- #1 Slay the Spire 2
97% matchMixed61% of 203,013 reviews2026
Dev: Mega Crit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 45.4 hrsMean: 79.2 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% ★, Card Game 19.7%, Deckbuilding 14.4%, Roguelike 13.3%, Card Battler 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: It directly expands the same map-routing, card-combo, relic-driven roguelike deckbuilding formula with new characters and systems.
- #2 Monster Train
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,964 reviews2020
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 27.9 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 24.9% ★, Card Battler 23.7%, Card Game 17.1%, Deckbuilding 12.9%, Roguelike 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the closest major alternative to Slay the Spire, with compact runs, layered card upgrades, artifacts, and deeply satisfying build synergies.
- #3 Monster Train 2
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,211 reviews2025
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Big Fan Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.1 hrsMean: 43.5 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 41.8% ★, Card Game 21.1%, Deckbuilding 16.2%, Roguelike 12.7%, Strategy 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its highly replayable runs pair card drafting and artifacts with explosive synergies across a distinctive multi-floor combat board.
- #4 Vault of the Void
95% matchVery Positive92% of 3,012 reviews2022
Dev: Spider Nest Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 31.9% ★, Card Battler 18.4%, Card Game 15.3%, Deckbuilding 12.8%, Roguelike 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its exceptionally strategic card combat lets you see upcoming enemies and tune your deck precisely for each encounter.
- #5 Roguebook
94% matchVery Positive84% of 4,593 reviews2021
Dev: Abrakam Entertainment SAPub: Nacon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 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 24.3% ★, Card Battler 15.7%, Card Game 14.8%, Turn-Based 12.9%, Deckbuilding 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Designed with Richard Garfield's input, it combines Slay the Spire-style deckbuilding and relics with a distinctive map-exploration system and two-hero combat.
- #6 Balatro
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 199,191 reviews2024
Dev: LocalThunkPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.7 hrsMean: 48.5 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 31.3% ★, Card Game 18.1%, Deckbuilding 11.4%, Roguelike 10.5%, Card Battler 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Although built around poker hands rather than combat, it delivers the same addictive loop of drafting upgrades, discovering synergies, and breaking runs wide open.
- #7 Wildfrost
94% matchVery Positive83% of 8,859 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 28.6% ★, Card Battler 18.4%, Card Game 13.8%, Turn-Based 11%, Deckbuilding 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This charming but punishing deckbuilder adds a positional combat grid, companion units, and unusual card timing to roguelike runs.
- #8 Griftlands
92% matchVery Positive94% of 14,485 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 21.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 18.3% ★, Card Game 15%, Turn-Based 14.4%, Deckbuilding 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines polished roguelike deckbuilding with two separate combat and negotiation decks, meaningful choices, and a richly reactive campaign.
- #9 Chrono Ark
91% matchVery Positive91% of 13,786 reviews2024
Dev: Al Fine
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 56.8% ★, Card Game 10%, Card Battler 8.4%, Turn-Based 5.3%, Roguelike 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: This party-based roguelike deckbuilder combines character recruitment, team synergies, and demanding turn-based card combat.
- #10 Acolyte of the Altar
91% 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% ★, Card Battler 16.5%, Card Game 14%, Deckbuilding 10.3%, Turn-Based 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is a deliberately tense deckbuilder about managing scarce resources and defeating powerful monsters through careful card sequencing.
- #11 Cobalt Core
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,401 reviews2023
Dev: Rocket Rat GamesPub: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 48.8% ★, Card Game 22.5%, Roguelike 13.5%, Deckbuilding 10.7%, Strategy 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its deckbuilding battles use ship movement and enemy targeting on a tactical lane-based battlefield, making every card choice spatially important.
- #12 Dicey Dungeons
89% matchVery Positive89% of 11,889 reviews2019
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.2 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 41.2% ★, Card Battler 18.3%, Deckbuilding 9.6%, Turn-Based 7.7%, Card Game 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its lighthearted roguelike runs use dice allocation instead of conventional cards but reward the same kind of clever build crafting.
- #13 Across the Obelisk
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 13,165 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamsite GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 54.2 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 27.3% ★, Card Battler 16.2%, Card Game 13.7%, Turn-Based 12.5%, Deckbuilding 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its four-character party decks, map choices, and cooperative option make it a broader multiplayer-friendly take on roguelike card runs.
- #14 Fights in Tight Spaces
88% matchVery Positive90% of 3,951 reviews2021
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 36.3% ★, Deckbuilding 16.4%, Card Game 15.4%, Turn-Based 15%, Roguelike 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It translates roguelike deck construction into stylish tactical encounters where movement, positioning, and card plays are inseparable.
- #15 Tainted Grail: Conquest
87% matchVery Positive90% of 8,376 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 24.1%, Deckbuilding 19.6%, Turn-Based 18.5%, Card Battler 16.2%, Roguelike 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its dark fantasy runs blend flexible deckbuilding, loot, exploration, and character classes into a more RPG-heavy take on the Spire structure.
- #16 Inscryption
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 148,820 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 16.5 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 19.7%, Roguelike 12.1%, Roguelite 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It pairs memorable, unsettling card battles and sacrifice-based deckbuilding with a mysterious single-player campaign.
- #17 Gordian Quest
86% matchVery Positive89% of 6,044 reviews2022
Dev: Mixed Realms Pte Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.4 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 27.8% ★, Card Battler 18.2%, Card Game 15.3%, Turn-Based 13.8%, Deckbuilding 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This expansive fantasy deckbuilder mixes party-based tactical combat, equipment, quests, and a roguelite adventure mode.
- #18 Banners of Ruin
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,241 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 26.4% ★, Card Battler 15.6%, Card Game 12.9%, Turn-Based 11.8%, Deckbuilding 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its party-building roguelite runs emphasize assembling a team, upgrading cards, equipping gear, and navigating branching choices.
- #19 DICEOMANCER
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,624 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 33.4% ★, Card Battler 20.2%, Card Game 19.8%, Deckbuilding 11.3%, Roguelike 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This inventive deckbuilder mixes card combat with dice manipulation and the ability to alter enemy intentions and battle conditions.
- #20 Die in the Dungeon
83% matchVery Positive92% of 3,597 reviews2026
Dev: ATICOPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.4 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 24.7% ★, Card Battler 15.1%, Card Game 12.8%, Turn-Based 10.7%, Deckbuilding 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its dungeon runs use a bag of upgradeable dice as a deck, creating familiar drafting and combo-building choices in a fresh format.
- #21 Trials of Fire
84% matchVery Positive86% of 3,262 reviews2021
Dev: Whatboy Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 10.3 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 26.7% ★, Card Battler 19.8%, Turn-Based 13.6%, Card Game 13.3%, Deckbuilding 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines deckbuilding with grid-based positioning and a harsh fantasy campaign where each battle demands tactical planning.
- #22 Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
82% matchVery Positive92% of 4,561 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 28.1% ★, Card Battler 16.4%, Card Game 13.4%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Deckbuilding 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It replaces cards with customizable dice while retaining the same run-based drafting, relic synergy, and risk-management appeal.
- #23 SpellRogue
82% matchVery Positive87% of 1,650 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 26.5% ★, Card Battler 15.9%, Deckbuilding 13.9%, Card Game 13.2%, Turn-Based 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers highly tactical elemental dicebuilding, with rerolls and spell combinations serving the same role as card and relic synergies.
- #24 Alina of the Arena
81% matchVery Positive92% of 3,971 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 39.9% ★, Card Game 17.1%, Roguelike 12.6%, Deckbuilding 9.9%, Card Battler 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This challenging deckbuilder adds arena positioning, equipment, and discard-based card manipulation to every duel.
- #25 Shogun Showdown
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,103 reviews2024
Dev: RoboatinoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.9% ★, Turn-Based 17.4%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Card Game 12%, Roguelike 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its compact turn-based duels focus on building and sequencing a small set of upgradeable actions for devastating combinations.
- #26 Ring of Pain
80% matchVery Positive91% of 5,107 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 25.7%, Turn-Based 21.9%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 14% ★, Roguelike 13%, Roguelite 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its eerie, fast-paced dungeon-card format preserves Slay the Spire's risk assessment and build planning in a more minimalist package.
- #27 9 Kings
77% matchVery Positive92% of 23,381 reviews2025
Dev: Sad SocketPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 16.4 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 24.7% ★, Card Battler 14.8%, Card Game 12.9%, Turn-Based 10.9%, Deckbuilding 10.2%
- #28 Pirates Outlaws
81% matchVery Positive82% of 789 reviews2020
Dev: Fabled Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.9 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 29.7% ★, Card Battler 17%, Card Game 14.8%, Turn-Based 12.1%, Deckbuilding 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a straightforward, content-rich roguelike deckbuilding adventure with many playable heroes and highly varied card pools.
- #29 Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,235 reviews2026
Dev: poncle
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 29.4%, Card Game 16.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.2% ★, Deckbuilding 15%, Roguelike 10.8%
- #30 Blood Card
79% matchVery Positive81% of 729 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 27.7% ★, Card Battler 18.3%, Card Game 13.1%, Turn-Based 11%, Deckbuilding 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It closely follows the classic roguelike deckbuilder structure while making health part of your deck and changing how survival is managed.
- #31 Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
77% matchVery Positive82% of 3,580 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Moss CollectorsPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 31.1% ★, Card Battler 16%, Card Game 15.3%, Deckbuilding 11.9%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #32 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% ★, Card Game 16.7%, Deckbuilding 14.5%, Turn-Based 14.2%, Roguelike 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: It blends card drafting with tactical grid combat, letting players build unusual spell combinations while defending against enemy waves.
- #33 Dream Quest
78% matchVery Positive90% of 336 reviews2016
Dev: Peter Whalen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Play cards! Kill monsters! Level Up! Dream Quest is a roguelike deckbuilding game inspired by the likes of Ascension, Magic: the Gathering, and Shandalar. Explore randomly generated levels as one of 13 classes in short, 30 minute, sessions.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 90.5% ★, Roguelike 2.6%, Deckbuilding 2.6%, Card Battler 2.5%, Card Game 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: This foundational roguelike deckbuilder is rougher in presentation but offers brutally difficult, compact, and strategically rich card runs.
- #34 Infinite Cards
74% matchVery Positive93% of 105 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 38.6% ★, Card Game 17.7%, Card Battler 14.6%, Deckbuilding 11.7%, Roguelike 7.1%
- #35 Fogpiercer
73% matchVery Positive84% of 650 reviews2026
Dev: Mad Cookies StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 25.5% ★, Card Battler 15.3%, Card Game 13.6%, Turn-Based 11.7%, Deckbuilding 10.6%
- #36 Darkest Dungeon®
74% matchVery Positive92% of 162,804 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 45.3 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 32.1%, Turn-Based 30.3%, Dungeon Crawler 12.3%, Difficult 8.3%, Roguelite 5.4%
- #37 Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,448 reviews2026
Dev: Crux Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A mini citybuilding roguelike. Place buildings, stack combos, and master deep strategy in short bursts to create a tiny thriving metropolis!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.9% ★, Card Battler 13.9%, Card Game 11.9%, Turn-Based 11.1%, Deckbuilding 10.5%
- #38 Overdungeon
76% 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 32.6% ★, Card Battler 18.1%, Card Game 13.7%, Deckbuilding 11.6%, Turn-Based 7.7%
- #39 Deathless. The Hero Quest
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,056 reviews2024
Dev: FOR-GAMES CR LTD
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 28.4% ★, Card Battler 15.1%, Card Game 13.3%, Deckbuilding 10.7%, Turn-Based 10.5%
- #40 Hand of Fate
75% matchVery Positive89% of 10,689 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% ★, Card Game 18.1%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Roguelike 14.5%, Roguelite 1.3%
- #41 Inkborn
72% 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 28.6% ★, Card Battler 16%, Card Game 14.4%, Turn-Based 12.1%, Deckbuilding 10.7%
- #42 Northwind
72% 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 29.3% ★, Card Battler 16.7%, Card Game 14.4%, Deckbuilding 10.5%, Turn-Based 8.9%
- #43 Decktamer
69% matchVery Positive86% of 2,407 reviews2025
Dev: Horizon EdgePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 37.7% ★, Card Battler 21.3%, Card Game 18%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Roguelike 3.7%
- #44 Iris and the Giant
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,331 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 26.9% ★, Card Battler 15.5%, Card Game 13.2%, Turn-Based 11.7%, Deckbuilding 10.1%
- #45 Monster Slayers
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,271 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 monsters to become a legendary Monster Slayer!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 34.3% ★, Card Battler 15.9%, Card Game 13%, Turn-Based 11.2%, Deckbuilding 9.4%
- #46 My Card Is Better Than Your Card!
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,275 reviews2025
Dev: Utu Studios
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 26.2% ★, Card Battler 15.9%, Card Game 14.2%, Turn-Based 13.3%, Deckbuilding 11.2%
- #47 Dice Legends
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 288 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 36.5% ★, Card Battler 20.4%, Card Game 14.9%, Deckbuilding 9.8%, Roguelike 8.2%
- #48 Loop Hero
67% matchVery Positive93% of 36,571 reviews2021
Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 28.8 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 31.5%, Deckbuilding 29.2%, Roguelike 23.5%, Roguelite 10.5%, RPG 1.8%
- #49 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 29.1% ★, Card Battler 17.6%, Card Game 13.2%, Deckbuilding 10.5%, Turn-Based 8.2%
- #50 Into the Breach
68% matchVery Positive94% of 22,436 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 32.0 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 36.4%, Roguelike 30.1%, Strategy 13.1%, Roguelite 10.7%, Indie 2.7%
- #51 Fate Hunters
70% 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 36.7% ★, Card Battler 19.1%, Card Game 14.6%, Deckbuilding 11.1%, Roguelike 6.2%
- #52 Spinny Dungeon
66% matchVery Positive91% of 93 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 30.3% ★, Card Game 14.2%, Card Battler 12.7%, Deckbuilding 11.7%, Turn-Based 10.4%
- #53 Spellsword Cards: Origins
71% 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 51.6% ★, Card Battler 14.9%, Deckbuilding 10.1%, Card Game 8.7%, Roguelite 5.7%
- #54 Deck of Ashes
69% 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 30.5% ★, Card Battler 23.7%, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Card Game 10.7%, Turn-Based 9.3%
- #55 Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder
70% matchMixed60% of 265 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.3% ★, Card Battler 15%, Card Game 12.4%, Turn-Based 11%, Deckbuilding 9.6%
- #56 Breachway
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,524 reviews2024
Dev: Edgeflow StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 24.9% ★, Card Battler 15.2%, Card Game 13.2%, Deckbuilding 10.4%, Turn-Based 9.9%
- #57 Right and Down and Dice
66% matchVery Positive83% of 119 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.5% ★, Card Battler 17.2%, Card Game 13.1%, Turn-Based 11.2%, Deckbuilding 10.8%
- #58 Moonsigil Atlas
64% matchVery Positive84% of 304 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 39.3% ★, Card Battler 19%, Deckbuilding 11.7%, Turn-Based 9%, Roguelike 6.5%
- #59 A Long Way Down
69% matchMixed66% of 231 reviews2020
Dev: Seenapsis StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A deck-building roguelite RPG set in a dark and tormented world. Assemble your party and use your cards to survive, fight and build your way through a dark maze of monsters orchestrated by an evil mastermind. Your choices will lead you to judgement.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 19.5% ★, Card Battler 18.3%, Card Game 14.6%, Turn-Based 11.9%, Deckbuilding 10.3%