- #1 Ratropolis
97% matchVery Positive88% of 5,510 reviews2020
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!
Why similar: Card Battler 21.6%, Card Game 17.2%, Deckbuilding 14.8%, Tower Defense 12.4%, Roguelite 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced blend of real-time strategy, tower defense, and deckbuilding that shares the core loop of defending a base with cards.
- #2 Monster Train
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,924 reviews2020
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.0 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: Card Battler 23.6%, Card Game 17.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Deckbuilding 12.8%, Roguelite 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive 'you are the dungeon' deckbuilder where you defend your train from invaders using tactical card placement.
- #3 Necronator: Dead Wrong
96% matchMixed68% of 526 reviews2020
Dev: Toge ProductionsPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Necronator: Dead Wrong is a deck-building roguelike with an RTS twist. Build a powerful deck. Collect and deploy undead units and raise a unique army. Master each commander’s playstyle and conquer the world. Change the game with rule-bending relics. Unlock new decks and do it all again.
Why similar: Card Battler 19.9%, Tower Defense 18%, Card Game 15.6%, Isometric 12%, Deckbuilding 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A reverse tower defense game where you command undead legions using cards to overwhelm enemy defenses.
- #4 Inscryption
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 148,054 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 16.4 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: Card Battler 27.6%, Card Game 22.1%, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Roguelite 9.5%, Horror 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror-themed card game that masterfully blends deckbuilding with a dark, unsettling narrative.
- #5 These Doomed Isles
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 232 reviews2024
Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: God Game 18.5% ★, Tower Defense 12.9%, City Builder 10.5%, Card Game 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A god-game deckbuilder that incorporates tower defense elements as you protect your followers from waves of enemies.
- #6 Draft of Darkness
94% matchVery Positive93% of 363 reviews2023
Dev: Crawly Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Draft of Darkness is a survival horror RPG with deck building and roguelike dungeon exploration. Recruit allies, synergize their decks to create powerful card combos. Manage your limited resources and explore procedurally generated maps to determine the story's outcome.
Why similar: Card Battler 26.7%, Card Game 19.5%, Deckbuilding 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Roguelike 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror deckbuilder that focuses on dungeon exploration and managing resources in a bleak, hostile environment.
- #7 Tainted Grail: Conquest
93% matchVery Positive90% of 8,348 reviews2021
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.0 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: Card Game 18.8%, Turn-Based 18.1%, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Card Battler 12.4%, Base Building 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, gritty roguelike deckbuilder that captures the same oppressive, horror-infused atmosphere found in Deck of Haunts.
- #8 Loop Hero
92% matchVery Positive93% of 36,505 reviews2021
Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Card Game 24.8%, Deckbuilding 22.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%, Roguelite 17.6%, Roguelike 16.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique mix of base building and roguelite progression set in a dark, decaying world where you manipulate the environment.
- #9 Wildfrost
91% matchVery Positive83% of 8,823 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.6 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: Card Battler 18.3%, Turn-Based 14%, Card Game 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Deckbuilding 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical card-battler that emphasizes unit positioning and synergy, much like the tactical depth required in Deck of Haunts.
- #10 Vault of the Void
91% matchVery Positive92% of 3,003 reviews2022
Dev: Spider Nest Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!
Why similar: Card Battler 24%, Card Game 20.3%, Deckbuilding 16.8%, Roguelite 12%, Isometric 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, strategic deckbuilding with a focus on tactical combat and managing your void energy.
- #11 Hadean Tactics
89% matchVery Positive89% of 1,926 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.3 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: Card Battler 24.1%, Card Game 19.8%, Deckbuilding 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Roguelite 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines card-based strategy with auto-battler mechanics in a hellish, stylized setting.
- #12 Banners of Ruin
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,232 reviews2021
Dev: MonteBearoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.4 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: Card Battler 17.5%, Turn-Based 17%, Card Game 14.7%, Deckbuilding 11.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical card-battler that focuses on squad management and positioning during turn-based combat.
- #13 Tower Escape
88% matchVery Positive84% of 413 reviews2023
Dev: Final Screw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Tower Escape is a reverse tower defense game, where instead of defending against incoming enemies, you play the baddies and guide your minions to the exit. Recruit a team of minions, and collect powerful gems and relics that make each run unique.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.3%, Roguelite 21.5%, Roguelike 15.1%, Deckbuilding 11.1%, Horror 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite reverse tower defense game where you play as the monsters trying to break through human defenses.
- #14 Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder
89% matchMixed62% of 331 reviews2023
Dev: Black Eye Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Card Battler 19.3%, Card Game 16.9%, Turn-Based 12.8%, Deckbuilding 12.8%, City Builder 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A highly stylized, dark-themed deckbuilder that focuses on aggressive, tactical card play.
- #15 Railroads & Catacombs
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 410 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: Card Battler 16.2%, Turn-Based 14%, Base Building 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Card Game 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dungeon-crawler deckbuilder that emphasizes tactical combat and base-like progression.
- #16 Castle Morihisa
87% matchMixed67% of 454 reviews2022
Dev: Smokingbear StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
"Castle Morihisa" is a roguelike featuring strategic deckbuilder. You need to build up your deck through constant battles, acquire powerful talents, and wield the power of the Fallen Heroes to unveil the truth behind the rebellion in Castle Morihisa.
Why similar: Card Battler 20.5%, Turn-Based 19.6%, Card Game 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Deckbuilding 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic deckbuilder that features complex character builds and tactical combat encounters.
- #17 Decktamer
84% matchVery Positive86% of 2,179 reviews2025
Dev: Horizon EdgePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Deck-building meets monster catching in this turn-based roguelike. Recruit enemy cards to your party as you dive into the depths of the abyss. Will you kill them or will you tame them?
Why similar: Card Battler 29.5%, Card Game 25.5%, Deckbuilding 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Strategy 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A creature-collector deckbuilder that focuses on tactical combat and building a team of monsters.
- #18 Deck of Ashes
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,070 reviews2020
Dev: AYGamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Card Battler 32%, Deckbuilding 17.8%, Turn-Based 16.1%, Card Game 14.7%, Roguelite 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy deckbuilder that emphasizes resource management and tactical decision-making.
- #19 Cardboard Town
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,304 reviews2023
Dev: Stratera GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Card Game 14.3%, Building 13.5%, City Builder 12.2%, Card Battler 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A stylized city-builder that utilizes card-based resource management to expand your settlement.
- #20 Menace from the Deep
82% matchVery Positive84% of 2,569 reviews2024
Dev: Flat Lab
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Menace from the Deep is an enthralling Roguelike Deckbuilding card game that unfolds in a dark world, drawing inspiration from Howard Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.Set against the backdrop of 1920s USA, the narrative revolves around a clandestine occult society.
Why similar: Card Battler 23.6%, Card Game 16.9%, Deckbuilding 16.6%, Roguelike 11.1%, Roguelite 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian deckbuilder that focuses on managing sanity and deck synergy in a horror setting.
- #21 Blood Card
84% matchVery Positive81% of 724 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: Card Battler 25.4%, Turn-Based 19.6%, Card Game 18.4%, Deckbuilding 14.1%, Roguelite 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist roguelike deckbuilder that strips away the fluff to focus on pure, tactical card-based combat.
- #22 The Fabulous Fear Machine
82% matchVery Positive90% of 575 reviews2023
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: AMC Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.
Why similar: Horror 27.1%, Card Game 25.7%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Strategy 14.9%, Simulation 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-themed strategy game where you manipulate fears and spread influence, mirroring the malevolent role in Deck of Haunts.
- #23 Worshippers of Cthulhu
81% matchVery Positive81% of 1,542 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
Why similar: Base Building 21.4%, City Builder 21.4%, Building 18.9%, Isometric 15.7%, Horror 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim and management game that leans heavily into the dark, Lovecraftian horror aesthetic.
- #24 Dungeon Drafters
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 771 reviews2023
Dev: Manalith StudiosPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Card Game 38.6%, Deckbuilding 27.3%, Roguelite 24%, Strategy 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A grid-based tactical card game that emphasizes movement and positioning within a dungeon environment.
- #25 Exorcism Agency
78% matchVery Positive93% of 295 reviews2025
Dev: YINGGUO GAMEPub: NPC Entertainment
Windows
Raise Your Own Ghost Girl+Deckbuilding+Zuma-Style Match-3!Exorcism Agency is an innovative roguelike that finds joy in thrills.Ghosts are back,the human world is like hell,and you,as a top-tier exorcist,will venture into ghost-infested zones,using all kinds of mystical techniques to capture ghosts
Why similar: Card Battler 20%, Card Game 18.8%, Deckbuilding 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Roguelite 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-themed deckbuilder that tasks you with managing an agency to combat supernatural threats.
- #26 Kingdom's Deck
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 517 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan AcoPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!
Why similar: Card Game 16.4%, Tower Defense 14.9%, Base Building 14.5%, City Builder 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that uses deckbuilding mechanics to manage your colony's growth and defense.
- #27 Fhtagn Simulator
80% matchVery Positive89% of 569 reviews2022
Dev: 锁眼工作室Pub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Fhtagn Simulator is a Cthulhu Roulette Deckbuilder. Set up card slots on roulette to maximize card's value. Collect evil creatures, spells, items and environment to build your deck. Your ultimate mission is to sacrifice spirit collected by cards to unseal the ancient gods that have come to earth!
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.6%, Deckbuilding 21.4%, Card Game 21.3%, Roguelite 15.5%, Roguelike 11%
Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian deckbuilder that focuses on managing cultist resources and summoning dark entities.
- #28 Hell Deck
77% matchVery Positive87% of 129 reviews2026
Dev: OFFMOON Inc.
Windows · Mac
Collect units and build powerful synergies on a restricted grid in Hell Deck, a dark roguelike deckbuilder defense game. Construct your own bizarre, twisted ecosystem through a brutal cycle of predation and sacrifice, and defend hell from the holy swarm
Why similar: Cult 27.9% ★, Card Battler 19.1%, Card Game 15.1%, Deckbuilding 10.2%, Roguelite 9.7%
- #29 Darkest Dungeon®
79% matchVery Positive92% of 161,643 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 45.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Why similar: Turn-Based 41.2%, Roguelike 30.4%, Roguelite 12.4%, Horror 8.1%, Strategy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential dark strategy game that perfectly captures the management of fear and stress in a horror setting.
- #30 Deck of Souls
78% matchVery Positive81% of 222 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: Card Battler 22.5%, Card Game 21.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Deckbuilding 16.4%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical deckbuilder that draws inspiration from soulslike games to create challenging, turn-based encounters.
- #31 As We Descend
76% matchVery Positive87% of 1,382 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.2 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: Card Battler 20.3%, Card Game 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%
- #32 Mind Lure
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Little Tiger Game
Windows
A Lovecraftian deck-building roguelike. Collect eerie cards and twisted creatures. Strengthen your deck while battling sanity loss in waters haunted by unspeakable entities.
Why similar: Card Battler 19.9%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Card Game 12.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #33 MINOS
74% matchVery Positive89% of 595 reviews2026
Dev: ArtificerPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Minos is a maze-building roguelite where you, the fabled Minotaur, must defend your sanctuary from bloodthirsty adventurers. Design and re-design deadly labyrinths, set traps, and turn every brave fool into your next victim.
Why similar: Tower Defense 19%, Turn-Based 16.4%, Base Building 13.9%, God Game 12.9% ★, Building 10.5%
- #34 THE SPIRIT LIFT
75% matchVery Positive90% of 185 reviews2026
Dev: prettysmart games
Windows
A retro horror deckbuilder roguelike set in a haunted hotel in the 1990s. Choose your teens, explore and fight! If you die rewind the night!
Why similar: Card Battler 20.3%, Card Game 18%, Deckbuilding 13%, Roguelite 10.9%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #35 Roots Devour
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 580 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Card Game 29.4%, Deckbuilding 20%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Roguelite 12.2%
- #36 Decks of the Damned
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Thorian GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Raise an undead army in Decks of the Damned! Command your vampire minions, scavenge gear from fallen foes and craft powerful items to strenghten your forces. Defend by day, expand your domain by night, and shroud the land in darkness!
Why similar: Card Battler 30.8%, Card Game 28.1%, Deckbuilding 17.5%, Roguelite 15.9%, Strategy 5.5%
- #37 Moonsigil Atlas
74% matchVery Positive84% of 293 reviews2026
Dev: Snake Tower GamesPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Linux
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: Card Battler 21.8%, Building 16%, Deckbuilding 13.5%, Turn-Based 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
- #38 Don't Let It Starve
73% matchVery Positive95% of 198 reviews2026
Dev: Eduardo ScarpatoPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows · Linux
A horror roguelike bento-builder. You're trapped in an underground kitchen, forced to feed a half-chef monster. Gamble with your life, assemble meals, and master your multipliers. Whatever you do, Don't Let it Starve.
Why similar: Roguelite 21.1%, Roguelike 20.4%, Horror 14.8%, Strategy 12.3%, Deckbuilding 11.9%
- #39 BLOODLETTER
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 229 reviews2026
Dev: ALDAMAMI GAMES
Windows
A grim medieval deckbuilder where you use your dubious healing methods to protect bizarre villagers from the corrupting influence of ancient evils.
Why similar: Card Game 33.3%, Deckbuilding 30.1%, Roguelite 20.7%, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 6.6%
- #40 FrostBound
72% matchVery Positive82% of 1,270 reviews2025
Dev: Lyra StudioPub: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
FrostBound is a roguelike deck-building tower defense set in an endless winter. Build your base, master 500+ cards, and withstand relentless waves to end the eternal frost.
Why similar: Card Game 25.6%, Deckbuilding 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Roguelike 12.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%
- #41 Demon's Mirror
73% matchVery Positive87% of 108 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: Card Battler 22.5%, Card Game 19.3%, Turn-Based 16.8%, Deckbuilding 13.7%, Roguelite 9.9%
- #42 Out Of Hands
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,525 reviews2025
Dev: Game River
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Out of Hands is a bizarre card-based adventure game that blends video-collage graphics with gripping psychological horror. Will you seek the truth lurking in this wicked, warped world—and can you bear its weight? Misty memories threaten to tear you apart, contorting you into a being... Out of Hands.
Why similar: Card Battler 25.9%, Card Game 17.6%, Deckbuilding 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%
- #43 None Shall Intrude
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,003 reviews2025
Dev: Aeterna LudiPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Venture into None Shall Intrude, a roguelite deck-builder with tile-based combat where you become a powerful Raid Boss. Epic battles, intricate strategies, and the ever-present threat of heroic challengers seeking to vanquish your reign. Will you conquer all or fall to valiant heroes?
Why similar: Card Battler 32.1%, Card Game 28.1%, Roguelite 15.6%, Deckbuilding 13.9%, Strategy 10.3%
- #44 WitchHand
71% matchVery Positive91% of 636 reviews2024
Dev: Jon NielsenPub: HopFrog
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You're a witch, leading your coven into new, unfriendly lands. Use the cards you find to build and expand your civilization. Befriend the local covens or use their bones to fuel your spells. Gather your familiars, the witching hour is nigh.
Why similar: Card Battler 30.7%, Card Game 30.5%, Deckbuilding 19.7%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 5.9%
- #45 SpellRogue
69% matchVery Positive87% of 1,634 reviews2025
Dev: Guidelight GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 15.4 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: Card Battler 18.4%, Turn-Based 18%, Deckbuilding 16.1%, Card Game 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%
- #46 Horror Tycoon
73% matchMixed62% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Smidge Games LLC
Windows
Scare, terrify and thrill guests as you build the haunted house of your nightmares. Design and customize your creations with incredible detail to scare your guests, or risk losing it all in this tower defense/management/tycoon hybrid.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.8%, Base Building 23.8%, Building 21.4%, Horror 13.3%, Strategy 7.6%
- #47 Trials of Fire
70% matchVery Positive86% of 3,259 reviews2021
Dev: Whatboy Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 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: Card Battler 19.1%, Turn-Based 16.8%, Card Game 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
- #48 Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 564 reviews2023
Dev: Balcony SoftworksPub: Those Awesome Guys
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 22.7%, Card Game 16.5%, Deckbuilding 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%
- #49 Fate Hunters
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 876 reviews2019
Dev: Tower Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Card Battler 27.9%, Card Game 21.8%, Deckbuilding 16.3%, Turn-Based 10.1%, Roguelite 9.2%
- #50 Death Howl
65% matchVery Positive93% of 1,467 reviews2025
Dev: The Outer ZonePub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Master the grid, defy death. Enter a grim Spirit Realm in this open-world deck builder. Craft lethal decks from 160+ cards, claim powerful Totems, and defeat foes in tactical grid combat. Fight as the desperate hunter Ro to bring her son back from beyond the veil.
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.9%, Card Game 19.9%, Card Battler 18%, Deckbuilding 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%
- #51 Knights in Tight Spaces
68% matchMixed70% of 933 reviews2025
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Control your environment, gather your party, and build your best deck to overcome outlaws and supernatural forces, across a rich fantasy world. Watch as your tactical choices and deckbuilding prowess play out through stylish fight sequences.
Why similar: Card Battler 21.7%, Card Game 16.1%, Isometric 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%
- #52 The Deadly Path
70% matchMixed46% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: Owlskip EnterprisesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Aid the Deities of Dread in their quest for vengeance and pave the way for their ascension. Gather grim materials, construct defences and expand the underworld to appease the rage of the gods in The Deadly Path, a unique building management and roguelike strategy game.
Why similar: Card Game 31.5%, Base Building 25.6%, Roguelite 17.7%, Roguelike 16.1%, Strategy 9.2%
- #53 Necroking
67% matchVery Positive82% of 947 reviews2024
Dev: KORO.GAMESPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Necroking is a turn-based tactics roguelite with vast deckbuilding. You play as a Master of Necromancy. Build your skulls deck, raise skeletons and other scum to defeat settlements desecrated by life.
Why similar: Card Battler 20%, Card Game 19.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.4%, Deckbuilding 15.7%, Roguelite 12.9%
- #54 Relapse
69% matchVery Positive92% of 178 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: Card Game 18%, Card Battler 16.1%, Deckbuilding 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%
- #55 Dead Finger Dice
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 238 reviews2025
Dev: Rocket Adrift GamesPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows · Linux
Play a sinister game of poker dice against blood-thirsty demon billionaires who’ve trapped you on their mega yacht in this rogue-like dice builder.
Why similar: Card Battler 36.5%, Roguelite 17.7%, Roguelike 17.5%, Deckbuilding 13.6%, Horror 9.5%
- #56 Aurora Defense
68% matchMixed62% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Moka Games
Windows
A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!
Why similar: Tower Defense 15%, Card Game 12.9%, Base Building 11.9%, Card Battler 11.6%, City Builder 10.5%
- #57 Throne of Bone
66% matchVery Positive86% of 335 reviews2025
Dev: Windmill Slam
Windows · Mac
Draft minions to defeat all who oppose the noble art of necromancy. Wield spells, discover dark relics, and reclaim your castle to unite the land through undeath in this unholy amalgam of roguelike, deckbuilder, and autobattler.
Why similar: Card Battler 25.3%, Card Game 18.9%, Deckbuilding 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Roguelike 11.9%
- #58 Dreamcards
64% matchVery Positive99% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Soneka GamesPub: Vsoo Games
Windows · Linux
A roguelike deckbuilder about dreams. Choose cards, by combining 6 different strategies during the day, and at night build your deck while facing the nightmare, to uncover a great mystery.
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.4%, Card Game 20.6%, Deckbuilding 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Roguelite 11.4%
- #59 Cultist Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 14,130 reviews2018
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
Why similar: Card Game 33.8%, Roguelite 19.3%, Roguelike 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Strategy 8.4%