- #1 Against the Storm
97% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Roguelite 59.5%, Strategy 32%, Singleplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelite city builder perfectly captures the tension of managing resources and expanding a settlement under constant environmental pressure.
- #2 Thronefall
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,563 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 65%, Strategy 20.1%, Fantasy 10.3%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist tower defense game that focuses on building up your kingdom during the day and defending it at night.
- #3 Ratropolis
96% matchVery Positive88% of 5,484 reviews2020
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.2% ★, Card Battler 15%, Deckbuilding 14.1%, Card Game 11.6%, Roguelite 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It blends real-time strategy, deckbuilding, and city defense into a fast-paced experience where you must protect your rat colony.
- #4 Loop Hero
95% matchVery Positive93% of 36,055 reviews2021
Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 27.6%, Card Game 21.5%, Roguelike 17.8%, Roguelite 17.3%, Fantasy 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines deckbuilding and base-building with a unique roguelite loop where you manipulate the environment to defend your hero.
- #5 Stacklands
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,013 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
Why similar: Card Game 27.2%, Card Battler 26.6%, Deckbuilding 15.8%, Roguelite 15.4%, Strategy 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based village builder that shares the satisfying resource management and expansion mechanics found in Super Fantasy Kingdom.
- #6 The Last Spell
94% matchVery Positive92% of 12,839 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.7%, Tower Defense 17.6%, Turn-Based Combat 17.4%, Roguelite 12.2%, Roguelike 10%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical defense game that requires careful management of your town's resources and defenses against massive hordes.
- #7 Monster Train
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,754 reviews2020
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.1 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: Card Battler 17.3%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.2% ★, Deckbuilding 13%, Card Game 12.3%, Roguelite 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelite deckbuilder features tower defense elements where you must strategically place units to defend your train from waves of enemies.
- #8 ORX
92% matchMixed69% of 671 reviews2022
Dev: johnbellPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A new take on tower-defence and deckbuilding roguelike genres. ORX is like playing Carcassonne with your table on fire. Build your perfect deck, use powerful artefacts, master 3 unique factions. Prove that you are the King of your castle!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.5% ★, Tower Defense 12.1%, Deckbuilding 11.3%, Turn-Based 11.2%, Card Game 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines tower defense with deckbuilding, tasking you with constructing fortifications to hold back waves of enemies.
- #9 These Doomed Isles
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29% ★, Tower Defense 17.3%, Deckbuilding 16.3%, Card Game 14%, Roguelike 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival city builder that utilizes card-based mechanics to help you build and protect your island civilization from divine threats.
- #10 Emberward
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,607 reviews2024
Dev: Refic Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.7%, Deckbuilding 18.9%, Roguelite 13.9%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 13.5% ★, Roguelike 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense game where you build complex mazes for your enemies using a deck of cards.
- #11 Breachway
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,353 reviews2024
Dev: Edgeflow StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 15.1% ★, Card Battler 10.3%, Deckbuilding 9.7%, Card Game 8.9%, Turn-Based 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic roguelite deckbuilder that requires careful management of your ship's systems and defensive capabilities.
- #12 Kingdom Two Crowns
89% matchVery Positive90% of 37,612 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 63.8%, Fantasy 17.3%, Strategy 14.5%, Singleplayer 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game that emphasizes building and defending your kingdom while managing limited resources.
- #13 Tower Tactics: Liberation
89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,229 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
We fused deck-building roguelikes and tower defenses in a way never seen before - deploy your towers, collect valuable trinkets and cast powerful spells to defend yourself against the Salkoth!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.8% ★, Card Battler 14.4%, Tower Defense 13.8%, Card Game 11.5%, Deckbuilding 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It merges tower defense with roguelite deckbuilding, allowing you to customize your defensive strategy through card acquisition.
- #14 Dome Keeper
88% matchVery Positive92% of 19,233 reviews2022
Dev: BippinbitsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.9%, Roguelike 32.3%, Procedural Generation 23.4%, 2D 6.4%, Singleplayer 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelite features a compelling loop of mining for resources and upgrading your base to survive increasingly difficult waves of attackers.
- #15 SpellRogue
87% matchVery Positive87% of 1,585 reviews2025
Dev: Guidelight GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 15.3 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 17.1% ★, Deckbuilding 13.9%, Card Battler 11.5%, Turn-Based 10.1%, Card Game 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelite deckbuilder that focuses on dice-based combat and strategic planning to overcome fantasy foes.
- #16 9 Kings
86% matchVery Positive93% of 20,576 reviews2025
Dev: Sad SocketPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 15% ★, Card Battler 10.3%, Deckbuilding 9.6%, Card Game 8.7%, Turn-Based 8%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused roguelite deckbuilder that emphasizes tactical decision-making and kingdom management.
- #17 Kingdom's Deck
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 453 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan AcoPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 37% ★, Card Game 21.5%, Tower Defense 19.3%, Roguelike 11.3%, Strategy 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A city-building roguelite that uses deckbuilding mechanics to manage your kingdom's growth and defenses.
- #18 Nordhold
85% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
Why similar: Tower Defense 32%, Roguelite 21.4%, Roguelike 18.7%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Strategy 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy tower defense game that incorporates turn-based strategy elements to protect your settlement.
- #19 He is Coming
84% matchVery Positive85% of 3,693 reviews2025
Dev: ChronoclePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.2% ★, Card Battler 11.1%, Deckbuilding 10.3%, Card Game 9.5%, Dungeon Crawler 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite dungeon crawler that features strategic combat and base defense elements.
- #20 There Are No Orcs
82% matchVery Positive94% of 991 reviews2025
Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An RTS-Roguelike hybrid with auto-battling troops. Master building placement, swarm your enemies, and smash their defenses with unit-commander combos!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.8%, Card Game 26.8%, Roguelite 16.7%, Strategy 8.7%, Fantasy 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: An auto-battler city builder that tasks you with managing your defenses and economy against incoming threats.
- #21 Tiny Kingdom
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: neltile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tiny Kingdom is a minimalist city-building strategy game where every placement matters. Start with a single hut and grow a thriving kingdom by combining buildings, unlocking synergies, and creating efficient layouts.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.6% ★, Deckbuilding 20.1%, Card Game 16.5%, Difficult 13%, Roguelike 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that incorporates roguelite deckbuilding elements to manage the expansion and survival of your small settlement.
- #22 Rogue Tower
83% matchVery Positive82% of 5,842 reviews2022
Dev: Die of Death Games
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.1%, Roguelike 19.3%, Procedural Generation 13.4%, Strategy 11%, Roguelite 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A pure roguelite tower defense experience that challenges you to build efficient defensive lines against procedural enemy paths.
- #23 Tower Factory
81% matchVery Positive89% of 1,139 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.3%, Procedural Generation 20.4%, Roguelite 19.7%, Roguelike 18.2%, Fantasy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game mixes tower defense with automation, requiring you to build efficient systems to defend your base.
- #24 Wildfrost
82% matchVery Positive83% of 8,624 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 18.4 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 19.9% ★, Card Battler 14.3%, Deckbuilding 10.9%, Card Game 10.7%, Turn-Based 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A charming roguelite deckbuilder that features tactical positioning and unit management to survive the frozen wasteland.
- #25 Shogun Showdown
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,574 reviews2024
Dev: RoboatinoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 11.9 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 21% ★, Turn-Based 13.9%, Deckbuilding 12.8%, Turn-Based Combat 10%, Roguelike 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based roguelite strategy game that emphasizes positioning and tactical planning to defeat waves of enemies.
- #26 Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,633 reviews2025
Dev: Rockbee TeamPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Lessaria is an RTS inspired by Majesty 👑 where you guide heroes with indirect control. Play through the campaign or relax in sandbox mode as you build your magical kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 54.1%, Fantasy 21.6%, Strategy 19.8%, Singleplayer 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy city simulation that focuses on the strategic management and growth of your kingdom.
- #27 Die in the Dungeon
79% matchVery Positive92% of 2,752 reviews2025
Dev: ATICOPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 17.4% ★, Card Battler 11.8%, Deckbuilding 10.9%, Turn-Based 9.9%, Card Game 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A unique roguelite deckbuilder where you use dice to battle through a dungeon, focusing on tactical synergy.
- #28 Megaloot
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,968 reviews2024
Dev: axiliratePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Megaloot is an addictive Inventory Management Roguelike RPG, where meticulous loot management lets you create diverse and powerful builds for each run. With every new attempt, start from scratch and loot strategically to craft dominating setups and become the ultimate power hunter.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 20.7%, Turn-Based Combat 16.9%, Deckbuilding 16.3%, Roguelite 15.6%, Roguelike 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes inventory management and loot-driven progression, providing a satisfying sense of growth similar to roguelite dungeon crawlers.
- #29 The King is Watching
77% matchVery Positive88% of 9,222 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.1%, Deckbuilding 18.9%, Roguelike 18.6%, Roguelite 16.2%, Fantasy 10.5%
- #30 Gnomes
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,634 reviews2025
Dev: DYSTOPIAN
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.2%, Tower Defense 22.9%, Procedural Generation 14.8%, Roguelike 13.3%, Difficult 9.6%
- #31 Border Pioneer
77% matchVery Positive87% of 1,768 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.7%, Card Game 16.9%, Roguelite 15.4%, Strategy 10.4%, Fantasy 9.8%
- #32 Aurora Defense
78% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Moka Games
Windows
A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.5% ★, Tower Defense 13.5%, Deckbuilding 12.4%, Card Game 11.6%, Card Battler 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense game that focuses on base-building and strategic card usage to survive.
- #33 As We Descend
76% matchVery Positive87% of 1,106 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24.5% ★, Card Battler 15.8%, Deckbuilding 14.2%, Card Game 13.3%, Roguelike 9%
- #34 Overlooting
75% matchVery Positive81% of 1,351 reviews2025
Dev: Posing Possums
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Adapt your strategy to a skill tree that changes every run, combine pieces of equipment to form powerful synergies and create a game-changing build capable of defeating the bosses that will try to stop you. In this Inventory Management Roguelike two games never feel the same!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 18.5%, Roguelite 14.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 14.1% ★, Turn-Based Combat 12.7%, Roguelike 12.4%
- #35 Dicey Dungeons
78% matchVery Positive89% of 11,511 reviews2019
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 32.9% ★, Card Battler 16.5%, Deckbuilding 12%, Turn-Based 7.8%, Card Game 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A fun roguelite deckbuilder that focuses on tactical combat and creative use of dice to overcome various challenges.
- #36 Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road
75% matchVery Positive80% of 2,247 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.7%, Roguelite 30.9%, Strategy 13.8%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #37 Drop Duchy
74% matchVery Positive90% of 2,795 reviews2025
Dev: Sleepy Mill StudioPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block shape your realm, leading your path to victory!
Why similar: Card Battler 30.3%, Roguelike 19%, Roguelite 17.9%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Strategy 9.9%
- #38 Tower Dominion
73% matchVery Positive86% of 4,827 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.4%, Roguelike 18.7%, Procedural Generation 17.4%, Roguelite 17.3%, Strategy 10.1%
- #39 Becastled
73% matchVery Positive82% of 5,494 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Why similar: Strategy 51%, Tower Defense 22.6%, Fantasy 14.7%, Indie 6.2%, Singleplayer 5.5%
- #40 Northwind
72% matchVery Positive87% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Barking Kitten Interactive
Windows
Northwind is a monster-hunting roguelite deckbuilder with a tug-of-war combat twist, card crafting, and a mana management system inspired by Magic: The Gathering.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 19.4% ★, Card Battler 12.5%, Deckbuilding 10.8%, Card Game 10.6%, Turn-Based 7.6%
- #41 Necroking
73% matchVery Positive81% of 877 reviews2024
Dev: KORO.GAMESPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Necroking is a turn-based tactics roguelite with vast deckbuilding. You play as a Master of Necromancy. Build your skulls deck, raise skeletons and other scum to defeat settlements desecrated by life.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.6% ★, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Card Battler 14%, Card Game 13.3%, Roguelite 10%
- #42 Warlords Under Siege
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 471 reviews2025
Dev: RedKar Devs
Windows
Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.
Why similar: Card Game 26.2%, Roguelite 22.9%, Deckbuilding 19.9%, Roguelike 16.5%, Strategy 7.7%
- #43 Inkborn
71% matchVery Positive81% of 84 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 20.2% ★, Card Battler 12.8%, Deckbuilding 11.8%, Card Game 11.4%, Turn-Based 11.1%
- #44 Just King
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,485 reviews2023
Dev: VISH
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Just King is an action auto-battler with roguelike elements. Assemble your party to venture into different lands fighting fearsome kings and their deadly armies. Use your loot to hire and upgrade mighty heroes... or the bard.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.8%, Roguelite 23.2%, Roguelike 18.9%, Strategy 10.8%, Fantasy 8.5%
- #45 Hexguardian
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 685 reviews2024
Dev: Split Second GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.1%, Procedural Generation 17.9%, Roguelite 17.8%, Roguelike 17.2%, Fantasy 9.2%
- #46 Automatic Kingdom
69% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Matthew Pontarolo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build the perfect kingdom in this turn-based strategy game that combines elements of automation, board games, and city builders. Keep your kingdom happy, endure hostile Challenges, and unlock new cards as your kingdom becomes more prosperous.
Why similar: Card Game 44.1%, Turn-Based Combat 21.6%, Strategy 16.4%, Fantasy 9%, Indie 4.2%
- #47 DREAMGATE
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 94 reviews2020
Dev: Confirmed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dreamgate is a unique hardcore mix of deck building card battler, roguelite adventure and RPG. Build your deck, explore the Dreamgate world and defeat fearsome foes!
Why similar: Card Battler 13.9%, Card Game 12.4%, Deckbuilding 9.9%, Turn-Based 9.3%, Procedural Generation 8.5%
- #48 Legacy of Defense
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 407 reviews2025
Dev: Enter the Game Studios
Windows
Become the hero who protects the fantasy world and stop the monster invasion! 'Legacy of Defense' combines defense with deck-building. Build your deck, use powerful skills, gain experience, upgrade, clear stages, and defeat the final boss. Ready to test your strategy and luck?
Why similar: Tower Defense 18.6%, Deckbuilding 18.1%, Card Battler 17.3%, Dungeon Crawler 12.7%, Roguelite 11%
- #49 Vertical Kingdom
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 reviews2024
Dev: Farlight Games IndustryPub: indie.io
Windows
There's nowhere to go but up! Vertical Kingdom is a card-based city builder roguelite with a twist - you can only build vertically, literally reaching for the sky with each city. Lead expeditions to gather resources, construct metropolises, and build ever upwards!
Why similar: Card Game 29.9%, Deckbuilding 28.5%, Roguelite 20.8%, Strategy 9.6%, 2D 5.4%
- #50 Fantasy Village Simulator
71% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: CYCLOPS
Windows · Mac
Experience building your own village with different races in a fantasy world! Produce more villagers for various production tasks and train more guards to resist waves of demonic attacks. Plan the production of supplies to create more powerful equipment for the guards to wear.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 29%, Roguelite 18.9%, Roguelike 16.2%, Card Game 13.6%, Strategy 10.6%
- #51 Knock on the Coffin Lid
68% matchVery Positive84% of 2,838 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 18.2% ★, Card Battler 12.5%, Deckbuilding 11.3%, Turn-Based 11.3%, Card Game 10.4%
- #52 Acolyte of the Altar
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 99 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 20.3% ★, Card Battler 13.5%, Deckbuilding 11.6%, Card Game 11.3%, Turn-Based 9.5%
- #53 Commander Quest
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,783 reviews2025
Dev: Flyway Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Congratulations! You just found a 'one of a kind' roguelike that combines deck-building card game and auto battle strategy game! Consider unit counters, then create powerful synergy by breaking down the boundaries between the battlefield and cards, then lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24.2% ★, Card Battler 16.3%, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Card Game 13.8%, Roguelite 9.5%
- #54 Epic Auto Towers
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 762 reviews2024
Dev: Aleksandr Golovkin
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Epic Auto Towers is a turn-based strategy game combining elements of autobattler, deckbuilder and roguelike. Purchase uncommon and rare Towers and build the strongest combo to withstand the monster assault! Discover unusual new Tower combinations as you come back for more.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 18.5% ★, Deckbuilding 17.1%, Card Game 13%, Card Battler 10.3%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #55 Hadean Tactics
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,857 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 19.5% ★, Card Battler 13.1%, Deckbuilding 11.2%, Card Game 10.4%, Dungeon Crawler 9.1%
- #56 Three Kingdom: The Journey
67% matchVery Positive83% of 243 reviews2023
Dev: Senmu StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Craft a legendary deck and lead your troops to protect the Kingdom for the glory of the Han Dynasty in this fast-paced deck-building strategy roguelike. The Kingdom is on the verge of disaster against the Yellow Turbans rebellion, and only you – and your skills as a general – stand in their way!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.4% ★, Card Battler 15.7%, Deckbuilding 14.7%, Card Game 12.5%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #57 Throne of Bone
65% matchVery Positive86% of 328 reviews2025
Dev: Windmill Slam
Windows · Mac
Draft minions to defeat all who oppose the noble art of necromancy. Wield spells, discover dark relics, and reclaim your castle to unite the land through undeath in this unholy amalgam of roguelike, deckbuilder, and autobattler.
Why similar: Card Battler 15.7%, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 12.7% ★, Card Game 11.4%, Roguelike 9.1%
- #58 Fate Hunters
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 871 reviews2019
Dev: Tower Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 29.8% ★, Card Battler 17.5%, Deckbuilding 14%, Card Game 13.2%, Roguelite 6.4%
- #59 Cataclismo
63% matchVery Positive89% of 4,077 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.1%, Difficult 28.8%, Strategy 15.7%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #60 Kingdom of Cards
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Rubber Duck GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
From cropland to forest, from academy to conqueror's guild, expand territory of your kingdom. As the kingdom grows, crises will quietly arise. No worries: prepare to use the resource cards to train a group of powerful guardians to eliminate enemies and protect your kingdom.
Why similar: Card Game 37.4%, Strategy 20.8%, Roguelike 16.9%, Roguelite 16.7%, 2D 4.6%