Games Like Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse

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 21.8%, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Card Game 13.7%, Roguelite 11.9%, Roguelike 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features a strong narrative focus where your choices matter, combined with a robust deckbuilding system for both combat and social encounters.

Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.

Why similar: Card Battler 16.2%, Card Game 13.1%, Deckbuilding 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder that emphasizes managing a group of survivors and making difficult moral choices.

"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.

Why similar: Card Game 20.3%, Deckbuilding 18.3%, Card Battler 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Visual Novel 10%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the blend of visual novel storytelling and complex card-based tactical combat found in Shambles.

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 20.4%, Card Game 15.6%, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines tactical grid-based combat with deep deckbuilding and RPG progression, mirroring the tactical depth of the seed game.

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: Card Game 29.9%, Deckbuilding 25.3%, Roguelite 15.7%, RPG 13.9%, Roguelike 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It uses a card-based adventure system where narrative events and combat are driven by the cards you play.

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 20.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Card Game 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Roguelite 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that uses a card-based system for movement and combat on a grid, focusing on party management.

Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars is an RPG set in a world of swords and sorcery, told entirely through the medium of cards.

Why similar: Card Battler 30.7%, Card Game 22.6%, Deckbuilding 13.9%, RPG 11.3%, Strategy 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: The entire game is presented as a tabletop card-based adventure, focusing heavily on narrative and exploration.

Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.

Why similar: Card Battler 24.7%, Deckbuilding 18.3%, Card Game 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, RPG 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival RPG set in a zombie apocalypse that requires careful resource management and strategic combat.

Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Roguelite 13.3%, Story Rich 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers procedural storytelling and tactical combat where character choices have lasting impacts on the world.

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: Card Battler 21.3%, Card Game 16.1%, Deckbuilding 14.9%, Roguelite 11.1%, Roguelike 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder that features branching paths and significant narrative choices.

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: Card Game 20.7%, Deckbuilding 20%, Card Battler 15.6%, Roguelike 13.3%, Roguelite 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a dark, atmospheric setting with complex deckbuilding mechanics that reward strategic planning.

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 17.3%, Card Game 13.3%, Deckbuilding 12%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging roguelike deckbuilder that focuses on tactical card play and strategic progression.

Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 28.6%, RPG 25%, Strategy 15.1%, Story Rich 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy tactical RPG where your choices define the fate of your caravan in a dying world.

Decide the fate of the world in this ingenious story-driven card game. Foretales offers a unique take on the adventure genre, with a multitude of playstyles and story paths through which you can save the world… or bring about its end.

Why similar: Card Battler 25.4%, Card Game 22.1%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Story Rich 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven card game where every action and choice impacts the unfolding story and the state of the world.

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 Battler 19.4%, Card Game 15.3%, Deckbuilding 14.1%, Roguelike 9.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based strategy game that emphasizes deckbuilding and tactical combat in a mysterious setting.

Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing 25+ hour journey across the wilds.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.6%, RPG 17.5%, Choices Matter 14%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Exploration 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, post-apocalyptic RPG that focuses heavily on philosophical choices and moral alignment.

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 32.5%, Deckbuilding 19.3%, Card Game 13.3%, Roguelite 9.9%, RPG 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical card-battler with a dark, gritty aesthetic and deep deck-customization options.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Text-Based 25%, Dystopian 24.7%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, RPG 13%, Story Rich 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: While less combat-focused, it captures the post-apocalyptic, choice-driven RPG feel of surviving in a harsh, futuristic environment.

Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 22.7%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Choices Matter 15.7%, RPG 15.6%, Story Rich 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a branching narrative and tactical turn-based combat that feels very similar to the weight of choices in Shambles.

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 23.3%, Card Game 13.4%, Roguelite 11.2%, Deckbuilding 10.9%, Roguelike 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deckbuilding with a strong narrative focus and turn-based strategy elements.

Become the Final Boss! Play any way you want, combine followers from different factions, and win spectacular turn-based battles. Expand your Empire of Darkness and seek a powerful artifact that can change the fate of the world.

Why similar: Card Game 20%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.2%, Roguelike 16.6%, Deckbuilding 16.1%, RPG 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to play as the villain in a tactical RPG, offering a unique perspective on the typical hero-led narrative.

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 20.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.6%, Deckbuilding 14%, Card Game 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult roguelike deckbuilder that incorporates base-building and tactical dungeon crawling.

A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!

Why similar: Text-Based 24.1%, Dystopian 15.8%, RPG 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11%

Why You'll Like It: A steampunk-themed RPG that focuses on story-rich exploration and tabletop-inspired mechanics.

"Rust of Steel" is a post-apocalyptic ruins exploration RPG with a high degree of freedom. Take on the world in your own style with multiple scenarios, free stat distribution, and the option to play as the good guy or the bad guy!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37.1%, RPG 30.5%, Exploration 14.8%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, 2D 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic RPG with pixel graphics that focuses on exploration and character development.

Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 25.2%, Roguelite 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, RPG 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world that focuses on squad-based combat and exploration.

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 Battler 28.3%, Card Game 20.1%, Deckbuilding 17.9%, Roguelite 10.1%, Roguelike 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, narrative-heavy card game that blends roguelike deckbuilding with exploration and mystery.

Shuffle Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding tactical RPG. Strategize to survive tough battles, pick the right cards to create powerful synergies, and bond with your sidekicks to get an edge in battle. Adventure awaits! Will you rise as Asteria's new King?

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 20.3%, Card Game 20.1%, Deckbuilding 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Roguelike 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric tactical RPG that uses card-based mechanics to drive movement and combat.

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 20.8%, Card Game 16.1%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Roguelike 9%

How long could you survive in a parallel universe where the Mist dictates its rules? Would you be able to find the way to your homeworld, or will you adapt to live under the Mist domain? Fight for resources, get together with other survivors and discover the secrets of this world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 45.9%, Roguelike 20.5%, Exploration 16.9%, RPG 16.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused post-apocalyptic game that emphasizes turn-based combat and exploration in a harsh wasteland.

Lead an elite strike team through the wars of a reborn civilisation, and decide the fate of humanity through your achievements and choices. Traverse a dynamic war-map, engage in fast, turn-based battles, and explore the world of 2952.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 31.7%, Strategy 25.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Adventure 13.1%, 2D 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused adventure game that emphasizes turn-based tactical combat and singleplayer progression.

Dark Sky is a narrative RPG deckbuilder that features tactical combat and a branching card upgrade system. Assemble your party, customize your deck, and harness powerful synergies to master strategic battles as you unravel the mystery behind a planetary catastrophe.

Why similar: Card Battler 19.1%, Card Game 17.3%, Deckbuilding 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy RPG that integrates deckbuilding into its tactical combat and exploration loops.

Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26%, Roguelike 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, RPG 11.8%, Exploration 9.9%

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 30.6%, Card Game 26.5%, Deckbuilding 17.5%, Roguelike 13%, Strategy 12.5%

A challenging rogue-like deck building game about a legendary adventure in the Realm of Divinity. Lead your team, build your unique deck, gather powerful relics and consumables to confront legendary creatures and eventually discover the truth behind the omen of darkness.

Why similar: Card Battler 22.1%, Card Game 12.2%, Deckbuilding 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Roguelite 9.8%

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 Battler 32.4%, Card Game 16.5%, Roguelite 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Roguelike 8.1%

Wake to a brutal world bent on destroying your colony. Rebuild, Explore the Wastelands, and Gather scarce resources. Will you strike a deal with the ruthless Baba Yaga - or hack a rogue Cyber-Rat to turn it into an ally? A dark strategy-survival RPG with card-based tactical combat.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 20.3%, Card Game 19%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Roguelite 14.7%, RPG 9.5%

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: Visual Novel 23.1%, Roguelite 17.5%, Strategy 14%, RPG 11.4%, Story Rich 10.9%

Experience the beginning of a grand adventure in Outcast Tales: The First Journey. Engage in deep tactical battles, make tough decisions, and choose your own adventures - write an Outcast Tale that’s unique to you!

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Roguelite 15.8%, Roguelike 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%

Choose your zodiac hero. Craft unique decks. Collect astral boons. Vanquish corrupted constellations. Ascend through cosmic chaos!

Why similar: Card Battler 17.9%, Card Game 13.9%, Deckbuilding 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%

Lost in Fantaland is a Roguelite game with deck-building at its core, deeply integrated with board-game strategy mechanics. You will choose one of six unique characters and embark on a randomly generated adventure. Use your creativity to build your deck, and uncover the secrets of this world!

Why similar: Card Battler 29.6%, Deckbuilding 26.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 17%, RPG 13.8%, Strategy 13.3%

Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!

Why similar: Card Battler 19.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Deckbuilding 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Card Game 11.1%

Card-based strategic roguelike with a mix of deck-building, auto-battler and territory management. Choose between +300 unique cards to create a deck that matches your playstyle, and lead your forces across the whole continent in an adventure that will unveil the truth behind this world.

Why similar: Card Battler 16.5%, Card Game 13.4%, Deckbuilding 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%

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: Card Game 24.9%, Deckbuilding 24.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Roguelike 15.6%, Roguelite 9.3%

Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.9%, Exploration 20.7%, RPG 20.7%, 2D 9.7%, Adventure 8%

Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 23.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Choices Matter 14.2%, RPG 14%, Story Rich 12.5%

Mad Crown is a roguelike RPG set in a post-apocalyptic dieselpunk world. As an explorer, you are in search of the legendary crown. Make use of limited resources and meticulous tactics to battle an eerie enemy through the procedurally generated dungeons of a mutated world.

Why similar: Strategy 64.5%, Adventure 35.5%

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: Card Game 23.5%, Strategy 20.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Roguelike 14.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%

A sci-fantasy roguelike deckbuilder about building your own starting deck, equipping gadgets, summoning allies, and salvaging cards for different effects. Discover strange events, go fishing and gather Intel to uncover a conspiracy to take over the galaxy!

Why similar: Card Battler 18.1%, Card Game 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Deckbuilding 12.5%, Roguelite 11.4%

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: Card Battler 23.1%, Deckbuilding 21.3%, Card Game 18.1%, Roguelike 14.3%, RPG 6.6%

Snow Ash is a post-apocalyptic, wasteland-themed card-based trading and survival game. In this snow-covered world, you’ll take on the role of a messenger, braving blizzards to deliver goods between scattered shelters. In the biting cold and swirling snow, where will your journey lead?

Why similar: Card Battler 21.5%, Card Game 19.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Deckbuilding 15.7%, Multiple Endings 7.4%

"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 24%, Card Game 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Roguelike 9.6%

Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.8%, RPG 25.1%, Dystopian 24.8%, Strategy 9.3%

A roguelite deckbuilder crossed with a CCG, set in a dark cyberpunk world. You will lead a three-man squad against competing factions fighting among the ashes of a world-wide war. Each operator comes with a unique deck that can be customized and augmented.

Why similar: Card Battler 24.1%, Card Game 17.1%, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Roguelite 9%

Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 30.2%, Choices Matter 15.7%, RPG 15.6%, Story Rich 11.4%, Exploration 10.9%

Lawless Lands is a dark medieval role-playing game featuring a grim setting and innovative mechanics that allow players to delve into a low-fantasy, apocalyptic world of epic proportions. Defy and destroy the darkness that has taken hold over these Lawless Lands.

Why similar: Choices Matter 19.8%, RPG 18.6%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Exploration 13.9%, Story Rich 13.6%

A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!

Why similar: Card Game 29.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Strategy 9.2%

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: Card Battler 23.5%, Card Game 15.2%, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%

Dive into the world of Royal Booty Quest and experience the thrill of deckbuilding and roguelike adventure like never before.

Why similar: Card Battler 18.5%, Card Game 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Deckbuilding 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%