- #1 Ratropolis
97% 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: Card Battler 18.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Card Game 12.6%, Tower Defense 11.4%
- #2 Necroking
96% 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: Card Battler 20.1%, Deckbuilding 18.6%, Card Game 17.2%, Roguelite 13.3%, Roguelike 10.5%
- #3 Demonlore
96% matchVery Positive84% of 102 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: Tower Defense 20.8%, Deckbuilding 15.4%, Card Battler 12.8%, Roguelite 11.7%, Roguelike 8.6%
- #4 Necrosmith
95% matchVery Positive86% of 5,367 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 33.9%, Roguelite 18.8%, Roguelike 16%, Magic 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #5 Hadean Tactics
94% 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: Card Battler 20.4%, Deckbuilding 14.9%, Card Game 14.6%, Dungeon Crawler 14%, Roguelite 10.2%
- #6 Overdungeon
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,108 reviews2019
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Card Battler 21.8%, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Card Game 14.6%, Tower Defense 13.7%, Roguelite 11.4%
- #7 Tower Tactics: Liberation
93% matchVery Positive88% of 1,259 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Tower Defense 22.7%, Card Battler 21.2%, Card Game 15.2%, Deckbuilding 14.2%, Roguelike 9.8%
- #8 Iratus: Lord of the Dead
92% matchVery Positive86% of 8,273 reviews2020
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 54.1% ★, Roguelike 13.7%, Roguelite 12%, Strategy 10.1%, Dungeon Crawler 7.3%
- #9 Cross Blitz
91% 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: Card Battler 23%, Deckbuilding 19.2%, Card Game 17.3%, Roguelite 13.4%, Roguelike 7%
- #10 Castle Cardians
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 133 reviews2021
Dev: 风宇冲
Windows
Castle Cardians fused card games,roguelike and real time colony defense together. Build your powerful deck, defend the castle and beat invaders.
Why similar: Tower Defense 15.6%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Card Battler 14.7%, Card Game 14%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%
- #11 CD 2: Trap Master
90% matchVery Positive80% of 372 reviews2024
Dev: ACE ENTERTAINMENT
Windows · Mac
Become THE Trap Master - play your deck of lethal traps to mow down waves of bizarre creatures and protect your altars! Craft a unique deck of traps and powers, discover treasure of surprise effects, and guard a different base each time until you are ready for the unforgiving boss.
Why similar: Card Battler 14.3%, Tower Defense 14%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Deckbuilding 11.1%, Card Game 10.4%
- #12 Throne of Bone
89% matchVery Positive85% of 337 reviews2025
Dev: Windmill Slam
Windows · Mac
Draft minions to defeat all who oppose the noble art of necromancy. Wield spells, discover dark relics, and reclaim your castle to unite the land through undeath in this unholy amalgam of roguelike, deckbuilder, and autobattler.
Why similar: Card Battler 25.2%, Deckbuilding 18.1%, Card Game 16.5%, Dungeon Crawler 14.3%, Roguelike 12.6%
- #13 Hexguardian
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 707 reviews2024
Dev: Split Second GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.2%, RTS 21.8%, Roguelite 13.2%, Roguelike 11.7%, Magic 10%
- #14 Dungeon Clawler
86% matchVery Positive89% of 4,025 reviews2026
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dungeon Clawler is a Roguelike Claw Machine Deckbuilder. Build your deck, grab weapons and items from the claw machine to battle enemies, discover powerful perks that create game-changing synergies and unleash crazy combos as you fight your way through the dungeon!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 22.9%, Dungeon Crawler 21.2%, Roguelite 16.3%, Roguelike 14.4%, Cute 9.6%
- #15 Necrosmith 2
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,528 reviews2024
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 40.2%, Roguelite 21.2%, Roguelike 14.1%, Strategy 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #16 Tower Escape
87% matchVery Positive84% of 415 reviews2023
Dev: Final Screw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: Tower Defense 33.1%, Roguelite 19.6%, Roguelike 14.2%, Deckbuilding 11.5%, Cute 8.7%
- #17 Decktamer
84% matchVery Positive86% of 2,407 reviews2025
Dev: Horizon EdgePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 33.3%, Card Game 24.9%, Deckbuilding 24.8%, Strategy 6.8%, Roguelike 5.5%
- #18 Vault of the Void
85% 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: Card Battler 22.3%, Deckbuilding 18.3%, Card Game 16.5%, Isometric 11.9%, Roguelite 11.5%
- #19 Necro Rumble
86% matchVery Positive81% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: TesepaPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Master the dark art of necromancy in a 2D top-down strategy game. Unleash and lead your undead legions to defeat and dominate enemy waves in this action-packed adventure.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 35%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Magic 15.4%, Casual 12.9%, Fantasy 10.2%
- #20 Rogue Tower
84% 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: Tower Defense 45.6%, Roguelike 16.5%, Strategy 9.5%, Roguelite 9.2%, Isometric 8.5%
- #21 Forest Heroes
82% matchVery Positive85% of 297 reviews2025
Dev: Hoochoo Game Studios
Windows · Mac
Forest Heroes combines defense gameplay with roguelike deck-building. Enjoy intense battles and diverse strategies with simple controls!
Why similar: Tower Defense 17.2%, Card Battler 16.4%, Deckbuilding 11%, RTS 10.9%, Real Time Tactics 9.8%
- #22 Undead Horde 2: Necropolis
83% matchVery Positive82% of 500 reviews2023
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
As a powerful necromancer you have the ability to raise the dead and command them in battle. With each victory, your army will grow stronger and your city will become more powerful. Undead Horde 2 is an action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Rise from the crypt and rebuild!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 74.5% ★, Fantasy 10.5%, Strategy 9.3%, Action 5.7%
- #23 Hell Deck
81% matchVery Positive87% of 231 reviews2026
Dev: OFFMOON Inc.
Windows · Mac
Collect units and build powerful synergies on a restricted grid in Hell Deck, a dark roguelike deckbuilder defense game. Construct your own bizarre, twisted ecosystem through a brutal cycle of predation and sacrifice, and defend hell from the holy swarm
Why similar: Card Battler 26.1%, Card Game 18.1%, Deckbuilding 16.3%, Roguelite 13.6%, Roguelike 11.7%
- #24 Card Hog
81% matchVery Positive94% of 553 reviews2023
Dev: SnoutUp
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Card Hog is a pig-based dungeon crawler with roguelike and deck building elements. Take the role of an adventurous hog and interact with more than 100 cards of dangerous enemies, powerful weapons and exciting spells!
Why similar: Card Battler 34.8%, Deckbuilding 23.5%, Roguelite 16.1%, Roguelike 6.8%, Card Game 6.3%
- #25 There Are No Orcs
79% matchVery Positive93% of 1,235 reviews2025
Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An RTS-Roguelike hybrid with auto-battling troops. Master building placement, swarm your enemies, and smash their defenses with unit-commander combos!
Why similar: RTS 24.5%, Tower Defense 23.4%, Card Game 16.4%, Roguelite 10.7%, Strategy 5.3%
- #26 Monster Train
80% 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: Card Battler 27.6%, Deckbuilding 17.7%, Card Game 17.7%, Roguelite 13.2%, Roguelike 10.7%
- #27 Cube Chaos
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 637 reviews2025
Dev: Wunarg
Windows · Linux
Cube Chaos is a complex strategy roguelike about placing units to create giant armies, factories, combos, or self replicating murder crabs, overwhelming and outsmarting your opponents. Build and adapt new strategies each run using a ludicrous variety of units, perks and more.
Why similar: Moddable 29%, RTS 26.7%, Card Game 12.7%, Roguelite 11.6%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #28 Decks of the Damned
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: Thorian GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Raise an undead army in Decks of the Damned! Command your vampire minions, scavenge gear from fallen foes and craft powerful items to strenghten your forces. Defend by day, expand your domain by night, and shroud the land in darkness!
Why similar: Card Battler 27.8%, Card Game 22.1%, Deckbuilding 18.6%, Roguelite 14.7%, Fantasy 6.2%
- #29 Rise of the Slime
82% matchMixed61% of 147 reviews2021
Dev: Bunkovsky Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Be the hero that no-one saw coming. Help Slime defy the odds by playing insanely powerful cards in this charming, relaxing and strategic deckbuilding adventure.
Why similar: Card Battler 24.8%, Deckbuilding 19%, Card Game 18.2%, Roguelike 11.9%, Cute 11.5%
- #30 Be My Horde
78% matchVery Positive85% of 2,132 reviews2024
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Be My Horde is a roguelite survivor where your minions fight for you. Become a formidable necromancer and turn your enemies into a resource! Raise fallen foes, build massive undead hordes, enhance your skills with devoured souls, and conquer the world – you’re the villain in this story.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 57.5% ★, Roguelite 17%, Roguelike 14%, Fantasy 5.2%, Casual 3.3%
- #31 Knights in Tight Spaces
77% matchMixed69% of 945 reviews2025
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Control your environment, gather your party, and build your best deck to overcome outlaws and supernatural forces, across a rich fantasy world. Watch as your tactical choices and deckbuilding prowess play out through stylish fight sequences.
Why similar: Card Battler 22.2%, Isometric 15.9%, Card Game 14.4%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%
- #32 Mini Tank Mayhem
75% matchVery Positive90% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Algorocks
Windows
Mini Tank Mayhem is a roguelike deck-building tower defense game where you command a powerful mini-tank to repel waves of alien invaders. Craft your very own deck, deploy strategic defenses, and unleash devastating combos to protect Earth from pesky aliens!
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.1%, Deckbuilding 20.5%, Card Game 18.6%, Roguelite 12%, Roguelike 10.5%
- #33 Necro Story
76% matchVery Positive92% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Rablo Games
Windows
Necro Story is a creature-collection RPG where you play as a (kind of) evil necromancer more into undead shenanigans than saving the world! Command quirky minions, outsmart foes, and snag their souls to power up your team. Expect strategic combat, laughs, and plenty of mischief.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 56.7% ★, Magic 14.4%, Funny 12.5%, Real Time Tactics 10.4%, Cute 4.6%
- #34 Tinker Shot
74% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: CodeRedPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
A turn-based skill-crafting dungeon crawler roguelike, where you combine crazy effects and upgrades for your skills and use them on enemies. With a strategic physics-based gameplay, unlock and grow your arsenal of spells and items to overcome the challenging dungeon of Underground Ruins!
Why similar: Card Battler 23.4%, Deckbuilding 18%, Card Game 12.9%, Roguelite 12%, Roguelike 10.8%
- #35 Claws Of Power
74% matchVery Positive82% of 207 reviews2026
Dev: 蒜苗Pub: 蒜头
Windows
Claws of Power is a cute, real-time card battle game. With a variety of unique and adorable cat cards, each one could be your key to victory. Strategize by building different decks and using items to overcome challenges and claim the throne as the ultimate cat leader.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.7%, Real Time Tactics 21.7%, Card Battler 21.6%, Card Game 12.8%, Deckbuilding 10.9%
- #36 Dragon Eclipse
75% matchMixed65% of 258 reviews2024
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Dragon Eclipse is a roguelite deck-builder with a unique auto-battler twist. Choose your Tamer, team up with powerful Mystlings, and battle fierce foes. Grow and evolve your Mystlings, craft a winning deck, and unleash epic combos to dominate the battlefield. But beware—the Eclipse is close!
Why similar: Card Battler 24.1%, Deckbuilding 18.3%, Card Game 18.3%, Roguelike 11.5%, Roguelite 11.4%
- #37 Solitairica
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 574 reviews2016
Dev: Righteous Hammer Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Solitairica takes RPG combat and challenging roguelike progression to a fresh new place—the world of solitaire! Using a variety of magical items and powerful spells, battle your way through a horde of ever-changing enemies and defeat the horrible Emperor Stuck.
Why similar: Card Battler 34.2%, Card Game 21.7%, Deckbuilding 17.5%, Roguelite 8.1%, Strategy 6.2%
- #38 Deck of Ashes
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,070 reviews2020
Dev: AYGamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Deck of Ashes is an adventure game with tactical card combat. One character at a time, lead the cast of antiheroes on a quest for redemption. Explore the cursed fantasy world and hunt down powerful cards. Forge a unique Battle Deck, and crush your foes! Can you rid the world of the Ash Curse?
Why similar: Card Battler 37.1%, Deckbuilding 24.3%, Card Game 14.9%, Roguelite 11.1%, Strategy 7.4%
- #39 Deck of Souls
73% 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: Card Battler 27.8%, Deckbuilding 23.8%, Card Game 23.4%, Magic 11.5%, Strategy 7.2%
- #40 Legacy of Defense
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 570 reviews2026
Dev: Enter the Game Studios
Windows
Become the hero who protects the fantasy world and stop the monster invasion! 'Legacy of Defense' combines defense with deck-building. Build your deck, use powerful skills, gain experience, upgrade, clear stages, and defeat the final boss. Ready to test your strategy and luck?
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.4%, Card Battler 16.3%, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Dungeon Crawler 11.8%, Roguelite 10%
- #41 Endgame of Devil
73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,043 reviews2023
Dev: MiniWhalePub: Anotherindie
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Card Battler 30.1%, Roguelite 15.9%, Roguelike 14.4%, Magic 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #42 Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense
72% matchVery Positive94% of 10,948 reviews2020
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
It's payback time! Lead your mighty dark army and make the Kingdom tremble with every step. Build powerful towers, choose your arsenal for destruction, and find the deadliest combination - train legendary heroes and lead them to victory!
Why similar: Tower Defense 68.3%, Strategy 15.6%, Fantasy 10.3%, Action 5.8%
- #43 Castle Warriors
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 106 reviews2023
Dev: Cluck Games, LLC
Windows
Castle Warriors is a rogue like auto battler with a strategy twist. Build your army one card at a time!
Why similar: Card Battler 17.9%, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Roguelite 12.3%, Roguelike 11.4%, Card Game 10.5%
- #44 Dicefolk
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,130 reviews2024
Dev: LEAP Game StudiosPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Wield magical dice and build a team of powerful Chimeras to stop a mysterious evil in this tactical roguelite adventure. As a Chimera Summoner, recruit and create your perfect team of mythical beasts and command them to victory using unique dice mechanics.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.4%, Roguelite 22.5%, Roguelike 20.5%, Cute 10.1%, Strategy 10%
- #45 Ballionaire
69% matchVery Positive84% of 2,700 reviews2024
Dev: newobjectPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Card Battler 19.1%, Deckbuilding 17.1%, Card Game 14.5%, Roguelite 11.7%, Roguelike 10.9%
- #46 Madcap Mosaic
71% 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 19.3%, Card Battler 18.4%, Card Game 17.3%, Roguelite 14%, Roguelike 10.7%
- #47 Bone To Gather
68% matchVery Positive98% of 259 reviews2024
Dev: Anyway GamesPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
"Bone To Gather" is a synergy-building action roguelike. Embark on an epic journey with a team of puny skeletons determined to revenge the Demon King. Recruit skeletons with unique synergies to create a powerful team and battle through monsters on your way to the final showdown.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 26.5%, Roguelike 16.4%, Cute 12.7%, Strategy 11.9%, Funny 11.7%
- #48 Blood Card
72% matchVery Positive81% of 729 reviews2019
Dev: Pixel Cattle Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 27%, Deckbuilding 17.7%, Card Game 17.1%, Roguelike 10.1%, Roguelite 10%
- #49 Countless Army
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Dos Estrellas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the villain and raise an army of undead in this real-time reverse tower defense strategy game. Send waves of monsters to battle and aid them with your evil magic until they break your enemies’ defenses. It’s time for you to rule over the continent with an iron fist as its Dark Lord!
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.9%, Funny 14.4%, Strategy 12.6%, Fantasy 11.1%, Casual 5.6%
- #50 Knock on the Coffin Lid
68% 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: Card Battler 20.8%, Deckbuilding 16%, Card Game 15.6%, Dungeon Crawler 13.7%, Roguelite 10.7%
- #51 Aurora Defense
70% matchMixed61% of 101 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: Tower Defense 17.3%, RTS 15%, Card Battler 12.3%, Deckbuilding 12.2%, Card Game 11.9%
- #52 SpellRogue
67% 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 23.9%, Card Battler 23.2%, Card Game 17.1%, Roguelite 12.5%, Roguelike 10.7%
- #53 Million Monster Militia
69% matchVery Positive83% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Space Capsule GamesPub: Dejobaan Games, LLC
Windows
A roguelike autobattling deckbuilder. Draft an army of… Succubi? Tax Accountants? Whales? It’s up to you! Discover thousands of possible synergies based on what fighters you choose. Fights are snappy and turn-based. Recruit your army and let them fight for you!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 29.9%, Roguelite 19.6%, Roguelike 17.2%, Isometric 16%, Strategy 9.4%
- #54 DungeonTop
71% matchVery Positive81% of 576 reviews2020
Dev: One Up Plus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A rogue-like deck-building experience coupled with table top battles. Choose a hero and allegiance then dive deep into the dungeon, evolving your deck for survival. Each choice you make matters, even in between battles!
Why similar: Card Battler 22.7%, Deckbuilding 17.3%, Card Game 16.7%, Dungeon Crawler 13.8%, Roguelite 11.4%
- #55 Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 376 reviews2022
Dev: IriySoftPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Why be good when you can be... bad? Cursed Treasure 2 is a classic tower-defense game, remastered and carefully re-balanced. Build towers of powerful orcs, demons, and undead, and master powerful spells, to protect your precious hoard from all manner of no-good do-gooders.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.2%, Magic 14.8%, Funny 11.9%, Fantasy 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #56 Emberward
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,310 reviews2026
Dev: Refic Games
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.5%, Deckbuilding 23.1%, Roguelite 16.9%, Roguelike 12.9%, Strategy 8.1%
- #57 Sun Halo
66% matchVery Positive88% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: RenkaPub: Renka M 01
Windows
Sun Halo is a real-time combat game blending roguelike progression with strategic deck-building. Recruit and develop a roster of distinctive characters, build your own unique deck, and adapt your tactics on the battlefield. Uncover the world’s unfolding story, all the way to its final chapter.
Why similar: Card Battler 22.2%, Card Game 17.1%, Deckbuilding 16.9%, RTS 11.7%, Roguelite 9.9%
- #58 Dog And Goblin
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: ZonyPub: OKJOY
Windows
Dog and Goblin is an auto-battler Roguelike deck-building strategy game where you assemble a mixed army to stand against humans. With nearly 150 units across 19 different types, build your ultimate army and conquer their castles!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 26.7%, Card Game 22.2%, Roguelike 15.1%, Roguelite 13.8%, Strategy 8.3%
- #59 Arcana of Paradise —The Tower—
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 102 reviews2023
Dev: 株式会社タストαPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Choose from 20 children and perfect your deck as you battle against The Tower's bizarre inhabitants in real time! Time your guards, combo your attacks, charge up powerful magic, and collect legendary relics in your search for food, as you guide the children to the bottom!
Why similar: Card Battler 21.9%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Card Game 14.2%, Dungeon Crawler 12%, Roguelite 10.6%
- #60 Re:Night
64% 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: Card Battler 25.7%, Deckbuilding 20.3%, Card Game 18.2%, Roguelike 12.3%, Roguelite 12.1%