- #1 Alina of the Arena
97% matchVery Positive91% of 3,963 reviews2022
Dev: PINIX
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A roguelike deckbuilding tactics game that combines elements from 'Slay the Spire' and 'Into the Breach'. Play as a gladiator to survive. With roguelike deckbuilding and hex-based tactics, no longer bound by simple attack and defense. Make use of dodges and knockbacks to stay alive!
Why similar: Card Game 19.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.3%, Deckbuilding 16%, Roguelike 15.4%, Roguelite 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines hex-grid tactical movement with deckbuilding in a gladiator-themed setting that mirrors the core loop of the seed game.
- #2 Gladiator Guild Manager
96% matchVery Positive81% of 4,068 reviews2024
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.4 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: Strategy RPG 23.3%, Base Building 18.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, Medieval 14.8%, Roguelite 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the management and tactical preparation of gladiators, perfect for those who enjoy the base-building and recruitment aspects of the seed.
- #3 Shogun Showdown
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,002 reviews2024
Dev: RoboatinoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 20.4%, Deckbuilding 16.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Roguelike 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A highly tactical, turn-based combat game that emphasizes precise positioning and planning, capturing the intensity of the seed's fighting style.
- #4 Trials of Fire
96% 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 Battler 19%, Perma Death 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Card Game 12.2%, Deckbuilding 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep tactical combat system where positioning and card synergy are essential for surviving harsh, turn-based encounters.
- #5 Banners of Ruin
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,232 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: Card Battler 20.8%, Deckbuilding 18.1%, Card Game 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Roguelike 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features squad-based tactical combat with deckbuilding elements that require careful management of multiple characters in a gritty environment.
- #6 Cross Blitz
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,660 reviews2025
Dev: Tako Boy Studios LLCPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 19.3%, Deckbuilding 18.8%, Card Game 15.5%, Roguelite 10.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A charming RPG-deckbuilder that features deep character customization and a variety of tactical combat scenarios.
- #7 Hand of Fate 2
94% matchVery Positive84% of 5,814 reviews2017
Dev: Defiant Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 30.4%, Card Game 28.9%, Roguelite 14%, RPG 11.8%, Roguelike 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Blends card-based narrative encounters with real-time combat, capturing the atmosphere of a high-stakes gladiator challenge.
- #8 Gordian Quest
92% matchVery Positive89% of 6,021 reviews2022
Dev: Mixed Realms Pte Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
Why similar: Card Battler 20.6%, Deckbuilding 17%, Card Game 16.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: An expansive RPG deckbuilder that features party management and tactical grid-based combat similar to the strategic depth of the seed.
- #9 Hadean Tactics
91% matchVery Positive89% of 1,926 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.3 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: Card Battler 18.6%, Strategy RPG 16%, Deckbuilding 15.9%, Card Game 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends auto-battler mechanics with card-based strategy, offering a fresh take on the tactical combat found in the seed.
- #10 Across the Obelisk
91% matchVery Positive80% of 13,075 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamsite GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 20.0 hrsMean: 54.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!
Why similar: Card Battler 24.5%, Deckbuilding 22.5%, Card Game 19.8%, Roguelike 13.4%, Roguelite 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative-style RPG deckbuilder that emphasizes party synergy and strategic planning during turn-based battles.
- #11 Slay the Spire
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 217,804 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: Card Battler 28.7%, Card Game 23.8%, Deckbuilding 19.7%, Roguelike 14.7%, Roguelite 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational roguelike deckbuilder that provides the polished, addictive card-battling experience that serves as the backbone for the seed game.
- #12 Monster Train
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,924 reviews2020
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 21.6%, Deckbuilding 16.2%, Card Game 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Roguelite 10%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on strategic lane-based combat and deckbuilding, offering a high level of replayability and tactical complexity.
- #13 Griftlands
89% matchVery Positive94% of 14,455 reviews2021
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Why similar: Card Battler 22.5%, Deckbuilding 19.4%, Card Game 14.9%, Roguelite 11.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Integrates deep RPG narrative choices with a unique dual-deck system, perfect for players who enjoy the role-playing elements of the seed.
- #14 Vault of the Void
88% matchVery Positive92% of 3,003 reviews2022
Dev: Spider Nest Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Card Battler 24.7%, Deckbuilding 23.7%, Card Game 19.6%, Roguelite 12.3%, Roguelike 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly transparent and strategic deckbuilding experience where managing your card pool is as important as the combat itself.
- #15 Wildfrost
86% matchVery Positive83% of 8,823 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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%, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Card Game 13.6%, Perma Death 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A highly strategic deckbuilder that focuses on turn-based tactics and unique character abilities, demanding careful planning for every encounter.
- #16 Castle Morihisa
87% matchMixed67% of 454 reviews2022
Dev: Smokingbear StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
"Castle Morihisa" is a roguelike featuring strategic deckbuilder. You need to build up your deck through constant battles, acquire powerful talents, and wield the power of the Fallen Heroes to unveil the truth behind the rebellion in Castle Morihisa.
Why similar: Card Battler 22.7%, Deckbuilding 16.3%, Card Game 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Roguelike 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dungeon-crawling deckbuilder that focuses on character classes and tactical card play, mirroring the RPG progression of the seed.
- #17 Roguebook
86% matchVery Positive84% of 4,554 reviews2021
Dev: Abrakam Entertainment SAPub: Nacon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 16.3%, Card Battler 16%, Card Game 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique two-hero combat system that emphasizes synergy and positioning, much like the tactical requirements of the seed.
- #18 Tainted Grail: Conquest
85% matchVery Positive90% of 8,348 reviews2021
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.0 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 21.2%, Card Game 17.9%, Card Battler 12.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Roguelike 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric roguelike deckbuilder that emphasizes character builds and strategic combat in a hostile world.
- #19 Breach Wanderers
84% matchVery Positive88% of 446 reviews2023
Dev: Baronnerie Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A fresh take on Roguelike Deckbuilders that lets you fine-tune your decks before each run to adapt your strategy on your way to victory. Over 1,200 cards to choose from, ten characters with their own set of unique skills, and dozens of items and missions to evolve your tactics.
Why similar: Card Battler 16.9%, Deckbuilding 15.9%, Perma Death 12.5%, Card Game 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic roguelike deckbuilder that offers extensive character customization and strategic depth for fans of the genre.
- #20 Death Roads: Tournament
84% matchVery Positive81% of 837 reviews2023
Dev: The Knights of Unity
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Combine deadly racing, deckbuilding, and roguelite style to get car battles unlike anything before! Choose a driver, car, weapons, and sponsors to overcome tactical encounters. Adapt to an ever-changing race to come out on top and earn entry into the last safe haven on the Divided States of America.
Why similar: Card Battler 15%, Deckbuilding 14%, Card Game 13.2%, Perma Death 12.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines turn-based combat with a high-stakes tournament setting, capturing the competitive spirit and progression of the seed game.
- #21 Lost For Swords
82% matchVery Positive90% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: MaxBytes
Windows · Linux
Lost For Swords is a Roguelike Deckbuilder, where the cards in your deck shape the rooms you’re exploring. Make your way up the tower, equip weapons and armor, cast spells and scrolls, activate auras, collect loot and defeat monsters in tactical turn-based combat.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 17.4%, Card Game 14.5%, Perma Death 14%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%, Roguelike 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dungeon-crawler that forces players to manage their deck by picking up cards from the environment, adding a layer of tactical discovery.
- #22 SpellRogue
81% matchVery Positive87% of 1,634 reviews2025
Dev: Guidelight GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 20.5%, Card Battler 17%, Perma Death 15.3%, Card Game 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a unique dice-rolling mechanic alongside deckbuilding to create a complex and rewarding tactical combat experience.
- #23 DICEOMANCER
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,602 reviews2024
Dev: 超厚皮猪猪 Ultra Piggy StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
DICEOMANCER is a roguelike deck-building game. Though you long for a peaceful life, you're forced to embark on an adventure. In this world of swords, magic, and guns, make good use of your dice and deck to find a way back to tranquility! What can the dice be used for? To change... anything.
Why similar: Card Battler 27.4%, Card Game 25.6%, Deckbuilding 21.3%, Roguelike 12.9%, Strategy 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Uses dice-based mechanics to manipulate card outcomes, providing a layer of strategic unpredictability that complements card-battling.
- #24 LONESTAR
79% matchVery Positive91% of 2,437 reviews2025
Dev: Math TidePub: Thermite Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!
Why similar: Card Battler 16.2%, Perma Death 14.6%, Deckbuilding 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical space-western deckbuilder that emphasizes turn-based strategy and careful resource management during combat.
- #25 Deep Sky Derelicts
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,882 reviews2018
Dev: Snowhound GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
Why similar: Card Battler 27.1%, Deckbuilding 23.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, RPG 8.8%, Card Game 8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique comic-book art style and tactical card-based combat that rewards careful resource management and character progression.
- #26 Overdungeon
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,108 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: Card Battler 24.7%, Deckbuilding 21.9%, Card Game 17.8%, Roguelite 12.5%, RPG 8%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, chaotic deckbuilder that focuses on overwhelming enemies with card combos, offering a different but engaging combat feel.
- #27 One Step From Eden
81% matchVery Positive93% of 7,656 reviews2020
Dev: Thomas Moon KangPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
Why similar: Card Battler 24.7%, Deckbuilding 23.1%, Card Game 17.9%, Roguelite 13.3%, Roguelike 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-intensity, real-time deckbuilding experience that challenges your reflexes and strategic deck construction.
- #28 Novus Orbis
79% matchVery Positive91% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Seizo GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
A combo-based deckbuilding roguelike through a space-time loop: collect cards, receive blessings, add pets to your party, and grow stronger. Chain together cards in the right order for max power, and act before the enemy does. Build synergistic decks, find many secrets, and make BIG numbers!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 18.7%, Card Battler 17.6%, Card Game 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%, Roguelike 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional roguelike deckbuilder that focuses on adventure and character growth, perfect for those who enjoy the RPG elements of the seed.
- #29 Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon
78% matchVery Positive92% of 854 reviews2025
Dev: Kygua TechPub: Gamersky Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon is a turn-based Roguelike card game where you assume the role of a Shu general. Explore dungeons, gather relics, and amass a collection of cards. In each round, you can assemble a unique combination of cards and treasures to defeat your enemies and rewrite history!
Why similar: Card Battler 21.5%, Deckbuilding 20.4%, Card Game 17.5%, Roguelike 10%, Roguelite 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused deckbuilder that incorporates historical RPG elements and tactical combat scenarios.
- #30 Railroads & Catacombs
78% 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: Card Battler 16.1%, Base Building 15%, Deckbuilding 14.4%, Perma Death 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines base-building and tactical combat in a challenging dungeon-crawling environment that tests your strategic planning.
- #31 FrostBound
77% matchVery Positive82% of 1,270 reviews2025
Dev: Lyra StudioPub: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 25.7%, Card Game 20.9%, Roguelike 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%, Medieval 8.8%
- #32 As We Descend
76% matchVery Positive87% of 1,382 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: Card Battler 19.3%, Deckbuilding 17.2%, Card Game 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Roguelike 10.1%
- #33 Reign of the Renegade
75% matchVery Positive88% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Dabuoys
Windows
Reign of the Renegade is a dice-based roguelite deckbuilder. Ascend the tower, brave the odds, and create powerful synergies. Will you end the Reign of the Renegade?
Why similar: Card Battler 26.6%, Card Game 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Deckbuilding 11.9%, Roguelike 10.1%
- #34 Madcap Mosaic
76% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: 1classydude
Windows
Carefully craft your Mosaic in this fantasy themed deckbuilding game. Battle by battle, tile by tile, you'll form synergies and build up your Mosaic's combo potential, hoping to beat the curve as you forge deeper into enemy territory.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 19%, Perma Death 15.7%, Card Game 15.5%, Card Battler 15.5%, Roguelite 11.4%
- #35 Ultimate Hero
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 227 reviews2025
Dev: FishwharfPub: IndieArk
Windows
Ultimate Hero is a rogue-lite deckbuilder with a twist of dice. Master and merge unique skills, counter enemies, and unleash devastating ultimates where they hurt the most! Challenge the finest martial artists in the realm, and defy the odds to claim the title of the Ultimate Hero.
Why similar: Card Battler 16.7%, Deckbuilding 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, Card Game 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%
- #36 Escape the Dynasty
73% matchVery Positive87% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: CoolStar Games
Windows
A Roguelike Deckbuilder meets Turn-Based Auto-Battler! Trapped in a dark Three Kingdoms tower, command your army on a strategic 3x10 grid. Equip cards with unique "Wine" skills, master the Art of War, and make crucial choices in random events. Break the seal and Escape the Dynasty!
Why similar: Card Battler 19.2%, Deckbuilding 18.7%, Card Game 16.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12.7%, Roguelike 11.3%
- #37 Looper Tactics
74% matchVery Positive89% of 524 reviews2023
Dev: Inkstone AtelierPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome again, wandering soul. Will this be the time of your success? Watch your steps as you advance in this roguelike-deck builder and engage in auto-battler card encounters of increasing difficulty. Get stronger in each battle, rise from the ashes, and break free from endless reincarnation!
Why similar: Card Battler 20.3%, Deckbuilding 19.2%, Card Game 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%, Strategy RPG 13.1%
- #38 Three Kingdoms:Yi
72% matchVery Positive95% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: XL Studio
Windows
Solo-developed in 2 months. Three Kingdoms: Yi is a 2D turn-based roguelite deckbuilder. Command a sovereign across 8 provinces and 49 cities — form your battle line, sway enemy generals, raise banners, awaken your avatar. Every choice reshapes your deck and destiny. No two runs are alike.
Why similar: Card Battler 24.3%, Deckbuilding 18.4%, Card Game 14.8%, Roguelite 11.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%
- #39 Relapse
74% 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 18.8%, Card Game 15.3%, Card Battler 14.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Roguelike 10.7%
- #40 Re:Night
71% matchVery Positive91% of 163 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: Card Battler 15.6%, Deckbuilding 14.5%, Strategy RPG 13.4%, Card Game 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.9%
- #41 Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 564 reviews2023
Dev: Balcony SoftworksPub: Those Awesome Guys
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Card Battler 18.5%, Deckbuilding 17.2%, Card Game 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%
- #42 Cubic Cosmos
69% matchVery Positive92% of 976 reviews2026
Dev: Inkstone Atelier
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Cubic Cosmos is a thrilling fast-paced roguelike card game. You have been trapped in a deadly game. One wrong move could see you reduced to a plaything of the goddess. Can you free yourself from the endless cycle and escape your fate?
Why similar: Card Battler 21.3%, Deckbuilding 20%, Card Game 16.3%, Roguelike 11.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%
- #43 Beneath Oresa
72% 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 28.7%, Card Game 24.2%, Roguelike 15.5%, Turn-Based Combat 14.8%, Roguelite 8.2%
- #44 Breachway
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,496 reviews2024
Dev: Edgeflow StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.3 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: Card Battler 20.2%, Deckbuilding 19.2%, Card Game 16.8%, Turn-Based Combat 15.1%, Roguelike 11.5%
- #45 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 16.6%, Strategy RPG 16.5%, Card Battler 16.5%, Card Game 14.9%, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%
- #46 Rune Gate
71% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Devwind
Windows
Rune Gate is a roguelite deckbuilder centered on card customization. Craft unique battle strategies with different runes. Face continuous challenges, where every choice can lead to victory or defeat. Dive into Rune Gate, unleash creativity, and explore endless card combinations.
Why similar: Card Battler 23.8%, Deckbuilding 19.7%, Card Game 18.2%, Roguelike 11.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%
- #47 Stronghold’s Dungeon
73% matchMixed69% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: FazerdooPub: Fazerdoo's Studio
Windows
Stronghold's Dungeon is a Deck Building Dungeon Crawler game with Rogue-lite mechanics. You will get to craft a deck to fight and try to overcome this dungeon and its terrible master.
Why similar: Card Battler 22.3%, Deckbuilding 20.8%, Card Game 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Roguelike 11.6%
- #48 Runeveil
68% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: dicehit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sequencer Roguelike. Enter the Arena as an elemental wizard, craft powerful rune chains, and break the game with wild artifact synergies. Beat all trials, defeat the Sin Kings, and ascend to godhood. Magic is chaos, order is power!
Why similar: Card Battler 19%, Deckbuilding 18%, Card Game 16.1%, Roguelite 9.7%, Roguelike 9.1%
- #49 Vegangsters
69% matchVery Positive94% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Poison Pill Games
Windows
Embark into a deck-building roguelike where real-time action will challenge your reaction and strategy skills. Face the deadliest criminals in intense turn-based combat, where each card defines the pace of the battle and save the city from the Vegangsters!
Why similar: Card Battler 18.8%, Deckbuilding 15.6%, Card Game 14.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #50 Rainbow Legends
67% matchVery Positive82% of 159 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: Card Battler 18.5%, Deckbuilding 18.2%, Card Game 16.1%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, Roguelike 10.4%
- #51 Dragon Eclipse
70% matchMixed65% of 253 reviews2024
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Dragon Eclipse is a roguelite deck-builder with a unique auto-battler twist. Choose your Tamer, team up with powerful Mystlings, and battle fierce foes. Grow and evolve your Mystlings, craft a winning deck, and unleash epic combos to dominate the battlefield. But beware—the Eclipse is close!
Why similar: Card Battler 25%, Deckbuilding 22.2%, Card Game 20.3%, Roguelike 13.2%, Roguelite 11.4%
- #52 Numeral Strike
66% matchVery Positive95% of 91 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: Deckbuilding 19.2%, Card Battler 17.8%, Turn-Based Combat 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Roguelike 11.2%
- #53 Inkborn
68% matchVery Positive80% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Acram Digital
Windows · Mac
Inkborn is a roguelike deckbuilder with a card system built around chaining Glyph-based combos. Sequence your cards in tactical combat to unleash impactful effects. Customize your Skill Tree before each run, evolve new abilities and uncover the hidden story of a world folded in ink, metal and paper.
Why similar: Card Battler 22.9%, Deckbuilding 21%, Card Game 19.5%, Roguelike 12.7%, Roguelite 9.1%
- #54 Dungeon: Faster & Deadlier
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: Old Oak Den
Windows
This is a hybrid between a card, board, and turn-based single-player game. Play cards in various ways, and discover iconic artifacts. Combine logical possibilities with an aspect of chance. Gradually map the world of this rogue-lite adventure. Walk through the portal and fight!
Why similar: Card Battler 22.6%, Deckbuilding 19.6%, Card Game 19.5%, Roguelike 10.8%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%
- #55 Handmancers
66% matchVery Positive90% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: 58BLADES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Handmancers is a Rock, Paper, Scissors Roguelite deckbuilder with a first-person twist where clear tactical choices meet deck-building depth. Craft your deck, enhance your cards, equip tricky artifacts and face powerful enemies in strategic fights
Why similar: Card Battler 23.6%, Deckbuilding 23.5%, Card Game 20.1%, Roguelite 11.2%, Roguelike 9%
- #56 Active DBG: Brave's Rage
69% matchVery Positive82% of 282 reviews2023
Dev: ISVRPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Mac
Brave's Rage is a challenging roguelite deckbuilding game that features an ATB combat system. Players will have to think critically to build their decks and make strategic decisions in the nick of time. Create your dynamic duo from a total of 9 playable Braves and face 20 different challenge tiers!
Why similar: Card Battler 18.4%, Deckbuilding 17.4%, Card Game 14.3%, Strategy RPG 13.9%, Roguelike 10.5%
- #57 Union of Gnomes
67% matchVery Positive81% of 359 reviews2025
Dev: HoolignomesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Onwards to revolution in this challenging deck-building roguelite. Free your gnome comrades, assemble your squad, mind wieners (supplies), slay the slavers, and take down the fiercest of them all – Snow White! FREEDOM TO GNOMES!
Why similar: Card Battler 16.2%, Deckbuilding 15.4%, Card Game 14.2%, Strategy RPG 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%
- #58 None Shall Intrude
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,003 reviews2025
Dev: Aeterna LudiPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Venture into None Shall Intrude, a roguelite deck-builder with tile-based combat where you become a powerful Raid Boss. Epic battles, intricate strategies, and the ever-present threat of heroic challengers seeking to vanquish your reign. Will you conquer all or fall to valiant heroes?
Why similar: Card Battler 23.9%, Card Game 19.6%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%, Roguelite 11.6%
- #59 Godslayer Arena
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: Hippo Rider Games
Windows
Godslayer Arena is a roguelike fusion of autobattlers and action-rpgs. Combat is performed completely automatically. Understanding complex interactions between the spells, gems, and items you draft will be key to success. Break the game. Become overpowered.
Why similar: Card Battler 21.7%, Card Game 19.2%, Strategy RPG 18.7%, Deckbuilding 15.9%, Roguelike 15%