- #1 Ascent of Ashes
97% matchMostly Positive70% of 303 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, Strategy RPG 17.4%, Party-Based RPG 13.4%, Survival 10.6%, Management 9.8%
- #2 As We Descend
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,363 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.5%, Card Game 24.3%, Roguelite 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%
- #3 The Dead Await
96% matchMixed70% of 158 reviews2026
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 19.8%, Party-Based RPG 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Card Game 14.7%, Survival 9.3%
- #4 Shards of Order
94% matchVery Positive90% of 507 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: Deckbuilding 22%, Party-Based RPG 15.5%, Card Game 14.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%
- #5 Surviving the Aftermath
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,564 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, Post-apocalyptic 27.8%, Survival 15.1%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 7.9%
- #6 Thea 2: The Shattering
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,163 reviews2019
Dev: MuHa Games
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In the dark lands inspired by Slavic myth, life is a struggle for survival against ever increasing odds, be it natural or malevolent. Can you lead your flock to prosperity in this innovative blend of 4X strategy, RPG and card game?
Why similar: RPG 16.9%, Strategy RPG 16.2%, Card Game 14.2%, Survival 14.1%, Strategy 13.3%
- #7 Thea: The Awakening
93% matchVery Positive88% of 3,776 reviews2015
Dev: MuHa Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Thea: The Awakening is a turn-based strategic survival game inspired by the Slavic mythology and set in a procedural dark fantasy world infused with non-linear story and unique combat system.
Why similar: Card Game 29.6%, Survival 21.6%, RPG 17.9%, Strategy 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 15.2%
- #8 Deck of Ashes
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,068 reviews2020
Dev: AYGamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.0 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 31.2%, Card Game 16.7%, Roguelite 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%, RPG 11%
- #9 Dark Sky
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Ganymede GamesPub: Midwest Games
Windows
Dark Sky is a narrative RPG deckbuilder that features tactical combat and a branching card upgrade system. Assemble your party, customize your deck, and harness powerful synergies to master strategic battles as you unravel the mystery behind a planetary catastrophe.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 18.2%, Strategy RPG 18%, Card Game 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%
- #10 Draft of Darkness
91% 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: Deckbuilding 37.2%, Card Game 29.3%, Post-apocalyptic 25.2%, Strategy 8.3%
- #11 Urban Strife
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 658 reviews2026
Dev: White Pond GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.
Why similar: Moddable 15.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Strategy RPG 13.4%, Party-Based RPG 12.8%
- #12 After the Collapse
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 212 reviews2022
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, Moddable 22.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Survival 11.7%, Management 10.8%
- #13 Super Fantasy Kingdom
87% matchVery Positive87% of 5,917 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 29.1%, Card Game 24.3%, Turn-Based Combat 20.6%, Roguelite 18.3%, Strategy 7.8%
- #14 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 388 reviews2025
Dev: EXLIXPub: GRAVITY
Windows
“The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 19.5%, Card Game 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Roguelite 14.3%, RPG 9.7%
- #15 Sheltered 2
89% matchMixed45% of 2,211 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, Post-apocalyptic 21%, Survival 13.6%, Strategy RPG 8.9%, Management 7.8%
- #16 Kingdom's Deck
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 517 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan AcoPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1%, Card Game 24.7%, Survival 13.2%, Management 11.3%, RPG 6.6%
- #17 The Dead Await: Prologue
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Get ready to experience the thrills and chills of The Dead Await: Prologue, a free and fully functional demo! Build your deck and try to survive in this deck-building survival RPG set during a zombie apocalypse.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 20%, Card Game 14.7%, Party-Based RPG 14%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%
- #18 Trials of Fire
84% matchVery Positive86% of 3,259 reviews2021
Dev: Whatboy Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 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 24.2%, Deckbuilding 21.4%, Roguelite 20.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%, RPG 8.7%
- #19 Snow Ash
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 209 reviews2026
Dev: Ember StudioPub: Paras Games
Windows
Snow Ash is a post-apocalyptic, wasteland-themed card-based trading and survival game. In this snow-covered world, you’ll take on the role of a messenger, braving blizzards to deliver goods between scattered shelters. In the biting cold and swirling snow, where will your journey lead?
Why similar: Deckbuilding 18.1%, Card Game 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%, Survival 9.9%
- #20 Breachway
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,484 reviews2024
Dev: Edgeflow StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 30%, Card Game 25%, Turn-Based Combat 20.8%, Roguelite 16.6%, Strategy 7.5%
- #21 Re:Night
81% matchVery Positive91% of 159 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: Deckbuilding 20.4%, Strategy RPG 18.5%, Card Game 15.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%
- #22 Deep Fringe
80% matchVery Positive94% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: Bosoneon StudioPub: Thousand Generation
Windows
Deep Fringe is a deep tactical RPG set in a biopunk post-apocalyptic wasteland. Lead powerful factions in turn-based brutal battles, leveraging the strategic use of an interactive environment. Modify or destroy terrain to achieve tactical supremacy. Craft legendary chapters with the level editor.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 24.9%, Turn-Based Combat 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Dark Fantasy 16.3%, RPG 9.3%
- #23 Fallen: A2P Protocol
85% matchMostly Negative38% of 226 reviews2015
Dev: Red Katana
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A post-apocalyptic, turn based, tactical combat and strategy game where you lead your caravan on a quest for revenge.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.8%, Turn-Based Combat 18.5%, Strategy RPG 18.3%, RPG 15.2%, Strategy 11%
- #24 Dead Age
82% matchVery Positive82% of 5,605 reviews2016
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, RPG 14.6%, Survival 14.5%, Party-Based RPG 13%
- #25 Nowhere Prophet
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,170 reviews2019
Dev: Sharkbomb StudiosPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 20.4%, Strategy RPG 17.8%, Card Game 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 10.9%
- #26 Interregnum: False Prophet
81% matchMixed59% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Spacewalkers
Windows
A tactical, turn-based strategy game in a post-apocalyptic world of eternal winter. As the titular False Prophet, recruit and lead a group of survivors to a promised land. Loot, craft, and make the best of what you find.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 21.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Turn-Based Combat 15.8%, Futuristic 12.5%, Survival 9.8%
- #27 Knock on the Coffin Lid
78% matchVery Positive84% of 2,904 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: Deckbuilding 18.6%, Card Game 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Party-Based RPG 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%
- #28 Desert Revenant
79% 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 31.4%, Card Game 28.1%, RPG 11.8%, Story Rich 10.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%
- #29 These Doomed Isles
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 231 reviews2024
Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, Deckbuilding 24.8%, Card Game 19.5%, Survival 11.1%, Strategy 7.1%
- #30 Erannorth Reborn
79% matchVery Positive84% of 392 reviews2019
Dev: Spyridon Thalassinos
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 21.9%, Moddable 20% ★, Card Game 17%, Turn-Based Combat 11%, Character Customization 10.2%
- #31 Moon Corona
75% matchVery Positive81% of 199 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: Strategy RPG 21.7%, Card Game 20.5%, Turn-Based Combat 16.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, RPG 8%
- #32 Mech Armada
77% matchVery Positive81% of 700 reviews2022
Dev: Lioncode Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 26.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Roguelite 15.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Character Customization 11.6%
- #33 Tainted Grail: Conquest
76% matchVery Positive90% of 8,339 reviews2021
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 26.2%, Card Game 21.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9.6%, Roguelite 9.3%
- #34 ZOR: Pilgrimage of the Slorfs
77% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Righteous Hammer Games
Windows
Using a deck of cards and turn based tactics, delve through a procedurally generated gauntlet of areas filled with dangerous beasts and hostile terrain. If you survive, scavenge what you can and make camp, where you can craft cards and upgrades to meet the growing dangers to come.
Why similar: Card Game 36.4%, Roguelite 23.7%, Survival 20.6%, RPG 11.4%, Strategy 7.7%
- #35 Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,171 reviews2025
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a card-based deep survival simulator and the next installment in the Card Survival Series. Carve yourself a home in a primordial forest that has a will of its own. A day-to-day life simulator in a world where nature reigns with mystery, beauty and sometimes cruelty.
Why similar: Card Game 41.3%, Survival 28.2%, RPG 17.8%, Simulation 12.7%
- #36 Project Of Cooling The Earth
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: 人鱼工作室
Windows
Players must survive in the ruins of the human world and face various survival challenges and dangers. Players need to search for resources in abandoned cities and wilderness, including food, water sources, construction materials, etc., to maintain survival and build safe shelters.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.3%, Turn-Based Combat 20.4%, Roguelite 17.5%, Survival 13.6%, RPG 7.4%
- #37 Beneath Oresa
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,708 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Spear Inc.Pub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Beneath Oresa, a fighting roguelike deckbuilder, takes you deep within the city to confront your foes. As a strategist, choose your cards, upgrades, and artifacts wisely, but as a fighter, turn their positioning to your advantage.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 26.6%, Card Game 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%, Futuristic 11.6%
- #38 Edge Islands
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.6%, Management 13.9%, Survival 11.8%, Strategy 9.8%, Turn-Based Combat 7.7%
- #39 WitchHand
72% matchVery Positive91% of 636 reviews2024
Dev: Jon NielsenPub: HopFrog
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You're a witch, leading your coven into new, unfriendly lands. Use the cards you find to build and expand your civilization. Befriend the local covens or use their bones to fuel your spells. Gather your familiars, the witching hour is nigh.
Why similar: Card Game 26.7%, Deckbuilding 26.6%, Management 16.1%, Survival 10.8%, Strategy 8.5%
- #40 Pax Autocratica
69% matchVery Positive92% of 2,169 reviews2026
Dev: Multiverse
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a grand totalitarian colony and personally storm roguelite battlefields with your soldiers. Shape citizens fears, loyalties, bonds, and feuds. Capture enemies, convert them into true believers. Sacrifice the weak. Feed the strong. Wield absolute power and make every life bend to your will.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.9%, Roguelite 20%, Survival 17.3%, Management 16.6%, Strategy 4.2%
- #41 Fate Hunters
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 876 reviews2019
Dev: Tower Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 37.3%, Card Game 32.3%, Roguelite 15.7%, Strategy 10.6%, RPG 4.2%
- #42 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
73% matchMixed68% of 438 reviews2023
Dev: Septarian Games
Windows
Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.9%, Post-apocalyptic 24.5%, Strategy 14%, Management 7.8%, Simulation 4.7%
- #43 He is Coming
69% matchVery Positive85% of 4,101 reviews2025
Dev: ChronoclePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 29.6%, Card Game 24.5%, Turn-Based Combat 20.4%, Roguelite 17.8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #44 Tendryll
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Brute Farce
Windows
Delve into grid-based tactical combat in this roguelike deckbuilder. Coordinate your heroes, modify your cards with unique runes, construct powerful item builds, and sidestep card-corrupting terrain to survive a gauntlet of befouled enemies.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 48.2%, Card Game 41.9%, Strategy 9.9%
- #45 Railroads & Catacombs
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 410 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: Deckbuilding 39.5%, Card Game 26.6%, Roguelite 14.9%, RPG 9.9%, Strategy 9.1%
- #46 Overrogue
73% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Exe Create Inc.Pub: KEMCO
Windows
A card deck-building roguelite! Explore labyrinths each time from level 1!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.6%, Card Game 22.9%, Roguelite 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%, RPG 11%
- #47 Deck of Souls
70% 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: Deckbuilding 21.2%, Strategy RPG 20.7%, Card Game 18.1%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%
- #48 Zero Division
69% matchVery Positive88% of 289 reviews2024
Dev: Robot Cat LimitedPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
A roguelite deckbuilder crossed with a CCG, set in a dark cyberpunk world. You will lead a three-man squad against competing factions fighting among the ashes of a world-wide war. Each operator comes with a unique deck that can be customized and augmented.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 32.2%, Card Game 28.3%, Roguelite 14.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%, RPG 7.7%
- #49 Corrupted: Dawn of Havoc
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 108 reviews2024
Dev: 36Litters
Windows
A hardcore auto battle rogue-like deck-building (H.A.R.D) game, "Corrupted" has the strategy of an auto-battler and the challenging difficulty of a rogue-like. Build your own team and skill card deck, and retake the stolen planet through strategic placement and real-time card use!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 23.8%, Card Game 17.3%, Party-Based RPG 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Roguelite 13.5%
- #50 Dead State: Reanimated
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,561 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.
Why similar: Survival 34.7%, RPG 20.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%, Strategy 9.6%
- #51 Z Dawn
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 292 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 21.4%, Turn-Based Combat 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Roguelite 14.4%, Survival 13.6%
- #52 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 26.2%, Deckbuilding 22.9%, Roguelite 14.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%, Strategy 12.6%
- #53 ALL WILL FALL
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,364 reviews2026
Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.1%, Post-apocalyptic 27%, Management 10.7%, Simulation 7.3%, Survival 7%
- #54 Claymores of the Lost Kingdom
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Ultaan Games
Windows
RPG-infused Roguelike Deckbuilder. Forge your hero, level up, and craft a deck that evolves based on your unique build. Travel a land ravaged by famine, uncover the prophecy, and save the people of Ruthia!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 32.1%, Card Game 23.3%, Turn-Based Combat 18.3%, Character Customization 13.4%, RPG 6.9%
- #55 MENACE
62% matchVery Positive91% of 13,078 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 27.3%, Dark Fantasy 17.2%, Character Customization 16.8%, RPG 12.9%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #56 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
68% matchVery Positive86% of 2,046 reviews2015
Dev: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Survival 12.8%, Management 10.2%, RPG 8.1%
- #57 Post-Apo Builder
68% matchMixed43% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Septarian GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts! Restore civilization on the ashes of the fallen world! Explore wastelands to gather resources, protect and take care of your people! Fight off raiders, wild tribesman and natural disasters.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 54.5%, Management 20.9%, Strategy 16.6%, Simulation 8%
- #58 Relapse
67% matchVery Positive92% of 178 reviews2022
Dev: Valklabs
Windows
A 3D deck building roguelike game. Collect over 240 abilities; level them up, enchant them, pair them up with over 100 trinkets, and synergize them with your companions' abilities to create endless combinations to defeat your foes.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 29.9%, Card Game 23.2%, Turn-Based Combat 17.2%, Roguelite 15.3%, Character Customization 9.2%
- #59 CleanFall
64% matchVery Positive93% of 529 reviews2025
Dev: Humanyoyo
Windows
CleanFall is a survival rogue-like that prizes player freedom and creativity. Build mobile death machines to fight off ravenous hordes, craft and alchemize gun turrets, and tunnel through subterranean ecosystems crawling with nameless horrors.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37.5%, Roguelite 26.4%, Exploration 14.7%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 10%
- #60 Malice & Greed
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 66 reviews2021
Dev: Xendra
Windows
Malice & Greed is a Roguelike Turn-based RPG where you force enemies & bosses to join you after each fight, sell them to the Shady Smuggler, and butcher them to steal their skills. Customize & upgrade a new team every run to build the ultimate combo as you battle to reach Nirvana!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.1%, Turn-Based Combat 18.5%, Party-Based RPG 18.2%, Roguelite 17.3%, RPG 10.5%