Games Like Roots Devour

Menace from the Deep is an enthralling Roguelike Deckbuilding card game that unfolds in a dark world, drawing inspiration from Howard Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.Set against the backdrop of 1920s USA, the narrative revolves around a clandestine occult society.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.1%, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Card Game 13.7%, Dark 9.4%, Horror 6.4%

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Why similar: Card Game 24%, Deckbuilding 22%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 12.2%, Roguelite 7.7%

A Lovecraftian deck-building roguelike. Collect eerie cards and twisted creatures. Strengthen your deck while battling sanity loss in waters haunted by unspeakable entities.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.5%, Deckbuilding 19.3%, Card Game 13.1%, Strategy 8.4%, Roguelite 6.9%

Out of Hands is a bizarre card-based adventure game that blends video-collage graphics with gripping psychological horror. Will you seek the truth lurking in this wicked, warped world—and can you bear its weight? Misty memories threaten to tear you apart, contorting you into a being... Out of Hands.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 20.5%, Card Game 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Stylized 9.9%

Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.

Why similar: Card Game 29.4%, Deckbuilding 20%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Roguelite 12.2%

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 18.8%, Card Game 18.6%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Horror 10.8%, Resource Management 10.3%

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: Lovecraftian 37.1%, Deckbuilding 17.8%, Card Game 15.1%, Dark 12.8%, Strategy 7.2%

The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.

Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Card Game 14.3%, Strategy 12.6%, Stylized 9%

Nadir is a roguelike deck-builder with a twist: the cost to play a card is an enemy reaction you can predict. Craft your own cards to slay powerful demons. Gather resources, expand your city, grow in power and conquer the underworld.

Why similar: Card Game 23.9%, Deckbuilding 22.3%, Horror 10.8%, Roguelite 9.2%, Dark 9.2%

Raise an undead army in Decks of the Damned! Command your vampire minions, scavenge gear from fallen foes and craft powerful items to strenghten your forces. Defend by day, expand your domain by night, and shroud the land in darkness!

Why similar: Card Game 33.1%, Deckbuilding 25.4%, Roguelite 13.8%, Exploration 11.2%, Strategy 9.7%

Fight to investigate another day in this gothic horror adventure card game. Equip items and relics. Acquire cards and use them wisely to survive what lurks in the darkest corners of town. Take a short and mind-bending dive into the unknown with a cosy horror atmosphere.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.2%, Card Game 20%, Deckbuilding 18.6%, Dark 8.5%, Horror 7.3%

A grim medieval deckbuilder where you use your dubious healing methods to protect bizarre villagers from the corrupting influence of ancient evils.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.7%, Deckbuilding 18.7%, Card Game 16.8%, Roguelite 7.7%, Stylized 7.3%

Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.8%, Card Game 19.4%, Resource Management 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Roguelite 8.2%

Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?

Why similar: Card Game 25.3%, Survival Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 17%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Strategy 10.5%

Delve into the depths of Deepest Chamber: Resurrection, where card boosting is your key to survival. Employ this unique mechanic to augment your abilities, strategize your next moves and endure a series of increasingly perilous descents in this gripping rogue-lite, card-battling adventure!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 35.2%, Card Game 30.6%, Exploration 14.4%, Strategy 14.2%, Adventure 5.6%

FrostBound is a roguelike deck-building tower defense set in an endless winter. Build your base, master 500+ cards, and withstand relentless waves to end the eternal frost.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 37.8%, Card Game 36.7%, Strategy 13.1%, Roguelite 8.8%, Indie 1.8%

Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? Meet strange friends bearing gifts and treasure. Choose your gear wisely to survive and discover the secrets of the Ring of Pain.

Why similar: Card Game 31.9%, Dark 15.6%, Roguelite 13.6%, Horror 10.1%, Stylized 9.3%

Deck-building meets monster catching in this turn-based roguelike. Recruit enemy cards to your party as you dive into the depths of the abyss. Will you kill them or will you tame them?

Why similar: Card Game 31.7%, Deckbuilding 28.5%, Lovecraftian 18.2%, Strategy 10.3%, Horror 6.1%

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 29%, Card Game 24%, Dark 10.8%, Horror 9.3%, Story Rich 8.8%

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.5%, Horror 13.8%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Card Game 11.3%

The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.4%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Horror 7.7%, Roguelite 6%, Dark 5.5%

A lovecraftian roguelike. Dive into procedurally generated undersea caves. Collect gold, upgrade your equipment, and Feed the Deep.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.6%, Dark 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Roguelite 9.2%, Horror 9.1%

Sol Cesto is a tactical and frantic roguelite where mastering your luck is key. Choose a hero, upgrade them using cursed teeth and magical items, and descend to the bottom of an ever-changing dungeon. In this dark world, every action has consequences…

Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.2%, Atmospheric 17.7%, Roguelite 15.7%, Strategy 15.3%, Puzzle 11.7%

Morimens is a roguelite card-battler inspired by the Lovecraftian mythos. Bond with a diverse cast of Awakeners, build your perfect deck, and battle through the mists of Kadath—facing wild events and uncovering maddening truths at every turn.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.6%, Card Game 17.8%, Deckbuilding 15%, Horror 7%, Strategy 6.7%

Collect units and build powerful synergies on a restricted grid in Hell Deck, a dark roguelike deckbuilder defense game. Construct your own bizarre, twisted ecosystem through a brutal cycle of predation and sacrifice, and defend hell from the holy swarm

Why similar: Card Game 25.4%, Deckbuilding 21%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 12.4%, Roguelite 12.1%

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: Card Game 36.3%, Deckbuilding 34%, Roguelite 15.1%, Strategy 13.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Nadir is a roguelike deck-builder with a twist: the cost to play a card is an enemy reaction you can predict. Craft your own cards to slay powerful demons. Gather resources, expand your city, grow in power and conquer the underworld.

Why similar: Card Game 28%, Dark 16.9%, Horror 13.7%, Roguelite 12.4%, Strategy 11.7%

Neurodeck is a psychological deckbuilding card game to challenge your fears. Build your deck & capacities by answering personality tests, visiting rooms or meditating. Face your phobia and defeat them through the power of life-inspired cards.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.2%, Card Game 22.1%, Deckbuilding 20.7%, Roguelite 9.2%, Strategy 8.4%

Raise Your Own Ghost Girl+Deckbuilding+Zuma-Style Match-3!Exorcism Agency is an innovative roguelike that finds joy in thrills.Ghosts are back,the human world is like hell,and you,as a top-tier exorcist,will venture into ghost-infested zones,using all kinds of mystical techniques to capture ghosts

Why similar: Card Game 25.5%, Deckbuilding 23.5%, Horror 11.6%, Roguelite 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

A visual novel/roguelike hybrid where a simple mission spirals into a cannibalistic odyssey. You'll struggle as a fragile human, blood-soaked knight, or flesh-devouring Forsaker. Devour or be devoured—yet your fate dangles by unseen strings. Choose: cling to this broken world... or forsake it.

Why similar: Strategy 23.9%, Exploration 15.2%, Roguelite 15%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Story Rich 12.3%

Fhtagn Simulator is a Cthulhu Roulette Deckbuilder. Set up card slots on roulette to maximize card's value. Collect evil creatures, spells, items and environment to build your deck. Your ultimate mission is to sacrifice spirit collected by cards to unseal the ancient gods that have come to earth!

Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.6%, Deckbuilding 21.6%, Card Game 17.5%, Roguelite 9.4%, Strategy 6.5%

Roguelite deck-building meets souls-like. Break out of an infinite loop to close the hell gates, turn enemies into cards, and build your own omnipotent Deck of Souls! Rolls included.

Why similar: Card Game 33.4%, Deckbuilding 31.1%, Strategy 12.3%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Story Rich 6.6%

A roguelike deck builder where you venture into the Dimwood, armed with unique modal cards. Rendered in dense 1-Bit pixel art, carefully build your deck and modify your cards to balance offense and utility. Battle your way past increasingly fearsome enemies and defeat the Beast at its heart.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 31.9%, Card Game 26.9%, Roguelite 14.6%, Strategy 7.6%, Puzzle 6.7%

A roguelike deckbuilder about dreams. Choose cards, by combining 6 different strategies during the day, and at night build your deck while facing the nightmare, to uncover a great mystery.

Why similar: Card Game 29.8%, Deckbuilding 29.5%, Roguelite 12.2%, Dark 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%

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 Game 34.8%, Deckbuilding 32.8%, Roguelite 12.8%, Strategy 12.1%, 2D 3%

Occlude is a ritual disguised as Solitaire; a cosmic-horror card game where the rules are obscured and reality is at stake. Play through cryptic challenges to reveal forbidden lore in this singleplayer narrative puzzle game for the terminally curious. Don’t worry; you can always start over.

Why similar: Card Game 37.2%, Horror 18.1%, Strategy 17.2%, Puzzle 10.4%, Atmospheric 8%

"Revelatio" is a turn-based strategy game that combines tile-based combat and elements of roguelike. Strategically summon and control units to claim victory. Stain the world with your darkness by corrupting various units, bosses and even NPCs.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 31.5%, Dark 17.7%, Strategy 17%, Roguelite 15.7%, Horror 10.2%

A 50's horror comic themed deck building card game with roguelike progression elements. Stop yourself from turning into a monster, or embrace your inner evil and use your new gifts. Choose from a roster of classic monsters and duke it out in The Monster Within!

Why similar: Card Game 30.2%, Deckbuilding 25.3%, Strategy 12.9%, Roguelite 10.7%, Horror 9%

Stray Path is an innovative adventure and strategy game that blends FreeCell mechanics with roguelike gameplay. Choose from colourful characters and explore a randomly generated world. Drag cards, optimize your choices, select equipment, and uncover the mysteries of this mysterious stray world!

Why similar: Card Game 32.8%, Roguelite 17.6%, Strategy 16.8%, Exploration 13.7%, Adventure 6.5%

A hardcore roguelite card game where deck-building strategies are at the core of everything! With a vast array of cards, random dungeons, a wealth of encounter events, and diverse enemies, it awaits your exploration and challenge.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 37%, Card Game 30.5%, Strategy 12.9%, Exploration 9.5%, 2D 4.9%

Alder's Blood is a tactical strategy game with stealth-based combat, RPG elements, crafting, resources gathering, and management, exploration, and a rich storyline. Set in a grim world, where mankind killed their God and is facing extinction.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.8%, Resource Management 14%, Horror 12.7%, Strategy 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Train unique samurai, embark on missions, and play the cards dealt each run on an epic roguelite adventure in the Legend of the Five Rings universe. Each defeat opens new strategic skill tree options and more powerful cards to face the growing threat in the Shadowlands.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 25.9%, Card Game 22.2%, Dark 16.3%, Roguelite 13.3%, Strategy 11.9%

Flowers and Deities is a strategy deckbuilder roguelite where you command a blood-soaked lizardkin army through escalating arena battles, spending every drop of spilled blood to cast spells, summon creatures, and survive long enough to claim the favor of the Gods

Why similar: Deckbuilding 45.1%, Strategy 22.7%, Roguelite 18.2%, Stylized 6.3%, 2D 4%

You are the Warden. Enter the dense cornfields and gather the resources your village desperately needs. But beware: you are not alone. Build a deck of abilities and choose your weapons to face the growing dangers of the night. With a relentless monster after you, will you make it out alive?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.4%, Survival Horror 14%, Dark 10.7%, Horror 10.6%, Roguelite 8.2%

A roguelike deckbuilder where you create the dungeon you fight through. Each night use your cards to expand the ruins then battle through them, harvesting Glimour from the lost souls and improving your deck. Can you reach The Warden and defeat it, so The Maiden will grant your heart’s desire?

Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.4%, Card Game 25.5%, Roguelite 15.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Stylized 10.8%

A Victorian Steampunk Roguelite Deckbuilder. Choose from four characters with unique cards and abilities. Customize your deck and character as you investigate a mysterious plague. Battle corrupted beasts and bosses in turn-based combat to unlock powerful relics and enchanted tarot cards.

Why similar: Card Game 26.4%, Deckbuilding 26%, Roguelite 12.4%, Lovecraftian 10.9%, Strategy 9.3%

Build settlements, explore the Nine Realms, collect artifacts and upgrade your deck to reach the top of Yggdrasil in this post-Ragnarok roguelike city-builder! Can you survive the end of the world?

Why similar: Deckbuilding 31.8%, Resource Management 19.1%, Roguelite 10.7%, Strategy 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.3%

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 32.4%, Card Game 21.8%, Strategy 13%, Roguelite 10.2%, Dark 9.1%

Master the grid, defy death. Enter a grim Spirit Realm in this open-world deck builder. Craft lethal decks from 160+ cards, claim powerful Totems, and defeat foes in tactical grid combat. Fight as the desperate hunter Ro to bring her son back from beyond the veil.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 41%, Card Game 40.5%, Atmospheric 13%, Roguelite 2.9%, Adventure 1.6%

Prepare to fend off attacks from all directions in this hybrid strategy roguelite deck builder. On your journey through varied grid-based biomes, battle unique foes and make tough moral choices to restore a corrupted land and decide the fate of your world.

Why similar: Card Game 31.9%, Deckbuilding 30.1%, Strategy 12.6%, Roguelite 11.8%, Story Rich 6.2%

Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.7%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Dark 10.6%

The unhinged roguelike for the tactically obsessed. Forget maps—your journey is a deck of Tarot cards you build on the fly. Manage a tight inventory, chain questionable combos, and watch your gear shatter. Got unlucky? The virtuous can resurrect; the sinful, however...

Why similar: Deckbuilding 32.3%, Resource Management 25.7%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Roguelite 13.7%, Strategy 12.5%

Will you try to keep the world the way it is or fight for the changes? October Night Games is a digital board game where everyone is a cultist working for one of two different sides. Scour the town for cursed ingredients and make deals with inscrutable entities as something eldrich this way comes.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.8%, Card Game 13.3%, Deckbuilding 11.8%, Dark 10.6%, Horror 8.4%

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 25.7%, Card Game 25.5%, Dark 12.6%, Roguelite 11.3%, Strategy 10.4%

Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?

Why similar: Resource Management 26.2%, Survival Horror 23.5%, Strategy 15.8%, Dark 15.8%, Atmospheric 15.7%

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 40%, Deckbuilding 31.8%, Strategy 17.8%, 2D 5.7%, Roguelite 4.2%

Set in the unforgiving lands of Alaska, Edge of Sanity is a Cthulhu-inspired, 2D survival horror game. Uncover a disturbing story while madness claws at your mind. Lead a group of survivors and explore, scavenge and survive together - against untold eldritch horrors.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.1%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Horror 11%, Resource Management 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10%

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 27%, Card Game 24%, Resource Management 18.5%, Roguelite 12.6%, Story Rich 6.3%

Peregrino is a dark isometric survival adventure where you explore a cursed forest by day and manage your caravan by night. Gather resources, hunt deadly creatures, upgrade your caravan, care for your companions, and lead them through the vast wilderness in search of New Eden.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.8%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Strategy 11%, Exploration 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.7%

The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.8%, Card Game 21.6%, Horror 14.7%, Stylized 5.8%, Story Rich 5.4%