Games Like Menace from the Deep

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28% ★, Card Battler 16.5%, Deckbuilding 15.2%, Card Game 11.4%, Roguelike 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features a distinct grimdark aesthetic and occult themes that align closely with the tone of the seed game.

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 28.1%, Card Game 19.7%, Card Battler 16.8%, Roguelike 15.9%, Base Building 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures a dark, oppressive atmosphere combined with deep roguelike deckbuilding mechanics.

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 24.1%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.6% ★, Roguelike 16.5%, Roguelite 15.1%, Dark 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, card-based roguelike that emphasizes Lovecraftian horror and unsettling creature designs.

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

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.3% ★, Card Battler 17.4%, Deckbuilding 16.9%, Card Game 11.6%, Roguelike 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality roguelike deckbuilder that offers a dark, strategic experience with significant tactical depth.

Draft of Darkness is a survival horror RPG with deck building and roguelike dungeon exploration. Recruit allies, synergize their decks to create powerful card combos. Manage your limited resources and explore procedurally generated maps to determine the story's outcome.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.8% ★, Card Battler 18%, Deckbuilding 15%, Card Game 10.3%, Roguelike 8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror roguelike deckbuilder that shares the dark, gritty feel and strategic card combat.

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

Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully blends card-battling with an eerie, occult-infused narrative and dark atmosphere.

Morimens is a roguelite card-building game inspired by the Cthulhu mythos, where you craft a versatile and intricate deck tailored to your playstyle. The choice is yours to embark on a climb up treacherous towers or engage in tactical battles. Explore misty maps and uncover the truth of the world.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.3% ★, Lovecraftian 23%, Card Battler 14%, Deckbuilding 12.7%, Card Game 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that leans heavily into Lovecraftian elements within a card-game framework.

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 36.5% ★, Card Battler 20%, Deckbuilding 17.4%, Comic Book 5.5%, Card Game 5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines a dark, atmospheric setting with card-based combat in a roguelike structure.

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.9% ★, Card Battler 23.1%, Deckbuilding 17.9%, Card Game 8.4%, Roguelite 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a grim, dark fantasy aesthetic and roguelike deckbuilding mechanics that mirror the intensity of the seed game.

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: Lovecraftian 42.4%, Card Game 19.8%, Roguelike 16.1%, Roguelite 12.5%, Strategy 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: While it plays differently, its deep focus on occult lore and card-based management is a perfect thematic match.

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 28.9% ★, Lovecraftian 25.5%, Deckbuilding 16.9%, Card Game 9.5%, Roguelite 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Explicitly focuses on Lovecraftian themes and deckbuilding mechanics in a roguelike format.

“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 30.2%, Deckbuilding 21.9%, Card Game 18.2%, Roguelike 13.6%, Roguelite 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a dark, folklore-inspired setting with card-based combat that feels very similar to occult-themed deckbuilders.

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.9% ★, Card Battler 17%, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Card Game 11.2%, Roguelike 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging roguelike deckbuilder with a dark aesthetic and tactical, turn-based combat.

CARDS OF CTHULHU is the Roguelike Card RPG full of madness. Experience the unique combination of strategic deck-building with fast-paced combat and face-off parody monsters from horror B movies.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24.2% ★, Lovecraftian 19.2%, Card Battler 14.4%, Deckbuilding 13%, Card Game 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A direct Lovecraftian card-battler that focuses on fighting back against cosmic horrors.

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 29.9%, Deckbuilding 28.1%, Card Game 17.1%, Roguelike 16.3%, Strategy 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a dark, dungeon-crawling experience with strategic deckbuilding at its core.

Neurodeck is a psychological deckbuilding card game to challenge your fears. Build your deck & capacities by answering personality tests, visiting rooms or meditating. Face your phobia and defeat them through the power of life-inspired cards.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.1% ★, Card Battler 14.9%, Lovecraftian 13.8%, Deckbuilding 13.3%, Card Game 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a dark, psychological theme to frame its roguelike deckbuilding combat.

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31% ★, Card Battler 20.3%, Deckbuilding 17%, Card Game 13.8%, Roguelike 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A robust roguelike deckbuilder that incorporates RPG elements and a dark, epic narrative.

"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: Deckbuilding 21.3%, Card Battler 20.6%, Card Game 18.4%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 18% ★, Roguelite 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, fairy-tale-inspired roguelike deckbuilder that provides a similar sense of progression and challenge.

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 31% ★, Card Battler 18.4%, Deckbuilding 16%, Card Game 11.9%, Roguelike 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, hell-themed roguelike deckbuilder that emphasizes strategic positioning and card synergy.

Fate Hunters is a hardcore mix of strategy card battles and a roguelike adventure. Build your deck, explore the dangerous dark fantasy world and face fearsome foes! Risk your life to get powerful treasures!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 36.3% ★, Card Battler 18.8%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Card Game 11.5%, Roguelike 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic card-battler that focuses on dungeon exploration and roguelike progression.

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 21%, Deckbuilding 18.4%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 18% ★, Card Game 11.7%, Roguelite 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, gritty world and complex card-based combat with significant narrative choices.

Earth has fallen. Science and the Occult have united forces to brace for the arrival of the Eldritch. But will the efforts against this strange, alien race be enough? Play as one of many Proximae used to help defend humanity in this turn-based, roguelike, intergalactic deck builder.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.7% ★, Card Game 10.6%, Strategy 8.7%, Roguelike 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian-themed roguelike deckbuilder that emphasizes exploration and dark atmosphere.

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.4% ★, Card Battler 20.7%, Deckbuilding 16%, Card Game 11.8%, Roguelike 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A pure roguelike deckbuilder that captures the high-stakes, card-battling feel of the genre.

A roguelike deck-building game where you craft a deck, spark talents, discover runes, and assemble your team with partners' cards! Play unique stories for every character and explore a world caught in the clash of gods. New Puppeteer DLC just released!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.4% ★, Card Battler 18%, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Card Game 12.1%, Roguelike 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A solid roguelike deckbuilder that offers varied character classes and dark, challenging encounters.

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 36% ★, Card Battler 19.5%, Card Game 13.6%, Deckbuilding 13.5%, Roguelike 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive roguelike deckbuilder that sets the standard for the mechanics found in the seed game.

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 24.2% ★, Card Battler 22.9%, Deckbuilding 17.4%, Card Game 13.2%, Roguelike 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A highly strategic roguelike deckbuilder that offers a dark, infernal theme and deep replayability.

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 31.3%, Deckbuilding 27.9%, Card Game 24.3%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based game focused on occult themes and dark magic management.

It is a Roguelike card game which owns interesting honeycomb and original combat rules. Whether adventures or combats, have rich variety of options.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 44.3% ★, Card Battler 19.4%, Deckbuilding 17.4%, Card Game 7.7%, Strategy 4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on dark, occult-adjacent themes within a classic roguelike deckbuilding structure.

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.5% ★, Card Battler 19%, Deckbuilding 16.9%, Card Game 12.9%, Lovecraftian 8.5%

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.9% ★, Deckbuilding 15.7%, Card Battler 14.6%, Card Game 11.1%, Roguelite 7.7%

In this exciting Card Building Roguelike game you create your cards from scratch adding different upgrades. Build your train, explore the Labyrinth and survive. Discover infinite synergies. How far will you go?

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.4% ★, Lovecraftian 19.8%, Card Battler 12.9%, Deckbuilding 11.6%, Card Game 6.8%

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 32.7% ★, Card Battler 19.7%, Card Game 15.2%, Deckbuilding 14.7%, Roguelike 9.3%

The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.6% ★, Card Battler 18%, Deckbuilding 16.4%, Card Game 12.3%, Roguelike 10%

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: Lovecraftian 28.2%, Deckbuilding 19.2%, Card Battler 18%, Roguelike 10.8%, Card Game 9%

Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon is a turn-based Roguelike card game where you assume the role of a Shu general. Explore dungeons, gather relics, and amass a collection of cards. In each round, you can assemble a unique combination of cards and treasures to defeat your enemies and rewrite history!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.5% ★, Card Battler 18.5%, Deckbuilding 17.7%, Card Game 12.6%, Roguelike 8.8%

Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 23%, Card Battler 22.1%, Card Game 12.6%, Roguelite 11.7%, Base Building 9.9%

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: Lovecraftian 34%, Deckbuilding 16.9%, Card Game 13.9%, Dark 9.6%, Horror 6.4%

Challenge the horrifying reign of Nazi terror and battle an immortal evil in Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics; a turn-based tactical strategy game set in the award-winning Achtung! Cthulhu universe.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 60%, Strategy 16.9%, Horror 14.5%, Indie 6.6%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the 1920s Lovecraftian setting and occult investigation themes in a tactical format.

FrostBound is a roguelike deck-building tower defense set in an endless winter. Build your base, master 500+ cards, and withstand relentless waves to end the eternal frost.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 37.3%, Card Game 25.2%, Roguelike 19.1%, Roguelite 8.9%, Strategy 6.7%

Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.1% ★, Card Battler 17.6%, Deckbuilding 16.8%, Card Game 12.3%, Roguelike 10.3%

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.2% ★, Card Battler 17.8%, Deckbuilding 15.8%, Card Game 13.4%, Roguelike 8.1%

is a roguelike deck-building game. With a variety of heroes and classes, hundreds of cards and treasures, and a rich array of genres to explore, there's plenty to discover. Additionally, card enchantment and fusion mechanics help you build a stronger deck.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 36.7% ★, Deckbuilding 18.5%, Card Battler 11.5%, Card Game 10.6%, Roguelike 7.2%

Beneath Oresa, a fighting roguelike deckbuilder, takes you deep within the city to confront your foes. As a strategist, choose your cards, upgrades, and artifacts wisely, but as a fighter, turn their positioning to your advantage.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 38.9% ★, Deckbuilding 21.4%, Card Game 15%, Roguelike 11.7%, Roguelite 5.2%

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.6% ★, Card Battler 18.4%, Deckbuilding 17.4%, Card Game 12.8%, Roguelike 10%

Yao-Guai Hunter is a Wuxia roguelike deck-building game. In a world where Yao-Guai roam free, player battles with various evil beings, collecting cards and learn inner skills. Encountering various adventures in the martial world.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31% ★, Card Battler 17.5%, Deckbuilding 15.6%, Card Game 12.6%, Roguelike 10.2%

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 33% ★, Deckbuilding 16.9%, Card Game 15.2%, Roguelike 11.7%, Card Battler 11.5%

A completely new style real-time card battle "Overdungeon" Overdungeon combines rogue-like, tower defense and card games. More than 100 cards are Attack, Animal, Building, Spell, Trap, etc..Build your creative and crazy deck!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.3% ★, Card Battler 18.7%, Deckbuilding 16.7%, Card Game 11.3%, Roguelite 8.2%

A roguelite deckbuilder crossed with a CCG, set in a dark cyberpunk world. You will lead a three-man squad against competing factions fighting among the ashes of a world-wide war. Each operator comes with a unique deck that can be customized and augmented.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.7% ★, Card Battler 20.3%, Deckbuilding 16.6%, Card Game 12.8%, Roguelike 7.3%

Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.9% ★, Card Battler 17.7%, Deckbuilding 16.6%, Card Game 12.1%, Roguelike 10.3%

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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.9% ★, Card Battler 16.8%, Deckbuilding 14.9%, Card Game 11.7%, Roguelike 9.6%

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 31.9% ★, Deckbuilding 17.1%, Card Battler 16.5%, Card Game 12.5%, Roguelike 10.5%

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: Deckbuilding 30.5%, Card Battler 25.4%, Card Game 17.5%, Roguelike 17.4%, Strategy 5.6%

Choose your zodiac hero. Craft unique decks. Collect astral boons. Vanquish corrupted constellations. Ascend through cosmic chaos!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.8% ★, Card Battler 17.8%, Deckbuilding 17.3%, Card Game 12.2%, Roguelike 9.6%

Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.6% ★, Card Battler 18.6%, Deckbuilding 13.2%, Card Game 12.9%, Roguelike 9%

Pirate's Gambit takes you on an unpredictable voyage, blending deck-building with Yacht Dice mechanics. Roll the dice in the dimly lit cabin, where fate shifts with every turn. Are you closing in on treasure or something far more sinister?

Why similar: Card Game 29.1%, Deckbuilding 26.3%, Roguelite 17.3%, Strategy 14.7%, Horror 9.4%

A lovecraftian roguelike. Dive into procedurally generated undersea caves. Collect gold, upgrade your equipment, and Feed the Deep.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.9%, Roguelike 16.3%, Roguelite 14.2%, Dark 11.2%, Horror 6.8%

Northwind is a monster-hunting roguelite deckbuilder with a tug-of-war combat twist, card crafting, and a mana management system inspired by Magic: The Gathering.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.8% ★, Card Battler 18.1%, Deckbuilding 15.9%, Card Game 12.4%, Roguelike 9.6%

Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.9%, Comic Book 18.1%, Roguelike 15%, Roguelite 12.3%, Strategy 5.5%

Pairs & Perils is a memory-game roguelike and dungeon crawler. Match cards to attack enemies, avoid traps, shop for relics and consumables. Sharpen your mind as you journey through the depths of the dungeon in search of The Dealer.

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.6% ★, Card Battler 20.7%, Deckbuilding 13.8%, Card Game 12.7%, Roguelike 10.4%

The Mahjong Roguelike. Aotenjo: Infinite Hands is an deckbuilder where you will use Mahjong styles all over the world to beat innate threats, play different Patterns and combos, reach the "bottom" of Aotenjo, and discover ancient secrets....

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 44.2% ★, Deckbuilding 23.8%, Card Game 14.3%, Roguelike 10.7%, Strategy 5.7%