- #1 Puzzline
97% matchVery Positive99% of 179 reviews2022
Dev: Aineko Games
Windows · Mac
Puzzline is a 2-4 player board game connecting cards like a puzzle! Each card has a unique effect. Play them strategically and get the victory! Online play is also supported!
Why similar: Strategy 67.7%, Indie 32.3%
- #2 Magibrick
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Fourth Front
Windows
An uniquely styled deck-building game. Assemnble a deck with the right Magibrick and challenge diverse enemies in different regions. Fill the board, destroy enemy bricks,play amazing combo, and occupy the entire board with your Magibricks, leaving no space for your enemy.
Why similar: Strategy 88.4%, Indie 11.6%
- #3 Mystic Vale
96% matchVery Positive90% of 461 reviews2019
Dev: Nomad Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Are you ready to lead your druidic clan and cleanse the Valley of Life? Mystic Vale is a stunning digital version of the Origins award-winning AEG card game. Debuting the unique Card Crafting System, players take turns building powerful combos in order to stop the curse. Play online or local hotseat.
Why similar: Strategy 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #4 Deck Casters
95% matchVery Positive90% of 115 reviews2018
Dev: Rock Nano Global
Windows
Experience an entirely new kind of strategic gameplay that fuses together deck-building, RTS and MOBA in one epic experience. Wield the 5 elements, build your deck and unleash powerful spells and creatures to crush your opponent.
Why similar: Strategy 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #5 Yomi
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 155 reviews2015
Dev: Sirlin Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yomi is a fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. A strategy card game that has held up to many years of tournaments, Yomi comes from the lead designer of Street Fighter HD Remix, who was also a long-time fighting game tournament player.
Why similar: Strategy 73.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #6 Mindbug Online
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 292 reviews2024
Dev: Kissaki Studios GmbH
Windows · Linux
Mindbug redefines the card-battler genre, focusing on pure strategy and fast-paced excitement from the very first turn. Outsmart opponents with the groundbreaking Mindbug mechanic and rise through the new roguelike mode, discovering fresh powers, creatures, and combos each run.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #7 Duelists of Eden
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 931 reviews2024
Dev: Thomas Moon Kang
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build a deck and battle online in real-time action with rollback netcode!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #8 Ascension: Deckbuilding Game
91% matchVery Positive89% of 1,695 reviews2014
Dev: Playdek, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 318.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Ascension: Deckbuilding Game is now available for your PC and Mac, complete with 9 full expansion decks! Play alone or with friends to battle against the Fallen One for honor and victory. Conceived and designed by Justin Gary, Ascension will provide hours of engaging and strategic game play for enthusiasts and experienced gamers alike.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #9 PHAGEBORN: Online Card Game
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 130 reviews2020
Dev: Games RevoltedPub: Jetpack Collective
Windows
An immersive online card game that combines rich and engaging lore, with deep and strategic gameplay. Build powerful decks in synergy with the Avatar of your choice, obliterate your enemies, and decide the fate of the universe!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #10 Spectromancer
90% matchVery Positive88% of 374 reviews2009
Dev: Apus SoftwarePub: Three Donkeys LLC
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A turn-based online fantasy card game. No character leveling, no grinding, no deck building - just 100% skill-based and fast-paced card battles!
Why similar: Strategy 77.7%, Indie 22.3%
- #11 Crystal Crisis
89% matchVery Positive80% of 131 reviews2019
Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An all-star cast of heroes has gathered to test their mettle in this cute and chaotic new color-matching ONLINE combat game! Crystal Crisis is presented like a fighting game, but players attack by arranging falling crystals and clearing them from the screen. It’s the ultimate Online puzzle battle throwdown!
- #12 Stormbound
88% matchMixed70% of 1,211 reviews2018
Dev: Paladin StudiosPub: Stormbound B.V.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Cards and chess collide in Stormbound. Turn-based tactical gameplay, collecting cards and beautiful 2D Art. Level up your army to conquer the ladder.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #13 Slam Bolt Scrappers
89% matchMixed55% of 55 reviews2013
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Build and brawl in this fast and frantic mash-up! Race your opponents to build the most powerful towers in Slam Bolt City while defending against deceptively adorable baddies and hugely epic bosses. Create weapons that shoot lasers, drills, missiles, and more to annihilate your adversary.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #14 Rune Dice
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 616 reviews2026
Dev: Smart Raven StudioPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tactical deckbuilding in bite-sized sessions. Launch dice to create magical chain reactions. Choose from distinct hero classes with unique abilities. Build synergies between dice, relics, and runes to defeat challenging bosses.
Why similar: Strategy 80.3%, Indie 19.7%
- #15 Journey of Greed
85% matchVery Positive89% of 1,326 reviews2019
Dev: Dird GamesPub: XD
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
This is a perfect hybrid of social board game and strategy card game. Steal, set traps, assassinate, escape, mind games... Compete online with three other players at each adventure and use every mean possible to gain the most coins.
Why similar: Strategy 74.1%, Indie 25.9%
- #16 Ironbound
86% matchMixed68% of 267 reviews2018
Dev: Secret Level SRL
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Ironbound is a turn-based multiplayer strategy game with fast-paced duels and deep meta-game. Upgrade your character and equipment and climb to the top of the multiplayer ladder!
Why similar: Strategy 73.2%, Indie 26.8%
- #17 Between Two Castles - Digital Edition
86% matchMostly Negative40% of 446 reviews2019
Dev: Daisu Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 16%
Between Two Castles - Digital Edition brings the delightful experience of the original board game to your computer! Build unique procedural castles, make strategies and play online with your friends!
Why similar: Strategy 91.4%, Indie 8.6%
- #18 Nanika Game Online
83% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Marble Works
Windows · Mac
Choose from a variety of “Nanika,” each with unique skills, and build your very own original deck to challenge other players. Merge identical Nanika to evolve them, master the perfect timing for skill activation, and aim for victory!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #19 Lunchbreak Tactics
82% matchVery Positive85% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: Borealys Games
Windows
Lunchbreak Tactics is a strategic auto-battler card game set in a chaotic supermarket backstore. Draft cards, min-max your squad, build ridiculous synergies, then battle players asynchronously. Play your way to climb the ranks with quick runs, no timer, limitless combos, and endless replay.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #20 BattleCON: Online
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 280 reviews2018
Dev: Level 99 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this deeply strategic, full-information battle card game, choose your fighter from a diverse roster of spell-slinging duelists, tag-teaming werewolves, time-traveling boxers, dimensional knights, and more!
Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Indie 27.1%
- #21 Spellmasons
81% matchVery Positive92% of 1,153 reviews2023
Dev: Octavia Blue
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Spellmasons is a magical, tactical roguelike where you customize your spells. Play solo or team up with your friends in online multiplayer, and explore a deep magic system where clever combinations yield powerfully satisfying results!
Why similar: Strategy 72.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #22 Madcap Mosaic
82% matchVery Positive95% of 75 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: Strategy 93.1%, Indie 6.9%
- #23 The Art of War: Card Game
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Brightdawn Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead one of four factions of your choice and defeat all your opponents in fierce card battles with real players from all around the world. Destroy your enemies, reinforce the power of your empire, and comprehend “The Art of War”!
Why similar: Strategy 94.9%, Indie 5.1%
- #24 Duelyst II
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,792 reviews2022
Dev: Dream Sloth Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Choose your faction, construct your deck and put your strategy to the test in the evolution of the ultimate collectible tactics game.
Why similar: Strategy 78.6%, Indie 21.4%
- #25 Prismata
80% matchVery Positive81% of 1,216 reviews2018
Dev: Lunarch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A perfect-information strategy game inspired by RTS, deckbuilders, and board games. Choose from three distinct technology classes and outwit your foes by snowballing your starting resources into a powerful cybernetic army. ABSOLUTELY NO PAY-TO-WIN.
Why similar: Strategy 74.2%, Indie 25.8%
- #26 Dfiance
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 169 reviews2025
Dev: Dfiance
Windows · Mac
Free-to-play PvP card game where strategy meets battlefield tactics. Build your deck, outsmart rivals, and dominate in fast-paced, tactical duels.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #27 Cross Blitz
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,604 reviews2025
Dev: Tako Boy Studios LLCPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.9 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: Strategy 100%
- #28 Vault of the Void
77% matchVery Positive92% of 2,966 reviews2022
Dev: Spider Nest Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 13.7 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: Strategy 69.9%, Indie 30.1%
- #29 Warlords of the Deck
78% matchMixed70% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: Legion Forge Games
Windows
We've fused Card Gaming with the Battle of Total War to create the ultimate multiplayer strategy game. Combine a unique deck from different factions, rally your legions, and charge to defeat all your opponents!
Why similar: Strategy 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #30 Ancestory
78% matchMixed56% of 62 reviews2015
Dev: Kajak Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Turn-based strategy meets card game! Outwit your opponent on multiple different battlefields with cunning strategies. Build your own decks made of underworldly minions and powerful spells!
Why similar: Strategy 71.2%, Indie 28.8%
- #31 Stash: A Card Looter
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: WheeGaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a unique drafting adventure with an endless array of randomized cards inspired by classical ARPG-Loot. Transform your one-of-a-kind loot into powerful battle tactics! Take on enemy squads drafted by real players in a post-human world teeming with beasty conflicts.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #32 Gems of War - Puzzle RPG
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 10,738 reviews2014
Dev: Infinity Plus 2Pub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 153.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Gems of War is a Match-3 RPG from the original creators of Puzzle Quest! Start your RPG journey and fight puzzle battles through hundreds of quests, or build your army of troops and go to war in strategic PVP match-3 combat!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #33 Islantiles
73% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Thunderrock Innovations
Windows
Islantiles is a cozy but compulsive roguelike deckbuilder. Unlock powerful technology cards, shape your deck to craft game-breaking combos, and grow your settlements to glory in this ultra-satisfying roguelike!
Why similar: Strategy 75%, Indie 25%
- #34 Toy Smash Kaboom!
71% matchVery Positive87% of 660 reviews2025
Dev: Free Particle
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Toy mayhem unleashed! Arrange, combine, and craft the wildest toy army inside your desk, then crash into chaotic cartoon brawls across the tabletop!
Why similar: Strategy 72.6%, Indie 27.4%
- #35 Crush the Industry
72% matchVery Positive90% of 389 reviews2025
Dev: Cognoggin Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Work your way to the top of a cutthroat game studio in this retro roguelike deckbuilder! Crush the Industry features strategic combat with a unique twist and deep replayability.
Why similar: Strategy 85.8%, Indie 14.2%
- #36 Checkmate Showdown
73% matchVery Positive80% of 235 reviews2023
Dev: BadRez GamesPub: ManaVoid Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Chess meets Fighting games. Crush your opponents in the arena and on the chessboard in this online multiplayer competitive tactical fighting game that mixes the strategic elegance of Chess with the fast-paced execution of fighting games.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #37 Chaos Reborn
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,141 reviews2015
Dev: Snapshot Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Turn-based wizard combat with the tactical positioning of chess and the bluff of poker. Features wizard customization, 100s of gear items, single player realm adventures, online leagues and co-op play.
Why similar: Strategy 76.8%, Indie 23.2%
- #38 ANTHEM#9
71% matchVery Positive91% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: koedaPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Combine gems to form combos! In the Strategic Gem Match roguelite "Anthem#9", you’ll fight thrilling and puzzle-like combo battles. Assume the role of an agent of the secret organization known as Anthem#9 and confront powerful foes! Strategic deck construction is the key to unleashing lots of combos
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #39 Desert Ashes
76% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2014
Dev: Nine Tales Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Desert Ashes is a turn based strategy game with online multiplayer and single player campaigns, it also boasts an innovative menu system allowing you to play multiple games at once. The Day-Night system adds a dynamic twist to turn based battles that affect the battlefield.
Why similar: Strategy 72.7%, Indie 27.3%
- #40 Age of Rivals
73% matchVery Positive86% of 234 reviews2017
Dev: Dark Inertia StudiosPub: Roboto Games
Windows · Mac
Deep civilization-building strategy in a fast-paced card game! There are many paths to victory in this competitive card drafting game featuring 12 unique characters and hundreds of cards ranging from great pyramids and war elephants to sneaky spies and crafty merchants.
Why similar: Strategy 71.2%, Indie 28.8%
- #41 Crunch Time!
75% matchMixed53% of 85 reviews2014
Dev: David Teruel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Crunch Time! is a fresh and innovative card game with a touch of humour, based on videogame development, in which you'll have to manage your own company, and complete the best and biggest projects before your opponent.
Why similar: Strategy 71.2%, Indie 28.8%
- #42 Shapebreaker - Tower Defense Deckbuilder
72% matchVery Positive80% of 65 reviews2023
Dev: Alexander Van den Bulck
Windows
A fusion of tower defense games and roguelike deckbuilders. Use your cards to build towers and to upgrade them in unique ways. Gain rewards to customize your deck, defense and playstyle. Break the shapes before they break you!
Why similar: Strategy 82.7%, Indie 17.3%
- #43 Infinite Cards
70% matchVery Positive97% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Tubby Turtle Studios
Windows
Discover infinite cards in this roguelike deckbuilder. Every card is unique, every run a new experience. Craft, combine, and build your deck completely freely to defeat enemies and bosses, or take on cleverly designed puzzle challenges!
Why similar: Strategy 89%, Indie 11%
- #44 CROPS!
69% matchVery Positive88% of 216 reviews2024
Dev: Bocary Studios
Windows
CROPS! is an async autobattler in which your fruits and vegetables come alive! Craft a deck with awesome synergies, plant your crops in specific patterns and place them strategically on the battlefield to defeat your opponent.
Why similar: Strategy 89.1%, Indie 10.9%
- #45 Numeral Strike
68% matchVery Positive97% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: ostsergeyPub: Ostsergey Games
Windows
A turn-based roguelite where battles take place on a field of numbers. Find pairs — either matching numbers or those that add up to 10 — to attack, defend, and overcome enemies in a world of magical medieval fantasy!
Why similar: Strategy 81.1%, Indie 18.9%
- #46 Yomi 2
68% matchVery Positive94% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: Sirlin Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. Strategic, turn-based card battling that lets you experience the nuances of fighting games like Street Fighter and Fantasy Strike by a lead designer who worked on both.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #47 Backpack Battles
65% matchVery Positive91% of 20,206 reviews2025
Dev: PlayWithFurciferPub: IndieArk
Windows · Linux
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A PvP inventory management auto battler! Buy and craft powerful items, then carefully arrange them in your backpack.
Why similar: Strategy 80.4%, Indie 19.6%
- #48 Vanguard Exiles
69% matchVery Positive83% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: The Tea Division
Windows
Blending deep board game strategy with auto-battling mastery, and designed by Richard Garfield (creator of Magic: The Gathering), lead your Squads over an ever-changing dieselpunk battlefield where no two games are ever the same. Think ahead, adapt fast, outwit your opponent and claim victory.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #49 Rainbow Legends
67% matchVery Positive83% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: Unpixel Cloud Cedar StudioPub: Light Up Games
Windows
A territory-control roguelike deck builder where the side with more tiles at round’s end deals damage. Seize ground, place structures, shield your core, and unlock builds with card shapes, factions, and relics
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #50 Puzzle With Your Friends
70% matchVery Positive88% of 188 reviews2018
Dev: SkyCat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In Puzzle With Your Friends you can puzzle alone, with and also against your friends via the internet! Unique motifs from different games and artists are available.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #51 Battle Bands: Rock & Roll Deckbuilder
68% matchVery Positive91% of 202 reviews2023
Dev: Aerie Digital
Windows
Get the band together and take on the world in this battle of the bands, deckbuilding card game set in the fantasy land of Riff City. Play solo or with friends to conquer offbeat bosses in a coop campaign. Wits and a sick riff are key to becoming a rock legend.
- #52 Puzzle Poker
71% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Kevin RyanPub: Top Meadow
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
From the designer of the Incredible Machine, Puzzle Poker is a game that can be played quickly and casually or with some deeper strategic thought. Slide poker cards to make the best combination of hands before the timer runs out. Cash in early for bonus chips.
Why similar: Strategy 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #53 Feud
67% matchVery Positive90% of 223 reviews2024
Dev: Bearwaves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Feud is a turn-based strategy game. Swap pieces on a four-by-four grid to isolate your opponent's pieces, or go straight for their King. Hone your skills against three AI characters with distinct play-styles, then challenge your friends online or on the same screen.
Why similar: Strategy 69.3%, Indie 30.7%
- #54 HEART of CROWN Online
66% matchVery Positive86% of 482 reviews2025
Dev: illuCalabPub: PLAYISM
Windows
The great emperor's untimely death... Seven princesses are candidates for his succession! Who will save the empire from chaos? An online deck-growing card game where you grow your deck and fight for the Princess.
Why similar: Strategy 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #55 Mutants: Genesis
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 447 reviews2025
Dev: Celsius Online
Windows
Mutants: Genesis is an online card game that you can play solo or with up to 3 players in PvE and PvP modes! Join the next generation of Psycogs and climb the ranks to establish yourself as Champion! Collect hundreds of mutants, fashion your own deck, cooperate with or fight other players!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #56 DETOUR
69% matchMixed61% of 1,774 reviews2011
Dev: Geoff 'Zag' Keene
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A true test your wits and spatial reasoning. Detour combines highway-building fun with the excitement of a competitive real-time strategy game. Construct a path for your convoy to reach its destination in this incredibly addictive title. With online multiplayer!
Why similar: Strategy 66.7%, Indie 33.3%