- #1 Dark Table CCG
97% matchMixed63% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Doonamai, LLC
Windows
Enter a dark Lovecraftian world where four supreme beings called Keymasters play a sinister card game over the control of worlds. The 4-player gameplay and fresh unique mechanics ensure there is no real meta, so you can enjoy endless deck combinations.
Why similar: Card Game 26.2%, Card Battler 26%, Lovecraftian 17.4%, Strategy 13.3%, Deckbuilding 11.7%
- #2 The Simulacrum
96% matchVery Positive83% of 126 reviews2023
Dev: Trynet Games
Windows
The Simulacrum is a deckbuilder with procedurally generated cards. Obtain cards through a roguelite mode, acquire a large collection and challenge the hidden guardians of The Simulacrum.
Why similar: Card Game 28.5%, Card Battler 25.4%, Strategy 13.8%, Deckbuilding 11.6%, Casual 8.3%
- #3 The False God's Fold
96% matchVery Positive82% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Night Owl Games
Windows
A turn-based card strategy game. You are a Card-Seeker, wandering ruined lands and forgotten realms, collecting forbidden cards—shattered relics of fallen gods. Wield their power to battle twisted creatures and ancient guardians. Each card is a weapon. Each play, a gamble.
Why similar: Card Battler 38.8%, Card Game 26.2%, Strategy 20.4%, Casual 10%, 2D 4.1%
- #4 Pluto
95% matchVery Positive94% of 540 reviews2026
Dev: Siege Wizard InteractivePub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
A roguelike deckbuilder where you cast elemental spells, outwit monstrous foes, and escape prison on your way to your niece’s birthday party.
Why similar: Card Game 40.3%, Strategy 28.8%, Deckbuilding 20.1%, 2D 4.4%, Fantasy 3.9%
- #5 SCP: Secret Laboratory
94% matchVery Positive91% of 233,751 reviews2017
Dev: Northwood Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 47.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Fantasy 22.2%, Indie 7.7%
- #6 Card Crawl
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 184 reviews2018
Dev: Arnold Rauers
Windows · Mac
Card Crawl is a solitaire style Dungeon Crawler played with a deck of cards.
Why similar: Card Game 36.9%, Deckbuilding 20.1%, Strategy 19%, Fantasy 8.4%, Casual 7.8%
- #7 SCP – Containment Breach
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,768 reviews2026
Dev: Undertow GamesPub: SCP-CB Community Preservation Project
Windows
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Dark 100%
- #8 SCP Strategy
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 590 reviews2022
Dev: LUXO InteractivePub: LUK KUS SOFT
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take control of the SCP Foundation. For the general good, find, contain, and protect SCP objects. Develop your foundation and protect it from hostile organizations, in the last resort destroy them and capture SCP objects held there.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #9 Card Crawl Adventure
92% matchVery Positive83% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Arnold Rauers
Windows · Mac
Card Crawl Adventure is a single player card game with light deck building and roguelite elements. Engage in a unique path based combat mechanic to battle against devious tavern bosses. Visit a variety of cozy taverns, collect cards and improve your deck with magic equipment items and charms.
Why similar: Card Battler 32.8%, Card Game 23.9%, Deckbuilding 14.4%, Strategy 14.1%, Casual 6.3%
- #10 SCP: Containment Breach Multiplayer
89% matchVery Positive83% of 28,485 reviews2021
Dev: Fusion Creators Studio
Windows
Multiplayer survival horror game based on stories from the SCP Foundation. The game is about a facility containing anomalous entities known as SCPs. When a catastrophic containment breach occurs at one of the facilities, it is your main goal to escape the facility. Try to escape with your friends!
Why similar: Violent 90.6%, Singleplayer 9.4%
- #11 Blood Card
90% matchVery Positive81% of 724 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 36.6%, Card Game 26.4%, Deckbuilding 14.7%, Strategy 11.9%, Fantasy 3.2%
- #12 Shattered Heaven
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 125 reviews2023
Dev: Leonardo ProductionPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows
Shattered Heaven is a single-player deck builder card game with RPG elements and an ambitious branching narrative, set in a dark fantasy world. The game focuses on a card game and roguelike gameplay fueled by a great replay value, thanks to procedural dungeons, a deep crafting system.
Why similar: Card Battler 34.9%, Card Game 22.4%, Strategy 14.8%, Deckbuilding 11.1%, Violent 6.7%
- #13 Escape the Dynasty
87% 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 29.4%, Card Game 26.8%, Strategy 15.1%, Deckbuilding 14.9%, Casual 6.5%
- #14 Fhtagn Simulator
86% matchVery Positive89% of 569 reviews2022
Dev: 锁眼工作室Pub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 29.5%, Card Game 25.9%, Deckbuilding 18.8%, Strategy 12.5%, Casual 6.8%
- #15 Morimens
85% matchVery Positive83% of 5,096 reviews2024
Dev: B.I.A.V. Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Card Battler 25.4%, Card Game 24.3%, Lovecraftian 22.5%, Deckbuilding 12.1%, Strategy 11.9%
- #16 Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder
88% matchMixed60% of 264 reviews2021
Dev: TavroxGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Card Battler 26.6%, Card Game 22.3%, Lovecraftian 13.3%, Deckbuilding 12.3%, Strategy 11%
- #17 Menace from the Deep
84% matchVery Positive84% of 2,569 reviews2024
Dev: Flat Lab
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Card Battler 25.9%, Lovecraftian 23.9%, Card Game 18.5%, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Strategy 8.8%
- #18 SCP: Daybreak
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 397 reviews2022
Dev: SquiffyDev
Windows
An open-ended, SCP-based, atmospheric, exploration-focused, survival-horror game with puzzle elements and replayability.
Why similar: Dark 100%
- #19 Cabals: Card Blitz
86% matchMixed54% of 114 reviews2017
Dev: Kyy GamesPub: BISBOG SA
Windows
Build decks and fight auto-battles.
Why similar: Card Battler 36.5%, Card Game 31.5%, Strategy 15.8%, Dark 11%, 2D 5.2%
- #20 Monster Stalker: Prologue
83% matchVery Positive90% of 134 reviews2022
Dev: 333Ba
Windows
Monster Stalker: Prologue is a free independent version of Monster Stalker, tells the early stage story of Monster Stalker. It combines card battle and RPG. Aliens invade earth and monsters are coming. You will build deck, fight various monsters and get teammates. Go fight and save earth!
Why similar: Card Battler 32.1%, Card Game 23.9%, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Dark 10.6%
- #21 Breachway
81% 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 28.1%, Card Game 24.9%, Deckbuilding 14%, Strategy 13.6%, Casual 6.8%
- #22 Decktamer
79% matchVery Positive86% of 2,179 reviews2025
Dev: Horizon EdgePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 Battler 31.6%, Card Game 27.2%, Deckbuilding 14.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Lovecraftian 7.9%
- #23 ILLUMINATI
82% matchMostly Positive69% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: RadioFree.NetPub: RadioFree.Net
Windows · Mac
Join the conspiracy of global domination and dark satire in this classic from Steve Jackson Games. As one of the Illuminati, you are driven by power, money, mayhem—and more. Grow stronger as you plot to destroy your rivals. How will you take over the world?
Why similar: Card Battler 29.5%, Card Game 20.3%, Strategy 15.1%, Conspiracy 11.4% ★, Lovecraftian 9.4%
- #24 SCP: Escape Together
82% matchMixed65% of 3,570 reviews2021
Dev: SCP: Escape Together development team
Windows · Linux
In the midst of a site-wide containment breach, you must team up with other Class-D personnel to escape the underground, isolated facility while evading the dangerous anomalies that have breached containment.
Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Violent 22.4%, Indie 3.9%
- #25 Museum Mystery: Deckbuilding Card Game
81% matchVery Positive82% of 185 reviews2024
Dev: ST Stepanov Ivan AndreevichPub: Recently Played
Windows
Museum Mystery is a deck-building, story-driven roguelite adventure where museum exhibits come to life, wreaking chaos. Explore halls from different eras, battle works of art, collect your own deck of artifacts, and solve the mystery!
Why similar: Card Battler 37.2%, Card Game 27.8%, Strategy 13.1%, Deckbuilding 11%, Fantasy 4.9%
- #26 Dice Eater: A Supernatural Mystery Card Game
80% matchMixed62% of 438 reviews2025
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows
Dice Eater is a mystery card game based around supernatural powers where players must use their power to uncover the other player's tricks. Use your opponent's tricks against them to turn the tables and win.
Why similar: Card Game 29.8%, Card Battler 29%, Strategy 17.3%, Dark 17.1%, 2D 5.4%
- #27 Right and Down and Dice
79% matchVery Positive82% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Explore randomly generated card dungeons where you can only move Right and Down, use Dice to defeat mighty enemies, gather powerful artifacts, and learn new abilities! Will you be able to escape from the dungeon?
Why similar: Card Battler 34.5%, Card Game 26.5%, Deckbuilding 15.6%, Strategy 13.2%, Fantasy 4.3%
- #28 Deck of Souls
78% 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: Card Battler 31.7%, Card Game 30.4%, Deckbuilding 16.6%, Strategy 14.5%, Fantasy 5.8%
- #29 SCP: Observer
78% matchVery Positive92% of 655 reviews2023
Dev: Maximilian Fischer
Windows
SCP: Observer is a frightening experience in which you'll play the role of a maintenance engineer trapped inside a security room. Survive by managing the emergency power supply, monitoring the facility's camera system for threats and blocking the paths of oncoming horrors.
Why similar: Dark 80.5%, Indie 11.9%, Singleplayer 7.6%
- #30 CD 2: Trap Master
77% 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 29%, Card Game 24.1%, Deckbuilding 13.7%, Strategy 12.8%, Dark 10.1%
- #31 The Spire of Mech Zero
76% matchVery Positive92% of 147 reviews2024
Dev: ZZ Game
Windows
A lite roguelike card deck building game inspired by Slay the Spire. You can experience battles of robots with cards and components! Try to conquer the spire with one perfect run, every choice matters!
Why similar: Card Battler 31.4%, Card Game 27.2%, Strategy 18.4%, Deckbuilding 17.6%, Fantasy 3.9%
- #32 Occlude
74% matchVery Positive86% of 417 reviews2025
Dev: Tributary GamesPub: Pantaloon
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 61.6%, Strategy 36.9%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #33 Nadir: A Grimdark Deck Builder - Prologue
77% matchVery Positive81% of 215 reviews2022
Dev: Team NadirPub: Black Eye Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 Battler 36%, Card Game 30%, Strategy 16.2%, Dark 11.3%, 2D 5.3%
- #34 Starless Abyss
74% matchVery Positive86% of 340 reviews2025
Dev: Konafa GamesPub: No More Robots
Windows
Earth has fallen. Science and the Occult have united forces to brace for the arrival of the Eldritch. But will the efforts against this strange, alien race be enough? Play as one of many Proximae used to help defend humanity in this turn-based, roguelike, intergalactic deck builder.
Why similar: Strategy 32.3%, Lovecraftian 31.9%, Card Game 22.4%, Fantasy 4.9%, 2D 4.8%
- #35 SCP: Blackout
75% matchMixed68% of 336 reviews2024
Dev: Mahelyk
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A VR/Desktop game where you are a new D-Class personnel in secret SCP Research Site-50 when everything falls apart. Use what you can find as you explore the facility, access logs to learn about the SCP entities in containment, and run for your life from the SCP entities that have escaped.
Why similar: Indie 80%, Singleplayer 20%
- #36 The Foretold: Westmark Legacy
76% matchMixed59% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Nodbrim Interactive
Windows
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: Card Game 25.2%, Card Battler 20.8%, Lovecraftian 14.7%, Deckbuilding 13.8%, Strategy 8.2%
- #37 None Shall Intrude: Descent
73% matchVery Positive88% of 271 reviews2024
Dev: Aeterna LudiPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
None Shall Intrude: Descent is a free Prologue version of 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.
Why similar: Card Battler 39.4%, Card Game 28.4%, Strategy 22%, Fantasy 5.3%, 2D 3.1%
- #38 DICEOMANCER
71% 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 29.9%, Card Game 29.7%, Strategy 22.4%, Deckbuilding 12.2%, Casual 3.9%
- #39 Magecraft: Spellbuilding
72% matchVery Positive98% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Violet Grimoire
Windows
Craft spell cards, collect new effects, and build the perfect deck as you fight through rounds of turn-based combat. Survive randomly-generated dungeon layouts by countering enemy attacks with your own spells, and make the most of the powers and scrolls you pick up along the way.
Why similar: Card Battler 35.1%, Card Game 30.5%, Deckbuilding 15.6%, Strategy 10.8%, Fantasy 5%
- #40 Hell is Empty, Demons are playing Apokerlypse
72% matchVery Positive82% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Breaker Games
Windows
A deck-building roguelike shedding card game. You will play as Satan—a humble civil servant in Hell—and embark on a 3-chapter Story Mode. By combining various skills and demonic chips, you will take down powerful bosses and claim your throne as the new King of Hell.
Why similar: Card Game 26.4%, Card Battler 24%, Strategy 19.4%, Deckbuilding 17.7%, Casual 10.1%
- #41 Deliverance & Reign
73% matchVery Positive84% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: One Up Plus
Windows
Join a gothic battle where Good confronts Evil using roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Play as either side, invading Alaric's Castle, or as Alaric himself defending against the invading heroes!
Why similar: Card Battler 32.2%, Card Game 25.5%, Deckbuilding 15%, Strategy 13.4%, Dark 8.5%
- #42 Mind Lure
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Little Tiger Game
Windows
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: Card Battler 26.8%, Lovecraftian 22.7%, Card Game 17.1%, Deckbuilding 14.8%, Strategy 14.2%
- #43 A.D.D. (Anomaly Detection Department)
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: One More SpoonPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
A.D.D is a management simulation game where you run operations for a company investigating the Backrooms. Connect nodes, build workflows, dispatch employees, and deliver the results the company demands.
Why similar: Card Game 48.7%, Strategy 24%, Tabletop 19.7%, 2D 4.4%, Indie 2.6%
- #44 Blackjack Descent
70% matchVery Positive81% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
You're locked in a room where your only chance of survival is to play blackjack against a sinister dealer. Every hand isn't just a gamble, it's a deal with fate. Fail to repay your debt on time, and you'll fall into darkness... or something far worse.
Why similar: Strategy 43.8%, Dark 29%, Card Game 23.1%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #45 SCP: Ground Zero
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 732 reviews2022
Dev: Nikk F.
Windows
Infiltrate a secret facility to recover an anomalous object.
Why similar: Strategy 70.5%, Violent 16.9%, Indie 10.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #46 Moonsigil Atlas
69% matchVery Positive84% of 293 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: Card Battler 41.3%, Strategy 22.3%, Deckbuilding 18.5%, Card Game 13.8%, 2D 3.7%
- #47 Shards of Order
67% matchVery Positive90% of 543 reviews2026
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
A grim RPG with card-based combat where nothing stays dead. Lead a party of survivors through a world undone by shattered Laws. Restore them and reshape the rules of the game, but be ready to face the consequences.
Why similar: Card Battler 38.7%, Card Game 24.8%, Deckbuilding 17.7%, Dark 7%, Strategy 6.5%
- #48 Slime CCG
75% matchMixed41% of 101 reviews2018
Dev: Kody StonePub: Sedoc LLC
Windows
Build decks using fun and powerful Slime's and battle them in unique arenas!
Why similar: Card Game 56.2%, Strategy 28.1%, Fantasy 10.7%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 2%
- #49 Nomad Defender
70% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Dhelpra Games
Windows
You wake up in a gloomy room. Become the test subject of a shady software program that feeds on Tower Defense - Roguelike - Deckbuilder simulations.
Why similar: Card Game 46.3%, Strategy 28.4%, Dark 14.4%, Deckbuilding 10.7%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #50 Ring of Pain
68% matchVery Positive91% of 5,079 reviews2020
Dev: Simon BoxerPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 57.7%, Strategy 21.6%, Dark 17.6%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #51 Railroads & Catacombs
67% 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 25.9%, Lovecraftian 21.6%, Card Game 17.5%, Deckbuilding 12.1%, Strategy 10.8%
- #52 Cardnarok: Raid with Gods
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: Greedy Wolf Studio
Windows
A roguelite deckbuilding card game that demands tactics and switching in battle. Unlock and pick your divine battle team, develop your very own strategy and deck builds, preview levels and choose your path, and survive mythological bosses to defeat Azathoth in each playthrough.
Why similar: Card Battler 38.9%, Card Game 27.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Deckbuilding 10.5%, Fantasy 7.3%
- #53 Roots Devour
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 580 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.8%, Card Game 25.9%, Strategy 16.7%, Deckbuilding 12.8%, Dark 11.4%
- #54 Party Party Anxiety!
66% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows
A dating card game for anxious people. Use conversation cue cards up your sleeves to make connections. But beware—the more anxious you get, the scarier they become.
Why similar: Card Battler 38.3%, Card Game 27.3%, Strategy 18.6%, Casual 8.1%, 2D 3.8%
- #55 BLOODLETTER
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 229 reviews2026
Dev: ALDAMAMI GAMES
Windows
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 31.7%, Card Game 28.1%, Deckbuilding 18.4%, Strategy 15.3%, 2D 4.2%
- #56 Decks & Daggers
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Osarion
Windows
DECKS & DAGGERS is a Deck-Building RPG Card Game where you venture down into the dungeons to slay monsters and collect treasure.
Why similar: Card Game 27.1%, Card Battler 24.9%, Strategy 14.8%, Tabletop 12.8%, Deckbuilding 11.5%
- #57 Creatures of Aether
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 559 reviews2021
Dev: Tako Boy StudiosPub: Aether Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Creatures of Aether is a free-to-play card battler set in the Rivals of Aether universe. Play PvP ladder matches or PvE dungeons as you construct a deck with powerful elemental abilities.
Why similar: Card Battler 38.2%, Strategy 25.3%, Card Game 22.4%, Deckbuilding 12.3%, Indie 1.2%
- #58 SCP: Bloodwater
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: NEUROTICFLY GAMES
Windows
SCP Bloodwater is a strategy management defense game inspired by the SCP Foundation's SCP-354, also known as the Red Pool. Take the role of a newly appointed Site Director at the Red Pool Containment Zone, harvest valuable organic material, and defend the facility against the Red Pool's attacks.
Why similar: Strategy 53.9%, Lovecraftian 35.4%, 2D 9.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #59 Bombagun
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 142 reviews2022
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A deceptively simple, post-apocalyptic style card game that you can play both online and offline!
Why similar: Card Game 27.9%, Card Battler 24.2%, Strategy 15.9%, Casual 14.2%, Tabletop 13.3%