- #1 Frostrain
97% matchVery Positive93% of 2,685 reviews2024
Dev: STEWDIOPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Be the last train conductor roaming the postapocalyptic frozen world! Expand, strengthen, and build synergies on your train. The promised land beyond the toxic zone awaits you and your passengers.
Why similar: Trains 31% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.5% ★, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Roguelike 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, it offers the foundational train-management and deckbuilding mechanics that define the series.
- #2 Monster Train 2
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,245 reviews2025
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Big Fan Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 40.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.7% ★, Trains 27.8% ★, Deckbuilding 19.3%, Roguelike 13.7%, Strategy 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: The sequel expands upon the original's successful formula with refined mechanics and even more complex card interactions.
- #3 Wildfrost
96% 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 45.5% ★, Deckbuilding 27.9%, Roguelike 19.3%, Strategy 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the cold, wintery aesthetic and focuses on high-stakes tactical deckbuilding where positioning is just as important as the cards you play.
- #4 Monster Train
95% 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 26.4% ★, Trains 23.7% ★, Deckbuilding 23.7%, Roguelike 16.1%, Choices Matter 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title is the definitive train-based roguelike deckbuilder, featuring deep synergy-building and tactical lane-based combat.
- #5 Frostpunk 2
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,240 reviews2024
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.1%, Resource Management 19.5%, Snow 17.5% ★, Strategy 12.6%, Management 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the desperate, cold-world resource management and societal survival themes that make the setting of the seed game so compelling.
- #6 Frostpunk
93% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.4%, Resource Management 24.1%, Strategy 12.4%, Management 11.3%, Choices Matter 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: The original game provides the ultimate experience in managing a society against the relentless, freezing elements of a post-apocalyptic world.
- #7 Pandemic Train
94% matchMixed57% of 241 reviews2023
Dev: Trigger LabsPub: Games Operators
Windows
In Pandemic Train you are in charge of the crew aboard a train roaming the postapocalyptic wasteland, ravaged by both war and a deadly plague. Your goal is to survive long enough to discover the cure… or die trying. Humanity’s fate is in your hands! Start your journey now!
Why similar: Trains 47.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Roguelike 10.4%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Exploration 6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the survival and management aspects of operating a train through a dangerous, post-apocalyptic landscape.
- #8 Cobalt Core
92% 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 50.1% ★, Roguelike 21.5%, Deckbuilding 19.2%, Strategy 8.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: This spaceship-based deckbuilder mirrors the train-car management of the seed game, requiring careful positioning and resource allocation to survive.
- #9 Slay the Spire 2
91% matchVery Positive80% of 97,748 reviews2026
Dev: Mega Crit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.8 hrsMean: 35.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.5% ★, Deckbuilding 29.7%, Roguelike 22.5%, Strategy 9.1%, 2D 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: As the gold standard for roguelike deckbuilders, it offers the same level of strategic depth and replayability found in the seed game.
- #10 Vault of the Void
91% 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 34.7% ★, Deckbuilding 24%, Roguelike 14.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Strategy 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, tactical deckbuilding experience with a focus on player choice and strategic planning during combat encounters.
- #11 Apocalypse Express
90% matchVery Positive84% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Llamaware Studios
Windows
Conduct, upgrade and repair your train through endless waves of enemies in a post-apocalyptic setting. In this action management roguelike, the player decides to embark on a journey through the wasteland looking to fulfill the dream of seeing the remains of the outside world.
Why similar: Trains 44.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Roguelike 12.2%, Management 7.8%, Resource Management 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced roguelite that captures the action-oriented side of train-based survival in a post-apocalyptic world.
- #12 As We Descend
89% 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 35.9% ★, Deckbuilding 23.1%, Roguelike 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Strategy 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers high-intensity roguelike deckbuilding with unique card mechanics that reward strategic foresight and planning.
- #13 Railroads & Catacombs
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 398 reviews2025
Dev: MadRailsPub: IndieArk
Windows
In this exciting Card Building Roguelike game you create your cards from scratch adding different upgrades. Build your train, explore the Labyrinth and survive. Discover infinite synergies. How far will you go?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 49.1% ★, Deckbuilding 27.9%, Roguelike 13.1%, Strategy 6.8%, 2D 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends train-based progression with tactical, turn-based deckbuilding in a dark, dungeon-crawling setting.
- #14 Heat Death: Survival Train
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 660 reviews2024
Dev: Mass Game DevsPub: LightOnDevs
Windows
Heat Death is a sci-fi survival game where you can build, upgrade, and customize your battle train to explore and survive a frozen world! This train is not only your shelter and vehicle, but also your weapon and ally to face hostile drones, deadly storms, and hidden mysteries of an unknown world!
Why similar: Trains 56.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 33.9%, Exploration 8.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game directly focuses on the survival-train mechanics in a frozen wasteland, emphasizing crafting and resource gathering.
- #15 Bounty Train
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,710 reviews2017
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore the dangerous life, the accurate historic events and contemporary inventions of the North American/US 19th century. Acquire one of the most legendary steam machines and transform it into a fortress on rails.
Why similar: Trains 67.3% ★, Management 13.8%, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 8.3%, Indie 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a detailed train management simulation set in a harsh, unforgiving environment that requires careful logistical planning.
- #16 Rogue Voltage
86% matchVery Positive94% of 519 reviews2024
Dev: Horizont Computergrafik
Windows · Linux
The engineering roguelike. Construct your combos by wiring circuits. Build crazy machines to zap the monsters and trigger satisfying chain reactions. Discover devastating synergies and create overpowered builds.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.4% ★, Deckbuilding 24.9%, Roguelike 15.9%, Auto Battler 12%, Management 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: The complex deckbuilding and automation mechanics provide a similar feeling of managing intricate systems under pressure.
- #17 Across the Obelisk
86% matchVery Positive81% of 12,790 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamsite GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 20.8 hrsMean: 53.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 40.8% ★, Deckbuilding 27.9%, Roguelike 19.7%, Strategy 7%, Indie 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: This party-based deckbuilder features exploration and strategic depth that complements the progression systems found in the seed game.
- #18 Unrailed 2: Back on Track
84% matchVery Positive88% of 1,805 reviews2024
Dev: Indoor Astronaut
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The chaotic co-op railroad construction game is back! Team up with your friends to build a railroad through procedurally generated worlds with new biomes and bosses. Permanently upgrade your character and engine, even create your own levels - just don‘t let your train derail!
Why similar: Trains 71.7% ★, Roguelike 23.1%, Strategy 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features cooperative train-building and survival mechanics that emphasize the frantic nature of keeping a train moving.
- #19 Railway Empire 2
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,521 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.
Why similar: Trains 52.9% ★, Management 15.3%, Resource Management 11%, Strategy 7%, Simulation 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: For those who enjoy the logistical and management side of trains, this simulation offers the most robust experience available.
- #20 Snow Ash
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 192 reviews2026
Dev: Ember StudioPub: Paras Games
Windows
Snow Ash is a post-apocalyptic, wasteland-themed card-based trading and survival game. In this snow-covered world, you’ll take on the role of a messenger, braving blizzards to deliver goods between scattered shelters. In the biting cold and swirling snow, where will your journey lead?
Why similar: Snow 34.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Deckbuilding 19.3%, Resource Management 9.3%, Strategy 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes survival and strategy in a post-apocalyptic frozen setting, focusing on trading and resource management.
- #21 FrostBound
82% matchVery Positive81% of 1,146 reviews2025
Dev: Lyra StudioPub: Shelly Technology
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Deckbuilding 52.8%, Roguelike 31.5%, Strategy 11.1%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: It aligns thematically with the cold-world strategy and deckbuilding elements of the seed game.
- #22 The Pale Beyond
83% matchVery Positive89% of 2,115 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Why similar: Snow 40.4% ★, Resource Management 15.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%, Strategy 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully captures the harsh, cold-weather survival and leadership pressure found in the seed game's narrative.
- #23 Beneath Oresa
82% 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 35.6% ★, Deckbuilding 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Roguelike 15.5%, Strategy 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This visually striking roguelike deckbuilder emphasizes tactical positioning and combat flow in a way that mirrors the seed game's intensity.
- #24 Inscryption
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,157 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Deckbuilding 55.4%, Roguelike 30.3%, Strategy 10.6%, 2D 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric roguelike deckbuilder that uses dark narrative elements to heighten the tension of every card played.
- #25 Balatro
79% 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 38.8% ★, Deckbuilding 24.7%, Roguelike 19.9%, Strategy 5.7%, Choices Matter 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This highly addictive roguelike deckbuilder shares the core focus on building powerful, game-breaking synergies.
- #26 Train Valley 2
81% matchVery Positive90% of 3,066 reviews2019
Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD!
Why similar: Trains 64% ★, Management 17.2%, Strategy 7.6%, Simulation 6.6%, Indie 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the logistics and management of train networks, providing a more puzzle-oriented take on the train theme.
- #27 SteamWorld Heist
81% matchVery Positive94% of 6,137 reviews2016
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts in SteamWorld Heist. This is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!
Why similar: Strategy 60.3%, 2D 18.1%, Indie 16.2%, Singleplayer 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines tactical strategy with a unique steampunk aesthetic and crew management that feels conceptually adjacent to train-based combat.
- #28 Roots Devour
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 515 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 38.5%, Resource Management 20.8%, Exploration 15.5%, Strategy 13.8%, 2D 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides exploration and atmospheric tension in a hostile environment, appealing to the sense of dread found in the seed game.
- #29 Dicey Dungeons
79% matchVery Positive89% of 11,511 reviews2019
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 58.3% ★, Deckbuilding 23.7%, Roguelike 11.5%, Strategy 4%, Indie 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: An accessible yet deep roguelike deckbuilder that focuses on creative synergy-building and strategic combat.
- #30 Griftlands
78% matchVery Positive94% of 14,297 reviews2021
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 30.1%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.8% ★, Roguelike 16.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy deckbuilder that requires complex character management and strategic decision-making in a hostile world.
- #31 Battle Train
77% matchVery Positive87% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Terrible Posture GamesPub: Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.
Windows
Battle Train is a run-based roguelite deck-n-track builder set in the world’s most explosive game show. Choose your cards, upgrade your train, lay down tracks, and use destructive locomotives to blast your rival Champions off the rails in a chaotic mashup of deck-building and tactical rail combat.
Why similar: Trains 35.8% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 28% ★, Deckbuilding 18.8%, Roguelike 10.8%, Strategy 4.6%
- #32 Beholder: Conductor
75% matchVery Positive91% of 4,209 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!
Why similar: Trains 48.1% ★, Management 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Strategy 6.5%
- #33 Aotenjo: Infinite Hands
76% matchVery Positive88% of 1,064 reviews2025
Dev: XO CatPub: XD
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Mahjong Roguelike. Aotenjo: Infinite Hands is an deckbuilder where you will use Mahjong styles all over the world to beat innate threats, play different Patterns and combos, reach the "bottom" of Aotenjo, and discover ancient secrets....
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 35.8% ★, Deckbuilding 23.9%, Roguelike 12.5%, Resource Management 10.9%, Strategy 6.7%
- #34 Breachway
75% 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 37.9% ★, Deckbuilding 27.2%, Roguelike 19.5%, Strategy 7.3%, 2D 4.1%
- #35 Break Siege
74% matchVery Positive87% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: FojoGamesPub: Edigger
Windows · Linux
Break Siege is a train-themed deck-building rougelike game in which you constantly construct your own deck and breakthrough forces of the Imperial in intense, real-time battles.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 40.2%, Roguelike 35.8%, Strategy 15%, 2D 7.5%, Indie 0.9%
- #36 Frost
77% matchVery Positive88% of 153 reviews2016
Dev: Jérôme BodinPub: Le Studio des Ténèbres
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Frost is a Survival solo Card game. Inspired by deck-building board games like Dominion, Ascension and the like, it's an unique take on the genre as it puts you in charge of a group of people struggling against a restless, lethal storm.
Why similar: Snow 30.1% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.6% ★, Deckbuilding 24.3%, Roguelike 12.1%, Strategy 5.3%
- #37 He is Coming
72% matchVery Positive85% of 3,693 reviews2025
Dev: ChronoclePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 37.9% ★, Deckbuilding 27%, Roguelike 19.6%, Strategy 7.4%, 2D 4.1%
- #38 Railroads & Catacombs: Prologue
74% matchVery Positive90% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: MadRailsPub: IndieArk
Windows
Start your training in Railroads & Catacombs! Learn how to build your cards in the most effective way. Test your deck against the first boss and master your strategy for the full game.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.9% ★, Trains 29.4% ★, Deckbuilding 18.2%, Roguelike 11.1%, Strategy 4.9%
- #39 Three Kingdom: The Journey
73% 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 32.4% ★, Deckbuilding 26%, Roguelike 19%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Strategy 6.3%
- #40 Oxygen Train
73% matchMixed61% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: OxygenTech Limited
Windows
Oxygen Train is an open-world survival train game. Wake up in a world lacking oxygen. Chop trees, mine, gather resources, upgrade your unique train. Survive by planting, fishing, farming, exploring, fighting. Build your train kingdom. Supports 1-8 online co-op.
Why similar: Trains 49.1% ★, Snow 42.4% ★, Exploration 6.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #41 Train Station Simulator
76% matchMixed57% of 256 reviews2017
Dev: Appliks Apps Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Train Station Simulator is a station builder and manager game. Create and maintain your dream station! Ride the rails and operate your ultimate grand central empire!
Why similar: Trains 59.8% ★, Management 17.2%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 7.5%, Resource Management 3.7%
- #42 Roots of Yggdrasil
71% matchVery Positive88% of 346 reviews2024
Dev: ManaVoid Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build settlements, explore the Nine Realms, collect artifacts and upgrade your deck to reach the top of Yggdrasil in this post-Ragnarok roguelike city-builder! Can you survive the end of the world?
Why similar: Deckbuilding 30.5%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.2% ★, Roguelike 17.4%, Resource Management 11.7%, Strategy 6.2%
- #43 Rune Gate
72% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Devwind
Windows
Rune Gate is a roguelite deckbuilder centered on card customization. Craft unique battle strategies with different runes. Face continuous challenges, where every choice can lead to victory or defeat. Dive into Rune Gate, unleash creativity, and explore endless card combinations.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 43.9% ★, Deckbuilding 25.7%, Roguelike 18.5%, Strategy 6.2%, 2D 3.3%
- #44 Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
70% matchVery Positive92% of 1,788 reviews2024
Dev: PentaclePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take control of a Soviet locomotive and embark on a dangerous journey along the world's longest railway line. Face mafia rivals, bandits, wild animals, constant breakdowns, severe frosts, hunger, and... a hangover. How far will you get before your supplies run out?
Why similar: Trains 71% ★, Resource Management 13.6%, Exploration 8.3%, Simulation 7.1%
- #45 Dr. COG
71% matchVery Positive84% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Re:ZT1Pub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Dr. Cog is a deck-building roguelike game using gears. Operate the memory restoration machine, turn gears, discover and enhance them, and build synergies. Complete the memory restoration within the time limit, recover the client's lost memories, and reach the final chapter.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 38.7% ★, Deckbuilding 20.6%, Roguelike 16.1%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Strategy 5.9%
- #46 Endzone 2
71% matchMixed69% of 1,004 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 45.6%, Management 19.3%, Resource Management 17.2%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 7.7%
- #47 Faith in Despair
68% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Philipp Lehner
Windows · Mac · Linux
Forge your own cards with triggers, actions and modifiers. Shape your deck and gamble against Death itself. Make one mistake and you will descend into despair.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 40.9% ★, Deckbuilding 25.5%, Roguelike 18.6%, Choices Matter 8%, Strategy 7%
- #48 NIMBY Rails
70% matchVery Positive90% of 2,203 reviews2021
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.
Why similar: Trains 52.7% ★, Management 23.8%, Simulation 9.2%, Strategy 7.6%, 2D 4.7%
- #49 Fear Equation
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2016
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Fear Equation is a turn-based horror strategy game where you play the engineer of a modified freight train, built to protect its occupants from a deadly fog that brings their nightmares to life. Survival depends on analysing passengers' dreams, crafting defenses, upgrading, scavenging and resource management.
Why similar: Trains 39.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Roguelike 16.1%, Management 13.2%, Strategy 5.7%
- #50 Rail Route
67% matchVery Positive89% of 2,461 reviews2024
Dev: Bitrich.info
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 111.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In Rail Route, you will design, construct, upgrade, and automate your railway network in one of the many maps based on real-life cities worldwide. Dispatch the trains to make the traffic flow and the network grow!
Why similar: Trains 56.7% ★, Management 18.8%, Resource Management 11.7%, Strategy 5.9%, Simulation 5.6%
- #51 Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,319 reviews2025
Dev: Brave At Night
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Rule your crumbling kingdom as you try to satisfy the petty needs of your people in this cinematic kingdom management RPG. Balance your resources, collect taxes, hire agents and make difficult decisions to see your kingdom prosper or fail.
Why similar: Management 23.8%, Resource Management 18.5%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Strategy 10.5%
- #52 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 201 reviews2021
Dev: ARTDINKPub: KOMODO
Windows
In the world of A-Train, people gather around stations, gradually developing the surrounding town. What kind of railroad will you create? How will you develop the town? All these choices and more are yours to make.
Why similar: Trains 47.4% ★, Management 20.3%, Resource Management 14.4%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 7.9%
- #53 Train Life: A Railway Simulator
69% matchMixed63% of 1,628 reviews2022
Dev: SimteractPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
For the first time in railroad simulation, play as both the driver and company director! Take the controls of your locomotives and grow your railway empire by negotiating deals and developing your network.
Why similar: Trains 63.1% ★, Management 20%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 4.9%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #54 Balantica
67% matchVery Positive94% of 132 reviews2024
Dev: Team HanzanPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Safely guide the twins to the altar. The path to the altar branches into multiple routes, each filled with trials and unexpected events awaiting the twins. As their companion, you will choose their path, build a deck of cards to give hope and overcome increasingly challenging trials.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 45.7% ★, Deckbuilding 22.8%, Roguelike 14%, Strategy 10.2%, Indie 4.6%
- #55 Train World
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: Turn Point Games
Windows
Become a railroad pioneer in Train World - a railway simulator that spans centuries as you design, manage, and operate your own train network. Start at the dawn of railroad technology and evolve into a complex, modern railway company.
Why similar: Trains 61.3% ★, Management 12.7%, Resource Management 9.9%, Strategy 7.6%, Simulation 6.9%
- #56 Spin Hero
67% 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 26.9% ★, Auto Battler 16.5%, Deckbuilding 16%, Roguelike 13.6%, Management 11.1%
- #57 Voidtrain
65% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,176 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Trains 82.8% ★, Exploration 8.5%, Simulation 5.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%, Indie 1.5%
- #58 DICEOMANCER
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,441 reviews2024
Dev: 超厚皮猪猪 Ultra Piggy StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
DICEOMANCER is a roguelike deck-building game. Though you long for a peaceful life, you're forced to embark on an adventure. In this world of swords, magic, and guns, make good use of your dice and deck to find a way back to tranquility! What can the dice be used for? To change... anything.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 42.6% ★, Deckbuilding 23.8%, Roguelike 17.6%, Strategy 12.7%, Indie 1.9%
- #59 Rogue Hex
65% matchVery Positive89% of 252 reviews2025
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 36.1% ★, Deckbuilding 22.2%, Roguelike 16.8%, Management 9.7%, Strategy 6.4%
- #60 The Final Station
68% matchVery Positive87% of 9,281 reviews2016
Dev: DO MY BESTPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.
Why similar: Trains 48% ★, Post-apocalyptic 35.5%, Resource Management 7.3%, 2D 4.7%, Indie 3.3%