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  1. #1 Wordatro!
    96% matchVery Positive84% of 451 reviews2025
    Dev: Le PouletPub: Abiding Bridge
    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    Wordatro! fuses addictive word game with thrilling roguelite strategy! Spell high-scoring words, chain massive combos, and unlock game-changing bonuses. With 50+ unique upgrades and daily challenges, endless linguistic adventures await!

    Why similar: Word Game 37.1%, Card Game 17.7%, Deckbuilding 17.3%, Roguelike 15.3%, Strategy 8.1%

  2. #2 Paperback: The Game
    97% matchMixed67% of 67 reviews2017
    Dev: Mark FassettPub: Fowers Games
    Windows

    You are an author trying to finish kitschy paperback novels in this deckbuilding word game. Play against opponents offline or AI.

    Why similar: Word Game 35.8%, Deckbuilding 27.2%, Card Game 20%, Hand-drawn 6.2%, Romance 3.7%

  3. #3 Roguebook
    96% matchVery Positive84% of 4,279 reviews2021
    Dev: Abrakam Entertainment SAPub: Nacon
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 32.5%, Card Game 27.7%, Roguelike 17.5%, Strategy 8.9%, Fantasy 6.5%

  4. #4 OMG Words
    95% matchMostly Positive79% of 84 reviews2025
    Dev: Dave
    Windows

    Bringing roguelike mechanics to classic word games. Use relics to create powerful combos, play boons to craft your tiles and board, use your powers to defeat a host of tricky opponents.

    Why similar: Word Game 40%, Deckbuilding 23.6%, Roguelike 17.5%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Strategy 6.3%

  5. #5 Vault of the Void
    94% matchVery Positive93% of 2,938 reviews2022
    Dev: Spider Nest Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 34.1%, Card Game 27.5%, Roguelike 17.6%, Strategy 9.5%, Fantasy 5.7%

  6. #6 Aces & Adventures
    94% matchVery Positive89% of 3,360 reviews2023
    Dev: Triple.B.TitlesPub: Yogscast Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Aces & Adventures is a deckbuilding RPG with poker-powered combat. Craft your deck, combining poker hands with powerful ability cards. Journey through 13 fully-voiced campaigns to save the Life Tree, or tackle procedurally-generated runs in this strategic deckbuilder unlike any other.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 35.7%, Card Game 28.7%, Roguelike 18%, Strategy 9.8%, Fantasy 7.7%

  7. #7 Cross Blitz
    93% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,591 reviews2025
    Dev: Tako Boy Studios LLCPub: The Arcade Crew
    Windows
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Cross Blitz is a unique RPG deckbuilder featuring fast-paced tactical combat with loads of cards to collect and synergies to wield. Explore, level up, craft new cards and build the perfect decks as you carve your own path to victory!

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 36.6%, Card Game 29.5%, Roguelike 12.5%, Strategy 9.4%, Fantasy 6.2%

  8. #8 SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
    92% matchVery Positive87% of 2,228 reviews2019
    Dev: Image & Form GamesPub: Thunderful Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Lead a party of aspiring heroes through a beautifully hand-drawn world and intense battles using only your wits and a handful of cards. Take on whatever threat comes your way by crafting your own deck choosing from over 100 unique punch-cards!

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 34.6%, Card Game 33.7%, Robots 15.2%, Fantasy 7.7%, 2D 5.6%

  9. #9 Deck of Ashes
    91% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,061 reviews2020
    Dev: AYGamesPub: ESDigital Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Deck of Ashes is an adventure game with tactical card combat. One character at a time, lead the cast of antiheroes on a quest for redemption. Explore the cursed fantasy world and hunt down powerful cards. Forge a unique Battle Deck, and crush your foes! Can you rid the world of the Ash Curse?

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 41.4%, Card Game 22.7%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Strategy 11.1%, Roguelike 8.2%

  10. #10 Words Can Kill
    91% matchMostly Positive73% of 93 reviews2022
    Dev: Typing Monkey
    Windows · Linux

    Just another boring word game? No. Words Can Kill is a roguelike deckbuilder. Travel through the world trying to build the strongest deck from letter tiles and find the perfect gear. And remember, here your tactical decisions matter, not your vocabulary!

    Why similar: Word Game 30.4%, Deckbuilding 22.9%, Card Game 18.7%, Roguelike 13.2%, Strategy 5.8%

  11. #11 My Card Is Better Than Your Card!
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 1,057 reviews2025
    Dev: Utu Studios
    Windows

    Become the coolest kid of the playground in this playful roguelike deckbuilder. Craft every card yourself with adorable stickers and wow your rivals in tug-of-war card battles full of wonder!

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 27%, Card Game 25%, Roguelike 15.3%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Strategy 7.9%

  12. #12 Inkborn
    89% matchVery Positive81% of 84 reviews2025
    Dev: Acram Digital
    Windows · Mac

    Inkborn is a roguelike deckbuilder with a card system built around chaining Glyph-based combos. Sequence your cards in tactical combat to unleash impactful effects. Customize your Skill Tree before each run, evolve new abilities and uncover the hidden story of a world folded in ink, metal and paper.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 32.1%, Card Game 29%, Roguelike 19.2%, Strategy 9.2%, Fantasy 3.4%

  13. #13 Card Quest
    90% matchVery Positive86% of 371 reviews2017
    Dev: WinterSpring Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Card Quest is a dungeon crawling adventure game with unique card combat. Play with a variety of unique character classes, and customize decks to fit your playstyle. Explore the strategic depth of tactical roguelike gameplay, and crush the undead plague.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 30.9%, Card Game 26%, Roguelike 17.7%, Retro 10%, Strategy 9.5%

  14. #14 Tomb of the Bloodletter
    86% matchVery Positive92% of 96 reviews2026
    Dev: Ethan's SecretionsPub: indie.io
    Windows

    Tomb of the Bloodletter is a strategic word roguelike where your keyboard becomes your arsenal. Use your wit to unleash deadly words through tactical combinations of your letters to defeat the denizens of this dingy tomb and claim the Bloodletter for yourself...

    Why similar: Word Game 48.3%, Deckbuilding 22.2%, Roguelike 13.2%, Strategy 9%, Fantasy 3.6%

  15. #15 One Deck Dungeon
    88% matchVery Positive81% of 861 reviews2018
    Dev: Handelabra Games Inc.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    The hit roguelike adventure that captures all the fun of a dungeon crawl in a single deck of cards!

    Why similar: Card Game 43.3%, Roguelike 28.7%, Strategy 13.3%, Fantasy 11.9%, Singleplayer 2.8%

  16. #16 Word Play
    85% matchVery Positive91% of 977 reviews2025
    Dev: Game Maker's Toolkit
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Spell words, pick perks, score points, and survive until the end. Every round is different. How far can you make it?

    Why similar: Word Game 48.4%, Roguelike 17.8%, Deckbuilding 15.2%, Casual 7.4%, Family Friendly 6.5%

  17. #17 Fate Hunters
    87% matchMostly Positive79% of 871 reviews2019
    Dev: Tower Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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: Deckbuilding 37.5%, Card Game 33.2%, Roguelike 15.7%, Strategy 12.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  18. #18 Desert Revenant
    86% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2022
    Dev: Kreationware
    Windows

    Desert Revenant is a strategic Roguelike Deck Building RPG packing a huge variety of cards to do battle with. Think about your every move and make careful decisions in hand-crafted encounters as you cut deals with Jinn and humans alike in your adventures amongst the dunes of Elmyr.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 25.6%, Card Game 23.5%, Roguelike 16.2%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Fantasy 7.4%

  19. #19 Letterlike
    84% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2025
    Dev: Puzzlelike Studios
    Windows

    Letterlike is a challenging roguelike word game that's all about collecting cards, upgrading words, and upgrading letter tiles to make the strongest synergies and reach the highest scores!

    Why similar: Word Game 53.1%, Roguelike 22.3%, Strategy 11.9%, Casual 4.2%, Deckbuilding 4%

  20. #20 Madcap Mosaic
    84% matchVery Positive95% of 73 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 33.8%, Card Game 26.9%, Roguelike 17.6%, Strategy 10.7%, Fantasy 5%

  21. #21 Novus Orbis
    83% matchVery Positive91% of 105 reviews2025
    Dev: Seizo GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
    Windows

    A combo-based deckbuilding roguelike through a space-time loop: collect cards, receive blessings, add pets to your party, and grow stronger. Chain together cards in the right order for max power, and act before the enemy does. Build synergistic decks, find many secrets, and make BIG numbers!

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 35.9%, Card Game 25.1%, Roguelike 21.2%, Strategy 7.9%, Casual 3.9%

  22. #22 Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
    82% matchVery Positive94% of 709 reviews2023
    Dev: D20Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 33.6%, Card Game 21.6%, Roguelike 20.6%, Fantasy 9%, Strategy 8.3%

  23. #23 Dungeon Clawler
    81% matchVery Positive90% of 3,403 reviews2024
    Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 37.8%, Roguelike 22.1%, Retro 19.7%, Strategy 10.7%, 2D 6.3%

  24. #24 Ballionaire
    81% matchVery Positive86% of 2,480 reviews2024
    Dev: newobjectPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    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: Deckbuilding 32.7%, Card Game 24.7%, Roguelike 19.6%, Strategy 9.2%, 2D 5.6%

  25. #25 Breach Wanderers
    82% matchVery Positive89% of 428 reviews2023
    Dev: Baronnerie Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    A fresh take on Roguelike Deckbuilders that lets you fine-tune your decks before each run to adapt your strategy on your way to victory. Over 1,200 cards to choose from, ten characters with their own set of unique skills, and dozens of items and missions to evolve your tactics.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 34.1%, Card Game 26%, Roguelike 16.8%, Strategy 7.2%, Fantasy 6%

  26. #26 Ruff Ghanor
    79% matchVery Positive90% of 763 reviews2024
    Dev: DX Gameworks
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Ruff Ghanor is a Deckbuilder game with Roguelite elements, where each collected card represents a crucial action in your journey. Build the perfect deck, strategize, and create powerful synergies as you progress to face your destiny.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 22.7%, Dragons 19.1%, Card Game 14.6%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Roguelike 12%

  27. #27 DICEOMANCER
    78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,441 reviews2024
    Dev: 超厚皮猪猪 Ultra Piggy StudioPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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 Game 33.7%, Deckbuilding 27.9%, Roguelike 17.2%, Strategy 16.5%, Casual 2.7%

  28. #28 Once Upon a Rogue's Tale
    78% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2024
    Dev: PolyPirates UG
    Windows

    Embark on a journey through your favorite fairytales in this charming roguelike deckbuilder. Trade dice in battle to play lots of different cards or to use powerful character abilities. Encounter story events and make tough decisions that shape your journey as it unfolds in your personal storybook.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 32.1%, Card Game 26.5%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Roguelike 13.2%, Strategy 6.3%

  29. #29 Card Crawl Adventure
    79% matchVery Positive83% of 66 reviews2023
    Dev: Arnold Rauers
    Windows · Mac

    Card Crawl Adventure is a single player card game with light deck building and roguelite elements. Engage in a unique path based combat mechanic to battle against devious tavern bosses. Visit a variety of cozy taverns, collect cards and improve your deck with magic equipment items and charms.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.5%, Card Game 22.7%, Roguelike 14.9%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Strategy 8.5%

  30. #30 Pirates Outlaws 2: Heritage
    77% matchMixed69% of 115 reviews2025
    Dev: Fabled Game
    Windows

    Pirates Outlaws 2 is a swashbuckling roguelike deckbuilder. Collect & fuse cards, gather powerful relics and adapt your strategy during each run. Become a reputed pirate, loot the Sea Masters, challenge giant creatures and triumph in the great Arena!

    Why similar: Card Game 29.2%, Deckbuilding 28.5%, Roguelike 16.9%, Strategy 8.9%, Fantasy 6.9%

  31. #31 Pathfinder Adventures
    80% matchMixed64% of 844 reviews2017
    Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Twin Sails Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Pathfinder Adventures translates the best-selling Pathfinder Adventure Card Game into an entirely new breed of digital card game, where players adventure collaboratively to battle monsters and villains, and acquire new feats, items, weapons, and allies.

    Why similar: Card Game 63.5%, Strategy 24.1%, Fantasy 10.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%

  32. #32 Museum Mystery: Deckbuilding Card Game
    77% matchVery Positive82% of 181 reviews2024
    Dev: ST Stepanov Ivan AndreevichPub: Recently Played
    Windows

    Museum Mystery is a deck-building, story-driven roguelite adventure where museum exhibits come to life, wreaking chaos. Explore halls from different eras, battle works of art, collect your own deck of artifacts, and solve the mystery!

    Why similar: Card Game 31.2%, Deckbuilding 25.8%, Roguelike 20.3%, Strategy 9.3%, Fantasy 6.8%

  33. #33 Dicefolk
    75% matchVery Positive90% of 990 reviews2024
    Dev: LEAP Game StudiosPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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 31.3%, Roguelike 24.8%, Strategy 11.4%, Family Friendly 11.1%, Fantasy 8%

  34. #34 Trials of Fire
    76% matchVery Positive86% of 3,239 reviews2021
    Dev: Whatboy Games
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!

    Why similar: Card Game 34.3%, Deckbuilding 29.7%, Roguelike 21.3%, Strategy 9.8%, 2D 5%

  35. #35 Backpack Hero
    74% matchVery Positive87% of 8,287 reviews2023
    Dev: JaspelPub: Pretty Soon
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 41.8%, Roguelike 22.2%, Strategy 10.7%, Fantasy 10.3%, 2D 6.5%

  36. #36 Arcanium: Rise of Akhan
    76% matchVery Positive82% of 813 reviews2022
    Dev: Supercombo, Inc.Pub: Rogue Games, Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Arcanium is an Open-world, Strategy Card Adventure that merges Roguelite and Deckbuilding genres like never before. Control your party of three heroes, craft your deck, unlock a vast amount of cards and items and save the world of Arzu from corruption!

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 25%, Card Game 22.7%, Roguelike 15.1%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Family Friendly 8.3%

  37. #37 Gordian Quest
    74% matchVery Positive89% of 5,923 reviews2022
    Dev: Mixed Realms Pte Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 32.2%, Card Game 30.6%, Roguelike 18.1%, Strategy 10.2%, Fantasy 8.9%

  38. #38 Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
    73% matchVery Positive81% of 3,291 reviews2024
    Dev: Purple Moss CollectorsPub: Yogscast Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    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: Deckbuilding 31.5%, Card Game 27.1%, Roguelike 18.8%, Strategy 9.3%, Fantasy 4.9%

  39. #39 Sigil of the Magi
    75% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2023
    Dev: YongjustyongPub: The Iterative Collective
    Windows

    Sigil of the Magi blends roguelike deckbuilding with turn-based combat for a deep tactical experience. Navigate a world full of dangers and mystique as you craft your deck, obtain relics, and prepare your party of champions for any challenges ahead!

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 31.8%, Card Game 26.7%, Roguelike 19.7%, Fantasy 7.9%, Strategy 7.8%

  40. #40 Poker Quest: Swords and Spades
    73% matchVery Positive87% of 707 reviews2022
    Dev: Playsaurus
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Poker Quest is a fantasy roguelike where players use a standard 52-card deck to take on fierce enemies in epic battles. Featuring over 20 unique heroes, thousands of items, and deep gameplay that will test even the most experienced players.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 33.4%, Card Game 30.1%, Roguelike 20.2%, Strategy 9.1%, 2D 4.5%

  41. #41 Pirates Outlaws
    73% matchVery Positive83% of 746 reviews2020
    Dev: Fabled Game
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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: Card Game 33%, Deckbuilding 28.7%, Roguelike 19.3%, Strategy 10%, 2D 4.9%

  42. #42 Dungeon Drafters
    72% matchMostly Positive75% of 753 reviews2023
    Dev: Manalith StudiosPub: DANGEN Entertainment
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Dungeon Drafters is a mystery dungeon adventure set in a world where magic is cards, and cards are magic. Explore ancient ruins, loot rare cards and employ clever combos to defeat your foes and build the legendary spell deck that could save the world.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 39.2%, Card Game 36.8%, Strategy 12%, Fantasy 9.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%

  43. #43 Dragon Eclipse
    72% matchMixed67% of 228 reviews2024
    Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
    Windows

    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: Deckbuilding 31.2%, Card Game 27.7%, Roguelike 18.5%, Strategy 9%, Fantasy 5%

  44. #44 Rana Card
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,332 reviews2025
    Dev: VisionRanaPub: IndieArk
    Windows
    Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Rana Card is a roguelike deck-builder where you play as a farm manager chasing TimeTech's KPI targets. Draw cards in high-stakes moments, survive Time Explosions, and unlock powerful cards. Build your deck, chart your own path, and face branching events and cataclysmic years on the road to success.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 34.3%, Card Game 32.7%, Hand-drawn 12%, Strategy 9.2%, Casual 6.6%

  45. #45 Mori Carta
    71% matchMostly Positive72% of 83 reviews2024
    Dev: Nevergreen Games
    Windows · Mac

    Mori Carta is a handless deckbuilding roguelike. Choose left or right on every card to adventure through stories. Simple decisions lead to rich and rewarding gameplay. Four dramatically different characters with their own unique card sets, more than 1000 playable cards, over 185 unique enemies.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 30.3%, Card Game 26.6%, Roguelike 16.7%, Strategy 8.5%, Fantasy 7.4%

  46. #46 Combo Card Clashers
    70% matchVery Positive81% of 119 reviews2024
    Dev: Burnt Games LLC
    Windows

    Combo Card Clashers is a roguelike deckbuilder meets auto battler! Build massive combos by playing all cards each turn. Unlock powerful card synergies, recruit monsters to be your allies, upgrade gears and skills - give it all to brave through a mysterious world.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 29.4%, Card Game 25.6%, Roguelike 21.6%, Strategy 10.9%, 2D 5%

  47. #47 Cribbish
    69% 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: Deckbuilding 31.4%, Card Game 25.5%, Roguelike 19%, Strategy 7.9%, Family Friendly 6.6%

  48. #48 Erannorth Reborn
    71% matchVery Positive84% of 388 reviews2019
    Dev: Spyridon Thalassinos
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Erannorth Reborn is a hardcore sandbox Card Game with heavy emphasis on Deck-Building, Character Customization and Moddability. Create unique characters with distinctive attributes, racial/class skills and perks that affect your cards. Adjust and adapt your deck & equipment on-the-fly.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 42.3%, Card Game 33.5%, Fantasy 11.1%, Strategy 9.3%, Casual 3.9%

  49. #49 Tabletop Hero
    69% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2024
    Dev: Kunpo
    Windows

    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: Deckbuilding 39.5%, Card Game 26.7%, Roguelike 14.9%, Strategy 14.9%, 2D 2.8%

  50. #50 Runeborn
    67% matchVery Positive83% of 246 reviews2026
    Dev: iDream InteractivePub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows

    Runeborn is a dark fantasy roguelike that merges deckbuilding with a slot-machine-like mechanic. Forge your Runebook, crush enemies, and combine Trinkets of boundless power to destroy the forces of Malakar!

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 42.5%, Roguelike 24.4%, Strategy 10.5%, Fantasy 8%, 2D 5.9%

  51. #51 Merge Maestro
    66% matchVery Positive94% of 375 reviews2025
    Dev: Stingless
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Combine 100's of unique emoji based tokens in this roguelike merge-builder! Find ever more creative combinations of Tokens and Powers to fuse unique strategies and beat this ever more challenging twist on rogue-likes, puzzlers and arcadey games!

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 46.7%, Roguelike 30.6%, Strategy 15.2%, 2D 4.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%

  52. #52 Blood Card
    70% 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: Deckbuilding 33.7%, Card Game 29.1%, Roguelike 18%, Strategy 8.3%, Fantasy 4.3%

  53. #53 Kyvir: Rebirth
    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 417 reviews2021
    Dev: Dawnblaze EntertainmentPub: AplusGames
    Windows · Mac

    Kyvir: Rebirth is a single player card game that combines elements of RPG, deck building, and roguelike gameplay. This game features an original dual deck mechanism, hundreds of distinctive items, skills, and cards for you to experiment with.

    Why similar: Card Game 35.3%, Dragons 28%, Roguelike 20.9%, Strategy 10.8%, 2D 5%

  54. #54 DREAMGATE
    71% matchMostly Positive73% of 94 reviews2020
    Dev: Confirmed Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Dreamgate is a unique hardcore mix of deck building card battler, roguelite adventure and RPG. Build your deck, explore the Dreamgate world and defeat fearsome foes!

    Why similar: Card Game 33.5%, Deckbuilding 28.6%, Strategy 18.7%, Roguelike 10.9%, Fantasy 6.6%

  55. #55 Spin Hero
    67% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,028 reviews2024
    Dev: Sphere StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Spin Hero is a roguelike deckbuilder, where you spin the reels to decide your fate. Collect powerful symbols for your inventory, adapt and evolve your strategy, learning from defeats to unlock new possibilities and synergies.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 33.2%, Roguelike 23.7%, Card Game 19.8%, Strategy 10.4%, Fantasy 6.5%

  56. #56 Slay the Spire 2
    62% matchVery Positive80% of 97,748 reviews2026
    Dev: Mega Crit
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 26.8 hrsMean: 35.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 32.5%, Card Game 28.2%, Roguelike 20.7%, Strategy 11%, Fantasy 3.9%

  57. #57 Aotenjo: Infinite Hands
    65% matchVery Positive88% of 1,064 reviews2025
    Dev: XO CatPub: XD
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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: Deckbuilding 38.5%, Card Game 27.2%, Roguelike 16.9%, Strategy 11.9%, 2D 4%

  58. #58 The Legend of Bum-Bo
    67% matchVery Positive81% of 5,904 reviews2019
    Dev: Edmund McMillen
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    A puzzle based deck building rogue-like prequel to The Binding of Isaac... Made of cardboard!

    Why similar: Strategy 41.8%, Deckbuilding 25.1%, Card Game 23.3%, Singleplayer 5.1%, Casual 4.7%

  59. #59 Card Crawl
    69% matchMostly Positive77% of 183 reviews2018
    Dev: Arnold Rauers
    Windows · Mac

    Card Crawl is a solitaire style Dungeon Crawler played with a deck of cards.

    Why similar: Deckbuilding 32.2%, Card Game 28.3%, Strategy 9.3%, Roguelike 8.8%, Fantasy 8%

  60. #60 Decks & Daggers
    68% matchMostly Positive75% of 65 reviews2021
    Dev: Osarion
    Windows

    DECKS & DAGGERS is a Deck-Building RPG Card Game where you venture down into the dungeons to slay monsters and collect treasure.

    Why similar: Card Game 32.2%, Deckbuilding 28.6%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Strategy 11.2%, Fantasy 6.8%

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