- #1 Nitro Kid
97% matchVery Positive89% of 537 reviews2022
Dev: Wildboy StudiosPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Synthwave roguelike deckbuilder set in the neon 80's. Pick your agent. Build your deck. Hit card combos and fight through the floors of INFINITY tower. Featuring 30+ fresh Synthwave tracks by LudoWic, Tonebox and Jules Reves.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.1% ★, Card Battler 13.6%, Deckbuilding 13.6%, Card Game 10.7%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game features grid-based tactical movement and card-based combat that closely mirrors the positioning-heavy gameplay of Death Roads.
- #2 Fights in Tight Spaces
96% matchVery Positive90% of 3,799 reviews2021
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.3% ★, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Card Game 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines deckbuilding with a strong focus on spatial awareness and tactical positioning on a grid, much like the lane-based combat in the seed game.
- #3 Hadean Tactics
96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,857 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.1% ★, Card Battler 12.8%, Deckbuilding 10.9%, Card Game 10.9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title integrates auto-battler mechanics with deckbuilding, providing a similar sense of tactical unit management and positioning.
- #4 Trials of Fire
95% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 17.9% ★, Card Battler 13.4%, Perma Death 9.8%, Card Game 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique card-based combat system that relies heavily on tactical movement and positioning across a hex-based map.
- #5 Wildfrost
94% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21% ★, Card Battler 13.6%, Card Game 10.8%, Deckbuilding 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: The lane-based combat system requires careful planning and positioning of units, echoing the tactical depth found in vehicle racing combat.
- #6 SpellRogue
93% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 18% ★, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Card Battler 10.9%, Card Game 9.6%, Perma Death 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a fresh take on the deckbuilder genre with dice-based mechanics that require tactical adaptation during combat.
- #7 Convoy
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,462 reviews2015
Dev: Convoy GamesPub: Indietopia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 38% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Roguelike 15.6%, Roguelite 10.9%, Strategy 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelite is a direct thematic match, focusing on post-apocalyptic vehicle combat and managing a convoy across a dangerous wasteland.
- #8 Phantom Brigade
92% matchVery Positive80% of 4,177 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 31.6%, Turn-Based Combat 27.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Strategy 15.2%, Singleplayer 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep turn-based tactical experience with a heavy emphasis on vehicle positioning and predictive combat mechanics.
- #9 Breachway
91% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.1% ★, Card Battler 13%, Deckbuilding 12.2%, Card Game 12%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This space-themed roguelike deckbuilder focuses on ship-to-ship combat, mirroring the vehicle-focused strategy of the seed game.
- #10 Mech Armada
91% matchVery Positive81% of 679 reviews2022
Dev: Lioncode Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 16% ★, Deckbuilding 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers tactical mech-based combat with roguelite progression, emphasizing the importance of unit customization and positioning.
- #11 Into the Breach
90% matchVery Positive94% of 21,742 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.1%, Roguelike 13.2%, Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12%
Why You'll Like It: While not a deckbuilder, it is the gold standard for grid-based tactical combat where every move and position on the map is critical.
- #12 Beneath Oresa
89% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.3% ★, Deckbuilding 15%, Card Game 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%, Roguelike 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelike deckbuilder emphasizes tactical positioning and combat flow, making every card play feel impactful.
- #13 As We Descend
88% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.9% ★, Card Battler 12.1%, Card Game 11%, Deckbuilding 10.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic deckbuilder that focuses on tactical combat encounters and careful resource management.
- #14 Combo Card Clashers
89% matchVery Positive81% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Burnt Games LLC
Windows
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% ★, Card Battler 13.9%, Deckbuilding 9.5%, Card Game 9.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends deckbuilding with tactical positioning and auto-battler elements, creating a fast-paced strategic experience.
- #15 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: Card Battler 17.4%, Deckbuilding 16.8%, Card Game 15.5%, Roguelite 10.7%, Turn-Based Combat 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines deckbuilding with tactical RPG elements, offering a deep strategic experience with a focus on character builds.
- #16 Deck of Souls
86% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.6% ★, Card Battler 14.6%, Card Game 14.6%, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: This tactical RPG deckbuilder uses grid-based movement and card mechanics to create challenging combat scenarios.
- #17 Rune Coliseum
85% matchVery Positive88% of 892 reviews2024
Dev: Rafale Software
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A deck-building roguelike game with unique semi-real-time combat system. Step into the shoes of an ancient gladiator and do your best to survive in the coliseum. Combine various skills and equipment, develop your own fighting style, and defeat all the enemies to become the next champion!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 20.6%, Card Battler 18.4%, Card Game 16.1%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: An arena-based combat game that uses deckbuilding to manage tactical encounters against waves of enemies.
- #18 DungeonTop
86% matchVery Positive82% of 573 reviews2020
Dev: One Up Plus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.3% ★, Card Battler 13.5%, Deckbuilding 12%, Card Game 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It merges card-based combat with tactical board movement, providing a similar feel to the lane-based strategy of the seed.
- #19 Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
84% matchVery Positive80% of 539 reviews2023
Dev: Balcony SoftworksPub: Those Awesome Guys
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 17.1%, Deckbuilding 15.8%, Card Game 12.9%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical deckbuilder that emphasizes positioning and synergy between cards to survive challenging dungeon runs.
- #20 Power Chord
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 185 reviews2023
Dev: Big Blue Bubble
Windows
Power Chord is a rock'n roguelite deck-building game. Assemble Earth's mightiest musicians, battle your way through legions of demons, discover new cards to enhance your instruments of destruction, and take back the city, one dive bar at a time.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.5% ★, Deckbuilding 12.1%, Card Game 11.2%, Card Battler 11%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A party-based tactical deckbuilder that focuses on synergy and positioning to overcome difficult combat encounters.
- #21 Lost For Swords
81% matchVery Positive90% of 305 reviews2025
Dev: MaxBytes
Windows · Linux
Lost For Swords is a Roguelike Deckbuilder, where the cards in your deck shape the rooms you’re exploring. Make your way up the tower, equip weapons and armor, cast spells and scrolls, activate auras, collect loot and defeat monsters in tactical turn-based combat.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.8% ★, Deckbuilding 12.6%, Card Game 11.8%, Perma Death 9.3%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelike deckbuilder focuses on tactical dungeon crawling where card management is key to survival.
- #22 Metroplex Zero: Sci-Fi Card Battler
82% matchVery Positive97% of 128 reviews2023
Dev: Enigma Dragons LLC
Windows · Linux
Neo-cyberpunk roguelike card battler. Strategically construct your decks, gain powerful cybernetic upgrades, and vanquish sinister MegaCorps in challenging card combat. Dive into a replayable single-player experience that blends RPG progression, deck-building strategy, and a futuristic sci-fi world.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.3% ★, Card Battler 15.2%, Deckbuilding 13%, Card Game 10.8%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi themed deckbuilder offers a tactical approach to combat with a focus on managing unique character abilities.
- #23 Blood Card
83% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.2% ★, Card Battler 18.3%, Deckbuilding 13.9%, Card Game 13.8%, Roguelike 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward but challenging roguelike deckbuilder that focuses on efficient card usage during combat.
- #24 Deck of Ashes
82% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24.8% ★, Card Battler 19.5%, Deckbuilding 14.9%, Card Game 9.3%, Turn-Based Combat 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical card-based RPG that requires careful deck construction and strategic planning for combat.
- #25 Breach Wanderers
80% matchVery Positive89% of 428 reviews2023
Dev: Baronnerie Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A fresh take on Roguelike Deckbuilders that lets you fine-tune your decks before each run to adapt your strategy on your way to victory. Over 1,200 cards to choose from, ten characters with their own set of unique skills, and dozens of items and missions to evolve your tactics.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.8% ★, Card Battler 12.8%, Deckbuilding 12%, Card Game 10.5%, Perma Death 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This strategic deckbuilder offers a variety of character classes and tactical choices that reward careful planning.
- #26 Toads of the Bayou
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: La GrangePub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Lead a group of toads as they fight against Baron Samedi’s evil forces in a challenging mix of turn-based tactics and roguelike deckbuilding. Synergise card effects, gain the aid of powerful allies and engage in strategic combat to thrive in the cursed bayou.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.3% ★, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%, Deckbuilding 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Card Game 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It uses grid-based movement and resource management to create a tactical deckbuilding experience.
- #27 Gearshifters
81% matchVery Positive81% of 153 reviews2021
Dev: Red Phantom GamesPub: Numskull Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 57%
An arcade-action vehicle combat game with rogue-lite progression. Drift, blast, and outdrive your enemies across a war-torn Europe. Upgrade your car with powerful weapons and mods, survive deadly delivery missions, and challenge insane mega-machine bosses.
Why similar: Combat Racing 27.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 17.4% ★, Perma Death 13.2%, Racing 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, this game captures the high-speed vehicle combat and roguelite progression of the seed.
- #28 Monster Train
77% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.2% ★, Card Battler 15.6%, Card Game 11.9%, Deckbuilding 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%
- #29 Vault of the Void
77% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.1% ★, Card Battler 14.7%, Deckbuilding 14%, Card Game 12.9%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
- #30 C.A.R.D.S. RPG: The Misty Battlefield
79% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.3% ★, Card Battler 16.6%, Card Game 15.3%, Deckbuilding 13.8%, Roguelike 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines tactical card combat with RPG exploration, providing a similar strategic depth to the seed game.
- #31 Alina of the Arena
76% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.3% ★, Card Game 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Deckbuilding 9.9%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #32 Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
76% matchVery Positive81% of 3,291 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Moss CollectorsPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 26.8% ★, Deckbuilding 14.4%, Card Game 14.2%, Card Battler 14.1%, Roguelike 8.8%
- #33 Vegangsters
75% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.7% ★, Card Battler 12.9%, Card Game 11.1%, Deckbuilding 10.7%, Turn-Based Combat 7.7%
- #34 Cobalt Core
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,128 reviews2023
Dev: Rocket Rat GamesPub: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.8% ★, Card Game 15.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Deckbuilding 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
- #35 Cardnarok: Raid with Gods
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: Greedy Wolf Studio
Windows
A roguelite deckbuilding card game that demands tactics and switching in battle. Unlock and pick your divine battle team, develop your very own strategy and deck builds, preview levels and choose your path, and survive mythological bosses to defeat Azathoth in each playthrough.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27% ★, Card Battler 16.2%, Card Game 11.8%, Roguelite 9%, Procedural Generation 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A party-based tactical deckbuilder that focuses on synergy and strategic combat encounters.
- #36 DIMENSION REIGN - ROGUELIKE DECKBUILDER
78% matchMixed69% of 231 reviews2020
Dev: ScopeNext Inc
Windows
Dimension Reign is a roguelike deckbuilder where players control two characters at once to defeat hordes of enemies in an ever-changing landscape. Draw your abilities from your deck, and chain multiple breaks together to decimate entire screens of enemies before they can even get in a hit.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24.1% ★, Card Battler 14.9%, Card Game 12.8%, Deckbuilding 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced tactical deckbuilder that emphasizes quick decision-making and combat efficiency.
- #37 Tower Tactics: Liberation
74% matchVery Positive88% of 1,229 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 28.3% ★, Card Battler 16.1%, Card Game 13.7%, Deckbuilding 12.5%, Roguelike 8.3%
- #38 Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
73% matchVery Positive92% of 4,424 reviews2023
Dev: Little Leo GamesPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 21.5% ★, Card Battler 12.8%, Card Game 11%, Deckbuilding 11%, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%
- #39 Banners of Ruin
75% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.9% ★, Card Battler 14.4%, Card Game 12.5%, Deckbuilding 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%
- #40 Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
72% matchVery Positive94% of 709 reviews2023
Dev: D20Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
Why similar: Card Battler 17.6%, Deckbuilding 16%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Card Game 11.7%
- #41 Shogun Showdown
70% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.6% ★, Deckbuilding 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 10.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Card Game 8.5%
- #42 Transport Legion
71% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows · Linux
A unique roguelike card-based tower defense game. Strategically place cards, manage resource transport, balance production with combat, and craft distinctive decks to claim victory.
Why similar: Card Game 34.4%, Strategy 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Roguelite 18%, 2D 4%
- #43 Griftlands
71% 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: Card Battler 18.7%, Deckbuilding 16%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.7% ★, Card Game 13.7%, Roguelite 10.7%
- #44 Fate Hunters
73% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.3% ★, Card Battler 17.6%, Card Game 14.2%, Deckbuilding 14%, Roguelite 6.4%
- #45 Zero Division
70% matchVery Positive87% of 285 reviews2024
Dev: Robot Cat LimitedPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
A roguelite deckbuilder crossed with a CCG, set in a dark cyberpunk world. You will lead a three-man squad against competing factions fighting among the ashes of a world-wide war. Each operator comes with a unique deck that can be customized and augmented.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.5% ★, Card Battler 16.3%, Card Game 13.6%, Deckbuilding 13.2%, Roguelite 6.4%
- #46 Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder
73% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24.3% ★, Card Battler 14.6%, Card Game 13.3%, Deckbuilding 13.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%
- #47 LONESTAR
68% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 18% ★, Card Battler 11.3%, Deckbuilding 9.3%, Perma Death 9.1%, Turn-Based Combat 8.5%
- #48 Deathless. The Hero Quest
69% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.6% ★, Card Battler 13.9%, Deckbuilding 13.5%, Card Game 12.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9.3%
- #49 Balatro
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 187,446 reviews2024
Dev: LocalThunkPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.6 hrsMean: 46.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.7% ★, Card Game 16.5%, Deckbuilding 13.7%, Roguelike 9.5%, Card Battler 9.5%
- #50 Ultimate Hero
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 223 reviews2025
Dev: FishwharfPub: IndieArk
Windows
Ultimate Hero is a rogue-lite deckbuilder with a twist of dice. Master and merge unique skills, counter enemies, and unleash devastating ultimates where they hurt the most! Challenge the finest martial artists in the realm, and defy the odds to claim the title of the Ultimate Hero.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.4% ★, Card Battler 11.3%, Deckbuilding 10.5%, Card Game 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.8%
- #51 Deep Sky Derelicts
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,860 reviews2018
Dev: Snowhound GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.8% ★, Card Battler 18.4%, Deckbuilding 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%, Strategy 6.5%
- #52 Journey to the Void
67% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22% ★, Card Battler 14.4%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Card Game 13.2%, Roguelike 7.7%
- #53 Solitairica
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 564 reviews2016
Dev: Righteous Hammer Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Solitairica takes RPG combat and challenging roguelike progression to a fresh new place—the world of solitaire! Using a variety of magical items and powerful spells, battle your way through a horde of ever-changing enemies and defeat the horrible Emperor Stuck.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 37.8% ★, Card Battler 18.4%, Card Game 13.8%, Deckbuilding 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.8%
- #54 Madcap Mosaic
69% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: 1classydude
Windows
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 17.7%, Card Game 16.2%, Card Battler 14.5%, Perma Death 13.3%, Roguelite 11.8%
- #55 Death Skid Marks
70% matchVery Positive91% of 798 reviews2014
Dev: Studio Whisky Tango Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Death Skid Marks is a rogue-like car combat game about what so many of us have experienced: a road trip to a music gig… only in this game, things get violent. The game uniquely blends top down arcade action and RPG mechanics.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 74.7% ★, Roguelite 11.3%, Indie 7.7%, Roguelike 6.3%
- #56 Three Kingdom: The Journey
68% matchVery Positive83% of 243 reviews2023
Dev: Senmu StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Craft a legendary deck and lead your troops to protect the Kingdom for the glory of the Han Dynasty in this fast-paced deck-building strategy roguelike. The Kingdom is on the verge of disaster against the Yellow Turbans rebellion, and only you – and your skills as a general – stand in their way!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 19.4% ★, Card Battler 13.4%, Deckbuilding 12.5%, Card Game 11.4%, Roguelike 7.9%
- #57 Relapse
67% 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 16.6%, Card Game 15.1%, Card Battler 13%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #58 Sigil of the Magi
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: YongjustyongPub: The Iterative Collective
Windows
Sigil of the Magi blends roguelike deckbuilding with turn-based combat for a deep tactical experience. Navigate a world full of dangers and mystique as you craft your deck, obtain relics, and prepare your party of champions for any challenges ahead!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.1% ★, Card Battler 12.2%, Deckbuilding 11.7%, Card Game 11.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%
- #59 Spin Hero
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,028 reviews2024
Dev: Sphere StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Spin Hero is a roguelike deckbuilder, where you spin the reels to decide your fate. Collect powerful symbols for your inventory, adapt and evolve your strategy, learning from defeats to unlock new possibilities and synergies.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.5% ★, Deckbuilding 13.2%, Procedural Generation 10%, Roguelike 9.7%, Card Game 9%
- #60 Death or Glory
67% matchMixed69% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: Distilled Gaming CompanyPub: Distilled Gaming Company
Windows
Death or Glory: the ultimate duelling card game! Explore exciting realms that are the proving grounds for heavenly warriors, mighty beasts, powerful mechs, and more. Build your champion deck in a roguelike adventure mode and score ranks in intense battles against fellow champions!
Why similar: Card Battler 23%, Deckbuilding 20.3%, Card Game 20%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Roguelike 12.3%