- #1 WitchHand
97% 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 24%, Card Game 17.4%, Management 14%, Deckbuilding 11.9%, Crafting 10.4%
- #2 Sizzle & Stack
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 313 reviews2025
Dev: Arvis Games
Windows · Mac
Sizzle & Stack is a fast-paced restaurant management card game where you stack ingredients, cook dishes, explore recipes, and serve hungry customers. Upgrade your kitchen and master strategic cooking in a unique blend of card play and time management!
Why similar: Cooking 34.3%, Card Game 18.5%, Crafting 15.6%, Management 13.4%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #3 Cookard
96% matchVery Positive94% of 2,439 reviews2024
Dev: Panitia GameDev
Windows · Mac
Cookard is a cooking game where you run a restaurant by stacking cards to prepare and serve dishes to customers.
Why similar: Solitaire 21.9% ★, Cooking 21.2%, Automation 15.6%, Card Game 12.8%, Crafting 9.7%
- #4 Ways of Alchemy
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 721 reviews2025
Dev: RocketBrush Games
Windows
Become a medieval alchemist in this card game. Brew deadly potions, discover ancient recipes, hire adventurers, and outwit the Inquisition. Transform your humble shack into an alchemical empire. No wands are required — just knowledge and wit.
Why similar: Card Game 45.3%, Survival 13.3%, Resource Management 11.3%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 7.4%
- #5 Decks of the Damned
94% 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: Solitaire 19.5% ★, Card Battler 18.9%, Card Game 12.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Management 9.7%
- #6 Stacklands
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,157 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
Why similar: Solitaire 23.5% ★, Card Battler 21.6%, Card Game 17.1%, Management 13.4%, Survival 10.7%
- #7 Factory Planner
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 389 reviews2026
Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Factory Planner is a card-based simulation/strategy game that lets you build a factory using cards. The main goal of the game is to make combinations with different cards so that each player can build different factories and feel the sandbox experience to the fullest.
Why similar: Solitaire 34.3% ★, Automation 23.2%, Crafting 12.8%, Card Game 12.1%, Management 9.8%
- #8 Gold and Graves
92% matchVery Positive86% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: Yoon
Windows
Gold and Graves is a roguelike extraction game where you bribe enemies to recruit them as allies, escape the dungeon, and bring back cards, relics, and mercenaries to your village to accumulate resources. Strengthen your deck and forces with the resources you gather and challenge deeper dungeons.
Why similar: Card Battler 32.1%, Card Game 28.6%, Deckbuilding 17.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Strategy 6.6%
- #9 Dishventory
91% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Final Offer
Windows
Wash piling dirty dishes in this strategic card game! Figure out cool dish combinations and discover new dishes with their own abilities.
Why similar: Card Game 30.5%, Deckbuilding 23.6%, Cooking 17.4%, Management 12.3%, Strategy 8.3%
- #10 Card Crawl Adventure
91% 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: Solitaire 34.2% ★, Card Battler 24.5%, Card Game 13.1%, Deckbuilding 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 8%
- #11 Scrap Collector
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Wibert
Windows
Collect, combine, and automate card production. Discover new areas, resources, and enemies all while growing your mechanized army. Plan ahead before taking on the challenges of the ruptured earth.
Why similar: Card Battler 29.5%, Card Game 19.1%, Management 16.8%, Crafting 14.9%, Deckbuilding 13.3%
- #12 Arcana Academy
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: 2A StudioPub: Luckycalf
Windows
Freely build your magic academy and choose qpprentices from over 200 traits: genius, eccentric, or perhaps a fool? Select from hundreds of wizard classes to face hundreds of different event challenges, resist the invasion of the abyss, and save the entire empire from crisis.
Why similar: Card Game 17.2%, Management 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, Solitaire 11.7% ★, Automation 9.8%
- #13 A la Card
88% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Shook Loose
Windows
Buckle up for a food truck deckbuilder boiling over with card mutation mischief, questionable recipes, and limitless synergies.
Why similar: Card Battler 33.8%, Cooking 23.9%, Card Game 21.4%, Deckbuilding 14.9%, Strategy 5.6%
- #14 Paper Kingdom
89% matchMixed59% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: obece
Windows
Paper Kingdom is a colony management game. Stack cards to gather resources, build structures, explore and fight invaders. Turn a nomadic tribe into an empire.
Why similar: Solitaire 25.8% ★, Card Battler 19.9%, Card Game 13.6%, Management 10.3%, Survival 9%
- #15 Kinny and the Cosmic Cauldron
86% matchVery Positive85% of 546 reviews2026
Dev: KinnymomsPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac
Cook or be cooked! In this cosmic deck-building roguelike, ingredients crash, merge, and react in chaotic ways. As the witch chef of Stewpendous Spoons, craft the perfect stew, master strategic combos, and satisfy bizarre patrons, before you end up in the cauldron yourself!
Why similar: Cooking 57.1%, Deckbuilding 31.4%, Strategy 10.5%, Singleplayer 1%
- #16 Cardboard Town
86% 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: Solitaire 26.2% ★, Card Battler 17.1%, Card Game 15%, Resource Management 10.1%, Deckbuilding 10%
- #17 Potionomics
84% matchVery Positive90% of 7,357 reviews2022
Dev: Voracious GamesPub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You’ve inherited your uncle’s potion shop—and a huge debt. Better get brewing! Customize your store, hire heroes to gather ingredients, befriend (or romance) fellow vendors to learn new haggling strategies, and go head-to-head with competitors in this narrative-driven, deck-building shop simulator.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 20.4%, Crafting 18%, Card Game 15.6%, Resource Management 12.7%, Management 11.2%
- #18 Tavern Cards
87% matchMixed70% of 165 reviews2020
Dev: Vadd Game
Windows
"Tavern Cards" is a strategic card-battling adventure! Liberate cities by defeating demons in their taverns. Build a powerful deck, face unique challenges, and unravel the mystery behind the invasion. Can you conquer the demons and save the cities?
Why similar: Card Battler 31.8%, Card Game 27.4%, Dark Fantasy 19.2%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Strategy 5.9%
- #19 Fortune Seller
84% matchVery Positive86% of 96 reviews2026
Dev: Kiwick
Windows
A gothic roguelike shopkeeping game where you sell antiques, read the tarot, and manage your inventory to survive crushing rent increases. Match strange customers with the relics they crave, unlock powerful cards, and gamble your way out of debt, one deal at a time.
Why similar: Card Game 40.9%, Deckbuilding 20%, Strategy 16.3%, Management 13.9%, Stylized 7.2%
- #20 Nadir: A Grimdark Deck Builder - Prologue
85% matchVery Positive81% of 215 reviews2022
Dev: Team NadirPub: Black Eye Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 41.9%, Card Game 25.6%, Dark Fantasy 19%, Strategy 7.3%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #21 BLOODLETTER
82% 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 24.8%, Deckbuilding 23.8%, Dark Fantasy 22.9%, Stylized 8.5%, Strategy 7.2%
- #22 Goblin Sushi
81% matchVery Positive90% of 461 reviews2026
Dev: Old Cake FactoryPub: Metaroot
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A goblin as a sushi chef? Why not! But hurry up rent is due in minutes! Upgrade the restaurant, the menu and your ingredients to feed your fellow goblins the best and most expensive sushi any goblin can find in the cave!
Why similar: Cooking 35.9%, Crafting 16.8%, Deckbuilding 15.7%, Resource Management 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%
- #23 Dungeon Drafters
82% 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 38.5%, Deckbuilding 28.8%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, Strategy 10.5%, Indie 2%
- #24 Hungry Horrors
79% matchVery Positive98% of 253 reviews2026
Dev: Clumsy Bear Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Feed legendary Horrors before they feed on the princess. Hungry Horrors is a roguelite card-based adventure through British and Irish mythology where you cook traditional dishes, build flavour synergies and serve the perfect meal. No prince. No servants. Just a recipe book and a talking cat.
Why similar: Cooking 30.9%, Card Battler 29.7%, Card Game 16.1%, Deckbuilding 11.8%, Female Protagonist 7.3%
- #25 Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder
83% 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 33.5%, Card Game 21.5%, Deckbuilding 17.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Strategy 5.4%
- #26 Blacksmith: Ignite the Forge
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Floodgate CrewPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Blacksmith: Ignite the Forge is a mix of a simulator, strategy, and auto-battler. Become a master smith, craft various weapons, and enhance them with magical runes. Equip a team of adventurers with your hand-made tools, send them on missions, gather loot to upgrade your forge, and save the land!
Why similar: Crafting 39.5%, Dark Fantasy 30.3%, Resource Management 15.1%, Simulation 12.1%, Indie 2%
- #27 Beastro
77% matchVery Positive92% of 605 reviews2026
Dev: Timberline Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Beastro is a cozy culinary adventure where the fate of the world rests on what's for dinner! Farm and gather fresh ingredients, tackle cooking minigames, and create tasty recipes to fuel the Caretakers for deckbuilding battles as they seek to save the world.
Why similar: Cooking 52.4%, Card Game 21.3%, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Magic 5%, Stylized 3.6%
- #28 Magic Inn
79% matchVery Positive81% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Purpledoor Studios
Windows
Reclaim glory in Magic Inn, a charming tavern life simulator. Take on the role of an exiled wizard-turned-innkeeper, overseeing everything from menus, rooms, guests, and staff in a fully magical customizable inn. Engage in card battles to spark conversations and foster relationships with guests.
Why similar: Cooking 29.9%, Crafting 15.3%, Management 13.9%, Card Game 12.8%, Deckbuilding 11.7%
- #29 Feed the Scorchpot
77% matchNo user reviews92% of 236 reviews2026
Dev: MoravianPub: Indieformer
Windows
A dice roguelike about feeding a dragon for twenty years. Roll ingredients, build your island, and fuse absurd recipes into combos that break the score wide open. Miss a meal and you're next on the menu.
Why similar: Cooking 46.1%, Deckbuilding 24%, Card Game 17.9%, Strategy 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #30 Decks & Daggers
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Osarion
Windows
DECKS & DAGGERS is a Deck-Building RPG Card Game where you venture down into the dungeons to slay monsters and collect treasure.
Why similar: Card Battler 27%, Solitaire 22.6% ★, Card Game 21.6%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, 2.5D 7.4%
- #31 Factory Planner: First Sparks
76% matchVery Positive82% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Factory Planner: First Sparks is a card-based simulation and strategy game. In this Prologue version, build your own factory using strategic card combinations and enjoy a unique sandbox experience.
Why similar: Solitaire 31.2% ★, Card Game 19.1%, Automation 16.2%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 7.3%
- #32 Card Cultivation
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 785 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 37.1%, Card Game 23.5%, Management 17.7%, Resource Management 15.8%, Simulation 4.9%
- #33 Zoeti
78% matchMixed64% of 522 reviews2023
Dev: Dusklight CO., LTD.Pub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Zoeti is a turn-based roguelite that features a deck of playing cards used to create card combos and activate skills in the heat of battle. Bolster your arsenal of skills through battles, discoverable upgrades, or aid from the locals which enhance your plays to overcome the evil plaguing your land.
Why similar: Card Battler 39.7%, Card Game 24.9%, Deckbuilding 17.6%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Strategy 6.7%
- #34 Balantica
75% matchVery Positive93% of 151 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: Solitaire 45.3% ★, Card Game 25.9%, Deckbuilding 13.3%, Strategy 7.9%, Stylized 2.9%
- #35 Railroads & Catacombs
74% 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 46.4%, Deckbuilding 23.3%, Card Game 22.9%, Strategy 7.5%
- #36 Throne of Bone
74% 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 37.7%, Card Game 20.7%, Deckbuilding 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Strategy 7%
- #37 Deck Hunter
78% matchMixed69% of 326 reviews2019
Dev: L_Draven
Windows
Deck Hunter is a roguelike card game. The World of Klanojh has been cursed by Glatta, the Goddess of Anger. Build your deck, make combos, defeat fantasy creatures and help Avery to face the evil and restore the balance!
Why similar: Card Battler 43.4%, Deckbuilding 25.8%, Card Game 18.4%, Strategy 5.8%, Female Protagonist 5%
- #38 Deliverance & Reign
75% matchVery Positive84% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: One Up Plus
Windows
Join a gothic battle where Good confronts Evil using roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Play as either side, invading Alaric's Castle, or as Alaric himself defending against the invading heroes!
Why similar: Card Battler 34%, Card Game 19.8%, Deckbuilding 16.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.4%, Stylized 6.6%
- #39 Abra-Cooking-Dabra
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 309 reviews2025
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Abra-Cooking-Dabra is a cooking card game. Manage ingredients and make British dishes to keep toves, borogoves, and mome raths fed. Meet timers and fulfill puzzling orders despite the angry wacky Cat being your boss. You are Wonderland's new chef.
Why similar: Cooking 30%, Card Game 17.9%, Crafting 14.7%, Management 13.1%, Resource Management 12.4%
- #40 Pot's On!
70% matchVery Positive98% of 301 reviews2026
Dev: NotDailyBuildStudioPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Defeated by a witch and turned into a pot! Slay strangely beautiful monster girls, pack their materials into your cramped pot, and build synergies. Stronger synergies make MSG rain faster, cutting item cooldowns. Climb the tower and reclaim your body in this inventory autobattler roguelite!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 31.3%, Dark Fantasy 25.3%, Female Protagonist 22%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 8.7%
- #41 The Witch's Cauldron
72% matchVery Positive91% of 633 reviews2024
Dev: Harvey games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Witch's Cauldron is a narrative roguelike game about being a medieval witch. Grab your cauldron and get brewing. Love, curses, laughter, wisdom for sale! Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. At least before the inquisitors come around.
Why similar: Crafting 37.8%, Card Game 36.6%, Stylized 12.2%, Simulation 9.5%, Indie 2.2%
- #42 Claymores of the Lost Kingdom
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Ultaan Games
Windows
RPG-infused Roguelike Deckbuilder. Forge your hero, level up, and craft a deck that evolves based on your unique build. Travel a land ravaged by famine, uncover the prophecy, and save the people of Ruthia!
Why similar: Card Battler 37.2%, Card Game 24%, Deckbuilding 22.6%, Magic 10.3%, Strategy 5.9%
- #43 As We Descend
70% 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 43%, Card Game 26.7%, Deckbuilding 21.5%, Strategy 6.7%, Simulation 1.4%
- #44 The Spire of Mech Zero
71% matchVery Positive92% of 147 reviews2024
Dev: ZZ Game
Windows
A lite roguelike card deck building game inspired by Slay the Spire. You can experience battles of robots with cards and components! Try to conquer the spire with one perfect run, every choice matters!
Why similar: Card Battler 38%, Card Game 24.2%, Deckbuilding 22.9%, Strategy 8.7%, Stylized 5%
- #45 Madcap Mosaic
72% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: 1classydude
Windows
Carefully craft your Mosaic in this fantasy themed deckbuilding game. Battle by battle, tile by tile, you'll form synergies and build up your Mosaic's combo potential, hoping to beat the curve as you forge deeper into enemy territory.
Why similar: Card Battler 33.7%, Card Game 26.4%, Deckbuilding 23.2%, Strategy 8.7%, Magic 6.6%
- #46 Card Crawl
73% 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: Card Game 46.8%, Deckbuilding 37.1%, Strategy 12.7%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #47 Artist Life Simulator
71% matchVery Positive81% of 194 reviews2022
Dev: Interactive FatePub: Interactive Fate
Windows
Live the life of a starving artist in 19th century alternative history. Survive poverty, alchoholism, madness, depression, and 67 different feelings. Paint masterpieces by combining inspirations, sell them for riches (or scraps) and create a painting that will change the world.
Why similar: Card Battler 23.7%, Card Game 18.8%, Crafting 15.9%, Deckbuilding 12.8%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #48 Fhtagn Simulator
70% 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: Automation 40.8%, Deckbuilding 26.2%, Card Game 24.7%, Strategy 6.3%, Indie 1.1%
- #49 Ruff Ghanor
68% matchVery Positive90% of 770 reviews2024
Dev: DX Gameworks
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Ruff Ghanor is a Deckbuilder game with Roguelite elements, where each collected card represents a crucial action in your journey. Build the perfect deck, strategize, and create powerful synergies as you progress to face your destiny.
Why similar: Card Battler 41.3%, Deckbuilding 19.1%, Card Game 17.5%, Magic 8.5%, Strategy 7.5%
- #50 Stronghold’s Dungeon
71% matchMixed69% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: FazerdooPub: Fazerdoo's Studio
Windows
Stronghold's Dungeon is a Deck Building Dungeon Crawler game with Rogue-lite mechanics. You will get to craft a deck to fight and try to overcome this dungeon and its terrible master.
Why similar: Card Battler 38.7%, Deckbuilding 20.3%, Card Game 19.3%, Crafting 9.5%, Strategy 7.9%
- #51 Magecraft: Spellbuilding
67% matchVery Positive98% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Violet Grimoire
Windows
Craft spell cards, collect new effects, and build the perfect deck as you fight through rounds of turn-based combat. Survive randomly-generated dungeon layouts by countering enemy attacks with your own spells, and make the most of the powers and scrolls you pick up along the way.
Why similar: Card Battler 40.9%, Card Game 26.1%, Deckbuilding 19.5%, Magic 8.3%, Strategy 4.9%
- #52 HeistGeist
68% matchVery Positive96% of 152 reviews2024
Dev: Doublequote Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Get in, get the goods, get out. What could possibly go wrong? In this single-player, story-driven cyberpunk RPG, play as Alexandra - a street-smart thief on the run after a failed heist. Put together a team of unusual allies, pull off thrilling heists, and fight and hack using your deck of cards.
Why similar: Card Battler 39.9%, Card Game 24.2%, Deckbuilding 18.4%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Strategy 5.3%
- #53 Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Dvora Studio Co. Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Deck-building, dungeon defense, and tactical gameplay combine in Dungeon Monarch! Recruit warriors and wizards, buff your heroes, and thrash your foes — summon your dungeon monarch to punish interlopers and defeat enemies to increase your dark powers!
Why similar: Card Battler 27.7%, Automation 23.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Deckbuilding 13.6%, 2.5D 8.6%
- #54 Wild City
66% matchVery Positive87% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: Monka StudiosPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Mac
The deckbuilder where cards are plants, animals, and insects that can synergize and prey on each other. Place your cards on an expanding board to trigger satisfying chain reactions and shape an interconnected ecosystem.
Why similar: Card Game 29.4%, Deckbuilding 26.6%, Resource Management 17.7%, 2.5D 15.5%, Strategy 9.5%
- #55 Slots & Daggers
63% matchVery Positive94% of 7,491 reviews2025
Dev: FriedemannPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A retro mini-roguelike inside a slot machine. Steady your blade - and spin!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 28.8%, Card Battler 27.7%, Deckbuilding 19.1%, Strategy 15.2%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #56 Villages & Dungeons
65% matchVery Positive91% of 1,149 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 38.8%, Deckbuilding 26.2%, Card Game 25.1%, Strategy 7.3%, Indie 1.4%
- #57 Dwarven Skykeep
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 137 reviews2022
Dev: Hack The PublisherPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac
A unique blend of base- and deckbuilding wrapped in a medieval fantasy universe and humorous plot. Build and defend your towers using magical cards. Win artifacts to obtain immense power. Complete challenges, adapt to RNG and conditions of five worlds to become a master wizard!
Why similar: Card Game 23%, Deckbuilding 22.9%, Resource Management 19.7%, Management 18.7%, Strategy 7.8%
- #58 Deck of Ashes
69% 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 46.2%, Deckbuilding 19.9%, Card Game 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%, Strategy 6.4%
- #59 Union of Gnomes
65% matchVery Positive81% of 359 reviews2025
Dev: HoolignomesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Onwards to revolution in this challenging deck-building roguelite. Free your gnome comrades, assemble your squad, mind wieners (supplies), slay the slavers, and take down the fiercest of them all – Snow White! FREEDOM TO GNOMES!
Why similar: Card Battler 38.6%, Card Game 26.5%, Deckbuilding 20.6%, Strategy 6.9%, Atmospheric 5%
- #60 Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
67% 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 37.5%, Card Game 19.8%, Deckbuilding 19.6%, Dark Fantasy 16.8%, Strategy 6.3%