and exploring, meeting people, ghosts and monsters in Dead Town and experiencing the unknown and making choices together with them.
Why similar: Card Game 31.4%, Roguelite 19.4%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Drama 12.5%, Strategy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D strategy card game with roguelite elements that focuses on survival and exploration.
- #30 Aotenjo: Infinite Hands
77% matchVery Positive88% of 1,064 reviews2025
Dev: XO CatPub: XD
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 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: Card Game 38.9%, Roguelike 21.1%, Strategy 16%, Management 13.6%, 2D 5.7%
- #31 Chosen Garden
75% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Winter CabinPub: Craftmos Games
Windows
In this unique roguelike deck-builder, tend your garden and harvest plants for high scores! 100+ plants, 5 gardens, and a wealth of unique weather, animals, and tools — countless builds await!
Why similar: Card Game 28%, Card Battler 22.7%, Roguelike 16.2%, Roguelite 14%, Strategy 8.5%
- #32 Factory Planner
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 319 reviews2026
Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Factory Planner is a card-based simulation/strategy game that lets you build a factory using cards. The main goal of the game is to make combinations with different cards so that each player can build different factories and feel the sandbox experience to the fullest.
Why similar: Solitaire 35.6% ★, Card Game 18.3%, Tabletop 18%, Management 13.8%, Strategy 5.9%
- #33 Desktop Tourney World
78% matchMixed68% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: One leaf Games
Windows
Desktop Tourney World is a simulation construction, immortal cultivation survival game, you need to collect food, construct buildings, build equipment, and fight with all kinds of monsters.
Why similar: Card Battler 29.3%, Card Game 29.3%, Strategy 14.7%, Simulation 13.3%, Survival 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy card battler that focuses on tournament-style progression and strategy.
- #34 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal
77% matchMixed54% of 226,468 reviews2023
Dev: 鬼谷工作室
Windows
Median: 30.8 hrsMean: 72.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Tale of Immortal is an open-world sandbox based on Chinese mythology and cultivation. You will grow to become immortal, conquer the beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Season, make your choices carefully and grasp your own destiny.
Why similar: Management 35.7%, Hand-drawn 24.7%, Story Rich 14.6%, Simulation 12.6%, 2D 8.6%
- #35 DICEOMANCER
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,441 reviews2024
Dev: 超厚皮猪猪 Ultra Piggy StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Card Game 33.4%, Card Battler 32.9%, Strategy 15.3%, Roguelike 14.9%, Casual 1.9%
- #36 Demonic Mahjong
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,905 reviews2025
Dev: Boxed Lighting GamesPub: Omegames Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Demonic Mahjong is a Roguelike deckbuilding game inspired by the timeless mechanics of Mahjong. Masterfully use the tiles in your hand to craft powerful combinations, reach staggering high scores, and develop strategies that are uniquely your own!
Why similar: Card Game 33.5%, Tabletop 29.8%, Roguelike 16.1%, Strategy 11%, Drama 5.9%
- #37 玉言·离光
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: DawnLight WorkshopPub: MedusasGame
Windows
“Tale of Jade / Li Guang” is a stand-alone roguelike card game with oriental elements.Constructing your own deck by 5 elements cards, Exploring the map, solving random encounters, beating the demon and uncovering the mystery of Li Guang’s Kingdom.
Why similar: Card Battler 33%, Card Game 23.5%, Roguelite 16.4%, Roguelike 12.6%, Strategy 8.5%
- #38 觅长生
73% matchVery Positive93% of 30,994 reviews2023
Dev: Chalcedony Network
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
《觅长生》是一款想要还原真实修仙世界的开放世界角色扮演游戏。 在这里,你可以体验到从零开始一步步积攒修为突破境界的逆天修仙之旅,也可以体验到那些充满修仙味的故事和剧情。当然也少不了寻求奇遇、探索秘境,更可以和游戏中的角色互动,与人为善或是杀人夺宝全都由你自己抉择。
Why similar: Drama 34.7%, Roguelite 17.8%, Strategy 14.6%, Story Rich 11.1%, Simulation 8.5%
- #39 天外武林 (Traveler of Wuxia)
74% matchVery Positive86% of 3,168 reviews2023
Dev: 香港商河洛互動娛樂股份有限公司
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Traveler of Wuxia is a deck-building rogue-lite game that mixes with Wuxia story and card combination. You will play as a young hero exploring to a unknown martial arts world. Use card combos to unleash powerful techniques and team up with companions to overcome the challenges of the martial world.
Why similar: Card Battler 24.4%, Card Game 22.5%, Roguelike 14.2%, Drama 10.2%, Survival 10%
- #40 Kingdom of Cards
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Rubber Duck GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
From cropland to forest, from academy to conqueror's guild, expand territory of your kingdom. As the kingdom grows, crises will quietly arise. No worries: prepare to use the resource cards to train a group of powerful guardians to eliminate enemies and protect your kingdom.
Why similar: Card Game 25.5%, Board Game 17.3%, Strategy 12.9%, Tabletop 10.8%, Roguelite 10.4%
- #41 Cat God Ranch
71% matchVery Positive94% of 2,138 reviews2024
Dev: CrazyPotato Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Lead hundreds of "wise" little animals to pay tribute to the Cat God!! 7 animal families, 100+ animals, 10+ Cat Gods, 100+ items, and various animal combinations waiting for you to explore!
Why similar: Card Battler 21.3%, Management 18.9%, Card Game 16%, Roguelite 11.2%, Roguelike 11.2%
- #42 Retirement Simulator
76% matchMostly Negative35% of 3,957 reviews2022
Dev: DoubleThink Studio
Windows · Mac
Retirement Simulator is a game that simulates the retirement life. Customize your retirement and realize your ultimate goals: become a world traveller, an influencer, a KungFu Master or more. Through discovering stories and events, you will also deepen your bonds with your familiy and the community.
Why similar: Solitaire 25.2% ★, Card Game 22.4%, Card Battler 21.4%, Story Rich 8.3%, Simulation 7.3%
- #43 BOOK OF HOURS
71% matchVery Positive89% of 4,152 reviews2023
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
Why similar: Card Game 22.2%, Tabletop 22%, Narrative 16% ★, Management 13.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #44 轮回修仙传
69% matchVery Positive83% of 1,081 reviews2025
Dev: Collider StudioPub: OKJOY
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
想书写你的龙傲天修仙人生吗?《轮回修仙传》是一款以修仙为题材的多结局多周目轮回式Roguelike人生模拟类游戏。沉浸式体验「我命由我不由天」的逆袭剧本,经历一世又一世的劫难,轮回点化作登仙台阶,结识修仙路上的红颜道侣,合理规划你的修炼和行动,不断突破境界,直到你一拳轰碎这天道约束!
Why similar: Roguelite 22.8%, Drama 22.7%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 9.5%
- #45 Factory Planner: First Sparks
70% matchVery Positive86% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Factory Planner: First Sparks is a card-based simulation and strategy game. In this Prologue version, build your own factory using strategic card combinations and enjoy a unique sandbox experience.
Why similar: Solitaire 23.7% ★, Tabletop 21.2%, Card Game 21.1%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 9.1%
- #46 Idle Cultivation
70% matchVery Positive81% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: Linmios
Windows
Idle towards Immortality! Ascend the cultivation stages to become immortal. Battle experts, monsters and mythological beasts. Draw talismans, craft powerful equipment and powerful pills to assist you in combat.
Why similar: Casual 85.6%, Singleplayer 14.4%
- #47 Card Survival: Tropical Island - The First Days
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
Why similar: Card Game 31.7%, Roguelike 16.8%, Simulation 14%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Survival 12.3%
- #48 Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,083 reviews2025
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a card-based deep survival simulator and the next installment in the Card Survival Series. Carve yourself a home in a primordial forest that has a will of its own. A day-to-day life simulator in a world where nature reigns with mystery, beauty and sometimes cruelty.
Why similar: Card Game 37.7%, Survival 27.1%, Roguelike 23.5%, Simulation 11.8%
- #49 我的人生
70% matchMixed66% of 510 reviews2025
Dev: ZZ GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
This is a wild and unpredictable life simulator, filled with laughter, banter, and endless possibilities. A strategy game that blends deck-building roguelike mechanics with Luck Be a Landlord-style gameplay. Shape your own life story from 400+ unique events and a deck of 380+ cards!
Why similar: Card Game 29.3%, Management 14.6%, Roguelite 14%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #50 Kyvir: Rebirth
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 417 reviews2021
Dev: Dawnblaze EntertainmentPub: AplusGames
Windows · Mac
Kyvir: Rebirth is a single player card game that combines elements of RPG, deck building, and roguelike gameplay. This game features an original dual deck mechanism, hundreds of distinctive items, skills, and cards for you to experiment with.
Why similar: Card Battler 20.1%, Card Game 16.9%, Tabletop 16.1%, Board Game 12.3%, Roguelite 11.3%
- #51 Yao-Guai Hunter
67% matchVery Positive84% of 2,232 reviews2025
Dev: MòGames
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Yao-Guai Hunter is a Wuxia roguelike deck-building game. In a world where Yao-Guai roam free, player battles with various evil beings, collecting cards and learn inner skills. Encountering various adventures in the martial world.
Why similar: Card Battler 28.7%, Card Game 27.2%, Roguelike 16%, Roguelite 15.3%, Strategy 7.6%
- #52 Simmiland
71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,913 reviews2018
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Simmiland is a god-like card game. In this game you indirectly influence a small civilization by manipulating their surroundings by playing cards 🃏🃏🃏 Playing cards on different biomes and objects will result in different findings. The way you play the game will define how mankind will develop!
Why similar: Card Game 48.8%, Simulation 33%, Strategy 9.7%, Casual 4.4%, 2D 2.8%
- #53 Stray Path
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 985 reviews2025
Dev: zidong gamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Stray Path is an innovative adventure and strategy game that blends FreeCell mechanics with roguelike gameplay. Choose from colourful characters and explore a randomly generated world. Drag cards, optimize your choices, select equipment, and uncover the mysteries of this mysterious stray world!
Why similar: Card Battler 37.3%, Card Game 22.3%, Roguelite 16.8%, Roguelike 10%, Strategy 8.8%
- #54 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 21.2%, Card Battler 19.2%, Roguelike 17.3%, Management 13.7%, Roguelite 13%
- #55 The Simulacrum
69% matchVery Positive83% of 126 reviews2023
Dev: Trynet Games
Windows
The Simulacrum is a deckbuilder with procedurally generated cards. Obtain cards through a roguelite mode, acquire a large collection and challenge the hidden guardians of The Simulacrum.
Why similar: Card Game 30.7%, Card Battler 26.4%, Roguelike 15.5%, Tabletop 11.3%, Strategy 8.9%
- #56 Immortal IDLE
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: 伯乐Couple
Windows
This is an IDLE cultivation game. Rise from mortal to immortal! Explore a world inspired by Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions as you master swordplay, elemental magic, or Buddhist powers. Grow spirit crops, craft items, defeat monsters, and loot treasures. Your path to immortality awaits!
Why similar: Strategy 52.2%, Casual 19.4%, Simulation 13.2%, 2D 12.6%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #57 Cribbish
66% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Fence Post Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shuffle chaos. Brew victory. A roguelike deckbuilder where relics, potions, and risky hands rule the table. An arcane twist on Cribbage where potions and relics supercharge your cards and the deck always has an attitude. Choose your build wisely, the cards show no mercy!
Why similar: Solitaire 27% ★, Card Game 22.5%, Roguelike 14.6%, Roguelite 11.4%, Strategy 6.5%
- #58 Artist Life Simulator
68% matchVery Positive83% of 189 reviews2022
Dev: Interactive FatePub: Interactive Fate
Windows
Live the life of a starving artist in 19th century alternative history. Survive poverty, alchoholism, madness, depression, and 67 different feelings. Paint masterpieces by combining inspirations, sell them for riches (or scraps) and create a painting that will change the world.
Why similar: Card Game 20.2%, Card Battler 17.9%, Tabletop 15.8%, Roguelike 11.3%, Roguelite 9.9%
- #59 Ruff Ghanor
66% matchVery Positive90% of 763 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: Card Battler 26.6%, Card Game 16%, Roguelite 14.6%, Roguelike 11.5%, Hand-drawn 11.3%
- #60 Transport Legion
65% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows · Linux
A unique roguelike card-based tower defense game. Strategically place cards, manage resource transport, balance production with combat, and craft distinctive decks to claim victory.
Why similar: Card Game 34%, Roguelite 17.5%, Strategy 17.3%, Tabletop 14.2%, Management 11.8%