- #1 Monster Train
97% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.1% ★, Card Battler 23.6%, Card Game 17.1%, Deckbuilding 12.9%, Roguelike 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its run-based card drafting, relic-style upgrades, and constant synergy chasing feel immediately familiar, while multi-lane battles add just enough new tactics.
- #2 Vault of the Void
96% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.1% ★, Card Battler 18.4%, Card Game 15.4%, Deckbuilding 12.8%, Roguelike 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Slay the Spire is tight combat math and deliberate deck tuning, this is one of the purest and smartest follow-ups on Steam.
- #3 Roguebook
96% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24.4% ★, Card Battler 15.8%, Card Game 14.9%, Turn-Based 12.7%, Deckbuilding 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Made by a Slay the Spire co-designer, it delivers the same deck-refining roguelite loop with great relics, route planning, and duo-based combos.
- #4 Wildfrost
95% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.8% ★, Card Battler 18.3%, Card Game 13.8%, Turn-Based 10.8%, Deckbuilding 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This is another hard, replayable run-based card battler where scaling synergies, careful sequencing, and tough encounters make every pick matter.
- #5 Across the Obelisk
94% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.4% ★, Card Battler 16.1%, Card Game 13.8%, Turn-Based 12.3%, Deckbuilding 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It expands the formula into a four-character party run, but the map routing, card upgrades, and relic interactions feel very Slay the Spire-adjacent.
- #6 Griftlands
94% 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 21.5%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 18.5% ★, Card Game 15.1%, Turn-Based 14.1%, Deckbuilding 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: It turns the same roguelike deckbuilding structure into a narrative RPG, but the drafting, upgrading, and deck-shaping decisions are just as satisfying.
- #7 Chrono Ark
92% matchVery Positive91% of 13,723 reviews2024
Dev: Al Fine
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Chrono Ark is a singleplayer roguelike that combines elements from deckbuilders and party-based RPGs. Recruit, train, and build a team of unique Investigators to restore the Twisted World!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 57.1% ★, Card Game 10%, Card Battler 8.4%, Turn-Based 5.1%, Roguelike 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its party-based card battles and huge combo potential create the same addictive feeling of solving a run through clever synergies.
- #8 Pirates Outlaws
93% matchVery Positive82% of 784 reviews2020
Dev: Fabled Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.9% ★, Card Battler 16.9%, Card Game 14.8%, Turn-Based 11.9%, Deckbuilding 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It closely follows the Slay the Spire formula with branching maps, energy-based combat, card rewards, and class-specific archetypes.
- #9 Balatro
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 197,432 reviews2024
Dev: LocalThunkPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.5 hrsMean: 48.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.5% ★, Card Game 18.1%, Deckbuilding 11.5%, Roguelike 10.4%, Card Battler 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It drops the combat, but the run-based card synergies, scaling multipliers, and endless build-chasing feel remarkably close in spirit.
- #10 Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
91% matchVery Positive92% of 4,507 reviews2023
Dev: Little Leo GamesPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.3% ★, Card Battler 16.4%, Card Game 13.4%, Turn-Based 12.2%, Deckbuilding 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Dice replace cards, yet the core pleasure is still building a powerful engine through smart drafting, cleansing, and passive synergies.
- #11 Acolyte of the Altar
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: Black Kite Games
Windows
Hunt through the wastelands for colossal Beasts in this roguelike deckbuilder. Beware! Beasts grow stronger during battle, allowing them to consume your creatures or counter your spells. Carve profane Gifts from these behemoths and grow stronger to serve your Patron! But serve them to what end?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.2% ★, Card Battler 16.5%, Card Game 14.1%, Deckbuilding 10.3%, Turn-Based 10%
Why You'll Like It: A stripped-down, combo-heavy roguelike deckbuilder that rewards the same efficient turn planning and risky synergy building.
- #12 Dicey Dungeons
89% matchVery Positive89% of 11,830 reviews2019
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Become a giant walking dice, explore dungeons and defy Lady Luck in this dice powered roguelike! Now featuring "Reunion", a free DLC with six brand-new episodes!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 41.5% ★, Card Battler 18.3%, Deckbuilding 9.7%, Turn-Based 7.6%, Card Game 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Though it uses dice instead of cards, it captures the same turn-based roguelite joy of building around limited tools and adapting fight by fight.
- #13 Breach Wanderers
89% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.9% ★, Card Battler 19.6%, Card Game 15.2%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Roguelike 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This is a very direct roguelike deckbuilder with Slay the Spire-style runs, plus more control over long-term card and class customization.
- #14 Cobalt Core
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,367 reviews2023
Dev: Rocket Rat GamesPub: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 48.9% ★, Card Game 22.5%, Roguelike 13.4%, Deckbuilding 10.7%, Strategy 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: It nails the same elegant turn-based deckbuilding flow, with ship positioning adding a fresh tactical layer instead of changing the core appeal.
- #15 Tainted Grail: Conquest
88% 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 24.3%, Deckbuilding 19.8%, Turn-Based 18.2%, Card Battler 16.2%, Roguelike 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: Beneath the dark fantasy presentation is a very Slay the Spire-like loop of pathing, elite fights, deck refinement, and run-defining powers.
- #16 DICEOMANCER
83% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.6% ★, Card Battler 20.1%, Card Game 19.8%, Deckbuilding 11.4%, Roguelike 9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast and inventive card-and-dice roguelite that scratches the same combo-driven, run-solving itch as Slay the Spire.
- #17 Beneath Oresa
84% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 37.4% ★, Card Game 18.1%, Deckbuilding 14.7%, Turn-Based 11.6%, Roguelike 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It keeps the run-based drafting and combo-building rhythm of Slay the Spire while adding lane positioning and a slightly more aggressive combat feel.
- #18 Monster Slayers
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,262 reviews2017
Dev: Nerdook Productions
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 34.6% ★, Card Battler 15.9%, Card Game 13.1%, Turn-Based 11%, Deckbuilding 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: One of the early deckbuilding roguelites, it has class-based runs, card rewards, and escalating encounters that point straight toward Slay the Spire.
- #19 Blood Card
85% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.9% ★, Card Battler 18.3%, Card Game 13.1%, Turn-Based 10.8%, Deckbuilding 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Another very StS-like run-based deckbuilder, distinguished by the neat twist that your deck also functions as your health pool.
- #20 SpellRogue
82% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.7% ★, Card Battler 15.9%, Deckbuilding 14%, Card Game 13.3%, Turn-Based 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: The satisfaction comes from assembling efficient turn-based engines and exploiting powerful synergies, even though dice manipulation replaces traditional cards.
- #21 Knock on the Coffin Lid
82% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27% ★, Card Battler 16.2%, Card Game 13.8%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Deckbuilding 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its branching runs, artifact-driven builds, and status-heavy card combat make it a strong pick if you want more story around the same core loop.
- #22 Castle Morihisa
84% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.8% ★, Card Battler 17.4%, Turn-Based 12.7%, Card Game 12.7%, Deckbuilding 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is unapologetically close to Slay the Spire, with familiar energy-based combat, relic-style items, and route-based progression.
- #23 Alina of the Arena
81% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 40.1% ★, Card Game 17.1%, Roguelike 12.5%, Deckbuilding 9.9%, Card Battler 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This mixes Slay the Spire-style deck construction with tactical hex-grid combat, rewarding the same kind of sequencing and turn planning.
- #24 Banners of Ruin
81% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.6% ★, Card Battler 15.6%, Card Game 12.9%, Turn-Based 11.6%, Deckbuilding 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its party-based card battles and roguelike progression feel like a heavier, lane-based extension of the Slay the Spire formula.
- #25 Gordian Quest
80% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.9% ★, Card Battler 18.2%, Card Game 15.4%, Turn-Based 13.5%, Deckbuilding 11%
Why You'll Like It: It is broader and more RPG-like, but its party-based card combat and deep buildcraft will appeal to anyone who loves complex deck synergies.
- #26 9 Kings
77% matchVery Positive93% of 22,964 reviews2025
Dev: Sad SocketPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.2% ★, Card Battler 15%, Card Game 13%, Deckbuilding 10.3%, Turn-Based 9.9%
- #27 Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 18,755 reviews2026
Dev: poncle
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
From the creators of Vampire Survivors comes a turbo-charged, turn-based roguelite deckbuilder! Deal world-ending combos, blitz through infested dungeons, and master the Turboturn to obliterate hordes of familiar foes with a chaotic hand of cards.
Why similar: Card Battler 29.7%, Card Game 16.8%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.3% ★, Deckbuilding 14.8%, Roguelike 10.6%
- #28 Slay the Spire 2
77% matchMixed61% of 197,696 reviews2026
Dev: Mega Crit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.1 hrsMean: 74.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.1% ★, Card Game 19.7%, Deckbuilding 14.4%, Roguelike 13.2%, Card Battler 12.8%
- #29 Trials of Fire
78% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27% ★, Card Battler 19.8%, Card Game 13.4%, Turn-Based 13.3%, Deckbuilding 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It leans further into tactical RPG territory, but its deck-based combat, map decisions, and tough resource management make it a strong adjacent recommendation.
- #30 Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder
79% matchMixed62% of 331 reviews2023
Dev: Black Eye Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.1% ★, Card Battler 17.6%, Card Game 15.3%, Deckbuilding 11.7%, Turn-Based 9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, direct deckbuilding roguelike with elite-style encounters and clever risk-reward mechanics that reward mastery of its systems.
- #31 The Last Hex
79% matchVery Positive80% of 218 reviews2021
Dev: That Indie Studio
Windows
The dead arise and only you can stand against them. Equip and train your character, grow your arsenal of cards, survive harrowing encounters and prepare for the final showdown with The Lost at ...The Last Hex! A RPG Deckbuilder with Roguelite elements.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 34.3% ★, Card Game 16.8%, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Turn-Based 14%, Roguelike 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its poker-inflected deckbuilding is different on the surface, but the run-by-run pleasure of sculpting a strong engine from random rewards is very similar.
- #32 Die in the Dungeon
74% matchVery Positive92% of 3,523 reviews2026
Dev: ATICOPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but dice! Deal with enemies by combining powerful dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and risk it all hoping for a good roll on unexpected encounters.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25% ★, Card Battler 15.1%, Card Game 12.8%, Turn-Based 10.5%, Deckbuilding 10.2%
- #33 Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
76% matchVery Positive82% of 3,528 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Moss CollectorsPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Battle your way through a seedy tavern filled with gambling addicted townspeople in this Blackjack Roguelike Adventure. From aces and face cards to tarot cards, business cards and more, create your unique deck to beat the house.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.3% ★, Card Battler 16%, Card Game 15.3%, Deckbuilding 12%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #34 NEOVERSE
78% matchVery Positive84% of 3,775 reviews2020
Dev: Tinogames Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Neoverse is a beautiful, fantastic game consisting of adventures with thrilling challenges. It is a strategic, action, rogue-lite, deck building game that will test the player’s skill. Start an adventure with unique heroes to save the world along various timelines.
Why similar: Card Battler 27.1%, Card Game 19.3%, Deckbuilding 17.5%, Turn-Based 15.6%, Roguelike 7%
Why You'll Like It: This stylish deckbuilding roguelite offers familiar turn structure, artifact synergies, and character-specific card pools built around explosive combo turns.
- #35 Inscryption
73% 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 33.2%, Card Game 26.2%, Deckbuilding 19.8%, Roguelike 12.1%, Roguelite 5.3%
- #36 Hand of Fate
76% matchVery Positive89% of 10,680 reviews2015
Dev: Defiant Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Deckbuilding comes to life in Hand of Fate! An infinitely replayable series of quests - earn new cards, build your deck, then try to defeat it! In a cabin at the end of the world, the game of life and death is played. Draw your cards, play your hand, and discover your fate.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 48.2% ★, Card Game 18.1%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Roguelike 14.4%, Roguelite 1.3%
- #37 Fogpiercer
72% matchVery Positive85% of 574 reviews2026
Dev: Mad Cookies StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Fight through the fog in this sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder where clever positioning, explosive chain-reactions, and the environment itself can make the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.5% ★, Card Battler 15.5%, Card Game 13.9%, Deckbuilding 10.9%, Turn-Based 10.5%
- #38 Infinite Cards
73% matchVery Positive94% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: Tubby Turtle Studios
Windows
Discover infinite cards in this roguelike deckbuilder. Every card is unique, every run a new experience. Craft, combine, and build your deck completely freely to defeat enemies and bosses, or take on cleverly designed puzzle challenges!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 38.8% ★, Card Game 17.7%, Card Battler 14.5%, Deckbuilding 11.7%, Roguelike 7.1%
- #39 Ring of Pain
74% 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 25.8%, Turn-Based 21.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 14.2% ★, Roguelike 13%, Roguelite 7%
- #40 Decktamer
71% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 37.6% ★, Card Battler 21.3%, Card Game 18.1%, Deckbuilding 13.5%, Roguelike 3.7%
- #41 Darkest Dungeon®
73% matchVery Positive92% of 161,643 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 45.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Why similar: Roguelike 32.3%, Turn-Based 30%, Dungeon Crawler 12.3%, Difficult 8.2%, Roguelite 5.5%
- #42 Overdungeon
75% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.8% ★, Card Battler 18.1%, Card Game 13.7%, Deckbuilding 11.7%, Turn-Based 7.5%
- #43 Deathless. The Hero Quest
72% matchVery Positive88% of 1,047 reviews2024
Dev: FOR-GAMES CR LTD
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Deathless, elements of a collectible card game, roguelike, and turn-based strategy combine seamlessly. Build a unique deck of cards, discover unusual relics, and defeat legendary bosses. No two journeys will ever be the same with endless Path. Crush the Evil and save the world!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.7% ★, Card Battler 15.1%, Card Game 13.4%, Deckbuilding 10.8%, Turn-Based 10.3%
- #44 My Card Is Better Than Your Card!
69% matchVery Positive94% of 1,251 reviews2025
Dev: Utu Studios
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Become the coolest kid of the playground in this playful roguelike deckbuilder. Craft every card yourself with adorable stickers and wow your rivals in tug-of-war card battles full of wonder!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.4% ★, Card Battler 15.9%, Card Game 14.3%, Turn-Based 13%, Deckbuilding 11.2%
- #45 Northwind
71% matchVery Positive86% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Barking Kitten Interactive
Windows
A fusion of deckbuilding, monster-hunting, and roguelite progression all its own. Hunt strange beasts, win tug-of-war duels, craft a unique deck, and evolve your strategy at Northwind!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.5% ★, Card Battler 16.7%, Card Game 14.4%, Deckbuilding 10.6%, Turn-Based 8.7%
- #46 Inkborn
71% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.8% ★, Card Battler 16%, Card Game 14.4%, Turn-Based 11.9%, Deckbuilding 10.7%
- #47 Monster Train 2
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,093 reviews2025
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Big Fan Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.1 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 41.9% ★, Card Game 21.1%, Deckbuilding 16.3%, Roguelike 12.6%, Strategy 3.5%
- #48 Iris and the Giant
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,324 reviews2020
Dev: Louis RigaudPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Iris and The Giant is a fusion of the CCG, RPG and roguelike genres. You play as Iris, who must brave her fears in her imaginary world. Dive into a melancholic and gripping adventure, filled with cute monsters and buried memories. Ready to face your inner demons?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.1% ★, Card Battler 15.5%, Card Game 13.3%, Turn-Based 11.5%, Deckbuilding 10.2%
- #49 Dice Legends
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 287 reviews2025
Dev: Big Bite GamesPub: Ad Luna
Windows
Dice Legends is a roguelike deckbuilder with RPG elements in which you become one of 3 heroes, use unique dice to activate cards, and unleash lethal combos to defeat hordes of enemies. Explore the world, collect epic loot, and uncover the mystery of the Last Human — the mage who changed the world!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 36.7% ★, Card Battler 20.3%, Card Game 14.9%, Deckbuilding 9.8%, Roguelike 8.2%
- #50 Moonsigil Atlas
67% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 39.5% ★, Card Battler 18.9%, Deckbuilding 11.8%, Turn-Based 8.8%, Roguelike 6.5%
- #51 Card Quest
70% matchVery Positive86% of 378 reviews2017
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Card Quest is a dungeon crawling adventure game with unique card combat. Play with a variety of unique character classes, and customize decks to fit your playstyle. Explore the strategic depth of tactical roguelike gameplay, and crush the undead plague.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.4% ★, Card Battler 17.6%, Card Game 13.2%, Deckbuilding 10.6%, Turn-Based 8%
- #52 Deep Sky Derelicts
69% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 37.6% ★, Card Battler 20.4%, Deckbuilding 12.7%, Turn-Based 8.9%, Card Game 6.3%
- #53 Spinny Dungeon
65% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: Typing Monkey
Windows · Linux
The slot machine roguelike. Each time you hit the SPIN button monsters creep closer. KILL 'em! LOOT 'em! EAT 'em! Focus on spells or synergies between symbols. Spin to DIE or spin to SURVIVE!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.5% ★, Card Game 14.3%, Card Battler 12.7%, Deckbuilding 11.8%, Turn-Based 10.2%
- #54 Into the Breach
66% matchVery Positive94% of 22,217 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based 36.2%, Roguelike 30.2%, Strategy 13.3%, Roguelite 10.8%, Indie 2.7%
- #55 Spellsword Cards: Origins
70% matchMixed65% of 72 reviews2019
Dev: One Up Plus Entertainment
Windows
A rogue-like deck-building experience set in the dark fantasy world of Port Haven. Featuring innovative CARD FUSION, CARD UPGRADES & CARD CYCLING systems.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 51.8% ★, Card Battler 14.8%, Deckbuilding 10.1%, Card Game 8.7%, Roguelite 5.7%
- #56 Loop Hero
65% 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: Card Game 31.6%, Deckbuilding 29.3%, Roguelike 23.3%, Roguelite 10.5%, RPG 1.7%
- #57 Breachway
66% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.1% ★, Card Battler 15.2%, Card Game 13.3%, Deckbuilding 10.5%, Turn-Based 9.8%
- #58 Deck of Ashes
68% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.7% ★, Card Battler 23.6%, Deckbuilding 13.2%, Card Game 10.7%, Turn-Based 9.1%
- #59 Fate Hunters
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 876 reviews2019
Dev: Tower Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Fate Hunters is a hardcore mix of strategy card battles and a roguelike adventure. Build your deck, explore the dangerous dark fantasy world and face fearsome foes! Risk your life to get powerful treasures!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 36.9% ★, Card Battler 19%, Card Game 14.6%, Deckbuilding 11.1%, Roguelike 6.1%