- #1 Frostrain 2
97% matchVery Positive92% of 189 reviews2026
Dev: nemonan
Windows
Become the last conductor and rule over the final train society in a frozen world. Gather, expand, and forge your train while building powerful synergies with mighty artifacts. Your position—and the safety of your passengers—now rests in your hands.
Why similar: Snow 24.2% ★, Deckbuilding 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Card Game 11.9%, Resource Management 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the snow-covered, train-based deckbuilding and survival mechanics found in Snow Ash.
- #2 Death Roads: Tournament
96% matchVery Positive81% of 815 reviews2023
Dev: The Knights of Unity
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Combine deadly racing, deckbuilding, and roguelite style to get car battles unlike anything before! Choose a driver, car, weapons, and sponsors to overcome tactical encounters. Adapt to an ever-changing race to come out on top and earn entry into the last safe haven on the Divided States of America.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 19.6%, Card Game 17.1%, Card Battler 15.7%, Deckbuilding 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features the same intense vehicular combat combined with strategic card-battler mechanics in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #3 Dustland Delivery
95% matchVery Positive88% of 1,224 reviews2024
Dev: Neutron Star StudioPub: Lilith Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Dustland Delivery is a post-apocalyptic survival business simulator. Scour the wastes for profit, complete missions to grow your trading empire, and assemble a rag-tag band of adventurers to turn your city into the capital of the Dustlands. Danger lurks around every corner—but no risk, no reward!
Why similar: Trading 41%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Survival 17%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on the trading and delivery aspects of surviving a harsh, post-apocalyptic world.
- #4 Frost
96% matchVery Positive88% of 155 reviews2016
Dev: Jérôme BodinPub: Le Studio des Ténèbres
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Frost is a Survival solo Card game. Inspired by deck-building board games like Dominion, Ascension and the like, it's an unique take on the genre as it puts you in charge of a group of people struggling against a restless, lethal storm.
Why similar: Snow 22.9% ★, Deckbuilding 22.1%, Card Game 20.8%, Card Battler 14.6%, Survival 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: This card-based survival game shares the desperate, resource-constrained atmosphere of a frozen world.
- #5 Pandemic Train
94% matchMixed58% of 243 reviews2023
Dev: Trigger LabsPub: Games Operators
Windows
In Pandemic Train you are in charge of the crew aboard a train roaming the postapocalyptic wasteland, ravaged by both war and a deadly plague. Your goal is to survive long enough to discover the cure… or die trying. Humanity’s fate is in your hands! Start your journey now!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.6%, Survival 28%, Strategy 14.9%, Story Rich 9.6%, Exploration 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the survival and management of a train moving through a hostile environment, much like the vehicular focus of the seed.
- #6 Convoy
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,462 reviews2015
Dev: Convoy GamesPub: Indietopia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 45.4%, Post-apocalyptic 26.8%, Strategy 12.5%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Exploration 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike that captures the essence of managing a vehicle fleet across a dangerous, post-apocalyptic wasteland.
- #7 NEO Scavenger
93% matchVery Positive90% of 5,372 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 49.9%, Survival 41%, Strategy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, turn-based survival game that excels at capturing the grit and scavenging mechanics of a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #8 The Pale Beyond
92% matchVery Positive89% of 2,165 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Why similar: Snow 31.5% ★, Resource Management 20.8%, Survival 18.2%, Strategy 9.4%, Story Rich 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the brutal, cold-weather survival and resource management tension essential to the Snow Ash experience.
- #9 Caravaneer 2
91% matchVery Positive95% of 533 reviews2020
Dev: Dmitry Zheltobriukhov
Windows
A post-apocalyptic trade simulation game with turn based isometric combats. The game features detailed economics simulation and a rich branching story where your choices actually matter.
Why similar: Trading 32%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Resource Management 12.6%, Survival 10.5%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game is a deep simulation of trading and economy in a post-apocalyptic desert, mirroring the merchant role in Snow Ash.
- #10 Overland
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 561 reviews2019
Dev: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 46.7%, Survival 25.9%, Strategy 22%, Sci-fi 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features turn-based survival and travel across a ruined world, focusing on the difficult decisions made during a journey.
- #11 Card Survival: Tropical Island
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,986 reviews2022
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
Why similar: Card Game 40.6%, Survival 26.4%, Resource Management 14.3%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: While the setting differs, the card-based survival and crafting mechanics are a direct parallel to the core gameplay loop.
- #12 Dust to the End
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,245 reviews2021
Dev: Haojoy GamePub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Nuclear war ended human civilization, but it could never uproot the evil within our hearts. Fight, trade, negotiate, raid– do whatever it takes to survive in the wasteland. You will have to be as clever as ruthless to thrive in a broken world, torn by war, cruelty, hunger and slavery.
Why similar: Trading 33.4%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%, Survival 10.8%, Strategy RPG 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic trading simulation that focuses on building a caravan and surviving in a harsh, hand-drawn world.
- #13 Trials of Fire
88% matchVery Positive86% of 3,249 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 32.6%, Card Game 25.9%, Deckbuilding 17.9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.6%, Strategy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a sophisticated tactical card-battler experience set in a ruined, desolate world.
- #14 Ashwalkers
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 196 reviews2021
Dev: Nameless XIIIPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
A survival journey through a harsh world without rules or judgement. Only your choices matters in the face of moral dilemmas. Manage your party, food & equipment in this non-linear narrative survival sim with 34 possible endings.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.3%, Resource Management 24.3%, Survival 23.7%, Multiple Endings 15.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival adventure that emphasizes the psychological and physical toll of traversing a post-apocalyptic landscape.
- #15 Frostpunk
86% matchVery Positive93% of 134,607 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: Steampunk 31% ★, Post-apocalyptic 22%, Survival 18%, Resource Management 17.5%, Strategy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive experience for managing resources and survival in a world consumed by an endless, lethal winter.
- #16 Frostrain
86% matchVery Positive93% of 2,716 reviews2024
Dev: STEWDIOPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Be the last train conductor roaming the postapocalyptic frozen world! Expand, strengthen, and build synergies on your train. The promised land beyond the toxic zone awaits you and your passengers.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 37.1%, Post-apocalyptic 36.3%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 7.6%, 2D 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to the sequel, it offers a focused experience on train-based deckbuilding and survival.
- #17 Deck of Ashes
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,064 reviews2020
Dev: AYGamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 34.8%, Deckbuilding 26.9%, Card Game 18.5%, Strategy 9.7%, Turn-Based Combat 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deckbuilding roguelike set in a dark, post-apocalyptic world that emphasizes tactical card play.
- #18 The Long Dark
85% matchVery Positive89% of 121,879 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Survival 57.4%, Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Exploration 12%, Simulation 4.8%, Strategy 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides the ultimate atmospheric experience of surviving alone in a frozen, post-disaster wilderness.
- #19 Roadwarden
83% matchVery Positive94% of 4,990 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 51.5%, Story Rich 48.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric RPG that focuses on the challenges of traveling through a dangerous, post-apocalyptic fantasy wilderness.
- #20 For The King
84% matchVery Positive88% of 43,368 reviews2018
Dev: IronOak GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 50.8%, Strategy 35%, Strategy RPG 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines board-game style travel with turn-based combat and survival, perfect for fans of journey-based strategy.
- #21 Hand of Fate 2
84% matchVery Positive84% of 5,769 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 52.3%, Deckbuilding 44.3%, Strategy 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully blends card-based exploration and combat, providing a similar structural feel to the card-battler elements of the seed.
- #22 FAR: Lone Sails
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 25,812 reviews2018
Dev: Okomotive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?
Why similar: Steampunk 36.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 33.2%, Survival 15.3%, Exploration 7.8%, Story Rich 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the lonely, atmospheric journey of maintaining a vehicle through a barren, post-apocalyptic landscape.
- #23 SUNLESS SEA
82% matchVery Positive83% of 9,506 reviews2015
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
Why similar: Steampunk 39.6% ★, Survival 29.8%, Exploration 16.2%, Story Rich 12.7%, 2D 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: A gothic, atmospheric trading and survival game that emphasizes the dangers of exploration in a hostile world.
- #24 The Banner Saga
81% matchVery Positive89% of 15,879 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: Strategy RPG 49.6%, Strategy 27.9%, Story Rich 16.4%, 2D 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the narrative-driven survival and travel mechanics required to lead a group through a dying world.
- #25 Across the Obelisk
79% matchVery Positive81% of 12,889 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamsite GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 53.4 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: Card Battler 30.7%, Card Game 30.6%, Deckbuilding 28.2%, Strategy 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative deckbuilder that features travel and party management across a variety of hostile environments.
- #26 FrostBound
78% matchVery Positive81% of 1,189 reviews2025
Dev: Lyra StudioPub: Shelly Technology
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
FrostBound is a roguelike deck-building tower defense set in an endless winter. Build your base, master 500+ cards, and withstand relentless waves to end the eternal frost.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 31.9%, Card Game 31.8%, Steampunk 18.5% ★, Strategy 10%, Turn-Based Combat 7.7%
- #27 Fights in Tight Spaces
79% matchVery Positive90% of 3,852 reviews2021
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Deckbuilding 34.2%, Card Game 27.6%, Turn-Based Combat 19.4%, Strategy 18.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a unique, tactical deckbuilding experience that emphasizes positioning and combat flow.
- #28 Renowned Explorers: International Society
80% matchVery Positive92% of 2,888 reviews2015
Dev: Abbey Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In this strategic rogue-like you become a famous expedition leader in the 19th century. You form your own crew with the skills and personality to discover legendary treasures, while exploring randomized locations and stories on every new adventure.
Why similar: Strategy 56.4%, Turn-Based Combat 19.1%, Exploration 18.9%, 2D 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the strategy and resource management of planning and executing dangerous expeditions.
- #29 Out There: Ω Edition
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,717 reviews2015
Dev: Mi-Clos Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Resource Management 26.4%, Survival 20.8%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Exploration 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging resource-management game where survival depends on careful navigation and scavenging in space.
- #30 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
77% matchVery Positive80% of 348 reviews2025
Dev: EXLIXPub: GRAVITY
Windows
“The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.
Why similar: Card Battler 21.4%, Card Game 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Deckbuilding 15.5%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #31 As We Descend
76% matchVery Positive87% of 1,226 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 24.4%, Card Game 24.4%, Deckbuilding 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Strategy 7.8%
- #32 SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
78% matchVery Positive87% of 2,255 reviews2019
Dev: Image & Form GamesPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lead a party of aspiring heroes through a beautifully hand-drawn world and intense battles using only your wits and a handful of cards. Take on whatever threat comes your way by crafting your own deck choosing from over 100 unique punch-cards!
Why similar: Steampunk 25.1% ★, Card Battler 23.8%, Card Game 21.3%, Deckbuilding 17.4%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A charming deckbuilder that focuses on tactical card-based combat and party progression.
- #33 Project Thea
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: MuHa Games
Windows
Wake to a brutal world bent on destroying your colony. Rebuild, Explore the Wastelands, and Gather scarce resources. Will you strike a deal with the ruthless Baba Yaga - or hack a rogue Cyber-Rat to turn it into an ally? A dark strategy-survival RPG with card-based tactical combat.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 18.3%, Card Game 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Survival 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 10%
- #34 Dark Sky
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 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 Game 18.7%, Card Battler 15.8%, Deckbuilding 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Turn-Based Combat 7.8%
- #35 Wildfrost
75% matchVery Positive83% of 8,698 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 18.0 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: Card Battler 34.1%, Card Game 30.1%, Deckbuilding 26.4%, Strategy 7.9%, 2D 1.5%
- #36 Stash: A Card Looter
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: WheeGaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a unique drafting adventure with an endless array of randomized cards inspired by classical ARPG-Loot. Transform your one-of-a-kind loot into powerful battle tactics! Take on enemy squads drafted by real players in a post-human world teeming with beasty conflicts.
Why similar: Card Battler 30.9%, Card Game 27.8%, Deckbuilding 24.1%, Strategy 14.8%, 2D 2.4%
- #37 Zero Division
74% matchVery Positive87% of 287 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 29%, Card Game 26.9%, Deckbuilding 23.7%, Strategy 7.6%, Turn-Based Combat 6.8%
- #38 Dust Raiders
74% matchMixed68% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Vixa GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Dust Raiders is a management strategy game, set in a lawless wasteland. Upgrade your vehicles, engage in tactical fights against raiders hunting for your resources and gather a crew to rule the area.
Why similar: Trading 35.1%, Vehicular Combat 24.5%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Strategy 8.2%, Exploration 5.3%
- #39 The Dead Await
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 148 reviews2026
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 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 17.6%, Deckbuilding 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Card Game 16.2%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #40 Project Of Cooling The Earth
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: 人鱼工作室
Windows
Players must survive in the ruins of the human world and face various survival challenges and dangers. Players need to search for resources in abandoned cities and wilderness, including food, water sources, construction materials, etc., to maintain survival and build safe shelters.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29%, Resource Management 19.6%, Survival 13.8%, Turn-Based Combat 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #41 Stray Path
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,025 reviews2025
Dev: zidong gamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.1 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 42%, Card Game 28%, Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%, Exploration 6.5%
- #42 Ascent of Ashes
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 298 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: Survival 34.3%, Strategy RPG 22.6%, Strategy 20.6%, Exploration 11.8%, Simulation 10.7%
- #43 System Crash
73% matchVery Positive80% of 326 reviews2016
Dev: Rogue Moon Studios
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
System Crash is a story-driven cyberpunk collectible card game inspired by Blade Runner and Neuromancer. When corporations own everything and the line between man and machine is blurred, your only option is to fight to survive!
Why similar: Card Game 24.4%, Card Battler 22.7%, Deckbuilding 21.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #44 Railroads & Catacombs
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 404 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 32.5%, Deckbuilding 29.3%, Card Game 25.4%, Strategy 10.6%, 2D 2.1%
- #45 The Spire of Mech Zero
69% matchVery Positive92% of 147 reviews2024
Dev: ZZ Game
Windows
A lite roguelike card deck building game inspired by Slay the Spire. You can experience battles of robots with cards and components! Try to conquer the spire with one perfect run, every choice matters!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 27.7%, Card Game 25.8%, Card Battler 25.6%, Strategy 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #46 Yao-Guai Hunter
68% matchVery Positive84% of 2,272 reviews2025
Dev: MyACG Studio
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Yao-Guai Hunter is a Wuxia roguelike deck-building game. In a world where Yao-Guai roam free, player battles with various evil beings, collecting cards and learn inner skills. Encountering various adventures in the martial world.
Why similar: Card Game 31.7%, Card Battler 29.8%, Deckbuilding 26.4%, Strategy 10%, 2D 2%
- #47 The snow Reach
70% matchMixed63% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: 余愿制作组
Windows
"雪境公园" is a highly customizable CCG tactical strategy game. You can combine various unique abilities to create your own personalized followers. The game focuses on Roguelike elements and player versus player battles.
Why similar: Card Battler 34.5%, Card Game 29.8%, Deckbuilding 10.5%, Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Combat 8.1%
- #48 Nowhere Prophet
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,158 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 Game 19.7%, Deckbuilding 18.7%, Card Battler 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Strategy RPG 8.7%
- #49 Shardpunk
68% matchVery Positive93% of 770 reviews2023
Dev: Clockwork PilePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The war is lost, the Capitol lies in ruins, and you’re on the run! Shardpunk mixes turn-based tactical strategy with RPG, survival, and resource management as you gather your team, scavenge for resources, fight enemy hordes, and seek shelter to live another day.
Why similar: Steampunk 27.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Survival 12.7%, Resource Management 11.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%
- #50 Endless Winter
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2017
Dev: DarkSun Studio
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Endless Winter is a slightly difficult clearance game. Players control the cars passing through varied terrains and mechanisms, and breaking through the obstacles setting up by robots. Our story happens in a cold future world which experienced the war between humans and artificial intelligence. You can explore the wasteland as a courier.
- #51 Cardaclysm
71% matchMixed66% of 566 reviews2021
Dev: Elder GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Face the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in epic card battles! Cardaclysm: Shards of the Four is a procedurally generated collectible card game mixed with action RPG elements. Collect creature and spell cards throughout your journey and unleash their power if anyone opposes you!
Why similar: Card Battler 40.7%, Card Game 35.1%, Strategy 13.9%, Deckbuilding 10.3%
- #52 Big Winner
67% matchVery Positive83% of 584 reviews2025
Dev: iFAction Studio
Windows
In a future where the financial system has collapsed, the lottery becomes a lifeline for survival, with luck as the only currency. As an ordinary person in this predestined world, can you leverage the "Luck System" with courage and wit to rise from obscurity and attain the wealth others covet?
Why similar: Card Game 27.6%, Card Battler 23.8%, Strategy RPG 13.2%, Deckbuilding 11.4%, Strategy 10.3%
- #53 Breachway
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,404 reviews2024
Dev: Edgeflow StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.
Why similar: Card Game 25.5%, Card Battler 24.9%, Deckbuilding 23.7%, Turn-Based Combat 14%, Strategy 9.5%
- #54 Ashes of the Union
69% matchMixed64% of 414 reviews2024
Dev: 700 Games Studio
Windows
A vehicular shooter with roguelike elements, offering a wild take on an alternate future of the Soviet Union. Build your combat vehicle and show nature who's boss!
Why similar: Automobile Sim 46.7%, Post-apocalyptic 32.9%, Multiple Endings 14%, Simulation 6.4%
- #55 The Dead Await: Prologue
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Get ready to experience the thrills and chills of The Dead Await: Prologue, a free and fully functional demo! Build your deck and try to survive in this deck-building survival RPG set during a zombie apocalypse.
Why similar: Trading 17.1%, Card Battler 15.2%, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Card Game 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%
- #56 Villages & Dungeons
65% matchVery Positive92% of 1,111 reviews2025
Dev: CaCaFrog StudioPub: Morax Games
Windows · Mac
A hardcore roguelite card game where deck-building strategies are at the core of everything! With a vast array of cards, random dungeons, a wealth of encounter events, and diverse enemies, it awaits your exploration and challenge.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 30%, Card Game 25.5%, Card Battler 24.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Exploration 4.4%
- #57 Ash & Adam's Existential Treads
64% matchVery Positive92% of 306 reviews2026
Dev: Ash & Adam's Games
Windows · Mac
A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.4%, Strategy 29.6%, Survival 20.4%, Exploration 16.7%
- #58 Desert Revenant
67% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Kreationware
Windows
Desert Revenant is a strategic Roguelike Deck Building RPG packing a huge variety of cards to do battle with. Think about your every move and make careful decisions in hand-crafted encounters as you cut deals with Jinn and humans alike in your adventures amongst the dunes of Elmyr.
Why similar: Card Game 26.8%, Card Battler 25.7%, Deckbuilding 23.3%, Strategy 8.7%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #59 DICEOMANCER
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,524 reviews2024
Dev: 超厚皮猪猪 Ultra Piggy StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 Game 32.3%, Card Battler 28.5%, Deckbuilding 22.3%, Strategy 16.8%
- #60 Desolate Wastes: Vendor Chronicles
70% matchMixed57% of 202 reviews2017
Dev: RotatipyraPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Vendor Chronicles puts you in the shoes of a Vendor in post-apocalyptia! Manage your trade, set your defences, deal with locals and fight hordes of mutants in this new perspective on post-apocalyptic survival!
Why similar: Strategy 63.9%, Simulation 36.1%