Games Like Inscryption

Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.

Why similar: Experimental 25.9% ★, Puzzle 19.8%, Horror 18.9%, Dark 16.8%, Story Rich 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Like Inscryption, it comes from Daniel Mullins and uses a simple game surface as a vehicle for psychological horror, secrets, and constant meta-level subversion.

Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.

Why similar: Card Game 40.6%, Roguelike 19.6%, Roguelite 18.1%, Story Rich 12.9%, Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its occult card systems, oppressive atmosphere, and discovery-driven design hit a very similar blend of dark ritual, experimentation, and hidden meaning.

We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

Why similar: Card Battler 33.2%, Card Game 26.3%, Deckbuilding 19.9%, Roguelike 11.8%, Roguelite 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Inscryption was the endlessly replayable run-based deckbuilding, this is still the clearest mechanical match on Steam.

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: Card Game 27.9%, Deckbuilding 23.7%, Card Battler 18.6%, Roguelike 12.8%, Roguelite 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: While it drops the horror and story, it captures Inscryption’s ability to make simple cards feel wildly addictive, transformative, and dangerous.

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

Why similar: Story Rich 35.3%, Dark 27.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Horror 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is another Daniel Mullins mystery that twists game genres and player expectations in a way that strongly echoes Inscryption’s layered storytelling.

Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.

Why similar: Card Battler 32.8%, Deckbuilding 21.6%, Card Game 21.4%, Roguelite 10.5%, Roguelike 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its run-based deckbuilding is deeper and more system-heavy than Inscryption’s, but it scratches the same card-combo obsession beautifully.

"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 26.1%, Card Game 25.8%, Card Battler 23%, Story Rich 10.9%, Horror 7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers dense, strategic deckbuilding wrapped in a dark, lore-rich narrative full of mystery and unsettling atmosphere.

“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.

Why similar: Card Battler 30%, Card Game 20.5%, Deckbuilding 18.8%, Roguelite 9.2%, Roguelike 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes dark folklore, story-rich progression, and turn-based card combat in a way that captures Inscryption’s grim narrative-card appeal.

A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 27.7%, Card Game 25.5%, Card Battler 19.1%, Roguelike 12.2%, Story Rich 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This one pairs eerie worldbuilding and roguelike deckbuilding with a bleak tone that feels very compatible with Inscryption’s mood.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Card Game 24.5%, Horror 23.8%, Roguelite 17%, Roguelike 14.5%, Point & Click 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: For players who loved Inscryption’s dread and puzzle-box storytelling, this delivers a brilliantly oppressive horror experience with constant unease.

Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.

Why similar: Card Battler 29.2%, Deckbuilding 22.1%, Card Game 18.5%, Roguelite 10.5%, Roguelike 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends deckbuilding with strong character writing, choice-driven runs, and a more narrative-forward structure than most card roguelikes.

Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? Meet strange friends bearing gifts and treasure. Choose your gear wisely to survive and discover the secrets of the Ring of Pain.

Why similar: Card Game 38.3%, Roguelite 16.9%, Roguelike 15.6%, Dark 13%, Horror 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its claustrophobic structure, ominous presentation, and card-like room navigation create a similarly tense and uncanny roguelike rhythm.

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 30.8%, Card Game 25%, Roguelike 14.8%, Roguelite 13.6%, Story Rich 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is less directly narrative, but its dark roguelite loop and card-driven world manipulation feel satisfyingly adjacent to Inscryption’s structure.

Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!

Why similar: Card Battler 28.2%, Deckbuilding 23.7%, Card Game 21.3%, Roguelike 9.7%, Roguelite 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on highly controllable, strategic deck construction and artifact synergy for players who want more of Inscryption’s card-combat depth.

Become a giant walking dice, explore dungeons and defy Lady Luck in this dice powered roguelike! Now featuring "Reunion", a free DLC with six brand-new episodes!

Why similar: Card Battler 39.2%, Deckbuilding 25%, Card Game 14.4%, Roguelite 9.7%, Roguelike 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its playful presentation hides a tightly designed run-based system of build experimentation that will appeal to Inscryption’s strategy-first fans.

Step into the Demon’s Mirror and enter a fantastical, nightmarish world in this roguelike deckbuilder! Strategy meets the arcane in a unique fusion of deck-building and chain-3 mechanics. Can you face your demons and come out unscathed?

Why similar: Card Battler 28%, Card Game 21.4%, Deckbuilding 20.6%, Roguelike 9.8%, Roguelite 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its surreal occult presentation and run-based deckbuilding make it one of the better modern picks for Inscryption’s weird-horror-card niche.

Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

Why similar: Dark 18%, Horror 16.7%, Psychological 16.4%, Experimental 10.8% ★, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Though not a deckbuilder, it shares Inscryption’s tabletop menace, psychological pressure, and 'something is deeply wrong here' vibe.

Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…

Why similar: Card Battler 32.4%, Card Game 22.1%, Deckbuilding 21.7%, Roguelike 10.1%, Roguelite 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This offers another clever, punishing roguelike deckbuilder where positioning, synergies, and adapting to each run are everything.

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: Card Battler 26%, Deckbuilding 23.4%, Card Game 22.5%, Roguelike 11.2%, Roguelite 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It channels the same compulsion to break a familiar card game wide open through roguelike escalation and rule-bending runs.

A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!

Why similar: Card Game 39.8%, Deckbuilding 38%, Roguelite 13.7%, Roguelike 6.8%, Strategy 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its card-laid encounters, storyteller framing, and ominous tabletop feel make it a natural fit for Inscryption fans.

Aces & Adventures is a deckbuilding RPG with poker-powered combat. Craft your deck, combining poker hands with powerful ability cards. Journey through 13 fully-voiced campaigns to save the Life Tree, or tackle procedurally-generated runs in this strategic deckbuilder unlike any other.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 23.1%, Card Battler 22.1%, Card Game 20.7%, Roguelite 9.7%, Roguelike 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its narrative framing and poker-based deck combat make it a good fit if you liked Inscryption’s blend of cards and adventure flavor.

"Night of the Full Moon" is a stand-alone roguelike card game. Take adventure into Black Forest. Random event, random plot leads to different endings.

Why similar: Card Game 28.2%, Card Battler 27.8%, Deckbuilding 25%, Roguelite 7%, Strategy 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a polished single-player deckbuilder with a dark fairy-tale tone, branching encounters, and a strong sense of run-based discovery.

A puzzle based deck building rogue-like prequel to The Binding of Isaac... Made of cardboard!

Why similar: Roguelite 41.6%, Strategy 16.4%, Card Game 13.3%, Puzzle 12.9%, Deckbuilding 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its grotesque aesthetic, puzzle-card hybrid structure, and unsettling charm make it a solid recommendation for Inscryption players open to stranger designs.

Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.

Why similar: Card Battler 27.5%, Deckbuilding 21.1%, Card Game 20.5%, Roguelike 10.4%, Roguelite 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines dark fantasy tone, party-building, and card combat in a gritty campaign structure that feels close to Inscryption’s moodier side.

Chrono Ark is a singleplayer roguelike that combines elements from deckbuilders and party-based RPGs. Recruit, train, and build a team of unique Investigators to restore the Twisted World!

Why similar: Card Game 25%, Card Battler 22.6%, Roguelite 13.8%, Deckbuilding 11.9%, Strategy 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a story-rich roguelite deckbuilder with stronger character focus and layered combat for players who want both narrative and systems depth.

A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!

Why similar: Card Battler 32.5%, Card Game 19.9%, Deckbuilding 15.5%, Roguelite 11.2%, Roguelike 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is a strong pick if you want deckbuilding plus difficult tactical decisions and a harsher, more survival-oriented world.

A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!

Why similar: Psychological 17.6%, Roguelike 15.1%, Roguelite 15.1%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 11.9%

Out of Hands is a bizarre card-based adventure game that blends video-collage graphics with gripping psychological horror. Will you seek the truth lurking in this wicked, warped world—and can you bear its weight? Misty memories threaten to tear you apart, contorting you into a being... Out of Hands.

Why similar: Card Battler 34.4%, Deckbuilding 25.2%, Card Game 20.8%, Surreal 13.3%, Strategy 5.2%

This card game combines elements of roguelike and deckbuilding. During the game, you shall strive ahead, gathering cards to build a unique deck and use it to defeat the enemies getting in your way. You will have to choose between escaping or try to defeat Death, who is relentlessly pursuing you.

Why similar: Card Battler 33.3%, Deckbuilding 22.3%, Card Game 21.5%, Roguelike 9.5%, Roguelite 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its health-as-a-board mechanic and straightforward roguelike deckbuilding make it a worthwhile lower-tier pick for anyone chasing more dark card combat.

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: Deckbuilding 25.5%, Card Game 24.6%, Card Battler 22.3%, Roguelike 12.9%, Roguelite 7.1%

A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 39.5%, Card Game 28.2%, Strategy 12.4%, Roguelike 12%, Roguelite 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This swaps horror for stylish action, but its precise deck-based encounters and run-to-run optimization are excellent for strategy-minded Inscryption fans.

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: Card Battler 30.9%, Card Game 27%, Deckbuilding 20%, Roguelike 9.9%, Strategy 9.1%

Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?

Why similar: Card Game 60.7%, Story Rich 22%, Strategy 14.2%, Adventure 3.1%

Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.

Why similar: Card Battler 39.3%, Deckbuilding 29.5%, Card Game 11%, Roguelite 7.2%, Strategy 7%

Why You'll Like It: This mixes bleak atmosphere, comic-book grime, and turn-based card battles into a satisfyingly rough-edged sci-fi alternative.

Master the grid, defy death. Enter a grim Spirit Realm in this open-world deck builder. Craft lethal decks from 160+ cards, claim powerful Totems, and defeat foes in tactical grid combat. Fight as the desperate hunter Ro to bring her son back from beyond the veil.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 27%, Card Battler 24.5%, Card Game 24.4%, Surreal 11%, Psychological 9.1%

A Lovecraftian deck-building roguelike. Collect eerie cards and twisted creatures. Strengthen your deck while battling sanity loss in waters haunted by unspeakable entities.

Why similar: Card Battler 26.1%, Deckbuilding 24.1%, Card Game 14.9%, Roguelike 10.6%, Roguelite 8.1%

Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.

Why similar: Card Battler 27.7%, Deckbuilding 24.2%, Card Game 22.6%, Roguelike 11.6%, Roguelite 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its harsh world, caravan survival layer, and tactical deckbuilding create a grim, thoughtful take on the genre that Inscryption fans may appreciate.

Deck-building meets monster catching in this turn-based roguelike. Recruit enemy cards to your party as you dive into the depths of the abyss. Will you kill them or will you tame them?

Why similar: Card Battler 33.8%, Card Game 26%, Deckbuilding 26%, Strategy 4.9%, Roguelike 4.1%

A retro horror deckbuilder roguelike set in a haunted hotel in the 1990s. Choose your teens, explore and fight! If you die rewind the night!

Why similar: Card Battler 24.3%, Card Game 19.2%, Deckbuilding 18.7%, Roguelike 9.4%, Roguelite 9%

Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.

Why similar: Card Game 24.3%, Deckbuilding 22.5%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 11.9%, Roguelite 7.8%

The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.

Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Card Game 28.7%, Story Rich 20.6%, Strategy 14.3%, 2D 4.9%

Inkshade is a turn-based tactics game carved out of strange wooden miniatures, wrapped in a web of locked rooms, and orchestrated by an otherworldly game master. Victory is not guaranteed, and the only constant is the cruel black ink that flows within the pieces.

Why similar: Roguelite 27.4%, Roguelike 24.3%, Horror 18.2%, Strategy 11.8%, First-Person 7.3%

Raise Your Own Ghost Girl+Deckbuilding+Zuma-Style Match-3!Exorcism Agency is an innovative roguelike that finds joy in thrills.Ghosts are back,the human world is like hell,and you,as a top-tier exorcist,will venture into ghost-infested zones,using all kinds of mystical techniques to capture ghosts

Why similar: Card Battler 27.6%, Deckbuilding 23.6%, Card Game 23.2%, Roguelite 10.2%, Horror 8.6%

Menace from the Deep is an enthralling Roguelike Deckbuilding card game that unfolds in a dark world, drawing inspiration from Howard Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.Set against the backdrop of 1920s USA, the narrative revolves around a clandestine occult society.

Why similar: Card Battler 26%, Deckbuilding 21.5%, Card Game 16.4%, Roguelike 10.1%, Dark 8%

Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone is a deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century occult horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining against a series of demons - and outwitting the Devil himself.

Why similar: Card Battler 27.8%, Card Game 19.5%, Deckbuilding 15.9%, Horror 8.6%, Dark 7.7%

A retro mini-roguelike inside a slot machine. Steady your blade - and spin!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 24%, Card Battler 23.5%, Roguelike 19.8%, Roguelite 14.1%, Strategy 12.8%

Prepare to fend off attacks from all directions in this hybrid strategy roguelite deck builder. On your journey through varied grid-based biomes, battle unique foes and make tough moral choices to restore a corrupted land and decide the fate of your world.

Why similar: Card Battler 27%, Deckbuilding 22.2%, Card Game 21.4%, Roguelike 9.9%, Roguelite 8.3%

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 37%, Deckbuilding 24.9%, Card Game 15.2%, Roguelite 7.4%, Strategy 5.1%

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: Deckbuilding 37.6%, Card Game 36.5%, Roguelike 17.8%, Strategy 8%

A Victorian Steampunk Roguelite Deckbuilder. Choose from four characters with unique cards and abilities. Customize your deck and character as you investigate a mysterious plague. Battle corrupted beasts and bosses in turn-based combat to unlock powerful relics and enchanted tarot cards.

Why similar: Card Battler 24.8%, Deckbuilding 23.2%, Card Game 21.4%, Roguelite 10.4%, Roguelike 7.4%

SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.8%, Card Battler 27.1%, Card Game 20.5%, Roguelike 9.7%, Roguelite 9.7%

Cross Blitz is a unique RPG deckbuilder featuring fast-paced tactical combat with loads of cards to collect and synergies to wield. Explore, level up, craft new cards and build the perfect decks as you carve your own path to victory!

Why similar: Card Battler 26.8%, Deckbuilding 22.9%, Card Game 20.6%, Roguelite 10.4%, Roguelike 6.2%

Museum Mystery is a deck-building, story-driven roguelite adventure where museum exhibits come to life, wreaking chaos. Explore halls from different eras, battle works of art, collect your own deck of artifacts, and solve the mystery!

Why similar: Card Battler 30.6%, Card Game 20.5%, Deckbuilding 15.2%, Roguelite 10.4%, Roguelike 9.6%

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: Card Battler 27.7%, Deckbuilding 22.5%, Card Game 21.6%, Roguelike 10.9%, Roguelite 10.4%

A deckbuilding adventure card game set in a rustic Norwegian town during the 90's. Recruit followers, draft cards and build powerful combos. Explore a hand-crafted world across multiple runs and uncover an unsettling mystery…

Why similar: Card Battler 28%, Card Game 23.8%, Deckbuilding 21.4%, Roguelite 8.9%, Roguelike 8.5%

Inkborn is a roguelike deckbuilder with a card system built around chaining Glyph-based combos. Sequence your cards in tactical combat to unleash impactful effects. Customize your Skill Tree before each run, evolve new abilities and uncover the hidden story of a world folded in ink, metal and paper.

Why similar: Card Battler 28.6%, Card Game 23.3%, Deckbuilding 23.1%, Roguelike 11%, Roguelite 7.9%

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 25.6%, Deckbuilding 20.5%, Card Game 20%, Roguelike 9%, Roguelite 8%

Occlude is a ritual disguised as Solitaire; a cosmic-horror card game where the rules are obscured and reality is at stake. Play through cryptic challenges to reveal forbidden lore in this singleplayer narrative puzzle game for the terminally curious. Don’t worry; you can always start over.

Why similar: Card Game 40.9%, Horror 16.1%, Surreal 14.9%, Puzzle 12.4%, Strategy 10.9%

A roguelite monster-management simulation inspired by the likes of the SCP Foundation, Cabin in the Woods, and Warehouse 13. Order your employees to perform work with the creatures and watch as it unfolds; harness greater energy, and expand the facility

Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Story Rich 28.5%, Roguelike 12.8%, Strategy 12.4%, Roguelite 11.4%

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: Card Game 38.2%, Deckbuilding 24.4%, Roguelike 18.3%, Strategy 8.7%, Story Rich 5.6%