- #1 Dead Town Tales
97% matchVery Positive83% of 484 reviews2023
Dev: 拾遗工作室Pub: Pixmain
Windows
Dead Town Tales is a game that focuses on strategy card building and core Roguelike gameplay. You can learn about this romantic and mysterious world by fighting and exploring, meeting people, ghosts and monsters in Dead Town and experiencing the unknown and making choices together with them.
Why similar: Card Game 29%, Roguelite 20.6%, Detective 13.5%, Deckbuilding 13.5%, Investigation 7.1%
- #2 Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
96% 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: Deckbuilding 25.3%, Card Game 23.9%, Roguelite 14.6%, Roguelike 12.5%, Procedural Generation 10.8%
- #3 The Death Game Report
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,217 reviews2026
Dev: shu3
Windows
Identify how every participant in the death game died, and submit your report.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.5%, Investigation 20.7%, Text-Based 17.6%, Story Rich 13.4%, Adventure 12.4%
- #4 Infinity Sweeper
96% matchMixed59% of 270 reviews2026
Dev: Longshot StudioPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Think you know Minesweeper? Think again. Infinity Sweeper brings roguelite elements to the classic puzzle - upgrades, boss fights and a constantly evolving grid that demands both logic and instinct. One wrong click could end it all.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 20.2%, Card Game 18.4%, Roguelite 14%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Logic 9.8%
- #5 CaseCracker3
94% matchVery Positive86% of 433 reviews2026
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: Detective 28.9%, Text-Based 26.4%, Puzzle 13.7%, Point & Click 10%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #6 Cross Blitz
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,691 reviews2025
Dev: Tako Boy Studios LLCPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cross Blitz is a unique RPG deckbuilder featuring fast-paced tactical combat with loads of cards to collect and synergies to wield. Explore, level up, craft new cards and build the perfect decks as you carve your own path to victory!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 27.2%, Card Game 24%, Roguelite 18.9%, Roguelike 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #7 Castle Morihisa
94% matchMixed67% of 454 reviews2022
Dev: Smokingbear StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
"Castle Morihisa" is a roguelike featuring strategic deckbuilder. You need to build up your deck through constant battles, acquire powerful talents, and wield the power of the Fallen Heroes to unveil the truth behind the rebellion in Castle Morihisa.
Why similar: Card Game 25.8%, Deckbuilding 25.1%, Procedural Generation 18.7%, Roguelike 12.2%, Roguelite 10.8%
- #8 Homicide Desk
92% matchMixed67% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Shu'la Lab LLC
Windows
Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up. Accuse the wrong person, and Internal Affairs comes after you.
Why similar: Text-Based 26%, Detective 22.1%, Investigation 19.1%, Point & Click 11.8%, Adventure 8%
- #9 Dimwood
91% matchVery Positive100% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Inkspun LLC
Windows · Linux
A roguelike deck builder where you venture into the Dimwood, armed with unique modal cards. Rendered in dense 1-Bit pixel art, carefully build your deck and modify your cards to balance offense and utility. Battle your way past increasingly fearsome enemies and defeat the Beast at its heart.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 25.2%, Card Game 19.1%, Roguelite 16.8%, Roguelike 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #10 Museum Mystery: Deckbuilding Card Game
91% matchVery Positive82% of 189 reviews2024
Dev: ST Stepanov Ivan AndreevichPub: Recently Played
Windows
Museum Mystery is a deck-building, story-driven roguelite adventure where museum exhibits come to life, wreaking chaos. Explore halls from different eras, battle works of art, collect your own deck of artifacts, and solve the mystery!
Why similar: Card Game 24.6%, Roguelite 19.4%, Deckbuilding 18.5%, Roguelike 12%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #11 Encounter: The Lost Cards
89% matchVery Positive80% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Salvatore GrossoPub: Encounter GG
Windows · Linux
The unhinged roguelike for the tactically obsessed. Forget maps—your journey is a deck of Tarot cards you build on the fly. Manage a tight inventory, chain questionable combos, and watch your gear shatter. Got unlucky? The virtuous can resurrect; the sinful, however...
Why similar: Deckbuilding 40%, Roguelite 24.7%, Roguelike 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Strategy 5.5%
- #12 For Your Tranquility
90% matchMixed68% of 195 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesung Games
Windows · Mac
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Text-Based 17.1%, Investigation 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Point & Click 9.7%
- #13 Dice Eater: A Supernatural Mystery Card Game
89% matchMixed62% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows
Dice Eater is a mystery card game based around supernatural powers where players must use their power to uncover the other player's tricks. Use your opponent's tricks against them to turn the tables and win.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Card Game 21%, Psychological 19.5%, Logic 10.2%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #14 Vegangsters
88% matchVery Positive94% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Poison Pill Games
Windows
Embark into a deck-building roguelike where real-time action will challenge your reaction and strategy skills. Face the deadliest criminals in intense turn-based combat, where each card defines the pace of the battle and save the city from the Vegangsters!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 22.7%, Card Game 22.6%, Roguelite 14.6%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Roguelike 11.3%
- #15 Dice With Death
86% matchVery Positive92% of 839 reviews2026
Dev: Sea Glass Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Dice With Death is a Dicebuilding Roguelike – Unfortunately you have already died. Fortunately, Death is up for some friendly competition. Collect new dice and relics, create damage stacking combos, and even cheat Death himself to emerge victorious.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 44.4%, Roguelike 21.1%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Strategy 5.9%
- #16 The Simulacrum
86% matchVery Positive83% of 126 reviews2023
Dev: Trynet Games
Windows
The Simulacrum is a deckbuilder with procedurally generated cards. Obtain cards through a roguelite mode, acquire a large collection and challenge the hidden guardians of The Simulacrum.
Why similar: Card Game 30.8%, Deckbuilding 23.7%, Procedural Generation 22.6%, Roguelike 13.2%, Strategy 4.6%
- #17 Villages & Dungeons
84% matchVery Positive91% of 1,170 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 35.6%, Card Game 26.3%, Roguelike 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Strategy 4.4%
- #18 Dishventory
85% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Final Offer
Windows
Wash piling dirty dishes in this strategic card game! Figure out cool dish combinations and discover new dishes with their own abilities.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.3%, Card Game 24.2%, Roguelite 14.2%, Roguelike 12.1%, Logic 9.1%
- #19 Tell Me Everything
87% matchMixed61% of 72 reviews2018
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 35%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Investigation 21.7%, Text-Based 18.8%, Logic 12.9%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #20 Into the Restless Ruins
83% matchVery Positive86% of 132 reviews2025
Dev: Ant Workshop LtdPub: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A roguelike deckbuilder where you create the dungeon you fight through. Each night use your cards to expand the ruins then battle through them, harvesting Glimour from the lost souls and improving your deck. Can you reach The Warden and defeat it, so The Maiden will grant your heart’s desire?
Why similar: Deckbuilding 26.8%, Card Game 21.6%, Roguelite 21.2%, Roguelike 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #21 CaseCracker
82% matchVery Positive89% of 3,489 reviews2022
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?
Why similar: Text-Based 26.8%, Detective 24.5%, Logic 14.5%, Puzzle 12%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #22 Madcap Mosaic
84% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: 1classydude
Windows
Carefully craft your Mosaic in this fantasy themed deckbuilding game. Battle by battle, tile by tile, you'll form synergies and build up your Mosaic's combo potential, hoping to beat the curve as you forge deeper into enemy territory.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 27.6%, Card Game 24.2%, Roguelite 20%, Roguelike 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
- #23 Knock on the Coffin Lid
82% matchVery Positive84% of 2,913 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 26.2%, Card Game 25%, Roguelite 17.5%, Roguelike 12.7%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #24 The Occult Detective
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 332 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 39.2%, Puzzle 21.2%, Story Rich 15%, Adventure 8.3%, 2D 6.2%
- #25 Noir Lords
79% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Speed Trail GamesPub: Booda Games
Windows
A fast-paced single-player card battler with tactical choices, quick rounds, and upgradeable cards. Build your deck and outsmart the city’s crime lords.
Why similar: Card Game 30.6%, Deckbuilding 28.8%, Roguelite 17.4%, Roguelike 11.8%, Strategy 3.5%
- #26 Deck of Ashes
81% 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: Deckbuilding 31.3%, Card Game 18.8%, Roguelite 14.3%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Adventure 5.1%
- #27 Lost In Fantaland
78% matchVery Positive85% of 695 reviews2024
Dev: Supernature StudioPub: NPC Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Lost in Fantaland is a Roguelite game with deck-building at its core, deeply integrated with board-game strategy mechanics. You will choose one of six unique characters and embark on a randomly generated adventure. Use your creativity to build your deck, and uncover the secrets of this world!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 56%, Pixel Graphics 24.7%, Strategy 12.4%, Indie 6.8%
- #28 Noir Syndrome
81% matchMixed67% of 183 reviews2014
Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Noir Syndrome is a procedurally generated Detective Murder-Mystery with a new story every time! Featuring slick pixel art animations and a jazzy soundtrack, the player is thrown right in to a highly stylized vision of film noir.
Why similar: Detective 35.9%, Procedural Generation 20.9%, Adventure 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Indie 10.1%
- #29 Cribbish
77% matchVery Positive85% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Fence Post Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shuffle chaos. Brew victory. A roguelike deckbuilder where relics, potions, and risky hands rule the table. An arcane twist on Cribbage where potions and relics supercharge your cards and the deck always has an attitude. Choose your build wisely, the cards show no mercy!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 25.2%, Card Game 22.6%, Roguelite 13.2%, Roguelike 12.5%, Logic 8.2%
- #30 Mimic Logic
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 567 reviews2024
Dev: Nihohe Soft
Windows
"Mimic Logic" is an automatically generated logic puzzle roguelike. Listen to the statements of the treasure chests, find the lying mimics, and open the rest of the treasure chests! Opening a mimic results in a game over.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 33.7%, Roguelike 22%, Puzzle 20.4%, Logic 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #31 Murder Mystery Machine
79% matchMixed55% of 179 reviews2021
Dev: Blazing GriffinPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Join the District Crime Agency in this isometric, modern noir deduction thriller. Explore crime scenes in complex dioramas, organize your evidence effectively, and blur the lines between right and wrong to present your case. Do you have what it takes to be a real detective?
Why similar: Detective 41.3%, Puzzle 16.9%, Point & Click 12.3%, Adventure 11.5%, Strategy 8.4%
- #32 Hunter's Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure
75% matchVery Positive84% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: Crimson Herring StudiosPub: Zugalu Entertainment
Windows
A Victorian Steampunk Roguelite Deckbuilder. Choose from four characters with unique cards and abilities. Customize your deck and character as you investigate a mysterious plague. Battle corrupted beasts and bosses in turn-based combat to unlock powerful relics and enchanted tarot cards.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.9%, Card Game 26.4%, Roguelite 20%, Roguelike 9.5%, Story Rich 4.6%
- #33 Connected Clue
75% matchVery Positive87% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: Alpheratz Games Pub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Connected Clue is a quarter-view detective adventure game inspired by the atmosphere of 19th-century mystery novels. Gather clues, see through lies, and uncover the identity of the culprit shrouded in secrecy!
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Text-Based 17%, Investigation 16.4%, Puzzle 9.8%, Logic 9.7%
- #34 Crash The Core
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Jerome LabellePub: Honest Rogue Games
Windows
A sci-fantasy roguelike deckbuilder about building your own starting deck, equipping gadgets, summoning allies, and salvaging cards for different effects. Discover strange events, go fishing and gather Intel to uncover a conspiracy to take over the galaxy!
Why similar: Card Game 22.1%, Deckbuilding 20.8%, Roguelite 17%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Roguelike 10.8%
- #35 Interrogation Simulator
77% matchVery Positive95% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Investigation 27%, Text-Based 26.5%, Puzzle 15.7%, Point & Click 11.4%, Story Rich 8%
- #36 Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon
73% matchVery Positive92% of 875 reviews2025
Dev: Kygua TechPub: Gamersky Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon is a turn-based Roguelike card game where you assume the role of a Shu general. Explore dungeons, gather relics, and amass a collection of cards. In each round, you can assemble a unique combination of cards and treasures to defeat your enemies and rewrite history!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 29.5%, Card Game 27.1%, Roguelite 15%, Roguelike 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #37 Trainee Death Simulator
73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,013 reviews2024
Dev: Bone Nail
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You will play as a Trainee Death, harvesting Souls to pay off your debt. Random choice events offer you various options: Lie in bed and slack off since the debt is endless anyway, Or follow your senior to earn some extra Souls, collecting outfits to switch up your style.
Why similar: Card Game 41.7%, Logic 18%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Detective 13.2%, Indie 4.9%
- #38 Case Solved: The London Files
74% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2026
Dev: Minimol GamesPub: SpecNext Ltd
Windows
Solve logic puzzles and crack multiple cases in a cosy noir London using reason, not guesswork. Murders have taken place, witness statements conflict and the alibis don't add up. Everyone has a motive, and only clear logic reveals the truth.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Investigation 21.3%, Logic 20.2%, Puzzle 12.1%, Point & Click 8.8%
- #39 Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
73% matchVery Positive85% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Homo Narrans Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your deduction board to solve four gripping murder cases.
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Investigation 20.2%, Point & Click 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #40 Reign of the Renegade
74% matchVery Positive88% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Dabuoys
Windows
Reign of the Renegade is a dice-based roguelite deckbuilder. Ascend the tower, brave the odds, and create powerful synergies. Will you end the Reign of the Renegade?
Why similar: Card Game 34%, Deckbuilding 23.4%, Roguelike 16.3%, Roguelite 8.4%, Strategy 7.3%
- #41 Little Dungeon Stories
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 116 reviews2019
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Little Dungeon Stories is a challenging roguelike card-based RPG. Enter the dungeon full of secrets, hostile monsters, deadly traps, and legendary loots. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Card Game 30.4%, Roguelite 23.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Roguelike 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #42 DICEOMANCER
70% 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: Card Game 39.9%, Deckbuilding 31%, Roguelike 15.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Indie 2.4%
- #43 The Case of the Golden Idol
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,013 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Detective 26%, Investigation 22.8%, Puzzle 11%, Point & Click 8.3%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #44 Right and Down and Dice
72% 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: Deckbuilding 25.1%, Card Game 22.4%, Roguelite 17.5%, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Roguelike 9.8%
- #45 Card Detective
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 189 reviews2023
Dev: 神探饭店制作组
Windows · Mac
Players will take on the role of newspaper reporter Hazel Gong, who was originally covering a practice exercise at an abandoned building site, but stumbles upon a mysterious corpse in an accidental collapse!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 27.6%, Card Game 27%, Psychological 18.8%, Puzzle 11.6%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #46 Infinite Cards
69% 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: Card Game 26.3%, Deckbuilding 23.6%, Procedural Generation 20.1%, Roguelike 8.9%, Roguelite 6%
- #47 Looper Tactics
70% matchVery Positive89% of 528 reviews2023
Dev: Inkstone AtelierPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome again, wandering soul. Will this be the time of your success? Watch your steps as you advance in this roguelike-deck builder and engage in auto-battler card encounters of increasing difficulty. Get stronger in each battle, rise from the ashes, and break free from endless reincarnation!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 37.4%, Card Game 32.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Adventure 6.2%, Strategy 5.1%
- #48 Devil's Deck
72% matchMixed67% of 283 reviews2022
Dev: Touch Times Studio
Windows
It is a Roguelike card game which owns interesting honeycomb and original combat rules. Whether adventures or combats, have rich variety of options.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 43.4%, Card Game 24.8%, Roguelite 11.6%, Adventure 8.3%, Strategy 6.8%
- #49 The Magister
71% matchVery Positive90% of 149 reviews2021
Dev: Nerdook Productions
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The Magister is a murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customise your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those who stand in your way. Gather clues and discover motives as you investigate the death of your predecessor and unmask the guilty culprit.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 26%, Card Game 24.4%, Detective 20.2%, Investigation 18.4%, Adventure 4.9%
- #50 A Solitaire Mystery
67% matchVery Positive92% of 288 reviews2025
Dev: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A collection of mysterious solitaires. The solitaires included vary from fairly standard cardgames to funky reimplementations of other games in solitaire form.
Why similar: Card Game 40.1%, Logic 21.7%, Puzzle 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, 2D 4.6%
- #51 The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,028 reviews2021
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Text-Based 19.8%, Investigation 14.6%, Puzzle 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #52 Stray Path
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,068 reviews2025
Dev: zidong gamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 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 Game 30.2%, Roguelite 26.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Roguelike 11.5%, Adventure 6.2%
- #53 Dungeon: Faster & Deadlier
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: Old Oak Den
Windows
This is a hybrid between a card, board, and turn-based single-player game. Play cards in various ways, and discover iconic artifacts. Combine logical possibilities with an aspect of chance. Gradually map the world of this rogue-lite adventure. Walk through the portal and fight!
Why similar: Card Game 28.2%, Deckbuilding 26.4%, Roguelite 16.3%, Roguelike 11.9%, Logic 11.8%
- #54 Balatro
62% 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: Card Game 26%, Deckbuilding 22.2%, Roguelike 12.6%, Roguelite 12.2%, Procedural Generation 7.3%
- #55 Detective Grimoire
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,625 reviews2014
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!
Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Investigation 19.5%, Puzzle 15.3%, Point & Click 12.3%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #56 The Specter's Desire
67% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Card Game 28.1%, Text-Based 23.5%, Detective 19.5%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Investigation 5.8%
- #57 Overrogue
69% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Exe Create Inc.Pub: KEMCO
Windows
A card deck-building roguelite! Explore labyrinths each time from level 1!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 29.7%, Card Game 26.8%, Roguelite 20%, Roguelike 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #58 Destiny or Fate
70% matchMixed55% of 489 reviews2019
Dev: BlasterPub: GameNet
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Destiny or Fate is a deck-building roguelite game. Choose a hero, build a deck and a party of mythical creatures, and set out on an endless adventure! Are you ready to make your own destiny, or will you succumb to an evil fate?
Why similar: Deckbuilding 23.4%, Card Game 22.4%, Roguelite 15.1%, Procedural Generation 15%, Roguelike 11.4%
- #59 Faith in Despair
65% matchVery Positive96% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Philipp Lehner
Windows · Mac · Linux
Forge your own cards with triggers, actions and modifiers. Shape your deck and gamble against Death itself. Make one mistake and you will descend into despair.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.5%, Card Game 28.3%, Procedural Generation 15.7%, Roguelike 14.2%, Choices Matter 8.8%