Games Like Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder

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

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23% ★, Card Game 11.3%, Deckbuilding 10.9%, Roguelike 9.8%, Turn-Based 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core obsession with stacking exponential combos and manipulating rules within a tightly focused roguelike card framework.

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: City Builder 21.6%, Card Game 17%, Card Battler 16.1%, Roguelite 12.5%, Deckbuilding 11%

Why You'll Like It: Like Combolands, it relies on stacking cards to manage resources, build structures, and survive in a miniature simulated world.

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 17.2% ★, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Card Battler 12.9%, Card Game 10%, Roguelite 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines real-time city defense with card-building mechanics, creating a frantic and strategic pacing similar to Combolands.

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 21.3% ★, Card Battler 11.7%, Turn-Based 10.3%, Deckbuilding 9.9%, Card Game 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers deeply tactical, card-based combat with heavy emphasis on positioning and unique synergy chains.

Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.3% ★, Deckbuilding 12%, Card Battler 11.7%, Card Game 9.9%, Roguelike 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends casual city-building management with roguelite mechanics and automated resource generation.

Tiny Kingdom is a minimalist city-building strategy game where every placement matters. Start with a single hut and grow a thriving kingdom by combining buildings, unlocking synergies, and creating efficient layouts.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.4% ★, City Builder 20.7%, Deckbuilding 13.2%, Card Game 9.8%, Difficult 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A micro city-builder wrapped in a roguelike progression shell that directly mirrors the scale and objective of Combolands.

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 20.2% ★, Turn-Based 11.2%, Deckbuilding 10.8%, Card Battler 10.4%, Card Game 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist strategy roguelike where placing pieces and triggering regional combos dictates your survival.

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 24.7% ★, Deckbuilding 12.9%, Card Battler 12.2%, Card Game 10%, Roguelite 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Though more traditional in its card-battling, it shares an uncompromising focus on deterministic strategy and minimizing RNG.

LuckLand is a strategy casual game that combines elements such as card building and Roguelike. To achieve ultimate victory, all you need to do is rotate the chessboard. This game does not include any real world currency gambling or micro trading.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24% ★, Deckbuilding 12.4%, Roguelite 9.2%, Card Game 9.1%, Card Battler 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features card-driven village building and slot-like RNG mechanics designed around creating high-scoring combo loops.

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 24.7% ★, Deckbuilding 12.3%, Card Battler 10.9%, Card Game 10.2%, Roguelike 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It taps into the same addictive card-drafting and rule-bending synergy creation found in Combolands.

Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.9% ★, Turn-Based 14.1%, Deckbuilding 11.2%, Roguelike 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It distills tactical combat into a compact, positioning-heavy puzzle where every single action and placement matters deeply.

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 29.4% ★, Card Battler 12.2%, Deckbuilding 11.4%, Turn-Based 8.5%, Strategy 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based strategic roguelike focusing on clever placement, resource management, and meaningful choices.

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.6% ★, Card Battler 13.2%, Deckbuilding 11.4%, Card Game 10.5%, Roguelike 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tower defense positioning with deckbuilding mechanics to create a tight, strategic grid puzzle.

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 18.4% ★, Turn-Based 12.3%, Deckbuilding 11.5%, Card Battler 10.2%, Card Game 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features unique board exploration and synergy-heavy card drafting that rewards creative spatial and tactical combos.

ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.

Why similar: City Builder 57.3%, Strategy 17.2%, Relaxing 11.8%, Procedural Generation 7.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: While lacking the roguelike combat, it captures the exact same zen-like, high-efficiency building and placement puzzle spirit.

Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!

Why similar: City Builder 37.7%, Management 32.9%, Strategy 19.4%, Relaxing 6.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on micro-management and grid layout optimization to maximize customer satisfaction and gold generation.

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 20.9% ★, Turn-Based 11.6%, Card Battler 10.4%, Deckbuilding 10%, Card Game 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dice-deckbuilding roguelike with unique purification mechanics and heavy tactical synergy potential.

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 22.2% ★, Card Battler 10.9%, Deckbuilding 10.4%, Card Game 9.2%, Turn-Based 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A grid-based roguelike deckbuilder that combines survival mechanics with clever card management.

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 18.3% ★, Turn-Based 10%, Deckbuilding 9.8%, Card Battler 9.6%, Card Game 8%

Why You'll Like It: Replaces cards with dice on a grid board, emphasizing placement combinations and tactical roguelike progression.

Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!

Why similar: City Builder 41.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Strategy 13.6%, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Relaxing 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the peaceful yet intensely tactical tile-placement puzzle elements that drive the satisfaction of building tiny worlds.

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: City Builder 58.9%, Strategy 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Fantasy 8.2%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist side-scrolling micro-strategy game where resource allocation and expansion feel tense yet rewarding.

Tactical dice-rolling roguelike combat. Take control of 5 heroes, each with their own unique dice. Fight your way through 20 levels of monsters and try to take on the final boss. If you lose a single fight you have to start over so be careful (and lucky!).

Why similar: Roguelike 23.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 23%, Roguelite 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Procedural Generation 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A compact roguelike utilizing dice values and positioning restrictions that requires the same optimization mindset.

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 29.9% ★, Card Battler 13.9%, Card Game 11.9%, Turn-Based 11.1%, Deckbuilding 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational deckbuilding roguelike that heavily influences the decision-making loops of almost every card-based strategy game.

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 23.4%, Deckbuilding 21.1%, Card Game 18.2%, Roguelike 12.7%, Roguelite 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Blends atmospheric card-battling with physical table interaction and puzzle-like board mechanics.

The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 25.1%, Roguelike 19.7%, Roguelite 18.6%, Card Game 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 10%

Why You'll Like It: Features automatic character movement while the player focuses entirely on placing cards to spawn buildings, enemies, and tiles.

Each step into the unknown heals you and reveals new obstacles as you guide fresh heros to glorious retirement or ignominious death. Master tactical spells, appease ancient gods and get rich through taxidermy in this award-winning quick-play puzzle-roguelike.

Why similar: Roguelike 41.4%, Turn-Based 32.8%, Difficult 7.6%, Roguelite 6.6%, Fantasy 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant bite-sized roguelike puzzle where every tile and resource spent is a critical math problem.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: City Builder 45.7%, Roguelite 22.2%, Strategy 16.1%, Management 13.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder where adapting to random upgrades, buildings, and combos is essential for survival.

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 22.5% ★, Turn-Based 11.6%, Card Battler 11%, Card Game 9.5%, Deckbuilding 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A streamlined, fast-paced roguelike card game that offers bite-sized strategic runs similar in duration and focus.

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 24.9% ★, Deckbuilding 13.5%, Roguelike 10.8%, Roguelite 8.7%, Card Game 8.6%

Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.

Why similar: City Builder 40.7%, Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Relaxing 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: An eco-centric reverse city-builder that challenges players to carefully place structures for maximum restorative synergy.

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 18.6% ★, Turn-Based 10.8%, Deckbuilding 10.1%, Card Battler 9.6%, Card Game 8.4%

The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.5% ★, Card Battler 13.1%, Deckbuilding 12.9%, Card Game 10.8%, Roguelike 9.8%

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 19.2% ★, Turn-Based 12.2%, Deckbuilding 10.7%, Card Battler 10%, Card Game 8.8%

A combo-based deckbuilding roguelike through a space-time loop: collect cards, receive blessings, add pets to your party, and grow stronger. Chain together cards in the right order for max power, and act before the enemy does. Build synergistic decks, find many secrets, and make BIG numbers!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.5% ★, Deckbuilding 12.2%, Turn-Based 12.1%, Card Battler 10.4%, Roguelike 9.4%

Combo Card Clashers is a roguelike deckbuilder meets auto battler! Build massive combos by playing all cards each turn. Unlock powerful card synergies, recruit monsters to be your allies, upgrade gears and skills - give it all to brave through a mysterious world.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.4% ★, Turn-Based 12.5%, Card Battler 11.7%, Deckbuilding 8.9%, Roguelike 8.4%

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 24.3% ★, Turn-Based 12.9%, Deckbuilding 11.8%, Card Battler 11.7%, Card Game 10.4%

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.7% ★, City Builder 15.2%, Roguelike 10.5%, Deckbuilding 10%, Card Game 8.4%

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 25.7% ★, Deckbuilding 13.3%, Card Battler 12.3%, Roguelite 9.5%, Card Game 9.2%

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: City Builder 20.5%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 19.2% ★, Card Game 11%, Deckbuilding 10.8%, Card Battler 9.4%

Cross Blitz is a unique RPG deckbuilder featuring fast-paced tactical combat with loads of cards to collect and synergies to wield. Explore, level up, craft new cards and build the perfect decks as you carve your own path to victory!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 18%, Card Battler 16.7%, Card Game 14%, Roguelite 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.8% ★, Deckbuilding 12.2%, Card Game 11.9%, Card Battler 10%, Strategy 9.4%

A roguelike dice-building game where the goal is to overcome an ever-increasing target score each round. Assemble a synergistic set of Cats and dice, go for crazy combos and try to attain as high a score as you possibly can. Master the synergy between cats and dice to win!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 18.5% ★, Card Battler 14.2%, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Card Game 10.4%, Roguelike 10.2%

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 23.7% ★, Card Battler 11.9%, Turn-Based 11.3%, Deckbuilding 10.9%, Card Game 9.5%

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: Deckbuilding 16%, Card Battler 13.9%, Roguelike 12.4%, Roguelite 11.9%, Card Game 11.7%

Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.4% ★, City Builder 20.6%, Deckbuilding 12%, Card Game 9.3%, Roguelike 9%

Tactical deckbuilding in bite-sized sessions. Launch dice to create magical chain reactions. Choose from distinct hero classes with unique abilities. Build synergies between dice, relics, and runes to defeat challenging bosses.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.9% ★, Deckbuilding 14.9%, Roguelite 12.5%, Roguelike 12.4%, Strategy 7.9%

Islantiles is a cozy but compulsive roguelike deckbuilder. Unlock powerful technology cards, shape your deck to craft game-breaking combos, and grow your settlements to glory in this ultra-satisfying roguelike!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.8% ★, City Builder 21.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Deckbuilding 9.1%, Strategy 8.1%

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 24.6% ★, Turn-Based 13.6%, Deckbuilding 12.9%, Roguelike 9.4%, Roguelite 8.5%

Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.1% ★, Deckbuilding 18.6%, Roguelite 14.8%, Roguelike 12.6%, Strategy 10.3%

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 25.7% ★, Card Battler 14.2%, Deckbuilding 13.2%, Card Game 12.3%, Roguelite 8.7%

Circadian Dice is a game inspired by single-player deck-building games, but instead of upgrading a deck, you build up a set of dice! Use 10 different heroes and 60 game-warping relics to take on 13 hand-crafted scenarios, in runs that take 10-30 minutes. Lots of secrets and unlocks to discover!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 37.2% ★, Deckbuilding 18%, Card Battler 9%, Card Game 8%, Strategy 7.8%

The engineering roguelike. Construct your combos by wiring circuits. Build crazy machines to zap the monsters and trigger satisfying chain reactions. Discover devastating synergies and create overpowered builds.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.1% ★, Deckbuilding 15.4%, Card Battler 13.9%, Turn-Based 13%, Roguelike 10.5%

Combine 100's of unique emoji based tokens in this roguelike merge-builder! Find ever more creative combinations of Tokens and Powers to fuse unique strategies and beat this ever more challenging twist on rogue-likes, puzzlers and arcadey games!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 41.2% ★, Deckbuilding 18.2%, Roguelike 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Strategy 10.6%

Build the ultimate Zoo in this number-go-up roguelike deckbuilder. Find powerful mythical animals, boost them with snacks, and even manipulate the board itself. Break the game by scoring millions (and more) with insane combos.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.2% ★, Deckbuilding 15.7%, Card Game 12.6%, Roguelite 11.3%, Roguelike 11.2%

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

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.5% ★, Turn-Based 14%, Deckbuilding 12%, Card Battler 10%, Roguelike 8.3%

A new sensation!? City-building × Roguelike game *Super Tax City*. Choose and place your favorite facilities from randomly drawn options! The combinations are endless! Create a profitable city that's uniquely yours!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33% ★, City Builder 21.4%, Deckbuilding 16%, Roguelite 11.5%, Roguelike 10.8%

Plant, grow, and harvest in this farming roguelite deckbuilder. Craft a powerful deck of plants and combine quirky scarecrows with passive effects for wild synergies. Pay taxes. Strategic, satisfying, and delightfully wholesome.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.7% ★, Deckbuilding 14.2%, Roguelite 11.6%, Card Game 11.3%, Roguelike 10.3%

Nadir is a roguelike deck-builder with a twist: the cost to play a card is an enemy reaction you can predict. Craft your own cards to slay powerful demons. Gather resources, expand your city, grow in power and conquer the underworld.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.5% ★, City Builder 14.2%, Deckbuilding 11.5%, Card Battler 11.4%, Card Game 9.7%

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 30.1% ★, Card Battler 15.6%, Card Game 15.1%, Strategy 13.3%, Deckbuilding 13.3%