Games Like Deck of Haunts

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 27.8%, Card Game 22.1%, Deckbuilding 16.4%, Roguelite 9.6%, Horror 9%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in dark, atmospheric deckbuilding that shares the unsettling horror themes and tactical card mechanics of the seed game.

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 18.3% ★, Tower Defense 12.8%, Card Game 10.6%, City Builder 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A god-game city-builder that utilizes deckbuilding mechanics to manage your island's survival against waves of invaders.

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 23.7%, Card Game 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Deckbuilding 12.9%, Roguelite 11%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on defending a moving base through strategic card placement and deck synergy, mirroring the defensive nature of building a haunted house.

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 26.9%, Card Game 19.4%, Deckbuilding 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Roguelike 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror deckbuilder that emphasizes managing resources and party members in a grim, oppressive environment.

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 21.8%, Card Game 17.2%, Deckbuilding 14.8%, Tower Defense 12.1%, Roguelite 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines real-time base-building with deckbuilding, requiring you to defend your settlement against waves of enemies using card-based tactics.

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 16.6%, Tower Defense 14.6%, Base Building 14.5%, City Builder 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Integrates city-building and colony simulation with deckbuilding, focusing on managing a growing settlement through card choices.

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 22.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.6%, Roguelite 17.8%, Roguelike 16.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique blend of roguelite progression and base-building where you manipulate the environment to overcome dark, encroaching threats.

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 23.9%, Card Game 16.8%, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Roguelike 11.2%, Roguelite 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian roguelike deckbuilder that emphasizes dark atmosphere and strategic card-based combat.

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 17.6%, Deckbuilding 15.2%, Card Battler 12.7%, Base Building 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep, dark fantasy world with complex deckbuilding mechanics that reward strategic planning and exploration.

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 26.8%, Card Game 25.9%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Strategy 15%, Simulation 11%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy simulation game centered on spreading fear and manipulating narratives, capturing the 'manipulate fears' aspect of the seed game.

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

Why similar: Base Building 24.2%, City Builder 23.3%, Building 21.8%, Roguelite 17.1%, Strategy 8%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder that forces you to adapt to harsh environments and manage resources under pressure, similar to the strategic tension of Deck of Haunts.

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 20.1%, Tower Defense 17.7%, Card Game 15.6%, Isometric 11.8%, Deckbuilding 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tower-defense card-battler that tasks you with commanding undead armies to conquer, matching the malevolent theme of the seed game.

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 17.7%, Turn-Based 16.4%, Card Game 14.7%, Deckbuilding 11.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical deckbuilder that focuses on positioning and managing a team of characters in a gritty, dark world.

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 14.4%, Building 13.4%, Card Battler 12.1%, City Builder 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that uses a card-based system for construction and management, providing a lighter but mechanically similar approach to base-building.

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 24.2%, Card Game 20.3%, Deckbuilding 16.7%, Roguelite 12.2%, Isometric 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A highly strategic deckbuilder that gives players significant control over their deck and combat encounters.

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 19.5%, Card Game 17%, Deckbuilding 12.9%, Turn-Based 12.3%, City Builder 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish, grimdark deckbuilder that focuses on tactical combat and dark, hellish aesthetics.

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 24.3%, Card Game 19.7%, Deckbuilding 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Roguelite 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deckbuilding with auto-battler mechanics in a hell-themed setting, focusing on tactical positioning and card synergy.

Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

Why similar: Cult 56.4% ★, Base Building 19.2%, Building 11.1%, Roguelite 10.6%, Strategy 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: Blends roguelite dungeon crawling with base-building and dark, occult themes that resonate with the 'haunted house' aesthetic.

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 40.3%, Roguelike 31.1%, Roguelite 12.8%, Horror 8%, Strategy 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: While not a deckbuilder, its focus on managing a base and dealing with psychological horror and stress makes it a thematic cousin to Deck of Haunts.

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 21.5%, City Builder 21.3%, Building 19%, Isometric 15.6%, Horror 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim and management game that leans heavily into dark, Lovecraftian horror themes.

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 20.2%, Card Game 17.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike deckbuilder that emphasizes movement and strategic positioning in a dark, descending dungeon.

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 18.6%, Turn-Based 17.4%, Deckbuilding 16.2%, Card Game 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic deckbuilder that uses dice-based mechanics to add depth to its tactical combat encounters.

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 18.5%, Card Game 14%, Turn-Based 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Deckbuilding 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A charming yet challenging roguelite deckbuilder that requires careful planning and synergy to survive the cold.

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 25.8%, Turn-Based 18.9%, Card Game 18.5%, Deckbuilding 14.2%, Roguelite 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist roguelike deckbuilder where your deck is your health, forcing careful strategic decisions.

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 32.3%, Deckbuilding 17.9%, Turn-Based 15.6%, Card Game 14.8%, Roguelite 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric deckbuilder that emphasizes survival and strategic card management in a ruined world.

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 33.7%, Roguelite 21.9%, Roguelike 15.4%, Deckbuilding 11.2%, Horror 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tower-defense roguelite that uses deckbuilding mechanics to manage your defenses against waves of attackers.

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 23.9%, Turn-Based 19.6%, Card Game 16.8%, Deckbuilding 15%, Roguelite 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy deckbuilder that features complex social and combat systems, allowing for strategic manipulation of encounters.

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 38.5%, Deckbuilding 27.2%, Roguelite 24.3%, Strategy 10%

Why You'll Like It: A dungeon crawler that uses a card-based magic system, emphasizing tactical movement and strategic deck composition.

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 20.2%, Card Game 18.8%, Deckbuilding 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Roguelite 10.9%

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 20.1%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Card Game 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Roguelike 9.9%

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 28.2%, Card Game 21.8%, Deckbuilding 16.3%, Turn-Based 9.7%, Roguelite 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike deckbuilder that focuses on high-stakes exploration and tactical card play.

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 29.7%, Card Game 25.4%, Deckbuilding 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Strategy 5.5%

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 16.4%, Turn-Based 13.6%, Base Building 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Card Game 11%

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 31%, Card Game 28%, Deckbuilding 17.5%, Roguelite 16%, Strategy 5.4%

Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.

Why similar: City Builder 44%, Isometric 38.7%, Strategy 17.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy city-builder that incorporates horror elements and management of a settlement in a hostile world.

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 20.1%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14%, Roguelite 12.4%

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 22.7%, Card Game 21.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Deckbuilding 16.4%

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 20.5%, Card Game 18%, Deckbuilding 13%, Roguelite 11%, Roguelike 9.7%

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 26.2%, Card Game 17.6%, Deckbuilding 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%

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 24.8%, Deckbuilding 21.5%, Card Game 21.4%, Roguelite 15.8%, Roguelike 11.1%

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 14.9%, Roguelike 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%

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 22.7%, Card Game 19.3%, Turn-Based 16.2%, Deckbuilding 13.7%, Roguelite 10.1%

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 30.9%, Card Game 30.3%, Deckbuilding 19.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 5.8%

"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 20.8%, Turn-Based 18.9%, Card Game 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Deckbuilding 10.8%

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 19.2%, Turn-Based 16.4%, Base Building 13.9%, God Game 11.3% ★, Building 10.7%

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 16.3%, Deckbuilding 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%

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 19.3%, Turn-Based 16.3%, Card Game 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%

Become THE Trap Master - play your deck of lethal traps to mow down waves of bizarre creatures and protect your altars! Craft a unique deck of traps and powers, discover treasure of surprise effects, and guard a different base each time until you are ready for the unforgiving boss.

Why similar: Card Battler 21%, Tower Defense 18.2%, Card Game 17.4%, Deckbuilding 13.7%, Roguelite 10.8%

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 28.7%, Base Building 23.9%, Building 21.4%, Horror 13.2%, Strategy 7.6%

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 14.7%, Card Game 12.9%, Base Building 11.8%, Card Battler 11.7%, City Builder 10.4%

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 32.4%, Card Game 27.9%, Roguelite 15.6%, Deckbuilding 13.9%, Strategy 10.2%

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 22.9%, Card Game 16.4%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%

Boogey Hunters is a strategic ammo-building game where you travel the world hunting mythical creatures from different folklore. Plan your moves carefully, combine bullets to unleash powerful moves, battle terrifying boogies, and save the world in the shortest day possible!

Why similar: Card Battler 20.5%, Deckbuilding 15.5%, Card Game 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%

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 21.8%, Card Game 16.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Isometric 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%

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: Card Battler 18.4%, Turn-Based 16.4%, Card Game 15.8%, Deckbuilding 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%

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 33.6%, Roguelite 19.6%, Roguelike 17.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Strategy 8.3%

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 25.4%, Card Game 18.9%, Deckbuilding 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Roguelike 11.9%

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: Card Battler 19.5%, Card Game 17.2%, Turn-Based 14.6%, Deckbuilding 13.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.9%

A 50's horror comic themed deck building card game with roguelike progression elements. Stop yourself from turning into a monster, or embrace your inner evil and use your new gifts. Choose from a roster of classic monsters and duke it out in The Monster Within!

Why similar: Card Game 37.4%, Deckbuilding 25.5%, Roguelite 18.2%, Strategy 10.5%, Horror 8.4%