- #1 Tower Tactics: Liberation
96% matchVery Positive88% of 1,237 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
We fused deck-building roguelikes and tower defenses in a way never seen before - deploy your towers, collect valuable trinkets and cast powerful spells to defend yourself against the Salkoth!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.2% ★, Tower Defense 16.8%, Deckbuilding 12.5%, Card Game 12.3%, Roguelike 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly blends tower defense mechanics with roguelike deckbuilding, requiring strategic card play to survive waves of enemies.
- #2 Hadean Tactics
96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,887 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.4% ★, Auto Battler 19%, Deckbuilding 15.9%, Card Game 14.2%, Roguelite 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the hellish aesthetic and combines deckbuilding with auto-battler mechanics for a deep, strategic experience.
- #3 Shapebreaker - Tower Defense Deckbuilder
95% matchVery Positive80% of 65 reviews2023
Dev: Alexander Van den Bulck
Windows
A fusion of tower defense games and roguelike deckbuilders. Use your cards to build towers and to upgrade them in unique ways. Gain rewards to customize your deck, defense and playstyle. Break the shapes before they break you!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.3% ★, Tower Defense 17.9%, Deckbuilding 12.4%, Card Game 9.1%, Tactical 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title directly combines tower defense and deckbuilding, focusing on building efficient defenses against relentless enemy waves.
- #4 Seraph's Last Stand
94% matchVery Positive94% of 4,312 reviews2022
Dev: Sad Socket
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Create insane builds and break the game in all possible ways to get your name into the leaderboards! Every round you get stronger, but so does the enemies...
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.8% ★, Perma Death 15.2%, Bullet Hell 14%, Roguelite 9.8%, Roguelike 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the bullet-hell, action-roguelite feel of Heretic's Fork while incorporating deckbuilding elements to customize your character.
- #5 HELLCARD
94% matchVery Positive86% of 4,596 reviews2024
Dev: Thing TrunkPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Hellcard is a unique cooperative deck builder rogue-like game. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other players' lobbies in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26% ★, Deckbuilding 22%, Card Game 16.8%, Roguelike 13.9%, Roguelite 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features a dark, underworld theme and intense card-based combat that will feel immediately familiar to fans of Heretic's Fork.
- #6 Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A roguelike tower defense where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and unique effect items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 23.7% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 14.1% ★, Auto Battler 12.1%, Tower Defense 11.1%, Deckbuilding 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the action-roguelite and tower defense genres, providing a fast-paced experience similar to the seed game.
- #7 Monster Train
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,834 reviews2020
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 24.8% ★, Deckbuilding 20.2%, Card Game 18.4%, Roguelite 12.7%, Roguelike 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: As a premier roguelike deckbuilder with tower defense elements, it offers the same level of strategic depth and replayability.
- #8 Halls of Torment
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 31,421 reviews2024
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows · Linux
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.6%, Roguelite 17%, Demons 16.9%, Roguelike 13.3%, Top-Down 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: While lacking the tower defense element, it perfectly captures the dark-fantasy, bullet-hell action that makes Heretic's Fork so intense.
- #9 Tower Escape
91% matchVery Positive84% of 401 reviews2023
Dev: Final Screw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.4% ★, Tower Defense 15.3%, Auto Battler 14.7%, Perma Death 11.7%, Roguelite 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense game that emphasizes building and upgrading towers to survive increasingly difficult encounters.
- #10 Necrosmith
91% matchVery Positive86% of 5,314 reviews2022
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.9%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Roguelite 14.3%, Roguelike 12.3%, Top-Down 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It combines tower defense and action-roguelite mechanics with a dark, necromantic theme that resonates with the vibe of managing Hell.
- #11 DICEOMANCER
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,524 reviews2024
Dev: 超厚皮猪猪 Ultra Piggy StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.8 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 35.8% ★, Card Game 22.5%, Deckbuilding 19.1%, Strategy 11.2%, Roguelike 10%
Why You'll Like It: A creative deckbuilder that uses unique mechanics to keep combat fresh and challenging, much like the card-based systems in the seed game.
- #12 Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,287 reviews2021
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Legend of Keepers is the perfect mix between Dungeon Defender and Roguelite. You have been hired as a dungeon manager by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: protect their dungeons!
Why similar: Roguelike 31.1%, Roguelite 29.1%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Strategy 17.4%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game puts you in the role of a dungeon manager, focusing on defensive strategy and punishing heroes, mirroring the theme of Heretic's Fork.
- #13 Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
87% matchVery Positive82% of 3,382 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Moss CollectorsPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Battle your way through a seedy tavern filled with gambling addicted townspeople in this Blackjack Roguelike Adventure. From aces and face cards to tarot cards, business cards and more, create your unique deck to beat the house.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.7% ★, Deckbuilding 19.1%, Card Game 16.9%, Roguelike 10.2%, Roguelite 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelike deckbuilder offers a high-stakes, strategic experience that rewards clever card management.
- #14 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
88% matchVery Positive84% of 3,319 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!
Why similar: Auto Battler 33.1%, Tactical 18.2%, Roguelike 14.7%, Roguelite 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This auto-battler features a dark, chaotic tone and roguelite elements that align well with the frantic nature of the seed game.
- #15 Wireworks
86% matchVery Positive89% of 393 reviews2026
Dev: JJJ
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Design your defenses, build your module board, and manage your wires. Combine signals and create synergies to empower your weapons and survive in this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 25.3% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.3% ★, Auto Battler 13.4%, Tower Defense 12.9%, Deckbuilding 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines automation, tower defense, and deckbuilding for a complex and rewarding strategic experience.
- #16 Brotato
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 114,107 reviews2023
Dev: Blobfish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 41% ★, Arena Shooter 13.6%, Bullet Hell 12.9%, Roguelike 11.6%, Roguelite 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite that delivers intense, bullet-hell combat and deep character customization through various items and weapons.
- #17 Spin Hero
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,054 reviews2024
Dev: Sphere StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.5 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% ★, Auto Battler 18.6%, Deckbuilding 14%, Roguelike 8.9%, Card Game 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike deckbuilder that incorporates auto-battler elements, making for a fast-paced and engaging strategic loop.
- #18 Emberward
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,696 reviews2024
Dev: Refic Games
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23% ★, Tower Defense 19.7%, Deckbuilding 16.7%, Roguelite 10.3%, Tactical 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic tower defense game that focuses on maze-building and roguelite progression, offering a deep tactical challenge.
- #19 Balatro
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 191,750 reviews2024
Dev: LocalThunkPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.6 hrsMean: 47.1 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 30% ★, Card Game 18.6%, Deckbuilding 17.1%, Roguelike 10.5%, Roguelite 8%
Why You'll Like It: An incredibly addictive deckbuilder that focuses on building powerful synergies, appealing to the same strategic itch as the seed game.
- #20 Aurora Defense
83% matchMixed63% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Moka Games
Windows
A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.9% ★, Auto Battler 14.7%, Tower Defense 14.5%, Deckbuilding 12.2%, Card Game 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game with roguelike elements that requires careful base-building and strategic planning.
- #21 Neon Ascending
82% matchVery Positive82% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: TheCarmineDepth
Windows · Linux
Grid management roguelike tower defense that emphasizes mechanics and features dazzling visual effects. Don't overthink it, just stack and play! Enhancement modules boost your attributes, affix modules change the mechanics, and more... all within the grid. Time to create a new and improved build!
Why similar: Tower Defense 18.1%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 14.7% ★, Perma Death 14.6%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Deckbuilding 13%
Why You'll Like It: It blends bullet-hell action with tower defense mechanics, creating a high-intensity experience.
- #22 Miracle Brave
81% matchVery Positive90% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: 1029studio
Windows
Miracle Brave blends inventory management, deck-building, tower defense, and shooter combat! Strategize your gear, forge your unique build from countless progression paths, take control of your hero, and hold back endless waves of beasts. Carve out your path to victory and forge your own legend!
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.6%, Auto Battler 14.1%, Card Game 12.9%, Deckbuilding 11.8%, Roguelite 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game that incorporates shoot-em-up action, providing a similar blend of genres.
- #23 Demonlore
84% matchVery Positive84% of 101 reviews2022
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A rogue-lite action strategy game with deck building. Fight the undead legion, forge your path, and gain powerful permanent progression. Godlike difficulty modes, mutators, heroic units, elite enemies, and unlockable rewards - endless replayability awaits!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.5% ★, Tower Defense 19.5%, Deckbuilding 17.2%, Demons 13.1%, Roguelite 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the dark, demonic theme and focuses on strategy and roguelite progression.
- #24 Vampire Survivors
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 262,434 reviews2022
Dev: poncle
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 61.4% ★, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Roguelite 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%, Roguelike 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for bullet-hell action-roguelites, providing the same addictive, screen-clearing satisfaction found in Heretic's Fork.
- #25 Hell is Empty, Demons are playing Apokerlypse
81% matchVery Positive81% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Breaker Games
Windows
A deck-building roguelike shedding card game. You will play as Satan—a humble civil servant in Hell—and embark on a 3-chapter Story Mode. By combining various skills and demonic chips, you will take down powerful bosses and claim your throne as the new King of Hell.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 34.3% ★, Deckbuilding 20.1%, Card Game 14.8%, Roguelike 11.7%, Roguelite 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: The thematic connection to Hell and the focus on strategy and deckbuilding make this a strong stylistic match.
- #26 Luck be a Landlord
79% matchVery Positive93% of 11,440 reviews2023
Dev: TrampolineTales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.9% ★, Deckbuilding 19.8%, Auto Battler 14.5%, Roguelite 11.3%, Roguelike 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelike deckbuilder focuses on resource management and synergy, providing a unique strategic experience.
- #27 Wildfrost
79% matchVery Positive83% of 8,698 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 18.0 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.9% ★, Deckbuilding 16.6%, Card Game 15.5%, Perma Death 12.6%, Roguelite 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A highly polished roguelike deckbuilder that emphasizes positioning and synergy, offering a similar strategic satisfaction.
- #28 Rogue: Genesia
77% matchVery Positive91% of 8,452 reviews2025
Dev: Ouadi Huard
Windows · Linux
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Walk upon a new world and slay foes endangering it. Rogue : Genesia is an action rogue-lite game, where you fight relentless hordes consisting of hundreds and thousands of monsters, make your build, break the balance, defeat bosses and save one of the many worlds.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 58.4% ★, Bullet Hell 9.9%, Roguelite 8.1%, Roguelike 5.7%, Arcade 4.9%
- #29 Into the Restless Ruins
78% matchVery Positive85% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: Ant Workshop LtdPub: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A roguelike deckbuilder where you create the dungeon you fight through. Each night use your cards to expand the ruins then battle through them, harvesting Glimour from the lost souls and improving your deck. Can you reach The Warden and defeat it, so The Maiden will grant your heart’s desire?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.6% ★, Auto Battler 16%, Deckbuilding 13%, Card Game 9.8%, Roguelite 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite with deckbuilding elements that focuses on dungeon crawling and tactical combat.
- #30 Mech Fortress
76% matchVery Positive86% of 243 reviews2026
Dev: Some Sugar Studio
Windows
Mech Fortress is a sci-fi tower defense game where each turret has unique mechanics. You can freely place them on a 5×5 grid, and your goal is to eliminate all enemies!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 44.4% ★, Tower Defense 21.9%, Auto Battler 21.4%, Strategy 5.1%, Top-Down 4.1%
- #31 Across the Obelisk
78% matchVery Positive81% of 12,889 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamsite GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 53.4 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 28.4% ★, Deckbuilding 17.5%, Card Game 15.5%, Tactical 13%, Roguelite 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, strategic deckbuilder that allows for complex party management and tactical combat against waves of enemies.
- #32 Nomad Survival
77% matchVery Positive84% of 2,171 reviews2022
Dev: The Fox Knocks
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Battle against hordes of enemies, conquer Boss encounters, and explore various character and skill combinations in this time-based auto-attacking Roguelite in your quest to become stronger and defeat the most menacing of creatures that lay in wait at the end of each run.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 31.4% ★, Auto Battler 16.4%, Bullet Hell 11%, Deckbuilding 10.7%, Roguelite 9.5%
- #33 SHOOPER NOVA
75% matchVery Positive85% of 631 reviews2025
Dev: JamesikaPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Craft Your Ultimate Circular Fortress! Dive into SHOOPER NOVA, where you choose props and components to build a unique fortress. Unlock combos to shape your strategy and battle style. Become an unstoppable barrage machine and obliterate waves of enemies from all directions!
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.8%, Roguelite 15.4%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Strategy 8.8%, Roguelike 8.2%
- #34 Necroking
76% matchVery Positive81% of 901 reviews2024
Dev: KORO.GAMESPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Necroking is a turn-based tactics roguelite with vast deckbuilding. You play as a Master of Necromancy. Build your skulls deck, raise skeletons and other scum to defeat settlements desecrated by life.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.3% ★, Deckbuilding 15%, Auto Battler 13.1%, Card Game 12.7%, Tactical 9.3%
- #35 Boneraiser Minions
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,322 reviews2023
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Amass an army of undead to fight endless waves of heroes intent to end your boneraising ways! In this gothic auto-battler rogue-lite Survivor-like, use the bones of slain heroes to raise your minions, collect relics and spells, and unlock meta upgrades, all to survive King Gigald's crusade!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 45.3% ★, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Roguelite 11.8%, Roguelike 8.1%, Arcade 6.5%
- #36 God Of Weapons
74% matchVery Positive84% of 5,130 reviews2023
Dev: Archmage LabsPub: Archmage Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Embark on a thrilling journey in God of Weapons, an action roguelike where you must ascend the tower of Zhor to reclaim the last light for the world. To survive the monster onslaught on each tower's level, you'll need to obtain and carefully organize weapons and accessories in your inventory.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 27.6%, Perma Death 24.1%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Roguelite 20.2%, Action 3.8%
- #37 Endgame of Devil
74% matchVery Positive89% of 1,030 reviews2023
Dev: MiniWhalePub: Anotherindie
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
As the Devil, command your minions to defeat the greedy adventurers! Build your team with over 240 minions and over 200 treasures, and discover various battle strategies. Enjoy the convenience of one-click auto battles!
Why similar: Auto Battler 23.2%, Demons 16.9%, Tactical 13.7%, Roguelite 13.5%, Roguelike 12.2%
- #38 Lichgate: Tower Survivor
73% matchVery Positive83% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Sun Lion Games
Windows
Burn through the underworld legion in this rogue-lite Tower Survivor. Craft the ultimate tower of destruction and survive as long as you can against endless hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, Auto Battler 27.4%, Roguelite 13.8%, Demons 13%, Strategy 10.2%
- #39 Towerful Defense: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive88% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A tower defense action roguelike where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.
Why similar: Auto Battler 20.2%, Tower Defense 19.7%, Deckbuilding 17.3%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Roguelite 10.9%
- #40 Yet Another Zombie Survivors
72% matchVery Positive91% of 13,222 reviews2023
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 76.8% ★, Bullet Hell 5.4%, Roguelite 5%, Roguelike 4.3%, Top-Down 3.6%
- #41 Centipede Gun
72% matchVery Positive91% of 126 reviews2023
Dev: Mateusk2m
Windows
Centipede Gun is a roguelite autobattler where you create bizzare creatures to face hordes of enemies! Combine different guns, modules and skills to make unique synergies and upgrade your cute little destruction machine!
Why similar: Auto Battler 18.7%, Arena Shooter 15.1%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Tactical 11.9%, Roguelite 11.7%
- #42 Godslayer Arena
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 233 reviews2025
Dev: Hippo Rider Games
Windows
Godslayer Arena is a roguelike fusion of autobattlers and action-rpgs. Combat is performed completely automatically. Understanding complex interactions between the spells, gems, and items you draft will be key to success. Break the game. Become overpowered.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.8% ★, Auto Battler 20.1%, Card Game 14.3%, Deckbuilding 11.9%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #43 Just King
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,485 reviews2023
Dev: VISH
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Just King is an action auto-battler with roguelike elements. Assemble your party to venture into different lands fighting fearsome kings and their deadly armies. Use your loot to hire and upgrade mighty heroes... or the bard.
Why similar: Auto Battler 20.7%, Deckbuilding 15.9%, Arena Shooter 15.7%, Tactical 12.3%, Roguelite 11.8%
- #44 Malys
69% matchVery Positive81% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: Summerfall Studios
Windows
Expose, endure and expel evil from innocents on your hunt through a corrupted city. As Noah, former priest turned demon-hunter, you'll perform exorcisms, forge precarious alliances and strengthen your deck of arcane tricks in this unholy roguelite deckbuilder.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.2% ★, Demons 17%, Card Game 14.2%, Roguelite 10.8%, Deckbuilding 7.9%
- #45 Lost For Swords
68% matchVery Positive90% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: MaxBytes
Windows · Linux
Lost For Swords is a Roguelike Deckbuilder, where the cards in your deck shape the rooms you’re exploring. Make your way up the tower, equip weapons and armor, cast spells and scrolls, activate auras, collect loot and defeat monsters in tactical turn-based combat.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.2% ★, Deckbuilding 17%, Card Game 14.2%, Perma Death 11.9%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #46 Madcap Mosaic
71% matchVery Positive95% of 75 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: Deckbuilding 20.5%, Card Game 16.8%, Perma Death 14.8%, Roguelite 12.6%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #47 Fhtagn Simulator
70% matchVery Positive89% of 561 reviews2022
Dev: 锁眼工作室Pub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.7% ★, Deckbuilding 17.5%, Auto Battler 17.1%, Card Game 11.9%, Roguelite 9.5%
- #48 FORCED SHOWDOWN
73% matchVery Positive83% of 675 reviews2016
Dev: BetaDwarf
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: Deckbuilding 21.9%, Card Game 17%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Roguelite 11.8%, Roguelike 8.7%
- #49 Ballionaire
67% matchVery Positive86% of 2,509 reviews2024
Dev: newobjectPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
BALLIONAIRE is a fast-paced, kinetic roguelike where strategy meets physics to create outrageous wealth! Find and exploit game-breaking synergies as you theorycraft your way to victory. Welcome to the autobonker genre!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 22.3%, Card Game 17.3%, Auto Battler 16.5%, Roguelite 12.7%, Roguelike 11.9%
- #50 Heck Deck
71% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2022
Dev: torcadoPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Heck Deck is a bullet hell card game where all the bullets are cards and time only progresses as you move. Explore 5 stages full of unique enemies and bosses, discover dozens of cards, and visit shops to buy and sell cards for health!
Why similar: Card Game 25.6%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Deckbuilding 19.4%, Arcade 11.6%, Strategy 8.3%
- #51 Flocking Hell
68% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Sextant Studios
Windows
Flocking Hell is a deeply strategic roguelite where you defend your pasture from demonic invasion. It blends calm exploration with auto-battler combat, offering a mix of easy-to-learn mechanics and thought-provoking gameplay. It also has a LOT of sheep 🐑😈
Why similar: Deckbuilding 37.4%, Roguelite 19.4%, Demons 16.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%
- #52 Monsters are Coming!
66% matchVery Positive80% of 2,489 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.8%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Roguelite 16.3%, Top-Down 12.1%, Arcade 10.1%
- #53 Necrosmith 2
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,465 reviews2024
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Like a dead man reanimated by dark sorcery, the necromancer simulator is back! Give the undead the ability to fly over mountains and swim across rivers, explore a fully generated world at night and fend off enemy hordes during the day. Start a new, uhm, life.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.7%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Roguelite 12.8%, Tactical 12.1%, Top-Down 8.9%
- #54 Spellbook Demonslayers
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,315 reviews2022
Dev: Xendra
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Slay endless hordes of demons to protect the Cosmic Library! Steal their abilities, find powerful equipment, and unlock the secrets of each spellbook to become unstoppable! Will you be able to destroy the demonic legion?
Why similar: Demons 15%, Arena Shooter 14.9%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Roguelite 11.7%, Top-Down 10.9%
- #55 FLERP
69% matchVery Positive87% of 400 reviews2022
Dev: foolsroom
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Fend off hordes of enemies in this arcade tower defense roguelite with autobattler elements. Build up a team of powerful synergies and become unstoppable.
Why similar: Roguelike 20.3%, Roguelite 18%, Perma Death 15.3%, Arcade 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #56 Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok
66% matchVery Positive88% of 6,216 reviews2024
Dev: Noxfall Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok, is a challenging Norse inspired roguelite-survivor game, where you’ll have to survive hordes of creatures that come your way.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 42.2% ★, Bullet Hell 11.9%, Arena Shooter 11.1%, Roguelite 10.1%, Roguelike 8.2%
- #57 Loop Hero
67% matchVery Positive93% of 36,230 reviews2021
Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.5%, Card Game 18.3%, Tactical 18.3%, Roguelite 14.1%, Roguelike 13.3%
- #58 DEFRAG
64% matchVery Positive95% of 449 reviews2025
Dev: BlueDot Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
DEFRAG is a game about cleansing corrupted sectors and refining them through optimization to build a stronger system. Collect resources, adjust configurations, and complete your build as you progress.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 47.5% ★, Deckbuilding 18%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Arcade 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%
- #59 Clicker Arena
69% matchMixed55% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: James Sun
Windows
Welcome to the arena! An auto battler with lite "idle" game mechanics. Defeat bosses to earn resources and power up. Invest in a complex skill tree and dig for ancient relics. Earn glory from righteous combat and spend it on permanent upgrades that ramp up the pace and excitement every run.
Why similar: Auto Battler 21.5%, Deckbuilding 18.4%, Perma Death 14%, Roguelite 11.9%, Card Game 11.4%