Games Like CD 2: Trap Master

We fused deck-building roguelikes and tower defenses in a way never seen before - deploy your towers, collect valuable trinkets and cast powerful spells to defend yourself against the Salkoth!

Why similar: Tower Defense 20%, Card Battler 19.3%, Card Game 14.7%, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Roguelike 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the trap-focused, deckbuilding tower defense mechanics found in the seed game.

Cartridge Defense is a tower defense game with over 300 distinct collectible cards that you will use to create your own decks to defend against robots in the cyberpunk inspired future. Play cards (cartridges) to spawn towers, upgrades, special abilities and more in a campaign or rogue-like mode.

Why similar: Tower Defense 21.7%, Card Battler 20.7%, Deckbuilding 19.5%, Card Game 17.7%, Roguelite 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: It combines tower defense with a robust card-based upgrade system that feels very similar to the trap-management loop.

Guardians of Holme is a tower defense game with deckbuilding and roguelite elements. Players must use the terrain to their advantage and formulate defensive tactics by strategically placing powerful traps to repel endless waves of enemies.

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.1%, Deckbuilding 23.1%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Card Game 14.5%, Strategy 12%

Why You'll Like It: A strong tactical tower defense game that utilizes deckbuilding mechanics to manage your defensive arsenal.

A roguelike tower defense where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and unique effect items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.

Why similar: Tower Defense 32.8%, Deckbuilding 27%, Roguelite 18.1%, Roguelike 10.5%, Strategy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a fast-paced roguelike tower defense experience that shares the same strategic depth as the seed game.

You are the guardian of a cursed labyrinth and must prevent an adventurer from escaping with the help of your monsters. But the adventurer keeps trying again and again, accumulating levels and getting stronger... Survive to the highest possible level !

Why similar: Tower Defense 29.5%, Card Battler 27.6%, Roguelike 16.2%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title blends tower defense and auto-battler mechanics with a roguelike deckbuilding progression system.

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 25%, Deckbuilding 18.2%, Card Game 17%, Roguelite 11.8%, Roguelike 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on lane-based combat, it is the gold standard for roguelike deckbuilders that incorporate defensive positioning.

Necronator: Dead Wrong is a deck-building roguelike with an RTS twist. Build a powerful deck. Collect and deploy undead units and raise a unique army. Master each commander’s playstyle and conquer the world. Change the game with rule-bending relics. Unlock new decks and do it all again.

Why similar: Card Battler 14.5%, Tower Defense 13.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Deckbuilding 11.3%, Card Game 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time tactics game that uses card-based summoning and defense to hold off waves of enemies.

A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!

Why similar: Card Battler 18.2%, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Card Game 13.4%, Tower Defense 11%

Why You'll Like It: A unique card-based strategy game where you must build and defend a city against constant waves of enemies.

Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!

Why similar: Card Battler 16.6%, Deckbuilding 13.8%, Card Game 12.7%, Dungeon Crawler 11.2%, Procedural Generation 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It blends auto-battler mechanics with deckbuilding, offering a similar tactical feel to the seed game's combat encounters.

Become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with the deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wannabe heroes.

Why similar: Tower Defense 60.3%, Strategy 26.8%, Indie 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A highly strategic tower defense game that focuses on using traps and environmental hazards to defeat enemies.

In this deck-building roguelike, you'll use a customizable dice set as you battle through randomly generated trails - full of loot, mysteries, and danger to protect inhabitants from the evil that has corrupted the trail.

Why similar: Card Battler 16.9%, Deckbuilding 16.4%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Card Game 13.4%, Dungeon Crawler 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical deckbuilder that shares the dark, strategic roguelike progression found in the seed game.

The epic tower defense dark fantasy journey continues! Create powerful gems with various abilities and take on the battle against an endlessly flowing army of monsters, and face the growing darkness as you fight your way back towards the Spiritforge.

Why similar: Tower Defense 37%, Dark Fantasy 19.3%, Magic 16.9%, Dark 12.8%, Strategy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic trap-heavy tower defense game that provides the same satisfaction of building complex defensive kill-zones.

A fusion of tower defense games and roguelike deckbuilders. Use your cards to build towers and to upgrade them in unique ways. Gain rewards to customize your deck, defense and playstyle. Break the shapes before they break you!

Why similar: Tower Defense 25%, Deckbuilding 17%, Card Game 12.8%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Roguelike 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title explicitly combines tower defense with deckbuilding, focusing on card-based upgrades for your defenses.

Slice, burn, toss, zap, grind and gib massive hordes of repugnant orcs in this long-awaited successor to the award-winning Orcs Must Die! series.

Why similar: Tower Defense 73.1%, Strategy 13.4%, 3D 8.1%, Adventure 3.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, it is the definitive experience for players who love building elaborate trap networks to stop hordes.

Castle Cardians fused card games,roguelike and real time colony defense together. Build your powerful deck, defend the castle and beat invaders.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 18.6%, Tower Defense 16.2%, Card Game 16.1%, Card Battler 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that uses deckbuilding to manage the defense of your castle against incoming waves.

Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.

Why similar: Tower Defense 40.1%, Roguelike 16.4%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Strategy 9.1%, Roguelite 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A pure roguelike tower defense experience that emphasizes procedural generation and strategic base protection.

Form your own genre with skills in different elements, use building rewards to build your own unique maze in randomly generated levels, and fight to survive waves of monsters to win

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.1%, Deckbuilding 18.4%, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, Roguelite 12.1%, Roguelike 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tower defense and auto-battler hybrid that rewards strategic planning and deck synergy.

Explore randomly generated card dungeons where you can only move Right and Down, use Dice to defeat mighty enemies, gather powerful artifacts, and learn new abilities! Will you be able to escape from the dungeon?

Why similar: Card Battler 18.2%, Deckbuilding 15.2%, Card Game 13%, Roguelite 9.4%, Dungeon Crawler 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist roguelike deckbuilder that provides quick, strategic sessions similar to the seed game.

Step into the Demon’s Mirror and enter a fantastical, nightmarish world in this roguelike deckbuilder! Strategy meets the arcane in a unique fusion of deck-building and chain-3 mechanics. Can you face your demons and come out unscathed?

Why similar: Card Battler 21.4%, Deckbuilding 17.3%, Card Game 17%, Dungeon Crawler 12.2%, Roguelike 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A card-battler that incorporates grid-based positioning, offering a similar tactical layer to trap placement.

Mineral Defense combines tower defense with roguelite elements and procedural generation. Build paths, unlock upgrades, and unleash powerful synergies to conquer evolving challenges in an ever-expanding world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 20.2%, Card Game 16.5%, Deckbuilding 16%, Roguelite 11.7%, Procedural Generation 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense game that emphasizes resource management and strategic placement.

Dark Mist is a card game that combines elements of the roguelike deckbuilder genre with enemies that appear in waves. Defeat monsters and level up during battle to keep yourself going.

Why similar: Card Battler 20.7%, Deckbuilding 17.6%, Card Game 15.9%, Roguelike 10.3%, Roguelite 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike deckbuilder that focuses on turn-based combat and strategic card management.

Forest Heroes combines defense gameplay with roguelike deck-building. Enjoy intense battles and diverse strategies with simple controls!

Why similar: Tower Defense 18.1%, Card Battler 17.9%, Deckbuilding 13.6%, Card Game 11%, Roguelite 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tower defense roguelike that uses deckbuilding to customize your defensive capabilities.

Draft minions to defeat all who oppose the noble art of necromancy. Wield spells, discover dark relics, and reclaim your castle to unite the land through undeath in this unholy amalgam of roguelike, deckbuilder, and autobattler.

Why similar: Card Battler 18.9%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Card Game 13.1%, Dungeon Crawler 10.4%, Roguelike 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused roguelike that uses card-battler mechanics to manage your army and defenses.

A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!

Why similar: Tower Defense 20.5%, Deckbuilding 16.9%, Card Game 15.5%, Card Battler 15%, Roguelike 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike strategy game that focuses on base building and defensive survival mechanics.

FrostBound is a roguelike deck-building tower defense set in an endless winter. Build your base, master 500+ cards, and withstand relentless waves to end the eternal frost.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 33%, Card Game 27.6%, Roguelike 17.1%, Roguelite 9.8%, Strategy 8%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game with deep deckbuilding mechanics and a dark, atmospheric setting.

Embark on an epic journey in Primateria, a game redefining the roguelike deckbuilder with a nod to classic Yu-Gi-Oh! experience. Fuse cards, battle divine beings, and navigate through a universe teeming with challenges and surprises. Embrace the thrill of endless combinations and tactical depths.

Why similar: Card Battler 25.3%, Dungeon Crawler 18%, Card Game 17.3%, Roguelite 12.3%, Roguelike 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A complex card-battler with roguelite elements that will appeal to fans of deep deckbuilding systems.

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: Card Battler 19.4%, Deckbuilding 15.7%, Card Game 13.2%, Dungeon Crawler 12.2%, Roguelite 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A solitaire-style card-battler that offers a unique take on roguelite progression.

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: Tower Defense 33.2%, Card Game 31.4%, Roguelite 17.5%, Strategy 16.8%, Singleplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that incorporates card-based defense and turn-based tactical movement.

Cubic Cosmos is a thrilling fast-paced roguelike card game. You have been trapped in a deadly game. One wrong move could see you reduced to a plaything of the goddess. Can you free yourself from the endless cycle and escape your fate?

Why similar: Card Battler 19.7%, Deckbuilding 17.8%, Card Game 14.9%, Tower Defense 12.2%, Roguelike 10.4%

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: Deckbuilding 23.2%, Dungeon Crawler 18.6%, Procedural Generation 16.7%, Roguelite 14.5%, Roguelike 14.2%

Become the hero who protects the fantasy world and stop the monster invasion! 'Legacy of Defense' combines defense with deck-building. Build your deck, use powerful skills, gain experience, upgrade, clear stages, and defeat the final boss. Ready to test your strategy and luck?

Why similar: Tower Defense 19.9%, Deckbuilding 17.5%, Card Battler 17.1%, Dungeon Crawler 12.2%, Roguelite 10.1%

This is a hybrid between a card, board, and turn-based single-player game. Play cards in various ways, and discover iconic artifacts. Combine logical possibilities with an aspect of chance. Gradually map the world of this rogue-lite adventure. Walk through the portal and fight!

Why similar: Card Battler 21%, Card Game 18%, Deckbuilding 17.5%, Dungeon Crawler 12%, Roguelike 10%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based dungeon crawler that shares the dark fantasy aesthetic and roguelike deckbuilding focus.

Carefully craft your Mosaic in this fantasy themed deckbuilding game. Battle by battle, tile by tile, you'll form synergies and build up your Mosaic's combo potential, hoping to beat the curve as you forge deeper into enemy territory.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 21.8%, Card Battler 18.4%, Card Game 18.3%, Roguelite 13.9%, Roguelike 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic deckbuilder that focuses on roguelike elements and card-based combat.

SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 19.5%, Card Battler 16.7%, Card Game 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%, Procedural Generation 10%

Deck-building meets monster catching in this turn-based roguelike. Recruit enemy cards to your party as you dive into the depths of the abyss. Will you kill them or will you tame them?

Why similar: Card Battler 32%, Deckbuilding 27.1%, Card Game 25.7%, Strategy 6.9%, Roguelike 5.7%

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: Card Battler 20.4%, Deckbuilding 17.3%, Card Game 14.5%, Tower Defense 12.3%, Roguelite 10.6%

It's payback time! Lead your mighty dark army and make the Kingdom tremble with every step. Build powerful towers, choose your arsenal for destruction, and find the deadliest combination - train legendary heroes and lead them to victory!

Why similar: Tower Defense 46.4%, Cartoon 21.5%, Dark 12.5%, Strategy 11.4%, Adventure 4.7%

Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.7%, Card Game 35.9%, Roguelike 18.6%, Strategy 8.8%

Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!

Why similar: Card Battler 20.4%, Deckbuilding 18.9%, Card Game 16.1%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Roguelite 10.5%

Delve into the depths of Deepest Chamber: Resurrection, where card boosting is your key to survival. Employ this unique mechanic to augment your abilities, strategize your next moves and endure a series of increasingly perilous descents in this gripping rogue-lite, card-battling adventure!

Why similar: Card Battler 18.2%, Deckbuilding 16.3%, Dungeon Crawler 12.9%, Card Game 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%

[Hexagonal Tower] is a tower defense game with cards and roguelike random elements. Try to deploy your turrets and various reinforcement components in the dungeon to form a unique and powerful defense. Darkness is coming. Guard the last fortress of mankind with your wisdom!

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.5%, Card Game 18.7%, Deckbuilding 14.9%, Roguelite 14.8%, Strategy 9.1%

Mini Tank Mayhem is a roguelike deck-building tower defense game where you command a powerful mini-tank to repel waves of alien invaders. Craft your very own deck, deploy strategic defenses, and unleash devastating combos to protect Earth from pesky aliens!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 22.2%, Card Game 17.7%, Tower Defense 16.4%, Roguelike 12.4%, Roguelite 11.9%

In this exciting Card Building Roguelike game you create your cards from scratch adding different upgrades. Build your train, explore the Labyrinth and survive. Discover infinite synergies. How far will you go?

Why similar: Card Battler 20.8%, Deckbuilding 17.9%, Dungeon Crawler 17%, Card Game 13%, Dark 10.4%

Strategic tower defense where you play a witch, place class-based towers, equip them with items that grant powerful abilities, combine them, create unique builds & deal ridiculous amounts of damage! Customize your builds with a deep stat system and giant skill tree!

Why similar: Tower Defense 51.1%, Roguelike 24.5%, Strategy 12.9%, Casual 4.3%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Dungeon Warfare is a challenging tower defense strategy game where you become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wanna-be heroes.

Why similar: Tower Defense 67.6%, Strategy 17.9%, Indie 9.6%, Singleplayer 5%

Deck-building, dungeon defense, and tactical gameplay combine in Dungeon Monarch! Recruit warriors and wizards, buff your heroes, and thrash your foes — summon your dungeon monarch to punish interlopers and defeat enemies to increase your dark powers!

Why similar: Card Battler 20.8%, Tower Defense 19%, Deckbuilding 17.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, Roguelite 10.5%

A roguelike deck builder where you venture into the Dimwood, armed with unique modal cards. Rendered in dense 1-Bit pixel art, carefully build your deck and modify your cards to balance offense and utility. Battle your way past increasingly fearsome enemies and defeat the Beast at its heart.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 21.8%, Card Battler 20.9%, Card Game 15.9%, Roguelite 12.8%, Roguelike 12.8%

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: Card Battler 24.3%, Deckbuilding 17.9%, Card Game 16.3%, Roguelike 10%, Roguelite 8.9%

Stronghold's Dungeon is a Deck Building Dungeon Crawler game with Rogue-lite mechanics. You will get to craft a deck to fight and try to overcome this dungeon and its terrible master.

Why similar: Card Battler 24.3%, Deckbuilding 21.9%, Card Game 15.4%, Dungeon Crawler 13.4%, Roguelike 12.6%

A rogue-lite action strategy game with deck building. Fight the undead legion, forge your path, and gain powerful permanent progression. Godlike difficulty modes, mutators, heroic units, elite enemies, and unlockable rewards - endless replayability awaits!

Why similar: Tower Defense 22.3%, Deckbuilding 19.2%, Card Battler 14.2%, Roguelite 12.9%, Roguelike 10.5%

Runeborn is a dark fantasy roguelike that merges deckbuilding with a slot-machine-like mechanic. Forge your Runebook, crush enemies, and combine Trinkets of boundless power to destroy the forces of Malakar!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 25%, Roguelike 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Roguelite 13.1%, Cartoon 10.6%

Crystal Guardians is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight of waves and defend the world crystal. Gear up your towers with a powerful combination of items for your strategy. In an ever expanding map, find hidden powers and conquer the enemies.

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.1%, Roguelite 15.3%, Roguelike 14.8%, Procedural Generation 14.7%, Magic 8.7%

This is a strategy game that combines tower defense with Roguelike. Unlike traditional tower defense game, the towers in the game are vehicles that move along ‘loops’.You need to create defense loop and build battle trains to defend against enemy attacks.

Why similar: Tower Defense 35.6%, Roguelike 20%, Cartoon 14.8%, Strategy 10.6%, Roguelite 9%

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: Card Game 20.7%, Deckbuilding 19.4%, Card Battler 18.1%, Procedural Generation 16.5%, Roguelike 9.2%

Become the hero of a fantasy world and defend against monsters! 'Legacy of Defense - Prologue' is the intro to the innovative game 'Legacy of Defense' combining side-scrolling action and deck-building. Collect cards, use skills, gain experience, upgrade, and defeat the final boss!

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.4%, Deckbuilding 21.5%, Dungeon Crawler 16.2%, Roguelite 13%, Roguelike 10.6%

A deep roguelike and card game that is played using only two buttons: Right and Down! Choose your hero and explore randomly generated card dungeons, gather powerful artifacts to get new abilities, and fight against mighty enemies! Will you make it to level 50?

Why similar: Card Battler 15.6%, Deckbuilding 15.6%, Card Game 13.3%, Dungeon Crawler 12.5%, Roguelike 10.1%

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 21.4%, Card Battler 20.5%, Deckbuilding 17.2%, Procedural Generation 16.4%, Roguelike 12.1%

"Castle Morihisa" is a roguelike featuring strategic deckbuilder. You need to build up your deck through constant battles, acquire powerful talents, and wield the power of the Fallen Heroes to unveil the truth behind the rebellion in Castle Morihisa.

Why similar: Card Battler 22.1%, Dungeon Crawler 15.4%, Deckbuilding 15.4%, Card Game 15.2%, Procedural Generation 11.4%

A rogue-like deck-building experience coupled with table top battles. Choose a hero and allegiance then dive deep into the dungeon, evolving your deck for survival. Each choice you make matters, even in between battles!

Why similar: Card Battler 20.3%, Deckbuilding 17.4%, Card Game 15.9%, Dungeon Crawler 12.1%, Procedural Generation 10.3%

Descend into the Doomspire, a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where every run is different. Build wild synergies, battle unique bosses, and push deeper into the tower. Easy to pick up, endlessly replayable, and built for players who love strategy with chaos.

Why similar: Card Game 25.2%, Card Battler 24.2%, Roguelike 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Adventure 7.7%