- #1 A Solitaire Mystery
97% matchVery Positive91% of 271 reviews2025
Dev: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A collection of mysterious solitaires. The solitaires included vary from fairly standard cardgames to funky reimplementations of other games in solitaire form.
Why similar: Solitaire 51.6% ★, Card Game 27.8%, Puzzle 12.6%, Strategy 4.4%, Minimalist 2.8%
- #2 The Horror at Highrook
96% matchVery Positive91% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: Nullpointer Games
Windows
The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.
Why similar: Card Game 45.1%, Horror 22.6%, Investigation 11.3%, Hand-drawn 7.1%, Story Rich 4.9%
- #3 Roots Devour
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 515 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 37.6%, Horror 17.8%, Strategy 17.2%, Puzzle 10.1%, Atmospheric 8%
- #4 Balantica
95% matchVery Positive94% of 132 reviews2024
Dev: Team HanzanPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Safely guide the twins to the altar. The path to the altar branches into multiple routes, each filled with trials and unexpected events awaiting the twins. As their companion, you will choose their path, build a deck of cards to give hope and overcome increasingly challenging trials.
Why similar: Solitaire 47.3% ★, Card Game 31.5%, Strategy 13%, Hand-drawn 2.9%, Atmospheric 2.4%
- #5 Inscryption
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,157 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 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: Card Game 40.9%, Horror 16.1%, Surreal 14.9%, Puzzle 12.4%, Strategy 10.9%
- #6 Cultist Simulator
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 13,737 reviews2018
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 68.6%, Strategy 24.1%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #7 Deckline
92% matchVery Positive83% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: Room Games
Windows
Deckline is an atmospheric war-horror card game. Out of ammo and encircled, you play one last game of Durak to distract from the inevitable. Experience the grit and dread of modern combat through the lens of a board game.
Why similar: Card Game 48.9%, Horror 18.7%, Strategy 16.1%, Puzzle 15.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #8 The Foretold: Westmark Legacy
93% matchMixed58% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Nodbrim Interactive
Windows
Fight to investigate another day in this gothic horror adventure card game. Equip items and relics. Acquire cards and use them wisely to survive what lurks in the darkest corners of town. Take a short and mind-bending dive into the unknown with a cosy horror atmosphere.
Why similar: Card Game 52.6%, Horror 14.1%, Puzzle 13.9%, Strategy 12.3%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #9 Out Of Hands
91% matchVery Positive94% of 1,468 reviews2025
Dev: Game River
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 Game 33.4%, Surreal 29%, Strategy 13.5%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #10 Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder
91% matchMixed63% of 329 reviews2023
Dev: Black Eye Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 Game 47.4%, Strategy 16.1%, Horror 15.8%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #11 Card Cultivation
89% matchMixed65% of 491 reviews2026
Dev: DarkIndexPub: IndieArk
Windows
Card Cultivation is a card management game that visualizes the process of cultivating immortality through cards. In the game, you will play as a cultivation practitioner: cultivate techniques, explore treasures, and craft weapons, Throughout re-cultivation, you will recover memory.
Why similar: Solitaire 49.7% ★, Card Game 28.1%, Strategy 10.2%, Hand-drawn 5.6%, Stylized 3%
- #12 Photogenic Minds : Identity
90% matchVery Positive89% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: 727 Not Hound
Windows
"デッキ構築型3D探索サイコホラー"。 PM0:00からAM0:00までの12時間を支配し、無限ループを抜けて死者の魂を捕獲して下さい。 使えるのはたった1つのカメラだけ。
Why similar: Solitaire 49.9% ★, Card Game 27%, Strategy 12%, Surreal 8.2%, Atmospheric 1.8%
- #13 The Fabulous Fear Machine
88% matchVery Positive90% of 560 reviews2023
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: AMC Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Card Game 27.4%, Horror 27.4%, Strategy 22.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #14 Ring of Pain
87% matchVery Positive92% of 5,015 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 57.9%, Strategy 15.5%, Horror 13.5%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Stylized 5.4%
- #15 NO-SKIN
85% matchVery Positive95% of 1,266 reviews2025
Dev: NoEye-Soft
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Horror Roguelike characterized by an experimental artstyle and storytelling, strategic gameplay and deep mysteries
Why similar: Surreal 49.6%, Horror 34.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Stylized 6.2%
- #16 Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder
89% matchMixed60% of 263 reviews2021
Dev: TavroxGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Card Game 65.2%, Strategy 23%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #17 Mind Lure
84% matchVery Positive87% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Little Tiger Game
Windows
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 Game 42.2%, Strategy 25.1%, Surreal 17.6%, Horror 12.1%, Stylized 3%
- #18 Jewel Match Twilight Solitaire
86% matchVery Positive90% of 150 reviews2018
Dev: Suricate SoftwarePub: Grey Alien Games
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
It was a dark and stormy night... for Solitaire! Unravel this creepy-crawly Solitaire adventure that will leave your spine tingling! Discover and rebuild eerie derelict castles, but beware of vampires roaming the land. 200 levels in all, plus 50 bonus mahjong levels to unlock!
Why similar: Solitaire 77% ★, Card Game 14.8%, Puzzle 3%, Horror 2.9%, Atmospheric 1.3%
- #19 Faith in Despair
83% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Philipp Lehner
Windows · Mac · Linux
Forge your own cards with triggers, actions and modifiers. Shape your deck and gamble against Death itself. Make one mistake and you will descend into despair.
Why similar: Card Game 69.4%, Strategy 26.1%, Atmospheric 4.6%
- #20 Dice Eater: A Supernatural Mystery Card Game
84% matchMixed67% of 201 reviews2025
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows
Dice Eater is a mystery card game based around supernatural powers where players must use their power to uncover the other player's tricks. Use your opponent's tricks against them to turn the tables and win.
Why similar: Card Game 41.1%, Surreal 21.3%, Strategy 17%, Puzzle 14.7%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #21 October Night Games
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 89 reviews2020
Dev: Octobear Knight GamesPub: WhisperGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you try to keep the world the way it is or fight for the changes? October Night Games is a digital board game where everyone is a cultist working for one of two different sides. Scour the town for cursed ingredients and make deals with inscrutable entities as something eldrich this way comes.
Why similar: Card Game 35.6%, Horror 16.5%, Strategy 16%, Puzzle 13.8%, Hand-drawn 11%
- #22 Cribbish
82% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Fence Post Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shuffle chaos. Brew victory. A roguelike deckbuilder where relics, potions, and risky hands rule the table. An arcane twist on Cribbage where potions and relics supercharge your cards and the deck always has an attitude. Choose your build wisely, the cards show no mercy!
Why similar: Solitaire 46.6% ★, Card Game 31%, Strategy 10.8%, Puzzle 8.5%, Stylized 2.7%
- #23 Stray Path
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 985 reviews2025
Dev: zidong gamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Stray Path is an innovative adventure and strategy game that blends FreeCell mechanics with roguelike gameplay. Choose from colourful characters and explore a randomly generated world. Drag cards, optimize your choices, select equipment, and uncover the mysteries of this mysterious stray world!
Why similar: Card Game 63.2%, Strategy 29.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #24 Dead Town Tales
81% matchVery Positive83% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: 拾遗工作室Pub: Pixmain
Windows
Dead Town Tales is a game that focuses on strategy card building and core Roguelike gameplay. You can learn about this romantic and mysterious world by fighting and exploring, meeting people, ghosts and monsters in Dead Town and experiencing the unknown and making choices together with them.
Why similar: Card Game 55.8%, Strategy 23.8%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Investigation 4.1%, Story Rich 3.4%
- #25 Menace from the Deep
78% matchVery Positive84% of 2,275 reviews2024
Dev: Flat Lab
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 Game 53.9%, Horror 18.8%, Strategy 18.7%, Atmospheric 6.2%, Indie 1.8%
- #26 One Turn Kill
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,141 reviews2026
Dev: DenDenPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
One Turn Kill is a PvE card game where card drawing and deck control are the keys to victory. Engage in battles limited to a single turn for an exhilarating, suspenseful experience.Join the protagonist in a pixel art wasteland to face off with the strongest of enemies and see what story awaits.
Why similar: Card Game 41.7%, Solitaire 39.8% ★, Strategy 18.2%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #27 Demon's Mirror
79% matchVery Positive88% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Be-Rad EntertainmentPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
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 Game 54%, Strategy 17.1%, Puzzle 13%, Surreal 11.1%, Atmospheric 3.5%
- #28 Heretic Operative
82% matchVery Positive82% of 89 reviews2019
Dev: C Prompt Games
Windows
A unique digital boardgame with strategy and narrative elements, inspired by games like Pandemic, Arkham Horror, and Talisman. As a Heretic Operative, a secret mage sworn to oppose the Cult, you must harness the arcane without becoming lost in its power.
Why similar: Card Game 55%, Strategy 22%, Horror 14.9%, Story Rich 5.7%, Indie 1.3%
- #29 WORLD OF HORROR
77% matchVery Positive90% of 9,731 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 47.8%, Horror 42.4%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #30 Playable Mockup
79% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: 727 Not Hound
Windows
Explore an infinite loop corridor and get to 0 PM to 0 AM by building a "Time manipulation deck". You will be challenged with a life threatening test. Wander the “Dead Soul Corridor” created from a ghost photo. Find a way to get to the soul of the dead.
Why similar: Card Game 67.8%, Strategy 28.3%, Atmospheric 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%, Indie 0.3%
- #31 CLeM
77% matchVery Positive92% of 276 reviews2024
Dev: Mango ProtocolPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
Why similar: Puzzle 29.5%, Horror 23.7%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Investigation 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.5%
- #32 The Monster Within
78% matchVery Positive82% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: GMO Free Games
Windows · Mac
A 50's horror comic themed deck building card game with roguelike progression elements. Stop yourself from turning into a monster, or embrace your inner evil and use your new gifts. Choose from a roster of classic monsters and duke it out in The Monster Within!
Why similar: Card Game 55%, Strategy 21.8%, Horror 12%, Hand-drawn 6.4%, Stylized 3.2%
- #33 Exorcism Agency
74% matchVery Positive93% of 277 reviews2025
Dev: YINGGUO GAMEPub: NPC Entertainment
Windows
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 Game 57.7%, Horror 19.4%, Strategy 16.4%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Singleplayer 1%
- #34 Deck of Souls
75% matchVery Positive83% of 211 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 Game 64.1%, Strategy 21.8%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Story Rich 5.5%, Singleplayer 1%
- #35 Limb From Limb
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 269 reviews2024
Dev: Spineless StudiosPub: UCSC Games
Windows
The Raymond Mitchell Association personally invites you to join our new limb regrowth program. Engage in a game of chance against another patient, risking the loss of your fingers. We have provided items to aid in your success waiting to be uncovered as you traverse the game board.
Why similar: Card Game 50.9%, Strategy 31.1%, Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #36 Zombie Solitaire
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 171 reviews2014
Dev: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Play your cards right and you might escape the zombie apocalypse! Biting humor and fun card-game action await you in Zombie Solitaire.
Why similar: Solitaire 65.1% ★, Card Game 21.5%, Puzzle 6.8%, Horror 6.3%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #37 Care
74% matchVery Positive96% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Puzzle 33.2%, Investigation 15.4%, Atmospheric 14.9%
- #38 Hunter's Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure
72% matchVery Positive86% of 205 reviews2025
Dev: Crimson Herring StudiosPub: Zugalu Entertainment
Windows
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 Game 65.9%, Strategy 21.6%, Horror 6.3%, Story Rich 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #39 BOOK OF HOURS
73% matchVery Positive89% of 4,152 reviews2023
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
Why similar: Card Game 69.9%, Strategy 23.9%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #40 Pluto
71% matchVery Positive95% of 331 reviews2026
Dev: Siege Wizard InteractivePub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
A roguelike deckbuilder where you cast elemental spells, outwit monstrous foes, and escape prison on your way to your niece’s birthday party.
Why similar: Card Game 54%, Strategy 27.5%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Puzzle 5.8%, Hand-drawn 4.6%
- #41 SKALD: Against the Black Priory
71% matchVery Positive94% of 3,442 reviews2024
Dev: High North Studios ASPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
SKALD:Against the Black Priory is a retro-style party-based RPG set in a grim-dark fantasy world of tragic heroes, violent deaths and Lovecraftian horror. Take a chance and roll the dice as you embark on a compelling story filled with deadly creatures, branching story and tactical, turn-based combat
Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Strategy 29.2%, Minimalist 16%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #42 The Solitaire Conspiracy
75% matchVery Positive89% of 767 reviews2020
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
We need your help, Spymaster. Join a world of near-future spies and take on a supervillain in this supercharged take on classic Solitaire. Precision engineered for replayable espionage action.
Why similar: Solitaire 52.3% ★, Card Game 27.2%, Puzzle 6.5%, Hand-drawn 5.2%, Investigation 5.1%
- #43 Inkshade
71% matchVery Positive88% of 590 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Vezelle
Windows
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: Strategy 41.7%, Horror 35.8%, Atmospheric 22.4%
- #44 CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,249 reviews2025
Dev: Bastinus RexPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.
Why similar: Card Game 40%, Surreal 26.3%, Horror 18.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #45 Sultan's Game
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 32,886 reviews2025
Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 64.9%, Strategy 24.8%, Story Rich 8%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #46 The Simulacrum
73% matchVery Positive83% of 126 reviews2023
Dev: Trynet Games
Windows
The Simulacrum is a deckbuilder with procedurally generated cards. Obtain cards through a roguelite mode, acquire a large collection and challenge the hidden guardians of The Simulacrum.
Why similar: Card Game 73.2%, Strategy 25.3%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #47 THE SPIRIT LIFT
70% matchVery Positive95% of 119 reviews2026
Dev: prettysmart games
Windows
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 Game 54.6%, Horror 21.9%, Strategy 19.7%, Story Rich 3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #48 The False God's Fold
70% matchVery Positive82% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: Night Owl Games
Windows
A turn-based card strategy game. You are a Card-Seeker, wandering ruined lands and forgotten realms, collecting forbidden cards—shattered relics of fallen gods. Wield their power to battle twisted creatures and ancient guardians. Each card is a weapon. Each play, a gamble.
Why similar: Card Game 63.8%, Strategy 35.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #49 Exorcist: Reviewer of Minds
70% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: 727 Not HoundPub: 727 Not Hound
Windows
Everyone must resist the relentless unfairness with the cards they've been dealt. Use the randomly distributed holy verses to identify the names of the 10 demons. Save 5 people and exorcise the sixth threat lurking in the shadows. This is a compact game of continuous gambles and judgments.
Why similar: Surreal 41.8%, Horror 38.1%, Stylized 16.7%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #50 Blood Card
73% matchVery Positive81% of 722 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 Game 73.5%, Strategy 23.6%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #51 Knock on the Coffin Lid
68% matchVery Positive84% of 2,838 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 Game 65.5%, Strategy 24.3%, Story Rich 7%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #52 The Occult Detective
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 323 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Puzzle 71%, Story Rich 23.6%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #53 Morimens
67% matchVery Positive82% of 3,749 reviews2024
Dev: B.I.A.V. Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Card Game 52.3%, Strategy 18.8%, Horror 15.6%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #54 Blackjack Descent
67% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
You're locked in a room where your only chance of survival is to play blackjack against a sinister dealer. Every hand isn't just a gamble, it's a deal with fate. Fail to repay your debt on time, and you'll fall into darkness... or something far worse.
Why similar: Strategy 37.8%, Horror 32%, Card Game 27.9%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 1%
- #55 Unforgotten
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: ScoreboardGames
Windows · Mac
UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Card Game 48.2%, Horror 28.2%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Story Rich 8%, Indie 2.3%
- #56 The Killing Stone
66% matchVery Positive97% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Question
Windows
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 Game 47.2%, Horror 18.9%, Strategy 17.2%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #57 Ash of Gods: The Way
69% matchVery Positive82% of 483 reviews2023
Dev: AurumDust
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor. Defend your commander, win duels, capture points, experiment with your strategy to defeat a superior enemy, and make decisions that affect your story.
Why similar: Card Game 54.3%, Puzzle 21.9%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Story Rich 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #58 MistsBook
67% matchVery Positive100% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Dehist Games
Windows
MistsBook is a deck-building roguelike game where automatic chain reactions form the core gameplay. where you can play all the cards you draw with just one button press. You will collect patterns, symbols, and seals to uncover clues and reveal the pages of this book that has no beginning or end.
Why similar: Card Game 42.4%, Surreal 19.3%, Strategy 13.2%, Minimalist 6.8%, Hand-drawn 6.8%
- #59 The Detective Reaper Invites
69% matchMixed53% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: SHIZU KANO UMIPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Use various cards to solve randomly generated murder cases in this roguelite deduction adventure game. The culprit always lies, and the innocent always tell the truth. Make too many mistakes, and it's back to square one. Put your wits to the test and solve as many cases as you can!
Why similar: Card Game 52.7%, Puzzle 22.4%, Strategy 9.6%, Investigation 8.8%, Story Rich 4.4%
- #60 Midnight Monitor: Anomaly Watch
67% matchVery Positive92% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Viexi Games
Windows
A "spot the difference" horror game where you have to monitor cameras in a haunted house and report anomalies. You have no choice but to finish the job. Can you spot every anomaly? Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Horror 26.7%, Puzzle 24.2%, Strategy 22.3%, Investigation 13.5%, Atmospheric 12%