- #1 Alina of the Arena
97% matchVery Positive92% of 3,884 reviews2022
Dev: PINIX
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A roguelike deckbuilding tactics game that combines elements from 'Slay the Spire' and 'Into the Breach'. Play as a gladiator to survive. With roguelike deckbuilding and hex-based tactics, no longer bound by simple attack and defense. Make use of dodges and knockbacks to stay alive!
Why similar: Card Game 17.8%, Deckbuilding 15.4%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 12.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the grid-based tactical movement and card-based combat found in Death Howl.
- #2 Deck of Souls
96% matchVery Positive83% of 211 reviews2024
Dev: Bigboot StudiosPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Roguelite deck-building meets souls-like. Break out of an infinite loop to close the hell gates, turn enemies into cards, and build your own omnipotent Deck of Souls! Rolls included.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 19.6%, Card Game 17.4%, Card Battler 14.5%, Tactical 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Directly inspired by the souls-like genre, it translates the tension and difficulty of the genre into a card-based format.
- #3 Knock on the Coffin Lid
96% matchVery Positive84% of 2,838 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.6%, Deckbuilding 19.9%, Card Game 17.2%, Card Battler 16.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder that shares the grim aesthetic and challenging combat encounters of the seed game.
- #4 Tainted Grail: Conquest
95% matchVery Positive90% of 8,124 reviews2021
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 26.9%, Turn-Based 23.2%, Card Game 22.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Card Battler 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the dark, oppressive atmosphere and deep deckbuilding progression that fans of Death Howl will appreciate.
- #5 SpellRogue
94% matchVery Positive87% of 1,585 reviews2025
Dev: Guidelight GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 21.8%, Turn-Based 17.4%, Card Game 14.1%, Card Battler 13.4%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 8.4% ★
Why You'll Like It: A challenging tactical deckbuilder that focuses on managing resources and positioning to overcome difficult encounters.
- #6 Gordian Quest
94% 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: Turn-Based 19%, Deckbuilding 16.4%, Card Game 15.8%, Card Battler 14.8%, Tactical 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features a grid-based tactical combat system combined with complex RPG deckbuilding elements.
- #7 Wildfrost
92% 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: Deckbuilding 16.7%, Turn-Based 16.5%, Card Battler 16.3%, Card Game 15.4%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 9.5% ★
Why You'll Like It: Features tactical positioning and card-battler mechanics that require careful planning to survive difficult boss fights.
- #8 Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder
93% matchMixed63% of 329 reviews2023
Dev: Black Eye Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Deckbuilding 21.8%, Card Game 19.3%, Card Battler 17.7%, Turn-Based 15.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.2% ★
Why You'll Like It: Its striking, dark, and surreal art style aligns closely with the atmospheric tone of Death Howl.
- #9 Trials of Fire
91% matchVery Positive86% of 3,239 reviews2021
Dev: Whatboy Games
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.5%, Card Battler 18.3%, Card Game 15.6%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at combining tactical grid-based movement with card-driven combat in a harsh, unforgiving world.
- #10 Vault of the Void
90% matchVery Positive93% of 2,938 reviews2022
Dev: Spider Nest Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 28%, Card Game 22.8%, Card Battler 21.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 14.1% ★, Difficult 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a high level of tactical depth and strategic deck management that rewards careful planning.
- #11 Inscryption
89% 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: Deckbuilding 27%, Card Battler 24.5%, Card Game 24.4%, Surreal 11%, Psychological 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its surreal, atmospheric, and unsettling card-based gameplay provides a similar sense of mystery and dread.
- #12 Banners of Ruin
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,181 reviews2021
Dev: MonteBearoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.2%, Deckbuilding 15.6%, Card Game 13.8%, Card Battler 13.3%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 8.4% ★
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical positioning and squad-based deckbuilding, mirroring the strategic combat of the seed game.
- #13 Tamarak Trail
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: Yarrow GamesPub: Versus Evil
Windows
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: Deckbuilding 19.1%, Turn-Based 17.9%, Card Game 15%, Card Battler 14.1%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 8.9% ★
Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique tactical deckbuilding experience with a focus on procedural generation and strategic depth.
- #14 Cross Blitz
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,591 reviews2025
Dev: Tako Boy Studios LLCPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 25.9%, Card Game 21.1%, Card Battler 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Tactical 9%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG-focused deckbuilder that offers a deep, narrative-driven experience alongside its card-battler mechanics.
- #15 Black Book
88% matchVery Positive92% of 6,528 reviews2021
Dev: MorteshkaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.6%, Card Battler 17.5%, Deckbuilding 16.9%, Card Game 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy RPG that integrates card-based combat with a deeply atmospheric, folklore-inspired narrative.
- #16 Roguebook
86% matchVery Positive84% of 4,279 reviews2021
Dev: Abrakam Entertainment SAPub: Nacon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Turn-Based 19%, Deckbuilding 18.9%, Card Game 16.3%, Card Battler 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines exploration with a unique dual-hero deckbuilding system that rewards tactical synergy.
- #17 Ring of Pain
85% matchVery Positive92% of 5,015 reviews2020
Dev: Simon BoxerPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? Meet strange friends bearing gifts and treasure. Choose your gear wisely to survive and discover the secrets of the Ring of Pain.
Why similar: Turn-Based 34%, Card Game 29.6%, Difficult 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 4.8% ★
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and dark card-based dungeon crawler that emphasizes atmosphere and difficult decision-making.
- #18 Deck of Ashes
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,061 reviews2020
Dev: AYGamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Deck of Ashes is an adventure game with tactical card combat. One character at a time, lead the cast of antiheroes on a quest for redemption. Explore the cursed fantasy world and hunt down powerful cards. Forge a unique Battle Deck, and crush your foes! Can you rid the world of the Ash Curse?
Why similar: Deckbuilding 25%, Card Battler 24.2%, Turn-Based 16.2%, Card Game 13.8%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.6% ★
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy deckbuilder that emphasizes resource management and tactical combat in a grim world.
- #19 Deathless. The Hero Quest
84% matchVery Positive88% of 983 reviews2024
Dev: 1C Game StudiosPub: FOR-GAMES CR LTD
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Deathless, elements of a collectible card game, roguelike, and turn-based strategy combine seamlessly. Build a unique deck of cards, discover unusual relics, and defeat legendary bosses. No two journeys will ever be the same with endless Path. Crush the Evil and save the world!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 21.9%, Turn-Based 19.5%, Card Game 18.5%, Card Battler 16.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: A challenging roguelike deckbuilder that emphasizes replayability and difficult combat encounters.
- #20 Spirits of The Silicium Forest
84% matchVery Positive94% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: PixelGreeds
Windows · Linux
SotSF is a turn-based rogue-like game with deck-building elements, in the aesthetics of Mesoamerica and transhumanism. Position yourself on the battlefield, build and utilize various combinations of abilities to defeat the mysterious spirits of the Silicium Forest. Has “Story” and “Roguelite” modes.
Why similar: Turn-Based 24.2%, Card Game 16.3%, Card Battler 15.1%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.5% ★, Deckbuilding 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric and tactical card-game that focuses on strategic exploration.
- #21 Beneath Oresa
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,655 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Spear Inc.Pub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Beneath Oresa, a fighting roguelike deckbuilder, takes you deep within the city to confront your foes. As a strategist, choose your cards, upgrades, and artifacts wisely, but as a fighter, turn their positioning to your advantage.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 29.3%, Card Game 24.4%, Turn-Based 21.5%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 14.9% ★, Female Protagonist 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical card-battler that emphasizes positioning and dynamic combat interactions.
- #22 Phantom Rose 2 Sapphire
82% matchVery Positive92% of 376 reviews2023
Dev: makarollPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac
Phantom Rose 2 is a roguelike deckbuilding game. Fight and collect powerful cards as Aria, trying to survive in her cherished school that’s being ravaged by evil creatures.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.3%, Deckbuilding 18.1%, Card Game 15.9%, Card Battler 14%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 9.3% ★
Why You'll Like It: A tactical card-focused game that requires precise decision-making to overcome challenging enemies.
- #23 Blood Card
82% matchVery Positive81% of 722 reviews2019
Dev: Pixel Cattle Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
This card game combines elements of roguelike and deckbuilding. During the game, you shall strive ahead, gathering cards to build a unique deck and use it to defeat the enemies getting in your way. You will have to choose between escaping or try to defeat Death, who is relentlessly pursuing you.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 21.1%, Turn-Based 21%, Card Battler 20.5%, Card Game 18.5%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.6% ★
Why You'll Like It: A tactical card-battler that forces players to manage their health as a primary resource.
- #24 Breachway
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,353 reviews2024
Dev: Edgeflow StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 22.3%, Turn-Based 19.5%, Card Game 19.3%, Card Battler 17.5%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 10.8% ★
Why You'll Like It: A space-themed deckbuilder that emphasizes strategic planning and tactical combat.
- #25 Griftlands
79% matchVery Positive94% of 14,297 reviews2021
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 25.1%, Turn-Based 24.5%, Card Battler 21.6%, Card Game 19%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 6.9% ★
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven deckbuilder that offers complex tactical choices both in and out of combat.
- #26 Library Of Ruina
79% 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: Deckbuilding 24.7%, Card Game 22.1%, Turn-Based 19.7%, Card Battler 14.2%, Difficult 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and highly tactical card-battler that features a deep, dark narrative and complex mechanics.
- #27 Acolyte of the Altar
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Black Kite Games
Windows
Hunt through the wastelands for colossal Beasts in this roguelike deckbuilder. Beware! Beasts grow stronger during battle, allowing them to consume your creatures or counter your spells. Carve profane Gifts from these behemoths and grow stronger to serve your Patron! But serve them to what end?
Why similar: Deckbuilding 21.2%, Card Game 19.6%, Turn-Based 19.1%, Card Battler 18.3%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.6% ★
Why You'll Like It: A strategic card-battler that focuses on building powerful synergies to defeat challenging foes.
- #28 Zoeti
81% matchMixed65% of 503 reviews2023
Dev: Dusklight CO., LTD.Pub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Zoeti is a turn-based roguelite that features a deck of playing cards used to create card combos and activate skills in the heat of battle. Bolster your arsenal of skills through battles, discoverable upgrades, or aid from the locals which enhance your plays to overcome the evil plaguing your land.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.4%, Deckbuilding 17.2%, Card Game 17.2%, Card Battler 16.1%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 10% ★
Why You'll Like It: A tactical card-game that uses poker-style hands to execute moves in combat.
- #29 One Turn Kill
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,141 reviews2026
Dev: DenDenPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
One Turn Kill is a PvE card game where card drawing and deck control are the keys to victory. Engage in battles limited to a single turn for an exhilarating, suspenseful experience.Join the protagonist in a pixel art wasteland to face off with the strongest of enemies and see what story awaits.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 34.4%, Card Game 31.3%, Card Battler 21.4%, Female Protagonist 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
- #30 Slay the Spire
78% 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 Game 22.9%, Card Battler 20.8%, Deckbuilding 19.1%, Turn-Based 18.9%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 14.3% ★
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential deckbuilder that provides the foundational mechanics for many tactical card games.
- #31 Monster Train
78% 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: Deckbuilding 21.7%, Card Battler 21.4%, Card Game 19.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A highly strategic card-battler that focuses on lane-based positioning and synergy.
- #32 Journey to the Void
77% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: RuneHeads
Windows · Mac
Prepare to fend off attacks from all directions in this hybrid strategy roguelite deck builder. On your journey through varied grid-based biomes, battle unique foes and make tough moral choices to restore a corrupted land and decide the fate of your world.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 19.7%, Card Game 17.2%, Turn-Based 16.2%, Card Battler 15.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 9.1% ★
- #33 As We Descend
76% matchVery Positive87% of 1,106 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Deckbuilding 23.3%, Card Game 20.8%, Card Battler 19.3%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 12.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
- #34 StarVaders
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,970 reviews2025
Dev: PengonautsPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 23.3%, Card Game 15.2%, Card Battler 13.9%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 12.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.5%
- #35 Tendryll
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Brute Farce
Windows
Delve into grid-based tactical combat in this roguelike deckbuilder. Coordinate your heroes, modify your cards with unique runes, construct powerful item builds, and sidestep card-corrupting terrain to survive a gauntlet of befouled enemies.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 18.1%, Turn-Based 17.9%, Card Game 16.3%, Card Battler 15.1%, Tactical 10.5%
- #36 Northwind
73% matchVery Positive87% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Barking Kitten Interactive
Windows
Northwind is a monster-hunting roguelite deckbuilder with a tug-of-war combat twist, card crafting, and a mana management system inspired by Magic: The Gathering.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 20.2%, Card Game 18.7%, Card Battler 17.3%, Turn-Based 15.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.3% ★
- #37 Deck Hunter
77% matchMixed69% of 325 reviews2019
Dev: L_Draven
Windows
Deck Hunter is a roguelike card game. The World of Klanojh has been cursed by Glatta, the Goddess of Anger. Build your deck, make combos, defeat fantasy creatures and help Avery to face the evil and restore the balance!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 28%, Card Battler 19.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.6% ★, Card Game 14.1%, Turn-Based 10.3%
- #38 Vegangsters
72% matchVery Positive94% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Poison Pill Games
Windows
Embark into a deck-building roguelike where real-time action will challenge your reaction and strategy skills. Face the deadliest criminals in intense turn-based combat, where each card defines the pace of the battle and save the city from the Vegangsters!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 19%, Turn-Based 18.7%, Card Game 17.4%, Card Battler 17%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 10.8% ★
- #39 Skogdal
71% matchVery Positive98% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Erlend Kirkeboe
Windows
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 19.9%, Deckbuilding 19.7%, Turn-Based 18%, Card Battler 16.8%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 10.9% ★
- #40 Dream of Corpse Lady
69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,620 reviews2026
Dev: HT3 StudioPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Cards, battle! Someone woke up the sleeping Corpse Lady... Perhaps, the world needs to pay a price for the awakening... In this game, you will play the role of the awakened Corpse Lady, try various strange construction combinations, discover powerful opponents, and then knock them all down!
Why similar: Card Game 22.6%, Card Battler 19.6%, Deckbuilding 17.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 9.9% ★
- #41 C.A.R.D.S. RPG: The Misty Battlefield
74% matchMixed53% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: ACQUIRE Corp.
Windows
This game combines roguelike-style deckbuilding with SRPGs to create an all-new experience! Follow Vel as she leads the Clausewitz Battalion into battle against Fahftania and the Hellmuth Brigade. Collect 100 different cards to build the strongest deck and fight enemies on a map shrouded in mist.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.2%, Deckbuilding 20%, Card Game 19.5%, Card Battler 17.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.4% ★
- #42 Fate Hunters
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 871 reviews2019
Dev: Tower Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Fate Hunters is a hardcore mix of strategy card battles and a roguelike adventure. Build your deck, explore the dangerous dark fantasy world and face fearsome foes! Risk your life to get powerful treasures!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.9%, Card Battler 23.1%, Card Game 22.3%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.6% ★, Turn-Based 11%
- #43 Dungeon Drafters
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 753 reviews2023
Dev: Manalith StudiosPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Dungeon Drafters is a mystery dungeon adventure set in a world where magic is cards, and cards are magic. Explore ancient ruins, loot rare cards and employ clever combos to defeat your foes and build the legendary spell deck that could save the world.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 37.4%, Card Game 35.5%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%, Roguelite 4.1%
- #44 Roots Devour
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 515 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 41.4%, Card Game 40.6%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Roguelite 3.1%, Adventure 1.5%
- #45 Railroads & Catacombs
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 398 reviews2025
Dev: MadRailsPub: IndieArk
Windows
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: Deckbuilding 16.2%, Turn-Based 15.4%, Card Battler 13.5%, Card Game 11.3%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 9.9% ★
- #46 Yao-Guai Hunter
70% 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: Turn-Based 22.5%, Deckbuilding 20.3%, Card Game 19.5%, Card Battler 17.2%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.3% ★
- #47 Union of Gnomes
70% matchVery Positive83% of 347 reviews2025
Dev: HoolignomesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Onwards to revolution in this challenging deck-building roguelite. Free your gnome comrades, assemble your squad, mind wieners (supplies), slay the slavers, and take down the fiercest of them all – Snow White! FREEDOM TO GNOMES!
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.2%, Deckbuilding 19.1%, Card Game 17.4%, Card Battler 15%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 10.2% ★
- #48 Tetra Tactics
70% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Jabari AliiPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Strategize, collect, upgrade. Tetra Tactics is a roguelite deckbuilder inspired by Triple Triad, featuring deep meta-progression and endless replayability. Outwit opponents on a 4x4 tactical grid, traverse branching maps, augment your cards, and combine powerful abilities to build the ultimate deck.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 18%, Turn-Based 17.9%, Card Battler 15%, Card Game 14.5%, Tactical 10.4%
- #49 Hunter's Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure
67% matchVery Positive86% of 205 reviews2025
Dev: Crimson Herring StudiosPub: Zugalu Entertainment
Windows
A Victorian Steampunk Roguelite Deckbuilder. Choose from four characters with unique cards and abilities. Customize your deck and character as you investigate a mysterious plague. Battle corrupted beasts and bosses in turn-based combat to unlock powerful relics and enchanted tarot cards.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.1%, Card Game 20.1%, Card Battler 16.8%, Turn-Based 16.4%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 13.2% ★
- #50 Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder
73% matchMixed60% of 263 reviews2021
Dev: TavroxGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Neurodeck is a psychological deckbuilding card game to challenge your fears. Build your deck & capacities by answering personality tests, visiting rooms or meditating. Face your phobia and defeat them through the power of life-inspired cards.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.8%, Deckbuilding 19.9%, Card Game 17.5%, Card Battler 16.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.8% ★
- #51 A Long Way Down
72% matchMixed67% of 230 reviews2020
Dev: Seenapsis StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A deck-building roguelite RPG set in a dark and tormented world. Assemble your party and use your cards to survive, fight and build your way through a dark maze of monsters orchestrated by an evil mastermind. Your choices will lead you to judgement.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.3%, Deckbuilding 20.1%, Card Game 19.4%, Card Battler 19.2%, Difficult 9.3%
- #52 Die in the Dungeon
66% matchVery Positive92% of 2,752 reviews2025
Dev: ATICOPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Deckbuilding 19.5%, Turn-Based 19.5%, Card Game 16.5%, Card Battler 15.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 9.7% ★
- #53 Howl
68% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Mi'pu'mi Games GmbHPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Howl is a turn-based tactical folktale set in medieval times. A sinister "howling plague" has ravaged the land, turning all who hear it into feral beasts. You play a deaf heroine plunging into danger in search of a cure.
Why similar: Tactical 28.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.1%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Adventure 1.3%
- #54 Dragon Eclipse
68% matchMixed67% of 228 reviews2024
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Dragon Eclipse is a roguelite deck-builder with a unique auto-battler twist. Choose your Tamer, team up with powerful Mystlings, and battle fierce foes. Grow and evolve your Mystlings, craft a winning deck, and unleash epic combos to dominate the battlefield. But beware—the Eclipse is close!
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.2%, Deckbuilding 20.9%, Card Game 18.8%, Card Battler 17.5%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 10.9% ★
- #55 LONESTAR
65% matchVery Positive91% of 2,337 reviews2025
Dev: Math TidePub: Thermite Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 17%, Card Battler 15.1%, Turn-Based 14%, Card Game 10.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%
- #56 Relapse
68% matchVery Positive92% of 177 reviews2022
Dev: Valklabs
Windows
A 3D deck building roguelike game. Collect over 240 abilities; level them up, enchant them, pair them up with over 100 trinkets, and synergize them with your companions' abilities to create endless combinations to defeat your foes.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 29.8%, Card Game 23.9%, Card Battler 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%
- #57 Shogun Showdown
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,574 reviews2024
Dev: RoboatinoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Turn-Based 24.4%, Deckbuilding 20.5%, Card Game 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 10.5% ★
- #58 Pirates Outlaws
69% matchVery Positive83% of 746 reviews2020
Dev: Fabled Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Turn-Based 19.8%, Card Game 17.8%, Card Battler 16.3%, Deckbuilding 15.4%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 10.7% ★
- #59 Demon's Mirror
66% matchVery Positive88% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Be-Rad EntertainmentPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
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: Deckbuilding 23.3%, Card Game 22%, Card Battler 20.7%, Turn-Based 20.5%, Surreal 5.6%
- #60 Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon
64% matchVery Positive92% of 734 reviews2025
Dev: Kygua TechPub: Gamersky Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon is a turn-based Roguelike card game where you assume the role of a Shu general. Explore dungeons, gather relics, and amass a collection of cards. In each round, you can assemble a unique combination of cards and treasures to defeat your enemies and rewrite history!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 19.9%, Turn-Based 19.3%, Card Game 16.8%, Card Battler 15.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 9.9% ★
