- #1 Inscryption
97% 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: Card Battler 34.2%, Deckbuilding 24.9%, Card Game 20.7%, Surreal 13.7%, Strategy 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines atmospheric psychological horror with an immersive, dark card-battling campaign.
- #2 WORLD OF HORROR
96% matchVery Positive90% of 9,862 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.8 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: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Turn-Based Combat 22%, Card Game 22%, RPG 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers deep cosmic dread and psychological horror through striking, stylized visuals.
- #3 Draft of Darkness
96% matchVery Positive93% of 363 reviews2023
Dev: Crawly Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Card Battler 29.4%, Deckbuilding 21.4%, Card Game 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror roguelike deckbuilder featuring a grim, atmospheric dungeon-crawling experience.
- #4 Roots Devour
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 584 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Deckbuilding 20.3%, Card Game 18.4%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Stylized 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a heavy atmospheric lovecraftian horror setting combined with dark exploration.
- #5 Sultan's Game
93% matchVery Positive94% of 35,266 reviews2025
Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 21%, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, RPG 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich card game with dark narrative dilemmas and high-stakes choices.
- #6 Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder
94% matchMixed60% of 265 reviews2021
Dev: TavroxGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 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 Battler 31.5%, Deckbuilding 24.5%, Card Game 20%, RPG 7.1%, Strategy 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Explores mental struggles and phobias through a unique psychological horror deckbuilding lens.
- #7 Cultist Simulator
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 14,243 reviews2018
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.8 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 40.2%, Psychological Horror 30.7%, RPG 15.8%, Strategy 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, occult-themed card game steeped in lore, atmosphere, and psychological tension.
- #8 Mind Lure
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 61 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 Battler 21.9%, Deckbuilding 20.4%, Card Game 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Surreal 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and psychological deckbuilder focused on eerie, mind-bending strategy.
- #9 Menace from the Deep
91% matchVery Positive84% of 2,620 reviews2024
Dev: Flat Lab
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 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 Battler 34.2%, Deckbuilding 29.3%, Card Game 18.5%, Strategy 6%, Atmospheric 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A lovecraftian horror deckbuilder that immerses players in a dark, occult investigation.
- #10 Exorcism Agency
91% matchVery Positive93% of 298 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 Battler 20.8%, Deckbuilding 17.9%, Card Game 14.8%, Thriller 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark occult card game centered around confronting supernatural entities.
- #11 Shroom and Gloom
89% matchVery Positive93% of 1,587 reviews2026
Dev: Team LazerbeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gather and grow cards in Shroom & Gloom, a moody first-person, roguelike double-deckbuilder bursting with fungal foes and mountains of mega-combos!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 20.1%, Card Game 14.6%, Psychedelic 14.2%, Surreal 11.9%, Hand-drawn 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric deckbuilder with twisted hand-drawn art and eerie encounters.
- #12 The Foretold: Westmark Legacy
90% matchMixed59% of 80 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: Deckbuilding 22.3%, Card Battler 20%, Card Game 18.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, turn-based card game deeply inspired by gothic horror and choice-driven adventures.
- #13 Occlude
88% matchVery Positive86% of 427 reviews2025
Dev: Tributary GamesPub: Pantaloon
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Occlude is a ritual disguised as Solitaire; a cosmic-horror card game where the rules are obscured and reality is at stake. Play through cryptic challenges to reveal forbidden lore in this singleplayer narrative puzzle game for the terminally curious. Don’t worry; you can always start over.
Why similar: Card Game 33%, Surreal 29.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Atmospheric 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, atmospheric horror card game with puzzle elements and a surreal mood.
- #14 Deck of Ashes
89% 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 32.1%, Deckbuilding 21.8%, Card Game 11.2%, Turn-Based Combat 7.9%, RPG 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, dark fantasy deckbuilder featuring cursed characters and tactical card combat.
- #15 Deck of Haunts
86% matchVery Positive86% of 1,458 reviews2025
Dev: MantisPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Card Battler 25.9%, Card Game 17.5%, Deckbuilding 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A haunted house building deckbuilder with a spooky, stylized dark aesthetic.
- #16 Demon's Mirror
87% matchVery Positive87% of 108 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 Battler 26.8%, Deckbuilding 19.8%, Card Game 17.3%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%, Surreal 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder blending puzzle mechanics with card combat.
- #17 Moon Corona
84% matchVery Positive84% of 266 reviews2026
Dev: 不倒龙工作室Pub: Solo Game
Windows
open your eyes from the ancient temple and embark on this adventure! Embark on an RPG adventure in a dark-themed sandbox world. Explore vast lands, collect all kinds of cards, craft diverse combinations, and make pivotal choices—seeking lost truths and redemption in the chaos and danger.
Why similar: Card Battler 20.8%, Strategy RPG 14.3%, Card Game 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal card-battler with grim exploration and dark fantasy atmospheric elements.
- #18 Nightpark Journal
84% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: 升海宫Pub: OFF LAB
Windows
A dreamcore roguelike deck builder. Explore the mysterious Nightpark as three youths, each with distinct abilities. Build unique decks for each of them, defeat enemy adults and fiends, and uncover hidden secrets.
Why similar: Card Battler 19.7%, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Surreal 13.8%, Card Game 11.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric card-battler exploring strange, surreal narrative themes.
- #19 Shards of Order
83% 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: Card Battler 29.6%, Deckbuilding 22.6%, Card Game 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%, RPG 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy story-rich card battler featuring grim narrative progression.
- #20 Decktamer
82% 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 25.8%, Deckbuilding 19.9%, Card Game 16.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%
Why You'll Like It: A creature-collecting roguelike deckbuilder set in a strange, otherworldly universe.
- #21 Cards of Cthulhu
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 356 reviews2016
Dev: Awoker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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: Card Battler 37%, Deckbuilding 29.2%, Card Game 23.5%, RPG 8.3%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, indie card battler drawing heavily on classic cosmic horror themes.
- #22 October Night Games
85% matchMostly Positive70% of 91 reviews2020
Dev: Octobear Knight Games
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: Deckbuilding 24%, Hand-drawn 21.1%, Card Game 20.6%, RPG 10.3%, Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A rich occult board game experience centered on dark rituals and cosmic horror lore.
- #23 Dreamcards
81% matchVery Positive99% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: Soneka GamesPub: Vsoo Games
Windows · Linux
A roguelike deckbuilder about dreams. Choose cards, by combining 6 different strategies during the day, and at night build your deck while facing the nightmare, to uncover a great mystery.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 20.4%, Psychedelic 18.4%, Card Game 15.7%, Surreal 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal roguelike deckbuilder featuring bizarre, dream-like combat encounters.
- #24 Looper Tactics
82% 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: Card Battler 20.4%, Deckbuilding 17%, Card Game 12.6%, Strategy RPG 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical tabletop deckbuilder featuring surreal loops and dark spatial puzzles.
- #25 Myths of Rules
81% matchVery Positive88% of 1,047 reviews2023
Dev: Sugarcane Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 56.3%, Stylized 17.1%, Adventure 9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Singleplayer 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal psychological horror puzzle game with a deeply unsettling nonlinear narrative.
- #26 Minds Beneath Us
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,428 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 28.9%, Psychological Horror 27.7%, Atmospheric 16.5%, RPG 15.7%, Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, atmospheric cyberpunk narrative driven by tense psychological choices.
- #27 Deck of Souls
80% 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 16.1%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Strategy RPG 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Card Game 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A grim, souls-inspired tactical deckbuilder set in a dark and punishing world.
- #28 Encounter: The Lost Cards
79% 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 29.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 21%, Multiple Endings 17.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Strategy 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A resource-management tactical deckbuilder set in a harsh, unforgiving environment.
- #29 BLOODLETTER
78% matchVery Positive80% of 258 reviews2026
Dev: ALDAMAMI GAMES
Windows
A grim medieval deckbuilder where you use your dubious healing methods to protect bizarre villagers from the corrupting influence of ancient evils.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 32.5%, Card Game 22.1%, Hand-drawn 20.1%, Stylized 13.3%, Strategy 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy lovecraftian roguelike deckbuilder with brutal, atmospheric combat.
- #30 Depersonalization
77% matchVery Positive93% of 6,859 reviews2024
Dev: MeowNaturePub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
"May all stories find their best endings." "Depersonalization" is an anthology-style game featuring standalone chapters and diverse story genres. We continuously collect and create a wide variety of stories, ultimately housing them in a library that transcends the flow of time.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 34.8%, Card Battler 34.7%, RPG 11.7%, Card Game 10.6%, Strategy 7%
- #31 CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,001 reviews2025
Dev: Bastinus RexPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 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: Surreal 38.7%, Card Game 31.9%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Adventure 8.1%, Indie 4.5%
- #32 The Fabulous Fear Machine
77% matchVery Positive90% of 582 reviews2023
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: AMC Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Strategy RPG 31.1%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Card Game 13.2%, Stylized 11.5%, Strategy 10.2%
- #33 Library Of Ruina
76% matchVery Positive94% of 45,275 reviews2021
Dev: ProjectMoon
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 54.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 20.1%, Card Battler 17%, Card Game 16.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #34 DICEOMANCER
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,624 reviews2024
Dev: 超厚皮猪猪 Ultra Piggy StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
DICEOMANCER is a roguelike deck-building game. Though you long for a peaceful life, you're forced to embark on an adventure. In this world of swords, magic, and guns, make good use of your dice and deck to find a way back to tranquility! What can the dice be used for? To change... anything.
Why similar: Card Battler 34.2%, Card Game 25.7%, Deckbuilding 23.5%, Strategy 13.2%, Indie 1.9%
- #35 NO-SKIN
74% matchVery Positive95% of 1,418 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 21.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #36 Decarnation
75% matchVery Positive87% of 1,131 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Surreal 38.6%, Psychedelic 27.8%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Adventure 4.7%
- #37 THE SPIRIT LIFT
73% matchVery Positive88% of 189 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 Battler 25.3%, Deckbuilding 19.6%, Card Game 16.9%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #38 Look Outside
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,918 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 38.7%, RPG 35.1%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Adventure 8.6%, Indie 3.2%
- #39 UNIVERSAL WEIRDNESS
73% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows
A 2D hand-drawn puzzle adventure that spans multiple dimensions and universes. Encounter a diverse cast of characters and unravel mind-bending mysteries as you embark on unique adventures across different worlds.
Why similar: Surreal 39.2%, Psychological Horror 29.5%, Hand-drawn 20.2%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 3%
- #40 Unforgotten
76% 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: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Card Game 24.3%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Adventure 7.9%
- #41 The Horror at Highrook
72% matchVery Positive90% of 492 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 39.6%, Hand-drawn 20.4%, Stylized 14.9%, RPG 14.1%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #42 Night Loops
73% matchVery Positive90% of 173 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Hand-drawn 22.5%, Multiple Endings 21%, RPG 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #43 Ring of Pain
72% 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 43.4%, Stylized 17.6%, RPG 12.6%, Strategy 11%, Atmospheric 10.5%
- #44 Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
71% matchVery Positive97% of 390 reviews2022
Dev: 作場金属製作所 Sakuba Metal Works
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?
Why similar: Psychedelic 49.9%, Hand-drawn 21.5%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Adventure 11.8%
- #45 HOMESICKNESS
69% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: jnity
Windows
HOMESICKNESS is a point-&-click psychological horror indie game exploring the nuances of nostalgia. Play as Theo, trapped in CHILDREEF’s daycare, descending floor by floor; surviving the remnants of time. Use the Kids' multi-tool, listen to obscure tapes, and make your way to the lot. She's waiting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 61.3%, Strategy 23.3%, Adventure 7.4%, Singleplayer 6%, Indie 2%
- #46 Railroads & Catacombs
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 414 reviews2025
Dev: MadRailsPub: IndieArk
Windows
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: Card Battler 26.3%, Deckbuilding 20.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Card Game 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%
- #47 Face of Another
68% matchVery Positive96% of 158 reviews2025
Dev: MadBug Studio
Windows
Use your phone to survive the horrors, capture clues, and solve puzzles in this first-person psychological horror experience. Trapped inside a warped digital nightmare by a mysterious entity, you must navigate a world where technology distorts reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 62.6%, Atmospheric 30.3%, Singleplayer 7.1%
- #48 Cards of the Dead
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 106 reviews2021
Dev: Boomfire GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Cards of the Dead is a survival card game. Play your cards right and you might escape the zombie apocalypse!
Why similar: Card Battler 33.6%, Deckbuilding 23%, Card Game 21.2%, RPG 8.3%, Strategy 7.2%
- #49 Photogenic Minds : Identity
70% matchVery Positive89% of 98 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: Card Game 44.1%, Surreal 24.6%, Strategy 18.6%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Deckbuilding 4.6%
- #50 The Monster Within
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 96 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: Deckbuilding 33.9%, Card Game 30.9%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Strategy 11.7%, Stylized 7.8%
- #51 Iris and the Giant
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,331 reviews2020
Dev: Louis RigaudPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Iris and The Giant is a fusion of the CCG, RPG and roguelike genres. You play as Iris, who must brave her fears in her imaginary world. Dive into a melancholic and gripping adventure, filled with cute monsters and buried memories. Ready to face your inner demons?
Why similar: Card Battler 25.4%, Deckbuilding 20.2%, Card Game 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Surreal 10.2%
- #52 Card Survival: Tropical Island
67% matchVery Positive95% of 3,067 reviews2022
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 46.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
Why similar: Card Game 37.6%, Hand-drawn 21.7%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Strategy 10.1%, Adventure 8.3%
- #53 Knights in Tight Spaces
68% 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 23.1%, Deckbuilding 14.4%, Card Game 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy RPG 12.6%
- #54 Morimens
67% matchVery Positive80% of 5,456 reviews2024
Dev: B.I.A.V. Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Morimens is a roguelite card-battler inspired by the Lovecraftian mythos. Bond with a diverse cast of Awakeners, build your perfect deck, and battle through the mists of Kadath—facing wild events and uncovering maddening truths at every turn.
Why similar: Card Battler 27.8%, Deckbuilding 19.4%, Card Game 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.1%, RPG 7%
- #55 Cross Blitz
66% 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 23.2%, Deckbuilding 20%, Card Game 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 8.1%
- #56 Threads of Karma
69% matchMixed54% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: 萝卜不长毛线公司Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
Lin Yue'an embarks on a journey home, but unsettling events soon disrupt her ordinary life. Strange dreams, lost memories, and eerie occurrences lead her to uncover hidden truths. Can she trace everything back to its true origin and escape the net of fate that has already been woven around her?
Why similar: Surreal 28%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Stylized 15.1%, Atmospheric 11.4%
- #57 Journey to the Void
66% 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: Card Battler 25.3%, Deckbuilding 20.9%, Card Game 16.9%, Turn-Based Combat 7.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.3%
- #58 Prime of Flames
67% matchVery Positive85% of 1,024 reviews2022
Dev: RAYKA STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
This is a special strategy game that combines Wargame and Roguelike. As the guider of the former ancestors, you revived and arrived. In the name of Star Envoy, you leave for the Human camp, and lead the warriors of different clans with talents and abilities to find the truth of history and disaster.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Deckbuilding 13%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.7%
- #59 Exorcist: Reviewer of Minds
67% matchVery Positive97% of 63 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: Psychedelic 44.1%, Surreal 15.8%, Stylized 15.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%