- #1 Hadean Tactics
97% matchVery Positive89% of 1,939 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 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: Deckbuilding 19.1%, Strategy RPG 16.5%, Card Game 15.3%, Roguelike 12.6%, Roguelite 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its blend of roguelike deckbuilding, auto-battler combat, unit positioning, and persistent run decisions is one of the closest alternatives to Loop Hero's strategic hands-off battles.
- #2 Looper Tactics
96% matchVery Positive89% of 528 reviews2023
Dev: Inkstone AtelierPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome again, wandering soul. Will this be the time of your success? Watch your steps as you advance in this roguelike-deck builder and engage in auto-battler card encounters of increasing difficulty. Get stronger in each battle, rise from the ashes, and break free from endless reincarnation!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 26.7%, Card Game 19.4%, Strategy RPG 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.8%, Choices Matter 9%
Why You'll Like It: This deckbuilding auto-battler similarly asks you to construct powerful synergies around recurring combat loops rather than directly controlling every attack.
- #3 Backpack Hero
96% matchVery Positive86% of 8,531 reviews2023
Dev: JaspelPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 33.4%, Roguelike 19.1%, Roguelite 17.6%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Fantasy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its roguelike expeditions revolve around carefully arranging limited equipment for escalating synergies, echoing Loop Hero's satisfying build optimization.
- #4 Slay the Spire
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 218,929 reviews2019
Dev: Mega Crit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.5 hrsMean: 67.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 Game 31.5%, Deckbuilding 29.2%, Roguelike 23.5%, Roguelite 10.5%, RPG 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers Loop Hero's highly replayable run structure and incremental strategic growth through an exceptionally deep deckbuilding system.
- #5 Tainted Grail: Conquest
94% matchVery Positive90% of 8,376 reviews2021
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 23.6%, Card Game 17.9%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Roguelike 14%, Choices Matter 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This dark-fantasy roguelite pairs dungeon expeditions and permanent progression with card-based combat and difficult risk-reward choices.
- #6 Monster Train
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,964 reviews2020
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 23%, Card Game 18.7%, Roguelite 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Roguelike 14.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its runs focus on assembling broken card and unit combinations while adapting your strategy to increasingly dangerous encounters.
- #7 The Last Spell
93% matchVery Positive91% of 13,760 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 17.9%, Tactical 17%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Roguelite 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It combines dark fantasy, resource-driven base development, and tactical survival against ever-growing enemy pressure between expeditions.
- #8 Rogue Tower
92% matchVery Positive83% of 5,929 reviews2022
Dev: Die of Death Games
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
Why similar: Roguelike 48.1%, Roguelite 23.4%, Minimalist 21.4%, Fantasy 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: You use cards to build and alter a procedurally unfolding map while balancing escalating threats, making it especially appealing for Loop Hero fans who enjoy terrain placement.
- #9 Ring of Pain
91% matchVery Positive91% of 5,107 reviews2020
Dev: Simon BoxerPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? Meet strange friends bearing gifts and treasure. Choose your gear wisely to survive and discover the secrets of the Ring of Pain.
Why similar: Card Game 30.9%, Roguelite 22.5%, Roguelike 20.6%, Dark Fantasy 16.5%, RPG 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric card-based dungeon crawler captures the tension of deciding whether to push deeper for rewards or retreat before a run turns deadly.
- #10 Gordian Quest
91% matchVery Positive89% of 6,044 reviews2022
Dev: Mixed Realms Pte Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 20.8%, Card Game 18%, Tactical 18%, Roguelike 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: The game combines party-based RPG progression, tactical encounters, equipment management, and flexible deckbuilding across replayable campaigns.
- #11 Stacklands
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,373 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 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: Card Game 38.8%, Deckbuilding 26.6%, Roguelite 24.5%, 2D 4.7%, Fantasy 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its compact card-based village building and resource-combination systems offer a similarly addictive loop of expanding a dangerous little world.
- #12 Trials of Fire
89% matchVery Positive86% of 3,262 reviews2021
Dev: Whatboy Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 Game 18.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.5%, Deckbuilding 17.8%, Roguelite 17.4%, Roguelike 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its tactical-grid card battles add positional planning and harsh roguelite resource decisions to the deckbuilding formula.
- #13 Wildfrost
89% matchVery Positive83% of 8,859 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.8%, Card Game 20.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.5%, Roguelike 15.4%, Roguelite 15.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its compact tactical card battles demand careful sequencing, team synergies, and adaptation to punishing roguelite runs.
- #14 Inscryption
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 148,820 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.1 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 30.3%, Card Game 24.7%, Roguelike 15.1%, Roguelite 13.5%, Story Rich 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its unsettling card-game campaign provides compelling deck construction, sacrificial resource decisions, and a dark mysterious atmosphere.
- #15 The King is Watching
86% matchVery Positive89% of 10,637 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: Tactical 14.3%, Roguelike 13.6%, Deckbuilding 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Resource Management 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its roguelite kingdom management and defensive planning offer satisfying strategic escalation under constant pressure, albeit on a larger-scale battlefield.
- #16 Roguebook
87% matchVery Positive84% of 4,593 reviews2021
Dev: Abrakam Entertainment SAPub: Nacon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 22.4%, Card Game 17.5%, Roguelike 12.9%, Roguelite 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: You build evolving card decks while physically revealing and navigating a dangerous map, preserving Loop Hero's sense of shaping each adventure.
- #17 Vault of the Void
86% matchVery Positive92% of 3,012 reviews2022
Dev: Spider Nest Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 25.8%, Card Game 19%, Roguelike 14.2%, Roguelite 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is a highly strategic roguelike deckbuilder centered on planning ahead, refining a build, and tailoring your deck to known threats.
- #18 Across the Obelisk
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 13,165 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamsite GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 54.2 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: Deckbuilding 23.9%, Tactical 21.2%, Card Game 18.8%, Roguelike 15.3%, Roguelite 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: This party-focused deckbuilder emphasizes route selection, resource management, persistent unlocks, and synergistic builds across repeatable journeys.
- #19 Chrono Ark
83% matchVery Positive91% of 13,786 reviews2024
Dev: Al Fine
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 21.3%, Roguelite 19.6%, RPG 14.8%, Deckbuilding 14.5%, Roguelike 13%
Why You'll Like It: Its roguelite runs combine party construction, deckbuilding, and difficult combat choices with a strong sense of building toward a final expedition.
- #20 Darkest Dungeon®
84% matchVery Positive92% of 162,804 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 35.6%, Roguelike 31.2%, RPG 12.6%, Roguelite 10.8%, Fantasy 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its grim expeditions, party management, attrition, and town upgrades capture the same feeling of repeatedly venturing into danger to strengthen a larger campaign.
- #21 Dicey Dungeons
84% matchVery Positive89% of 11,889 reviews2019
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Become a giant walking dice, explore dungeons and defy Lady Luck in this dice powered roguelike! Now featuring "Reunion", a free DLC with six brand-new episodes!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 37.9%, Roguelite 19.6%, Card Game 17.9%, Roguelike 16.8%, RPG 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers brisk roguelite runs built around discovering powerful combinations, with dice replacing cards as the core build-crafting tool.
- #22 Into the Breach
82% matchVery Positive94% of 22,436 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.8%, Roguelike 20.9%, Tactical 17.1%, Roguelite 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its exceptionally precise turn-based tactical puzzles appeal to players who enjoy Loop Hero's emphasis on forethought and mitigating threats.
- #23 The Dungeon Beneath
82% matchVery Positive89% of 897 reviews2020
Dev: Puzzle Box Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 21.2%, Tactical 20%, Roguelite 19.1%, Roguelike 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: You recruit and equip a small auto-battling party across roguelite dungeon runs, emphasizing composition and long-term build synergies.
- #24 Ratropolis
81% matchVery Positive88% of 5,542 reviews2020
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 30.4%, Card Game 21.4%, Roguelite 17.9%, Roguelike 15%, Fantasy 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This deckbuilding city-defense roguelite combines card economy, expanding infrastructure, and escalating enemy waves in a way that rewards flexible planning.
- #25 Tales & Tactics
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,263 reviews2024
Dev: Table 9 StudioPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Roguelike Squad-based Autobattler in a Tabletop RPG setting. Draft your army, carefully equip and position your units, make important choices, and meet a colorful cast of characters as you make ready for the Grand Tournament.
Why similar: Tactical 20.8%, Strategy RPG 18.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.9%, Roguelike 14.2%, Resource Management 14%
Why You'll Like It: It offers roguelite auto-battler runs where unit placement, economy, items, and evolving team combinations matter more than reflexes.
- #26 Vivid Knight
81% matchVery Positive90% of 1,711 reviews2021
Dev: Asobism.Co.,Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
"Vivid Knight" is a "party-building roguelike" game in which you collect friends who have been turned into jewels and fight by combining their abilities! Explore the ever-changing dungeon and harness the gems you have gathered to challenge the labyrinth!
Why similar: Roguelike 27.8%, Roguelite 23%, Choices Matter 20.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Fantasy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This colorful roguelite turns equipment collection into an auto-battler-like puzzle of gem synergies, party growth, and calculated dungeon delving.
- #27 Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
79% matchVery Positive92% of 4,561 reviews2023
Dev: Little Leo GamesPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.9%, Card Game 19.9%, Roguelike 16.2%, Roguelite 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its inventive dice-deckbuilding system emphasizes manipulating probabilities, cleansing corruption, and constructing carefully tuned roguelite builds.
- #28 Sol Cesto
77% matchVery Positive91% of 5,179 reviews2026
Dev: TambouillePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Sol Cesto is a tactical and frantic roguelite where mastering your luck is key. Choose a hero, upgrade them using cursed teeth and magical items, and descend to the bottom of an ever-changing dungeon. In this dark world, every action has consequences…
Why similar: Tactical 24.9%, Roguelike 19.2%, Deckbuilding 19.1%, Roguelite 13.8%, Fantasy 8.9%
- #29 The Last Flame
78% matchVery Positive85% of 2,941 reviews2025
Dev: Hotloop
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Recruit a party of unique heroes, fight deadly encounters, loot and craft powerful gear, discover and create thousands of synergetic builds! The Last Flame is an endless roguelike auto-battler in which you guide a righteous party of heroes through many challenges.
Why similar: Tactical 24%, Roguelike 22.3%, Strategy RPG 18.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.2%, Fantasy 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelite auto-battler is built around recruiting heroes, arranging a team, managing an economy, and discovering powerful item synergies over a run.
- #30 Banners of Ruin
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,241 reviews2021
Dev: MonteBearoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Deckbuilding 23%, Card Game 18.5%, Roguelike 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Roguelite 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its dark fantasy card battles, party customization, and branching roguelite journey provide a more combat-focused take on Loop Hero's expedition management.
- #31 Fights in Tight Spaces
78% matchVery Positive90% of 3,951 reviews2021
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 29.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.9%, Card Game 17.2%, Tactical 13%, Roguelike 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: This tactical deckbuilder makes positioning as important as card selection, rewarding deliberate planning through compact roguelite encounters.
- #32 Knock on the Coffin Lid
77% matchVery Positive84% of 2,913 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 19.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Card Game 15.8%, Roguelike 12.7%, Roguelite 11.7%
- #33 He is Coming
76% matchVery Positive85% of 4,192 reviews2025
Dev: ChronoclePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Deckbuilding 25.4%, Card Game 19.8%, Roguelike 16.8%, Roguelite 16.1%, Fantasy 8.1%
- #34 Dimwood
75% matchVery Positive100% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Inkspun LLC
Windows · Linux
A roguelike deck builder where you venture into the Dimwood, armed with unique modal cards. Rendered in dense 1-Bit pixel art, carefully build your deck and modify your cards to balance offense and utility. Battle your way past increasingly fearsome enemies and defeat the Beast at its heart.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 22.2%, Card Game 14%, Roguelike 13.5%, Roguelite 13%, Minimalist 10.8%
- #35 Deck of Souls
76% matchVery Positive81% of 222 reviews2024
Dev: Bigboot StudiosPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Roguelite deck-building meets souls-like. Break out of an infinite loop to close the hell gates, turn enemies into cards, and build your own omnipotent Deck of Souls! Rolls included.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 18.7%, Strategy RPG 16%, Card Game 15%, Tactical 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%
- #36 Re:Night
74% matchVery Positive91% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: Seahorse GamesPub: HARRISONWORLD CO.,LTD
Windows · Mac
Re:Night is a strategy game that blends turn based tactics with roguelike deckbuilding. In each run, build your deck, plan your tactics, and experiment with countless 3-character team combinations. Journey to a mysterious town, break the endless cycle of night, and bring dawn back to the world.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 16.6%, Strategy RPG 13.2%, Card Game 12.1%, Roguelike 10.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%
- #37 Encounter: The Lost Cards
75% matchVery Positive80% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Salvatore GrossoPub: Encounter GG
Windows · Linux
The unhinged roguelike for the tactically obsessed. Forget maps—your journey is a deck of Tarot cards you build on the fly. Manage a tight inventory, chain questionable combos, and watch your gear shatter. Got unlucky? The virtuous can resurrect; the sinful, however...
Why similar: Deckbuilding 25.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Roguelike 16.3%, Resource Management 15.8%, Roguelite 13.7%
- #38 Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,235 reviews2026
Dev: poncle
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
From the creators of Vampire Survivors comes a turbo-charged, turn-based roguelite deckbuilder! Deal world-ending combos, blitz through infested dungeons, and master the Turboturn to obliterate hordes of familiar foes with a chaotic hand of cards.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 33.3%, Card Game 22.9%, Roguelike 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Roguelite 10.4%
- #39 Heroes of Eternal Quest
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 131 reviews2024
Dev: Drakkar Game StudioPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Welcome to a never-ending adventure full of challenges. Gather resources, build all sorts of buildings, unlock mysterious cards, and lead a group of heroes destined for greatness. Explore the unknown, climb the Tower of Shards, and break free from a destiny we never chose.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 18.1%, Tactical 14.8%, Strategy RPG 13.2%, Roguelike 11.1%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #40 Deathless. The Hero Quest
72% matchVery Positive88% of 1,056 reviews2024
Dev: FOR-GAMES CR LTD
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In Deathless, elements of a collectible card game, roguelike, and turn-based strategy combine seamlessly. Build a unique deck of cards, discover unusual relics, and defeat legendary bosses. No two journeys will ever be the same with endless Path. Crush the Evil and save the world!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 32.7%, Card Game 25%, Roguelike 17.2%, Roguelite 16%, RPG 5.9%
- #41 Break the Loop
73% matchVery Positive84% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Mastodonte
Windows
Break the Loop is a turn-based Rogue-like RPG. Compose your team and create a timeline by selecting the events you'll go through. Each decision will bring you one step closer to the ultimate threat, but will you have accumulated enough power to stop the apocalypse?
Why similar: Roguelite 19.7%, Dark Fantasy 18.6%, Roguelike 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Fantasy 9.2%
- #42 Vampire Survivors
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 266,062 reviews2022
Dev: poncle
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 40.1 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: Roguelite 33.2%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Roguelike 18.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, 2D 6.7%
- #43 Shuffle Tactics
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Club SandwichPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Shuffle Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding tactical RPG. Strategize to survive tough battles, pick the right cards to create powerful synergies, and bond with your sidekicks to get an edge in battle. Adventure awaits! Will you rise as Asteria's new King?
Why similar: Deckbuilding 14.9%, Strategy RPG 14.7%, Card Game 12.8%, Tactical 11.9%, Roguelike 11.6%
- #44 Madcap Mosaic
73% matchVery Positive95% of 77 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 24.1%, Card Game 17.6%, Roguelite 15.3%, Roguelike 13.6%, Tactical 12.3%
- #45 Rogue Legacy 2
71% matchVery Positive91% of 15,153 reviews2022
Dev: Cellar Door Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.
Why similar: Roguelite 34.7%, Roguelike 27.4%, RPG 14.1%, Indie 8.2%, Adventure 7.9%
- #46 Journey to the Void
69% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: RuneHeads
Windows · Mac
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: Deckbuilding 23.7%, Card Game 18.8%, Roguelike 14.3%, Roguelite 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.7%
- #47 Hand of Fate
72% matchVery Positive89% of 10,689 reviews2015
Dev: Defiant Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Deckbuilding comes to life in Hand of Fate! An infinitely replayable series of quests - earn new cards, build your deck, then try to defeat it! In a cabin at the end of the world, the game of life and death is played. Draw your cards, play your hand, and discover your fate.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 32.7%, Roguelike 25.1%, Card Game 23.7%, RPG 5.9%, Roguelite 4.7%
- #48 Moonsigil Atlas
68% matchVery Positive84% of 304 reviews2026
Dev: Snake Tower GamesPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Linux
The deckbuilding roguelike with no energy – play cards using physical space! Slot cards together, manipulate the shape of your cards, and create overpowered combos to break the game!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.2%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Roguelike 12.7%, Card Game 9.2%
- #49 Griftlands
70% matchVery Positive94% of 14,485 reviews2021
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 25.6%, Card Game 17.5%, Roguelite 16.3%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Roguelike 12.3%
- #50 Cross Blitz
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,691 reviews2025
Dev: Tako Boy Studios LLCPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cross Blitz is a unique RPG deckbuilder featuring fast-paced tactical combat with loads of cards to collect and synergies to wield. Explore, level up, craft new cards and build the perfect decks as you carve your own path to victory!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 21.5%, Card Game 15.8%, Roguelite 13.1%, Tactical 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%
- #51 Lootbound
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,392 reviews2026
Dev: ArtDockPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lootbound is a tactical roguelite with turn-based combat, loot management and D&D elements set in a dark fantasy world. Fight dangerous enemies, collect epic loot, recruit allies and lead them on a path of adventure.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 18.6%, Roguelike 16.5%, Tactical 15.4%, Roguelite 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #52 Deck of Ashes
71% 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: Deckbuilding 32.9%, Card Game 16.5%, Roguelite 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 11%, RPG 9.1%
- #53 Shards of Order
66% matchVery Positive90% of 644 reviews2026
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
A grim RPG with card-based combat where nothing stays dead. Lead a party of survivors through a world undone by shattered Laws. Restore them and reshape the rules of the game, but be ready to face the consequences.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 29.6%, Dark Fantasy 18.9%, Card Game 18.3%, Story Rich 8.7%, RPG 8.6%
- #54 Necroking
68% matchVery Positive82% of 964 reviews2024
Dev: KORO.GAMESPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.7 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: Deckbuilding 18.3%, Card Game 13.8%, Tactical 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Roguelite 11.5%
- #55 Hand of Fate 2
70% matchVery Positive84% of 5,827 reviews2017
Dev: Defiant Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 31%, Card Game 26.3%, Roguelite 15.2%, RPG 9.8%, Roguelike 7.4%
- #56 Die in the Dungeon
65% matchVery Positive92% of 3,597 reviews2026
Dev: ATICOPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but dice! Deal with enemies by combining powerful dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and risk it all hoping for a good roll on unexpected encounters.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 25.5%, Card Game 19.7%, Roguelike 16.3%, Roguelite 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #57 SpellRogue
66% matchVery Positive87% of 1,650 reviews2025
Dev: Guidelight GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 32.9%, Card Game 19.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.9%, Roguelite 15%, Roguelike 14.9%
- #58 Lost In Fantaland
67% matchVery Positive85% of 695 reviews2024
Dev: Supernature StudioPub: NPC Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Lost in Fantaland is a Roguelite game with deck-building at its core, deeply integrated with board-game strategy mechanics. You will choose one of six unique characters and embark on a randomly generated adventure. Use your creativity to build your deck, and uncover the secrets of this world!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 42.5%, Pixel Graphics 21.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, RPG 12.9%, Indie 5.9%
- #59 Sigil of the Magi
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: YongjustyongPub: iterco
Windows
Sigil of the Magi blends roguelike deckbuilding with turn-based combat for a deep tactical experience. Navigate a world full of dangers and mystique as you craft your deck, obtain relics, and prepare your party of champions for any challenges ahead!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.1%, Card Game 18.5%, Roguelike 16.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #60 Overrogue
69% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Exe Create Inc.Pub: KEMCO
Windows
A card deck-building roguelite! Explore labyrinths each time from level 1!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24%, Card Game 18%, Roguelite 14.2%, Roguelike 11.3%, Old School 7.4%