Games Like Card Shark

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

Why similar: Historical 26%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Mystery 11.2%, Story Rich 9%

Why You'll Like It: Like Card Shark, it immerses players in a gorgeous hand-drawn historical setting filled with intrigue, mystery, and consequential dialogue choices.

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: Card Game 52.2%, Story Rich 18.3%, Simulation 15.4%, RPG 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a unique card-driven interface to tell a dark, atmospheric story of secrets and manipulation.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Historical 22.4%, Mystery 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Point & Click 13.8%, Story Rich 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Card Shark's focus on keen observation and piecing together intricate webs of crime and deception.

Hustle your way across ‘90s America as a runaway teen con artist. Choose how to make your scratch as you don disguises, pick pockets, and rip people off in this comedic crime-filled adventure. Experience the totally rad '90s in all its plaid and payphone glory!

Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.7%, Mystery 20.2%, Stylized 17.6%, Story Rich 14.6%, 2D 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the thrilling lifestyle of a petty criminal pulling off cons and confidence tricks in a stylized world.

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 53.6%, Story Rich 15.7%, RPG 15.7%, Simulation 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-rich occult RPG uses a thoughtful, card-based inventory and interaction system similar to thematic manipulation mechanics.

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 57.3%, Story Rich 22%, Point & Click 13.4%, 2D 4.5%, Adventure 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: It blends a dark, atmospheric narrative with innovative card-game mechanics where cheating and deception are part of the experience.

The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.

Why similar: Story Rich 34.4%, Point & Click 23.4%, Atmospheric 19.2%, Indie 7.4%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a narrative-heavy cyberpunk experience focused on manipulation, conversation, and reading people just like Card Shark's opponents.

Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.

Why similar: Card Game 58.1%, RPG 10.1%, Simulation 9.2%, Indie 6.9%, Adventure 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: It uses a simple card-swiping mechanic to drive a complex, branching narrative full of political intrigue and survival.

Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?

Why similar: Point & Click 26.3%, Mystery 21.2%, Story Rich 14.4%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a witty, stylish detective mystery filled with eccentric suspects to read and interrogate.

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 41.8%, Hand-drawn 19.6%, Story Rich 16.7%, RPG 13%, 2D 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It revolves around negotiation, cunning, and shady underworld dealings using a deck-building card system.

A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.

Why similar: Alternate History 24.9%, Mystery 15.2%, Point & Click 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Story Rich 9%

Why You'll Like It: A dialogue-heavy, choices-matter western adventure focusing on mystery and investigation.

Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Point & Click 14.4%, Mystery 13.6%, Story Rich 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style mystery adventure game featuring hand-drawn aesthetics and a gripping conspiracy plot.

Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil. Pick a side amongst noble families to choose the future monarch and crush those who stand in your way through board-shattering tactical card combat!

Why similar: Card Game 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Point & Click 13.5%, Story Rich 11.6%, RPG 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction game steeped in political maneuvering, courtly intrigue, and difficult narrative choices.

Decide the fate of the world in this ingenious story-driven card game. Foretales offers a unique take on the adventure genre, with a multitude of playstyles and story paths through which you can save the world… or bring about its end.

Why similar: Card Game 36.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Story Rich 13.7%, Atmospheric 9.8%, RPG 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes narrative card-based mechanics to tell an adventurous story where choices and cunning dictate your survival.

Enter the mysterious world of Skaramazuzu, and get ready to be tested. Meet strange beings and whimsical personalities, face challenges, and solve riddles in a hand-drawn, black and white 2D world.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 24.3%, Mystery 16.5%, Story Rich 12.6%, Stylized 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: It matches Card Shark's striking hand-drawn, surreal artistic style and atmospheric storytelling.

The year is 1923—step inside Castle Woods Sanatorium, where care and cruelty blur together. Disguised as a doctor, you’ll diagnose and treat patients using a deck of symptoms, tests, and outdated therapies. But tread carefully: one wrong move could expose you as an impostor.

Why similar: Historical 19.4%, Card Game 18.5%, Alternate History 18.2%, Mystery 10%, Point & Click 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A dark detective puzzle game that leans heavily into psychological mystery and investigation.

Ride with Lady Cornelia Darkmoor - aristocrat by day, highwaywoman by night. Play your cards right to untangle a web of corruption, smuggling and blackmail in this swashbuckling solitaire adventure. Your fortune and freedom are at stake!

Why similar: Card Game 40.7%, Historical 36.5%, Story Rich 10%, 2D 6.9%, Atmospheric 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A historical card game set in 18th-century England blending stealth, crime, and tactical solitaire puzzles.

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 32.3%, Historical 31.8%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, RPG 9.5%, Simulation 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A historical choose-your-adventure card game focused on clever experimentation and survival.

Dice Eater is a mystery card game based around supernatural powers where players must use their power to uncover the other player's tricks. Use your opponent's tricks against them to turn the tables and win.

Why similar: Gambling 42.9% ★, Card Game 21.3%, Mystery 12.7%, Story Rich 8.7%, Simulation 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric card game steeped in investigation and supernatural mystery.

Swipe through military negotiations, marry to strengthen alliances and recruit soldiers to fight in turn-based card battles in this historical epic.

Why similar: Card Game 37.6%, Historical 33.7%, RPG 10.1%, Story Rich 8.3%, 2D 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It builds upon the swipe-to-choose card mechanic to navigate complex historical alliances and betrayals.

Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.

Why similar: Mystery 26.2%, Point & Click 22.9%, Story Rich 15.8%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Simulation 9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the investigative thrill of uncovering secrets and manipulating information behind the scenes.

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: Card Game 42.6%, Gambling 39.5% ★, RPG 9.5%, 2D 5.7%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: It taps into the seed game's seedy tavern gambling themes with a quirky, rule-bending card experience.

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: Card Game 53.2%, Story Rich 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Adventure 7.3%, 2D 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A singleplayer roguelike deckbuilder focused on the calculated risks of card play.

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 43.2%, Hand-drawn 23.7%, Story Rich 14.8%, Mystery 12.2%, Indie 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A spy-thriller card game that turns a classic solitaire mechanic into an exercise of corporate espionage and betrayal.

In a game show starring only criminals, you must gamble against rival players to prove yourself worthy of being pardoned for your wrong deeds— But is the show really about proving your innocence? Jackpot Crash Course is a death game visual novel about crime, luck and spectacle.

Why similar: Gambling 30.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Quick-Time Events 9.9% ★, Point & Click 9.9%, Story Rich 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-driven interactive visual novel where your strategic decisions dictate your fortune.

In the game, you act as a participant in a large card tournament "Golden Skull", held among the best players from all over the world.

Why similar: Gambling 44.6% ★, Card Game 28.6%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 9.9%, Atmospheric 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: An indie card game centered around gambling and surviving the hazards of high-stakes play.

A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!

Why similar: Card Game 55.3%, RPG 11.1%, Simulation 10.1%, 2D 6.8%, Indie 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes card-based decision making to survive the perils and politics of a historical setting.

Explore the miniature universe filled with Eastern mythology, forgotten folk tales and surprising historical events in this puzzle adventure game. Step into real artworks, reveal mysteries by solving unique puzzles, and be the hero of the miniature folk.

Why similar: Historical 30.4%, Hand-drawn 19%, Point & Click 13%, Story Rich 9.8%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a meticulous, hand-drawn aesthetic and clever puzzle-solving reminiscent of atmospheric adventure games.

Dance of Cards is a tactical gambling RPG where you try to survive seven days of a deadly cruise by playing poker.

Why similar: Gambling 39.9% ★, Card Game 22.7%, Mystery 13.4%, Story Rich 9.3%, RPG 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven card and gambling game that emphasizes storytelling alongside tabletop strategy.

Explore your kingdom and rule wisely in the card game - Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2

Why similar: Card Game 38.9%, Story Rich 14.1%, Simulation 12.1%, RPG 11.5%, Adventure 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the card-driven survival and narrative choice formula set in a gritty historical world.

Museum Mystery is a deck-building, story-driven roguelite adventure where museum exhibits come to life, wreaking chaos. Explore halls from different eras, battle works of art, collect your own deck of artifacts, and solve the mystery!

Why similar: Card Game 46.4%, Story Rich 14.3%, RPG 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.4%, 2D 7.8%

A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.

Why similar: Historical 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Point & Click 14.3%, Mystery 10%, Story Rich 9.2%

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 41.1%, Hand-drawn 24.4%, Mystery 15.3%, Story Rich 8.2%, 2D 7.1%

Control your environment, gather your party, and build your best deck to overcome outlaws and supernatural forces, across a rich fantasy world. Watch as your tactical choices and deckbuilding prowess play out through stylish fight sequences.

Why similar: Card Game 50.3%, Hand-drawn 24.2%, Story Rich 16%, Adventure 5.8%, Singleplayer 3.7%

A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.

Why similar: Point & Click 33.2%, Story Rich 25.6%, Atmospheric 18.6%, Adventure 10.6%, 2D 7.5%

Every character remembers, watches, tests, and may deceive you like a living person. They have emotions, voices, expressions, and buried secrets. Break them with words or evidence — or realize too late that you were only a pawn in their game. A detective game built around truly lifelike NPCs.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33%, Mystery 27.9%, Story Rich 17.9%, RPG 11%, Adventure 7.5%

Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the conspiracy behind a cursed relic and the secrets of the King who was never crowned.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.2%, Mystery 22.4%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Story Rich 14.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%

A short, non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.

Why similar: Mystery 35%, Point & Click 28.5%, Story Rich 10.1%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Adventure 6.2%

Thick as Thieves is a stealth-action heist game, playable solo or with a partner in crime in co-op multiplayer. Master the art of thievery through cunning gameplay across a 4-hour campaign in this dynamic new take on stealth.

Why similar: Stealth 46.1%, Alternate History 30.7%, Mystery 13.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%

A Victorian steampunk RPG with tarot cards instead of dice. Investigate the disappearance of society’s most vulnerable to uncover a mysterious cult. Play as three characters, each with their own skills and motivations. Customize your characters with narrative choices to unlock new tarot cards.

Why similar: Card Game 21.1%, Alternate History 18.8%, Story Rich 14.5%, Point & Click 13.1%, RPG 12.1%

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Why similar: Mystery 25.6%, Point & Click 20.8%, Story Rich 14.6%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Simulation 11.4%

Roll up and play a deck building game like no other! Gather weird and wonderful performers, amaze audiences, explore Gilded Age America, and transform your run down circus into an entertainment empire. Play your cards right and you could claim the crown of greatest showman from P.T .Barnum!

Why similar: Historical 29.4%, Card Game 26.1%, Stylized 11.6%, RPG 11.3%, Story Rich 10.3%

The film noir stealth game. Calvino Noir is the exploratory, sneaking adventure through the 1930s European criminal underworld. Architecture meets Noir as you become unwillingly entangled in a revolutionist plot.

Why similar: Stealth 71.8%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 12.7%

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39%, Story Rich 21.1%, RPG 14.6%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Simulation 6.4%

A deckbuilding adventure card game set in a rustic Norwegian town during the 90's. Recruit followers, draft cards and build powerful combos. Explore a hand-crafted world across multiple runs and uncover an unsettling mystery…

Why similar: Card Game 52.4%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Point & Click 15.8%, Adventure 8.3%, Indie 3.2%

An immersive sim-lite in a fictional historical setting. You are on the world's first airship about to crash down and have to find the culprit. Sneak around, break into cabins, interrogate passengers, find evidence - but be careful not to incriminate yourself!

Why similar: Alternate History 28.2%, Mystery 22.4%, Story Rich 16.3%, RPG 12.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Paris, 1894. Class differences and pervasive racism finally lead to a tragedy. A year later you find yourself on trial, accused of a brutal murder. How far will you go to exonerate yourself? Will you lie? Manipulate the evidence? Frame others? Act insane? Confess? Your imagination is the limit.

Why similar: Alternate History 24.2%, Historical 18.2%, Mystery 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Story Rich 7.5%

Medieval Europe is in the middle of religious upheaval and many a preacher predict the imminent end of the world. Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy story with true historical events in the background. You'll be facing intricate puzzles, challenging battles and cunning stealth.

Why similar: Historical 32.4%, Mystery 16%, Point & Click 14%, Stylized 11.3%, Story Rich 10.5%

THIEF’S SHELTER is a 3D Point and Click Psychological Adventure where the world mirrors a crumbling mind. Nothing stays still, and even your own thoughts can’t be trusted.

Why similar: Point & Click 34.9%, Story Rich 24.2%, Atmospheric 18.7%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 6.8%

Shadowhand is a strategic RPG card game. Duel powerful enemies in 18th Century England with unique solitaire-style turn-based combat. Equip your character strategically to sneak, slice and blast through foes!

Why similar: Historical 40.5%, Card Game 32.4%, Story Rich 12%, RPG 9.2%, 2D 6%

Explore a world built from the luscious landscapes, turbulent townscapes and preposterous portraits of real Renaissance paintings. Death of the Reprobate is a Rabelaisian adventure game from the creator of Four Last Things and The Procession to Calvary.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 24%, Point & Click 22.6%, Historical 21.3%, Story Rich 15.6%, 2D 5.9%

Use various cards to solve randomly generated murder cases in this roguelite deduction adventure game. The culprit always lies, and the innocent always tell the truth. Make too many mistakes, and it's back to square one. Put your wits to the test and solve as many cases as you can!

Why similar: Card Game 48.9%, Story Rich 13.3%, Point & Click 11.6%, 2D 8.8%, Adventure 8.8%

Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?

Why similar: Card Game 43.1%, Story Rich 17.4%, Simulation 13.2%, RPG 12.5%, Adventure 7.3%

Discover the youth of a legend - Experience the transformation of Arsene Lupin, from whimsical thief to legendary hero, in 'Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief', an adventure and investigation game freely adapted from the works of Maurice Leblanc, with its events unfolding in the early 20th century.

Why similar: Historical 26.2%, Stealth 21.5%, Point & Click 20.5%, Mystery 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.4%

The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.

Why similar: Historical 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Point & Click 12%, Mystery 11.1%

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 81%, 2D 7.5%, Indie 6.5%, Singleplayer 5%

Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.

Why similar: Story Rich 42%, RPG 32.8%, 2D 19.1%, Singleplayer 6.1%

A point & click adventure based on the legendary life of the greatest Tango singer, Carlos Gardel. With a strong grasp on Argentinean culture, it guides the player through a very charming story full of rich details of an early twentieth century Buenos Aires.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Hand-drawn 19.5%, Point & Click 16.6%, Story Rich 11.2%, Adventure 10.2%

A retro mini-roguelike inside a slot machine. Steady your blade - and spin!

Why similar: Gambling 72.5% ★, Atmospheric 8.5%, 2D 7.8%, Simulation 5.6%, Indie 4.2%

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Mystery 37.7%, Historical 21.9%, Story Rich 16.7%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Indie 4.9%