- #1 ORX
97% matchMixed69% of 676 reviews2022
Dev: johnbellPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A new take on tower-defence and deckbuilding roguelike genres. ORX is like playing Carcassonne with your table on fire. Build your perfect deck, use powerful artefacts, master 3 unique factions. Prove that you are the King of your castle!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 17.6% ★, Mouse Only 15.2% ★, Deckbuilding 14%, Card Game 12.3%, Tower Defense 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deckbuilding with castle-building and tower defense, focusing on defending your territory against waves of enemies.
- #2 Tower Tactics: Liberation
96% matchVery Positive88% of 1,241 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
We fused deck-building roguelikes and tower defenses in a way never seen before - deploy your towers, collect valuable trinkets and cast powerful spells to defend yourself against the Salkoth!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 19.9% ★, Card Battler 17.9%, Deckbuilding 14%, Card Game 12.9%, Tower Defense 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike deckbuilder that integrates tower defense mechanics, requiring careful card selection to survive waves.
- #3 3 Minute Heroes
96% matchVery Positive84% of 221 reviews2021
Dev: Sinkhole Studio
Windows
3 Minute Heroes is a real-time strategy game that combines tower defense, deck building, and rogue-like genres. Place your champions, use cards, and keep your home safe for 3 minutes!
Why similar: Card Game 26%, Deckbuilding 19.6%, Tower Defense 18.7%, Roguelite 15.1%, Strategy 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: A real-time card-based tower defense game that mirrors the frantic pace and lane-management mechanics of Ratropolis.
- #4 Emberward
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,722 reviews2024
Dev: Refic Games
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 22.4%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.7% ★, Tower Defense 16.7%, Roguelite 14.2%, Roguelike 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A unique tower defense game where you build the maze using cards, emphasizing strategic planning and deck synergy.
- #5 Necronator: Dead Wrong
95% matchMixed69% of 524 reviews2020
Dev: Toge ProductionsPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Necronator: Dead Wrong is a deck-building roguelike with an RTS twist. Build a powerful deck. Collect and deploy undead units and raise a unique army. Master each commander’s playstyle and conquer the world. Change the game with rule-bending relics. Unlock new decks and do it all again.
Why similar: Card Battler 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, Deckbuilding 14.8%, Card Game 12.6%, Tower Defense 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features real-time unit deployment and card-based tactics that feel very similar to the core gameplay loop of Ratropolis.
- #6 Monster Train
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,855 reviews2020
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Why similar: Card Battler 22.2%, Deckbuilding 16.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 14.5% ★, Card Game 14.4%, Roguelite 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A premier roguelite deckbuilder that uses lane-based defense mechanics, providing deep strategic satisfaction.
- #7 Stacklands
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,660 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
Why similar: Card Battler 21.3%, Card Game 20.2%, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Roguelite 11.9%, Survival 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a card-based interface for village management and survival, sharing the 'everything is a card' design philosophy.
- #8 Super Fantasy Kingdom
92% matchVery Positive87% of 5,770 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.1% ★, Card Battler 15.8%, Deckbuilding 14.8%, Card Game 12.2%, Roguelite 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy roguelite that focuses on building up your kingdom and defending it through tactical unit management.
- #9 Against the Storm
90% matchVery Positive95% of 36,221 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Roguelite 27.2%, City Builder 23.5%, Survival 18.8%, Strategy 14.1%, Simulation 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder that forces you to adapt to changing conditions and manage resources under pressure.
- #10 Wildfrost
91% matchVery Positive83% of 8,728 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Why similar: Card Battler 19.3%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 18.7% ★, Deckbuilding 14.8%, Card Game 13%, Roguelite 9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical deckbuilder with lane-based positioning that requires careful planning to defend your leader.
- #11 Overdungeon
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,103 reviews2019
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A completely new style real-time card battle "Overdungeon" Overdungeon combines rogue-like, tower defense and card games. More than 100 cards are Attack, Animal, Building, Spell, Trap, etc..Build your creative and crazy deck!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.3% ★, Card Battler 18.2%, Deckbuilding 16%, Card Game 12.3%, Roguelite 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A real-time card-battler that allows for chaotic, fast-paced combat scenarios similar to the swarming nature of Ratropolis.
- #12 Kingdom Two Crowns
89% matchVery Positive90% of 38,596 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.8%, City Builder 19.9%, Survival 14.2%, Fantasy 10.3%, Strategy 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: While not a deckbuilder, it captures the side-scrolling base-building and defensive management feel that makes Ratropolis so engaging.
- #13 Vault of the Void
89% matchVery Positive92% of 2,976 reviews2022
Dev: Spider Nest Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 13.8 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 18.3% ★, Card Battler 17.1%, Deckbuilding 16.4%, Card Game 12.7%, Roguelite 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly strategic deckbuilding experience where managing your resources and deck is key to survival.
- #14 The Last Spell
88% matchVery Positive91% of 13,407 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.4%, Roguelite 22.9%, Roguelike 15.1%, Strategy 13.8%, 2D 10%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical defense game that shares the intense 'defend against the horde' atmosphere found in Ratropolis.
- #15 Ratopia
86% matchVery Positive88% of 4,710 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: Difficult 24%, City Builder 20.6%, Survival 19.4%, Strategy 12.4%, 2D 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Set in the same universe as Ratropolis, this game expands on the colony-simulation and city-building aspects of the rat society.
- #16 Blood Card
87% matchVery Positive81% of 723 reviews2019
Dev: Pixel Cattle Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
This card game combines elements of roguelike and deckbuilding. During the game, you shall strive ahead, gathering cards to build a unique deck and use it to defeat the enemies getting in your way. You will have to choose between escaping or try to defeat Death, who is relentlessly pursuing you.
Why similar: Card Battler 19.1%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 17.9% ★, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Card Game 12.2%, Mouse Only 8.2% ★
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite deckbuilder that uses your deck as your health, creating a unique risk-reward system during defense.
- #17 Knock on the Coffin Lid
85% matchVery Positive84% of 2,879 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.2% ★, Card Battler 15%, Mouse Only 14.8% ★, Deckbuilding 13.6%, Card Game 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A high-quality roguelite deckbuilder with deep strategic choices and a dark fantasy aesthetic.
- #18 Banners of Ruin
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,208 reviews2021
Dev: MonteBearoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 17% ★, Card Battler 16.2%, Deckbuilding 14.1%, Mouse Only 13.1% ★, Card Game 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical card-battler that requires managing a party of characters in a challenging, roguelike environment.
- #19 Hadean Tactics
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,898 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 19.4% ★, Card Battler 18.6%, Deckbuilding 16%, Card Game 13.5%, Roguelite 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: An auto-battler deckbuilder that emphasizes positioning and card synergy during combat encounters.
- #20 9 Kings
82% matchVery Positive93% of 22,151 reviews2025
Dev: Sad SocketPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 14.3% ★, Card Battler 13.9%, Mouse Only 13.9% ★, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Card Game 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy roguelike deckbuilder that focuses on building up your forces to conquer the map.
- #21 Dicey Dungeons
84% matchVery Positive89% of 11,672 reviews2019
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Become a giant walking dice, explore dungeons and defy Lady Luck in this dice powered roguelike! Now featuring "Reunion", a free DLC with six brand-new episodes!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.7% ★, Card Battler 20.6%, Deckbuilding 15%, Mouse Only 10.4% ★, Roguelite 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A charming roguelite deckbuilder that focuses on creative card usage and adapting to randomized encounters.
- #22 Commander Quest
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,833 reviews2025
Dev: Flyway Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Congratulations! You just found a 'one of a kind' roguelike that combines deck-building card game and auto battle strategy game! Consider unit counters, then create powerful synergy by breaking down the boundaries between the battlefield and cards, then lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Mouse Only 16.2% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.3% ★, Card Battler 14.8%, Deckbuilding 13.7%, Card Game 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deckbuilding roguelite that focuses on war-themed strategy and tactical card deployment.
- #23 Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
83% matchVery Positive85% of 14,009 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.7%, Roguelike 24.9%, Strategy 13.2%, Difficult 11.2%, Roguelite 11%
Why You'll Like It: A real-time roguelite that blends tower defense and base management, capturing the high-stakes survival feel of Ratropolis.
- #24 Forest Heroes
79% matchVery Positive84% of 288 reviews2025
Dev: Hoochoo Game Studios
Windows · Mac
Forest Heroes combines defense gameplay with roguelike deck-building. Enjoy intense battles and diverse strategies with simple controls!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 17.5% ★, Card Battler 16.5%, Deckbuilding 12.9%, Tower Defense 10.7%, Card Game 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused tower defense game with deckbuilding elements that rewards careful planning and unit synergy.
- #25 Border Pioneer
79% matchVery Positive87% of 1,845 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.9%, City Builder 15.9%, Card Game 15.3%, Roguelite 14.4%, Strategy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tower defense and city-building hybrid that requires careful resource management to expand your territory.
- #26 Aurora Defense
80% matchMixed63% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Moka Games
Windows
A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.5% ★, Deckbuilding 13.7%, Card Battler 11.8%, Card Game 11.5%, Tower Defense 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike tower defense game that emphasizes base building and strategic placement to survive waves.
- #27 The King is Watching
77% matchVery Positive89% of 9,927 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: Tower Defense 16.5%, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Real Time Tactics 16.2%, Roguelite 13.3%, Roguelike 12.4%
- #28 Castle Cardians
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 133 reviews2021
Dev: 风宇冲
Windows
Castle Cardians fused card games,roguelike and real time colony defense together. Build your powerful deck, defend the castle and beat invaders.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 21.1%, Card Battler 17.4%, Card Game 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Tower Defense 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy deckbuilder that focuses on defending your castle through card-based tactical decisions.
- #29 Fate Hunters
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 876 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.7% ★, Card Battler 21.5%, Deckbuilding 17.3%, Card Game 14.8%, Roguelite 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite deckbuilder that emphasizes exploration and strategic card play to overcome increasingly difficult enemies.
- #30 There Are No Orcs
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,110 reviews2025
Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An RTS-Roguelike hybrid with auto-battling troops. Master building placement, swarm your enemies, and smash their defenses with unit-commander combos!
Why similar: Card Game 24.2%, Tower Defense 21.3%, Roguelite 15.9%, City Builder 15.2%, Strategy 8%
- #31 Epic Auto Towers
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 780 reviews2024
Dev: Aleksandr Golovkin
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Epic Auto Towers is a turn-based strategy game combining elements of autobattler, deckbuilder and roguelike. Purchase uncommon and rare Towers and build the strongest combo to withstand the monster assault! Discover unusual new Tower combinations as you come back for more.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 21.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.1% ★, Card Game 14.7%, Card Battler 12.9%, Roguelike 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: An auto-battler that incorporates deckbuilding elements to create a unique tower defense experience.
- #32 Cardboard Town
77% matchVery Positive80% of 2,256 reviews2023
Dev: Stratera GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 17.1% ★, Card Game 16.8%, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Card Battler 15.9%, Roguelite 11.2%
- #33 As We Descend
75% matchVery Positive88% of 1,278 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.8 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.7% ★, Card Battler 20%, Deckbuilding 18%, Card Game 15.1%, Roguelite 10.1%
- #34 Kingdom: New Lands
78% matchVery Positive86% of 12,269 reviews2016
Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Kingdom: New Lands builds upon the award-winning gameplay and mystery of Kingdom by introducing an abundance of new content to the IGF-nominated title while maintaining the simplicity and depth that legions of monarchs have come to experience and enjoy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.5%, Roguelite 20%, Roguelike 15.7%, Survival 14.9%, Strategy 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist side-scrolling strategy game that focuses on building and defending a kingdom against nightly threats.
- #35 Rogue Tower
76% matchVery Positive83% of 5,887 reviews2022
Dev: Die of Death Games
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.7%, Roguelike 20.9%, Strategy 14.4%, Roguelite 13.6%, Casual 4.4%
- #36 Warlords Under Siege
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 473 reviews2025
Dev: RedKar Devs
Windows
Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.
Why similar: Card Game 18.9%, Roguelite 17.2%, Deckbuilding 15.9%, City Builder 13.5%, Survival 10.6%
- #37 Roguebook
75% matchVery Positive84% of 4,491 reviews2021
Dev: Abrakam Entertainment SAPub: Nacon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 16.6%, Card Battler 16.2%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.5% ★, Card Game 13.7%, Roguelite 9.4%
- #38 Slay the Spire
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 215,074 reviews2019
Dev: Mega Crit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.5 hrsMean: 67.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.6% ★, Card Battler 20.6%, Card Game 16.2%, Deckbuilding 14.1%, Roguelike 8.4%
- #39 Dungeon Clawler
71% matchVery Positive89% of 3,828 reviews2026
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.3 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.6% ★, Deckbuilding 22.8%, Roguelite 14.1%, Roguelike 10.8%, Strategy 6.8%
- #40 Cross Blitz
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,607 reviews2025
Dev: Tako Boy Studios LLCPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.7 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: Card Battler 23.6%, Deckbuilding 23.1%, Card Game 18%, Roguelite 13.9%, Roguelike 6.3%
- #41 Kingdom's Deck
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 476 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan AcoPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.1% ★, Card Game 18.8%, Tower Defense 13%, City Builder 11.9%, Survival 8.7%
- #42 Lucky Mayor
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 102 reviews2023
Dev: MadGoat Game Studio
Windows · Mac
This is a Rogue Deck-building game where you play as a mayor, recruit various citizens to earn coins, meet their needs, and submit enough coins by the deadline to complete challenges.
Why similar: Card Battler 21.3%, Card Game 20.4%, Roguelite 16.6%, Deckbuilding 14.1%, Roguelike 10.5%
- #43 Gladiator Guild Manager
72% matchVery Positive81% of 4,015 reviews2024
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.
Why similar: Roguelite 40.1%, City Builder 29.6%, Strategy 21.2%, Singleplayer 5.3%, Indie 3.9%
- #44 Deathless. The Hero Quest
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,023 reviews2024
Dev: 1C Game StudiosPub: FOR-GAMES CR LTD
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Deathless, elements of a collectible card game, roguelike, and turn-based strategy combine seamlessly. Build a unique deck of cards, discover unusual relics, and defeat legendary bosses. No two journeys will ever be the same with endless Path. Crush the Evil and save the world!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 17.5% ★, Card Battler 15%, Deckbuilding 14.7%, Mouse Only 12% ★, Card Game 11.8%
- #45 Tower Dominion
70% matchVery Positive86% of 5,105 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.7%, Roguelite 24.7%, Roguelike 21.7%, Strategy 14%, Singleplayer 3%
- #46 CD 2: Trap Master
72% matchVery Positive80% of 371 reviews2024
Dev: ACE ENTERTAINMENT
Windows · Mac
Become THE Trap Master - play your deck of lethal traps to mow down waves of bizarre creatures and protect your altars! Craft a unique deck of traps and powers, discover treasure of surprise effects, and guard a different base each time until you are ready for the unforgiving boss.
Why similar: Card Battler 18.2%, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Card Game 13.4%, Tower Defense 11%
- #47 Moonsigil Atlas
69% matchVery Positive85% of 260 reviews2026
Dev: Snake Tower GamesPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Linux
The deckbuilding roguelike with no energy – play cards using physical space! Slot cards together, manipulate the shape of your cards, and create overpowered combos to break the game!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.9% ★, Card Battler 21.7%, Deckbuilding 18.6%, Strategy 6.9%, Card Game 6.4%
- #48 Backpack Hero
70% matchVery Positive87% of 8,421 reviews2023
Dev: JaspelPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.5% ★, Deckbuilding 20.5%, Card Battler 18.9%, Roguelite 10.6%, Roguelike 8.7%
- #49 Trials of Fire
71% matchVery Positive86% of 3,255 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 Battler 24.2%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.3% ★, Card Game 14.7%, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Roguelite 12.7%
- #50 DICEOMANCER
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,545 reviews2024
Dev: 超厚皮猪猪 Ultra Piggy StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 12.3 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.2% ★, Card Battler 21.6%, Card Game 18.7%, Deckbuilding 16.8%, Strategy 9.5%
- #51 Loop Hero
68% matchVery Positive93% of 36,343 reviews2021
Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 30.6%, Card Game 21.5%, Roguelite 18.1%, Roguelike 14.9%, Fantasy 7.2%
- #52 Necrosmith
68% matchVery Positive86% of 5,322 reviews2022
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.3%, Roguelite 23.6%, Roguelike 17.8%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 9.6%
- #53 Rise to Ruins
69% matchVery Positive88% of 7,750 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.2%, City Builder 22.2%, Survival 15%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 7.4%
- #54 Luck be a Landlord
67% matchVery Positive93% of 11,463 reviews2023
Dev: TrampolineTales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.2% ★, Deckbuilding 25.1%, Roguelite 14.6%, Roguelike 8.6%, Strategy 6.7%
- #55 Wild City
66% matchVery Positive89% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Monka StudiosPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Mac
The deckbuilder where cards are plants, animals, and insects that can synergize and prey on each other. Place your cards on an expanding board to trigger satisfying chain reactions and shape an interconnected ecosystem.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25% ★, Deckbuilding 21.1%, Card Game 15.8%, Roguelite 12.8%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #56 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
68% matchVery Positive84% of 3,331 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!
Why similar: Roguelite 27.1%, Roguelike 26.8%, Survival 16.3%, Strategy 12.2%, 2D 10.3%
- #57 Deck of Ashes
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,066 reviews2020
Dev: AYGamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 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 26.4%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.1% ★, Deckbuilding 20.3%, Card Game 10.8%, Roguelite 8.1%
- #58 Shapebreaker - Tower Defense Deckbuilder
69% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.7% ★, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Tower Defense 15%, Card Game 11.4%, Roguelite 10.1%
- #59 Infinite Cards
65% matchVery Positive96% of 79 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24.2% ★, Deckbuilding 16.4%, Card Game 16%, Card Battler 14.7%, Strategy 7.1%
- #60 Hexguardian
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 692 reviews2024
Dev: Split Second GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.2%, Roguelite 22.5%, Roguelike 17.4%, City Builder 12%, Strategy 10.6%
