- #1 Nowhere Prophet
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,172 reviews2019
Dev: Sharkbomb StudiosPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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%, Card Game 13.1%, Deckbuilding 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder that emphasizes managing a group of survivors and making difficult moral choices.
- #2 Griftlands
96% 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 21.7%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Card Game 13.7%, Roguelite 11.7%, 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.
- #3 Library Of Ruina
96% matchVery Positive94% of 44,679 reviews2021
Dev: ProjectMoon
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 54.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"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 20.2%, Deckbuilding 18%, Card Battler 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the blend of visual novel storytelling and complex card-based tactical combat found in Shambles.
- #4 Gordian Quest
95% 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 20.3%, Card Game 15.5%, Deckbuilding 12.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
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.
- #5 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: Card Game 29.7%, Deckbuilding 25%, Roguelite 15.6%, RPG 14.5%, Roguelike 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a card-based adventure system where narrative events and combat are driven by the cards you play.
- #6 Trials of Fire
94% 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 20.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Card Game 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Roguelite 10.7%
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.
- #7 Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars
93% matchVery Positive80% of 1,433 reviews2021
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 30.5%, Card Game 22.5%, Deckbuilding 13.6%, RPG 11.7%, Strategy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: The entire game is presented as a tabletop card-based adventure, focusing heavily on narrative and exploration.
- #8 Foretales
92% matchVery Positive85% of 1,180 reviews2022
Dev: AlkemiPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 24.3%, Card Game 21.5%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Story Rich 7%
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.
- #9 The Dead Await
91% matchMixed70% of 158 reviews2026
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 24.4%, Deckbuilding 17.8%, Card Game 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, RPG 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival RPG set in a zombie apocalypse that requires careful resource management and strategic combat.
- #10 Knock on the Coffin Lid
91% matchVery Positive84% of 2,907 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 21.1%, Card Game 16.2%, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Roguelite 10.9%, Roguelike 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder that features branching paths and significant narrative choices.
- #11 Wildermyth
90% matchVery Positive95% of 18,226 reviews2021
Dev: Worldwalker Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 15.7%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Roguelite 12.9%, Story Rich 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers procedural storytelling and tactical combat where character choices have lasting impacts on the world.
- #12 Tainted Grail: Conquest
89% 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: Card Game 20.8%, Deckbuilding 19.7%, Card Battler 15.4%, Roguelike 13.3%, Roguelite 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a dark, atmospheric setting with complex deckbuilding mechanics that reward strategic planning.
- #13 As We Descend
89% 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 17.4%, Card Game 13.2%, Deckbuilding 11.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging roguelike deckbuilder that focuses on tactical card play and strategic progression.
- #14 The Banner Saga
88% matchVery Positive89% of 15,944 reviews2014
Dev: StoicPub: Stoic Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 32.2%, RPG 16.6%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Strategy 9.9%, Story Rich 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy tactical RPG where your choices define the fate of your caravan in a dying world.
- #15 Broken Roads
87% matchMixed53% of 459 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Bear BytesPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 32.8%, RPG 17.8%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Exploration 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, post-apocalyptic RPG that focuses heavily on philosophical choices and moral alignment.
- #16 Citizen Sleeper
85% matchVery Positive92% of 10,481 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 24.5%, Dystopian 24.2%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, RPG 13.4%, Story Rich 10.2%
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.
- #17 Deck of Ashes
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,070 reviews2020
Dev: AYGamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Deck of Ashes is an adventure game with tactical card combat. One character at a time, lead the cast of antiheroes on a quest for redemption. Explore the cursed fantasy world and hunt down powerful cards. Forge a unique Battle Deck, and crush your foes! Can you rid the world of the Ash Curse?
Why similar: Card Battler 32.3%, Deckbuilding 19%, Card Game 13.3%, Roguelite 9.7%, RPG 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical card-battler with a dark, gritty aesthetic and deep deck-customization options.
- #18 Journey to the Void
84% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: RuneHeads
Windows · Mac
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 19.3%, Card Game 15.2%, Deckbuilding 13.8%, Roguelike 9.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based strategy game that emphasizes deckbuilding and tactical combat in a mysterious setting.
- #19 Ash of Gods: Redemption
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,470 reviews2018
Dev: AurumDust
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 22.6%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, RPG 15.8%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Story Rich 11.9%
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.
- #20 Lords of Ravage
84% matchMixed69% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Synthetic DomainPub: 101XP
Windows · Linux
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 19.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.2%, Roguelike 16.5%, Deckbuilding 15.6%, RPG 10%
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.
- #21 Shattered Heaven
83% 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 23.3%, Card Game 13.4%, Roguelite 11%, Deckbuilding 10.8%, Roguelike 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deckbuilding with a strong narrative focus and turn-based strategy elements.
- #22 Railroads & Catacombs
82% 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 20.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.7%, Deckbuilding 13.7%, Card Game 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult roguelike deckbuilder that incorporates base-building and tactical dungeon crawling.
- #23 Inscryption
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 148,054 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 28.2%, Card Game 20.1%, Deckbuilding 17.7%, Roguelike 10%, Roguelite 10%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, narrative-heavy card game that blends roguelike deckbuilding with exploration and mystery.
- #24 Depth of Extinction
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2018
Dev: HOF Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, RPG 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world that focuses on squad-based combat and exploration.
- #25 Rust of Steel
81% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Fortress13 Game Studio
Windows
"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 37.2%, RPG 30.8%, Exploration 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, 2D 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic RPG with pixel graphics that focuses on exploration and character development.
- #26 Shuffle Tactics
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Club SandwichPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
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 20.5%, Card Game 20%, Deckbuilding 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Roguelike 14.8%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric tactical RPG that uses card-based mechanics to drive movement and combat.
- #27 Duskpunk
78% matchVery Positive92% of 182 reviews2025
Dev: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23.8%, Dystopian 15.8%, RPG 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A steampunk-themed RPG that focuses on story-rich exploration and tabletop-inspired mechanics.
- #28 Shards of Order
77% 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 28.1%, Deckbuilding 18.7%, Card Game 16.1%, RPG 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%
- #29 Lost Scavenger
81% matchMixed53% of 245 reviews2022
Dev: Rockbee
Windows
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 46.3%, Roguelike 19.9%, RPG 17%, Exploration 16.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused post-apocalyptic game that emphasizes turn-based combat and exploration in a harsh wasteland.
- #30 Godless Tactics
80% matchVery Positive95% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: Ice Arrow Games
Windows
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 31.6%, Strategy 25.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Adventure 13.6%, 2D 7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused adventure game that emphasizes turn-based tactical combat and singleplayer progression.
- #31 Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon
76% 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 20.8%, Card Game 16.1%, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Roguelike 9%
- #32 Dark Sky
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Ganymede GamesPub: Midwest Games
Windows
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 18.8%, Card Game 17.1%, Deckbuilding 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy RPG that integrates deckbuilding into its tactical combat and exploration loops.
- #33 Journey to the West
77% matchVery Positive81% of 1,704 reviews2023
Dev: Z Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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%, Card Game 12.2%, Deckbuilding 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Roguelite 9.6%
- #34 Moon Corona
76% matchVery Positive82% of 207 reviews2026
Dev: 不倒龙工作室Pub: Solo Game
Windows
open your eyes from the ancient temple and embark on this adventure! Embark on an RPG adventure in a dark-themed sandbox world. Explore vast lands, collect all kinds of cards, craft diverse combinations, and make pivotal choices—seeking lost truths and redemption in the chaos and danger.
Why similar: Card Battler 20.9%, Card Game 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #35 DICEOMANCER
74% 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 30%, Card Game 26.6%, Deckbuilding 17.8%, Roguelike 13.1%, Strategy 12.4%
- #36 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
74% matchVery Positive94% of 4,475 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 25.9%, Roguelike 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, RPG 11.9%, Exploration 9.9%
- #37 Stray Path
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,053 reviews2025
Dev: zidong gamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 32.1%, Card Game 16.5%, Roguelite 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Roguelike 8.1%
- #38 Project Afterfall
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: MuHa Games
Windows
Wake to a brutal world of Thea, 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 19.5%, Card Game 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Roguelite 14.3%, RPG 9.7%
- #39 Lost In Fantaland
73% matchVery Positive86% of 691 reviews2024
Dev: Supernature StudioPub: NPC Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 29.4%, Deckbuilding 25.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.1%, RPG 14.4%, Strategy 13.4%
- #40 Forsaker:DingDing&Blade
72% matchVery Positive80% of 250 reviews2025
Dev: 圣剑提灯制作组 [BladeLanternStudios]Pub: Infini Fun
Windows · Mac
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 23.4%, Roguelite 16.9%, Strategy 13.9%, RPG 11.6%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #41 Claymores of the Lost Kingdom
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Ultaan Games
Windows
RPG-infused Roguelike Deckbuilder. Forge your hero, level up, and craft a deck that evolves based on your unique build. Travel a land ravaged by famine, uncover the prophecy, and save the people of Ruthia!
Why similar: Card Battler 27.1%, Deckbuilding 22.4%, Card Game 21.3%, Roguelike 10.5%, RPG 6.9%
- #42 Outcast Tales: The First Journey
73% matchVery Positive85% of 261 reviews2024
Dev: Hardlane Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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 16.8%, Roguelite 15.4%, Roguelike 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%
- #43 Underchoice
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: TG IndiePub: Targem Games
Windows
Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.6%, Dystopian 25.6%, Choices Matter 16%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #44 Moon's Creed
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 178 reviews2025
Dev: Creedon Games
Windows
Choose your zodiac hero. Craft unique decks. Collect astral boons. Vanquish corrupted constellations. Ascend through cosmic chaos!
Why similar: Card Battler 17.8%, Card Game 13.9%, Deckbuilding 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%
- #45 Apokerlypse
69% matchVery Positive83% of 731 reviews2026
Dev: Breaker Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A card-strategy roguelike inspired by a variety of poker games. You play as a highly skilled card shark in the Tavern at the End of the World, combining all kinds of demon chips to rewrite the rules of play, compete with players from across the globe, and ultimately rise to the top.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 18.7%, Card Game 17.6%, Card Battler 16.8%, Roguelike 16.7%, Roguelite 11%
- #46 Songs of Rats
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Tesseract GamesPub: Salient Games
Windows · Linux
The Wreckage resounds with the echoes of countless songs, filling the air of a constantly shifting maze where bravery and sacrifice are key to staying alive. Then, without warning, one song goes silent. Will you step into this dicey labyrinth and uncover its secrets in this minimalist and dark RPG?
Why similar: Text-Based 21.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Roguelike 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, RPG 11.6%
- #47 Snow Ash
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 209 reviews2026
Dev: Ember StudioPub: Paras Games
Windows
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 21.2%, Card Game 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #48 Half-Earth Socialism
70% matchVery Positive82% of 1,013 reviews2022
Dev: Francis TsengPub: Trust
Windows · Mac · Linux
Try your hand as a global planner of a future society. Play with a wide range of technologies and policies spanning different fields and ideologies. Will you lead the world to ecological utopia or planetary ruin?
Why similar: Card Game 25.9%, Dystopian 17.4%, Roguelite 16.1%, Roguelike 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%
- #49 Waste Walkers
72% matchVery Positive81% of 217 reviews2015
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 41%, RPG 20.8%, Exploration 20.6%, 2D 9.4%, Adventure 8.1%
- #50 Myth Monkey Card(神猴卡牌)
67% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Myth Card Studio
Windows
card game, Roguelike, deckbuilder, strategy,poker,myth,single-player,turn-based strategy
Why similar: Card Battler 18.9%, Card Game 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Roguelike 9.8%
- #51 Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
68% matchVery Positive94% of 758 reviews2023
Dev: D20Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 19.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Card Game 11%
- #52 Overrogue
70% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Exe Create Inc.Pub: KEMCO
Windows
A card deck-building roguelite! Explore labyrinths each time from level 1!
Why similar: Card Battler 19%, Card Game 16.7%, Deckbuilding 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Roguelite 12%
- #53 Beneath Oresa
67% 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: Card Game 24.9%, Deckbuilding 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Roguelike 15.6%, Roguelite 9.1%
- #54 Mad Crown
70% matchVery Positive80% of 148 reviews2018
Dev: S-Game
Windows
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 63.5%, Adventure 36.5%
- #55 Loop Hero
66% matchVery Positive93% of 36,505 reviews2021
Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 16.5%, Card Game 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Roguelite 12.5%, Roguelike 12.2%
- #56 Re:Lord – Tales of Adventure
68% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: Wind Runner
Windows
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 16.3%, Card Game 13.4%, Deckbuilding 12.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%
- #57 Lawless Lands
68% matchVery Positive88% of 119 reviews2020
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
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 19.4%, RPG 18.9%, Multiple Endings 18%, Exploration 14%, Story Rich 13.6%
- #58 Zero Division
65% matchVery Positive88% of 289 reviews2024
Dev: Robot Cat LimitedPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
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%, Card Game 17.1%, Deckbuilding 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Roguelite 8.8%
- #59 Vagrus - The Riven Realms
66% matchVery Positive85% of 1,858 reviews2021
Dev: Lost Pilgrims StudioPub: Lost Pilgrims Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Lead a traveling company through a harsh, unforgiving world where survival is never guaranteed in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, RPG 13.4%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Story Rich 11.8%