- #1 Combo Card Clashers
97% matchVery Positive80% of 120 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: Card Battler 37.8%, Cartoony 24.3%, Combat 12.2%, 2D 9.3%, Indie 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on fast-paced, tactical card synergy that rewards active decision-making over passive play.
- #2 One Step From Eden
96% matchVery Positive93% of 7,663 reviews2020
Dev: Thomas Moon KangPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
Why similar: Card Battler 35.5%, Action RPG 26.2%, Anime 16.7%, 2D 8.6%, Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features high-speed, real-time card combat that perfectly captures the non-turn-based intensity of the seed game.
- #3 Fights in Tight Spaces
96% matchVery Positive90% of 3,951 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: Indie 66%, Singleplayer 34%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical deckbuilding with cinematic, action-oriented combat that feels like a high-stakes brawl.
- #4 SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
95% matchVery Positive87% of 2,306 reviews2019
Dev: Image & Form GamesPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lead a party of aspiring heroes through a beautifully hand-drawn world and intense battles using only your wits and a handful of cards. Take on whatever threat comes your way by crafting your own deck choosing from over 100 unique punch-cards!
Why similar: Card Battler 37.9%, Cartoony 23.7%, RPG 18%, 2D 9.3%, Adventure 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a beautiful side-scrolling aesthetic paired with a deep, strategic card-based combat system.
- #5 Cross Blitz
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,691 reviews2025
Dev: Tako Boy Studios LLCPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 49.2%, RPG 28%, 2D 10.8%, Adventure 7.9%, Singleplayer 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG-focused deckbuilder that blends exploration with a unique, vibrant visual style.
- #6 Card Quest
94% matchVery Positive86% of 378 reviews2017
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Card Quest is a dungeon crawling adventure game with unique card combat. Play with a variety of unique character classes, and customize decks to fit your playstyle. Explore the strategic depth of tactical roguelike gameplay, and crush the undead plague.
Why similar: Card Battler 34.3%, RPG 18.8%, 1990's 18.3%, Retro 12.2%, 2D 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult, strategic card battler that focuses on character builds and challenging boss encounters.
- #7 Ring of Pain
93% matchVery Positive91% of 5,107 reviews2020
Dev: Simon BoxerPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? Meet strange friends bearing gifts and treasure. Choose your gear wisely to survive and discover the secrets of the Ring of Pain.
Why similar: RPG 72.6%, Indie 15.4%, Singleplayer 12%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique, abstract card-based dungeon crawler experience with a distinct, dark art style.
- #8 Griftlands
91% matchVery Positive94% of 14,485 reviews2021
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.4 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 56.3%, RPG 28.2%, 2D 11.5%, Singleplayer 4%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven deckbuilder that features challenging, high-stakes combat encounters.
- #9 Endless Road: Reborn
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 523 reviews2018
Dev: 掌烛文化
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Endless Road: Reborn is a roguelike card game where players use a variety of equipment & skills to defeat vile creatures lurking along a treacherous, endless road. Players will also be faced with choices that will test their decision-making abilities and survival skills.
Why similar: RPG 25.3%, Retro 19.4%, Card Battler 18.9%, Adventure 9.9%, 2D 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic card-based adventure that emphasizes replayability and careful resource management.
- #10 Nitro Kid
91% matchVery Positive88% of 553 reviews2022
Dev: Wildboy StudiosPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Card Battler 82.9%, Indie 17.1%
Why You'll Like It: An action-packed, tactical deckbuilder that emphasizes movement and positioning in a retro-futuristic setting.
- #11 Library Of Ruina
89% matchVery Positive94% of 45,275 reviews2021
Dev: ProjectMoon
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 54.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.
Why similar: Card Battler 38.4%, Anime 18.9%, RPG 18%, 2D 11.1%, Indie 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features an incredibly deep and challenging card-based combat system that rewards mastery and strategic planning.
- #12 Card Crawl Adventure
90% matchVery Positive83% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Arnold Rauers
Windows · Mac
Card Crawl Adventure is a single player card game with light deck building and roguelite elements. Engage in a unique path based combat mechanic to battle against devious tavern bosses. Visit a variety of cozy taverns, collect cards and improve your deck with magic equipment items and charms.
Why similar: Card Battler 34.1%, Loot 30.4%, Cartoony 21.7%, 2D 8.5%, Casual 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A solitaire-inspired roguelite that provides a quick, engaging, and challenging card-based experience.
- #13 Lost In Fantaland
89% matchVery Positive85% of 695 reviews2024
Dev: Supernature StudioPub: NPC Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Lost in Fantaland is a Roguelite game with deck-building at its core, deeply integrated with board-game strategy mechanics. You will choose one of six unique characters and embark on a randomly generated adventure. Use your creativity to build your deck, and uncover the secrets of this world!
Why similar: Card Battler 48.7%, RPG 39.2%, Indie 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines grid-based tactical movement with card-based combat for a fresh, challenging experience.
- #14 Wildfrost
88% matchVery Positive83% of 8,859 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 80.7%, 2D 11.5%, Singleplayer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging roguelike deckbuilder with a charming, hand-drawn art style that demands careful tactical execution.
- #15 Yao-Guai Hunter
87% matchVery Positive84% of 2,329 reviews2025
Dev: MyACG Studio
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Yao-Guai Hunter is a Wuxia roguelike deck-building game. In a world where Yao-Guai roam free, player battles with various evil beings, collecting cards and learn inner skills. Encountering various adventures in the martial world.
Why similar: Card Battler 31.6%, Cartoony 26.9%, RPG 13.4%, Anime 12.3%, 2D 7%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike deckbuilder that offers strong replay value and challenging, card-based combat encounters.
- #16 Monster Train
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,964 reviews2020
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 27.9 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 76.7%, RPG 23.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers high-intensity, strategic deckbuilding with a focus on managing multiple lanes of combat.
- #17 Pirates Outlaws
86% matchVery Positive82% of 789 reviews2020
Dev: Fabled Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
Why similar: Card Battler 42.9%, Cartoony 25.8%, 2D 10.9%, RPG 5.4%, Indie 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: An accessible yet challenging card-based roguelite that offers plenty of strategic depth for deckbuilding fans.
- #18 Cardpocalypse
86% matchVery Positive86% of 282 reviews2020
Dev: Gambrinous
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Make friends, play cards, twist the rules, become a Mega Mutant Power Pets master, and try to save the world in this single-player RPG about being a 90's kid.
Why similar: Card Battler 36%, Cartoony 24.4%, 1990's 21.9%, RPG 12.3%, Indie 3%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich card battler that captures a nostalgic, retro feel while offering solid tactical gameplay.
- #19 Cardaire
84% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: aeiou
Windows
Explore, collect, and build sweet decks. Cardaire is a single-player collectible card RPG. Adventure awaits in the Duelist Frontier, so crack some packs and bring your best deck to take on the challenge.
Why similar: Old School 33.1%, Card Battler 28.7%, RPG 27.5%, 2D 7.7%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG-focused card game that emphasizes character progression and strategic deck management.
- #20 Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon
83% matchVery Positive92% of 875 reviews2025
Dev: Kygua TechPub: Gamersky Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 59.2%, Retro 14.6%, 2D 12.3%, RPG 6.7%, Singleplayer 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic, card-based combat game that offers a deep dive into historical themes with challenging mechanics.
- #21 Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
84% matchVery Positive94% of 766 reviews2023
Dev: D20Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 47.3%, RPG 24.5%, 2D 12.8%, Adventure 10.6%, Singleplayer 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines grid-based tactical combat with card-based abilities for a deep, rewarding experience.
- #22 Dicey Dungeons
82% matchVery Positive89% of 11,889 reviews2019
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Become a giant walking dice, explore dungeons and defy Lady Luck in this dice powered roguelike! Now featuring "Reunion", a free DLC with six brand-new episodes!
Why similar: Card Battler 69.6%, RPG 14.1%, Indie 6.7%, Casual 5.5%, Singleplayer 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, quirky, and challenging roguelike that keeps players on their toes with its unique dice-card mechanics.
- #23 Hand of Fate 2
82% matchVery Positive84% of 5,827 reviews2017
Dev: Defiant Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!
Why similar: RPG 66.3%, Indie 12.6%, Action RPG 12.3%, Singleplayer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Blends action-RPG combat with card-based encounters to create a truly immersive adventure.
- #24 Card Cultivation
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 814 reviews2026
Dev: DarkIndexPub: IndieArk
Windows
Card Cultivation is a card management game that visualizes the process of cultivating immortality through cards. In the game, you will play as a cultivation practitioner: cultivate techniques, explore treasures, and craft weapons, Throughout re-cultivation, you will recover memory.
Why similar: Card Battler 52.1%, RPG 28%, 2D 14.1%, Singleplayer 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A unique card-based management game that blends xianxia themes with strategic time-management elements.
- #25 Legend Creatures(传奇生物)
81% matchVery Positive90% of 3,948 reviews2020
Dev: HideChara
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Legendary creature is an independent game with rich playing methods such as roguelike + self-propelled chess + strategy. You can collect all kinds of magic creatures with various talents and skills, and can also evolve to a higher level.
Why similar: RPG 38.2%, 2D 22.5%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 14.3%, Singleplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An auto-battler with significant strategic depth that focuses on team composition and tactical positioning.
- #26 Encounter: The Lost Cards
79% matchVery Positive80% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Salvatore GrossoPub: Encounter GG
Windows · Linux
The unhinged roguelike for the tactically obsessed. Forget maps—your journey is a deck of Tarot cards you build on the fly. Manage a tight inventory, chain questionable combos, and watch your gear shatter. Got unlucky? The virtuous can resurrect; the sinful, however...
Why similar: Loot 49.7%, Retro 25.4%, Anime 24.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, card-based roguelike that emphasizes resource management and careful crafting.
- #27 Nexoria: Dungeon Rogue Heroes
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: TERNOX
Windows
NEXORIA — is a hardcore roguelike about dungeons with hybrid battles, combining classical turn based combat system and a collectible card game. Collect the best spells and conquer the dungeons!
Why similar: Card Battler 20.9%, Side Scroller 18.5%, RPG 15.4%, Anime 13.3%, Retro 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that integrates deckbuilding elements into its turn-based combat for a unique tactical feel.
- #28 Vault of the Void
78% matchVery Positive92% of 3,012 reviews2022
Dev: Spider Nest Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.3 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: Card Battler 59.1%, 2D 13.8%, Adventure 11.3%, Indie 11%, Singleplayer 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A highly strategic, challenging deckbuilder that gives players significant control over their deck and combat encounters.
- #29 Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
78% matchVery Positive90% of 634 reviews2021
Dev: VINEPub: Yacht Club Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Delve with Shovel Knight into the depths of the Pocket Dungeon in an action-packed puzzle adventure mashup like none other!
Why similar: Adventure 47.7%, 2D 24.4%, Indie 16.2%, Singleplayer 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: An action-puzzle hybrid that features a retro aesthetic and fast-paced, strategic combat mechanics.
- #30 Looper Tactics
77% matchVery Positive89% of 528 reviews2023
Dev: Inkstone AtelierPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome again, wandering soul. Will this be the time of your success? Watch your steps as you advance in this roguelike-deck builder and engage in auto-battler card encounters of increasing difficulty. Get stronger in each battle, rise from the ashes, and break free from endless reincarnation!
Why similar: Card Battler 54.7%, 2D 12.2%, Adventure 11.2%, Casual 10.2%, Indie 6.8%
- #31 The False God's Fold
77% matchVery Positive82% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Night Owl Games
Windows
A turn-based card strategy game. You are a Card-Seeker, wandering ruined lands and forgotten realms, collecting forbidden cards—shattered relics of fallen gods. Wield their power to battle twisted creatures and ancient guardians. Each card is a weapon. Each play, a gamble.
Why similar: Card Battler 55.8%, Artificial Intelligence 18.1%, Casual 11.6%, 2D 11.5%, Singleplayer 3%
- #32 Fallen Leaf
76% matchVery Positive91% of 296 reviews2024
Dev: Delta Shore Games
Windows
Fallen Leaf is a retro side-scrolling adventure focused on tight, action-packed level design set in a whimsical world where almost anything goes!
Why similar: Side Scroller 37.7%, Old School 18.4%, Retro 17.6%, 2D 9.6%, Anime 7.7%
- #33 Journey to the West
76% matchVery Positive81% of 1,704 reviews2023
Dev: Z Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A challenging rogue-like deck building game about a legendary adventure in the Realm of Divinity. Lead your team, build your unique deck, gather powerful relics and consumables to confront legendary creatures and eventually discover the truth behind the omen of darkness.
Why similar: Card Battler 56.4%, RPG 29.6%, 2D 14%
- #34 Anode Heart: Layer Null
75% matchVery Positive92% of 234 reviews2025
Dev: Stove Powered Games
Windows · Mac
Isometric card battler RPG with a touch of virtual creatures, set in a futuristic, digital world, with over-the-top villains and a very shadowy plot.
Why similar: Card Battler 32.7%, RPG 18.7%, Anime 14.4%, Retro 11.7%, 2D 10.9%
- #35 All About Luck
74% matchVery Positive93% of 175 reviews2026
Dev: Flow Universe
Windows
All About Luck is a roguelike auto battler where luck is everything. Build your formation by gacha and test your fortune. No P2W, no grinding — just pulls, rolls, and fate. Crush the boss with god-tier pulls, then ask your friends: Still not cleared it?
Why similar: Card Battler 31.1%, Cartoony 28.7%, Indie 11.2%, Casual 9.7%, Relaxing 7.9%
- #36 FreeCell Quest
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 513 reviews2015
Dev: Legend Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
FreeCell Quest is an RPG Free Cell game. You've never played Free Cell like this before! Explore 533 cities while collecting cards, gold, levels, armor, and spells on your epic quest of card sorting! Think quickly before the cards strike and drain your precious health. A new twist on a classic game!
Why similar: Card Battler 50.1%, RPG 23.5%, 2D 12.6%, Casual 10.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A creative twist on classic solitaire that incorporates exploration and card-based combat elements.
- #37 Lethal Dungeon
73% matchVery Positive97% of 289 reviews2026
Dev: Nihohe Soft
Windows
Lethal Dungeon is a roguelike card game. Win every battle using only the cards in your opening hand to defeat all enemies in a single turn.
Why similar: Card Battler 55.6%, Retro 19.8%, 2D 14.9%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #38 Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend
74% matchVery Positive93% of 2,154 reviews2022
Dev: Alioth Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.0 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Welcome to Eientei, combine multiple colors of mana to build your ideal deck, duel with gensokyo girls, and chase back the mysterious moon treasure. Also, enjoy the unpredictable Roguelike with fantasy Danmaku!
Why similar: Card Battler 41.1%, Anime 25.4%, RPG 17.3%, 2D 8.8%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #39 Axial Disc 1
75% matchVery Positive93% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Sawyer FriendPub: Gem Games
Windows
A modern turn-based deckbuilding JRPG involving party synergy for attacks that features unique pixel art and chiptune music!
Why similar: Card Battler 26.6%, 1990's 24.5%, RPG 15.7%, Anime 14.3%, Retro 12.5%
- #40 Lucky Hunter
72% matchVery Positive90% of 459 reviews2024
Dev: 159 StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lucky Hunter is a deck-building auto battler Roguelike game. Your pieces are automatically played on the board, and players will focus on building unique decks and artifacts, making the best of the synergies between pieces to defeat increasingly powerful prey.
Why similar: Cartoony 35.6%, RPG 25.4%, 2D 13.3%, Adventure 10.4%, Casual 9.7%
- #41 Golden Warden
73% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: xpiiPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
A rogue-like battle game with easy controls. Pick a card each turn as you aim for the dungeon depths and attempt to claim the treasure that the Golden Warden protects as your own.
Why similar: Casual 47.5%, 2D 28.5%, Indie 18%, Singleplayer 5.9%
- #42 DreamEcho
71% matchVery Positive83% of 447 reviews2026
Dev: HotWaterStudio
Windows
"Dream Echoes" is an atypical top-down RogueLite ARPG centered on loot grinding and meta-progression. Explore the dream world, collect "Concepts", and enjoy highly free combinative combat. Upon waking, gather "Memories" to carry some "Concepts" into your next adventure…
Why similar: RPG 32.4%, Anime 31.7%, Adventure 17.5%, 2D 12.4%, Indie 3.4%
- #43 Dragon Cliff
71% matchVery Positive89% of 8,207 reviews2018
Dev: Meta Interaction
Windows
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Dragon Cliff is a Semi-Idle RPG game with deep and complex itemization/skill systems to support endless character builds. Players are to collect adventurers, kill monsters, advance talent trees, enchant/reforge equipment, discover scrolls and finally assemble the most powerful adventure team!
Why similar: Loot 54.8%, RPG 28.2%, Adventure 5.3%, Casual 4.9%, Indie 3.3%
- #44 Cardnarok: Raid with Gods
73% 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: Card Battler 48.2%, Cartoony 22.3%, RPG 17.4%, 2D 9.3%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #45 The Forgotten Land
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 102 reviews2020
Dev: rokaplay
Windows
"The Forgotten Land" is a turn-based "Combat & Puzzle Match 3" with streamlined RPG and Management elements in a Dark Fantasy setting.
Why similar: Casual 23%, Adventure 22.1%, Indie 18.3%, 2D 16.5%, RPG 14.3%
- #46 WhatRogue：Exile Land
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: 肉鸽独立团Pub: OKJOY
Windows
"WhatRogue：Exile Land" blends roguelike, card construction, and tactical turn-based gameplay. The tactical element requires spatial strategies, enhancing strategic depth. Choose different heroes and companions to defeat various monsters and bosses.
Why similar: Card Battler 35.8%, Cartoony 26.3%, Adventure 19.6%, 2D 10.3%, Indie 5.2%
- #47 Ultimate Scroll
69% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Dragon Flame
Windows
This is a casual card game set in the backdrop of cultivation-themed Xianxia world. In this game, players control cultivators who challenge demon caves, search for treasures in the treasure pavilion, and overcome tribulations in the heavenly tower to enhance their cultivation levels.
Why similar: Anime 44.3%, 2D 30.1%, Casual 17.3%, Singleplayer 8.2%
- #48 Ancient Enemy
70% matchVery Positive89% of 514 reviews2020
Dev: Grey Alien Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Ancient Enemy is an RPG card battler set in a crumbling world where the forces of evil have already won. Blast distorted enemies with a satisfying range of spells and abilities. Journey into a scarred wilderness and draw power and hope from the landscape to defeat the deadliest foe of all!
Why similar: CRPG 46.7%, Card Battler 28.3%, RPG 13.4%, Casual 4.7%, Adventure 4.6%
- #49 Primateria
68% matchVery Positive86% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: Yfrit GamesPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Embark on an epic journey in Primateria, a game redefining the roguelike deckbuilder with a nod to classic Yu-Gi-Oh! experience. Fuse cards, battle divine beings, and navigate through a universe teeming with challenges and surprises. Embrace the thrill of endless combinations and tactical depths.
Why similar: Card Battler 77.4%, 2D 16.9%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #50 Placid Plastic Deck - A Quiet Quest
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 269 reviews2026
Dev: turbolento gamesPub: turbolento publishing
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A story-driven adventure with multiple-choice dialogue, funny characters, and a light sprinkle of card battles. A friendship to mend, a world to explore, and a few opponents to beat. Not a deep card battler, just an adventure where decks can be evil. But you're in luck… yours is all ducks!
Why similar: Card Battler 46.5%, RPG 30.3%, Adventure 13%, Singleplayer 6.4%, Casual 3.9%
- #51 FORCED SHOWDOWN
70% matchVery Positive84% of 680 reviews2016
Dev: BetaDwarf
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Deckbuilding empowers this challenging bullet hell adventure! Each character is a unique experience: Choose a deck of unlockable cards to boost you in new ways every battle - "My whirlwind shoots fireballs!?". Battle hordes of brutal foes to become a superstar in C-SAR’s ever-changing game show.
Why similar: Action RPG 44.4%, RPG 37.8%, Indie 11%, Singleplayer 6.7%
- #52 Right and Down and Dice
68% matchVery Positive83% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Explore randomly generated card dungeons where you can only move Right and Down, use Dice to defeat mighty enemies, gather powerful artifacts, and learn new abilities! Will you be able to escape from the dungeon?
Why similar: Card Battler 52.2%, RPG 21.3%, 2D 9.7%, Indie 7.2%, Singleplayer 5.1%
- #53 Museum Mystery: Deckbuilding Card Game
68% matchVery Positive82% of 189 reviews2024
Dev: ST Stepanov Ivan AndreevichPub: Recently Played
Windows
Museum Mystery is a deck-building, story-driven roguelite adventure where museum exhibits come to life, wreaking chaos. Explore halls from different eras, battle works of art, collect your own deck of artifacts, and solve the mystery!
Why similar: Card Battler 52%, RPG 22%, 2D 11.7%, Adventure 6.7%, Indie 4.3%
- #54 Loot Rascals
71% matchMixed69% of 207 reviews2017
Dev: Hollow Ponds
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore an outlandish outer space, gather Loot Cards, and fight your way to The Thing Below in this innovative and offbeat strategy roguelike.
Why similar: RPG 58%, Adventure 23%, Indie 19%
- #55 Dungeon: Faster & Deadlier
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: Old Oak Den
Windows
This is a hybrid between a card, board, and turn-based single-player game. Play cards in various ways, and discover iconic artifacts. Combine logical possibilities with an aspect of chance. Gradually map the world of this rogue-lite adventure. Walk through the portal and fight!
Why similar: Card Battler 56.8%, RPG 21%, Relaxing 8.5%, Singleplayer 7.3%, Adventure 5.2%
- #56 Card Crawl
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 184 reviews2018
Dev: Arnold Rauers
Windows · Mac
Card Crawl is a solitaire style Dungeon Crawler played with a deck of cards.
Why similar: RPG 33.8%, Cartoony 19.5%, 2D 18%, Indie 13.2%, Casual 11.7%
- #57 Final Stardust: Cosmic Nexus
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: NourSaiFRPub: indie.io
Windows
A fast-paced Collectible Card Game focusing on the essentials, by a casual gamer for casual gamers! Easy to pick up, fast to play, and with no need to waste time on mastering the current meta, Final Stardust is a game for everyone who enjoys CCGs that reward skill, instead of min-maxing.
Why similar: Card Battler 33.6%, RPG 19%, Anime 18.3%, Adventure 10.2%, 2D 8.7%
- #58 Villages & Dungeons
64% matchVery Positive91% of 1,170 reviews2025
Dev: CaCaFrog StudioPub: Morax Games
Windows · Mac
A hardcore roguelite card game where deck-building strategies are at the core of everything! With a vast array of cards, random dungeons, a wealth of encounter events, and diverse enemies, it awaits your exploration and challenge.
Why similar: Card Battler 48.7%, RPG 23.7%, 2D 12.8%, Indie 8.8%, Singleplayer 5.9%
- #59 AFKandia - Epoch of Idle
67% matchMixed48% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: Yang++ Game Studio
Windows
Tired of multi-character hassle? AFKandia delivers deep single-hero immersion! Customize dozens of attributes, skills, and talents for endless unique builds. Explore a rich gear system with various armors, weapons, qualities, and glowing legendary items. AND MORE!
Why similar: CRPG 32.5%, RPG 28.2%, Old School 9.2%, Casual 8.5%, Retro 7.1%
- #60 Anode Heart
65% matchVery Positive91% of 468 reviews2023
Dev: Stove Powered Games
Windows · Mac
A semi-open world, monster tamer RPG, set in a digital, futuristic environment, with fast-paced combat, a card minigame and focus on exploration.
Why similar: Card Battler 28.2%, RPG 24.7%, Retro 16.5%, 2D 12.4%, Adventure 11.2%
