- #1 Dead Town Tales
97% matchVery Positive83% of 478 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 29.2%, Roguelite 21%, Deckbuilding 13.8%, Detective 13%, Investigation 6.9%
- #2 Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
96% matchVery Positive81% of 3,291 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Moss CollectorsPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 25.7%, Card Game 23.9%, Roguelite 14.8%, Roguelike 12.4%, Procedural Generation 10.6%
- #3 Museum Mystery: Deckbuilding Card Game
96% matchVery Positive82% of 181 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 19.7%, Deckbuilding 18.8%, Roguelike 12%, Choices Matter 7%
- #4 Castle Morihisa
95% matchMixed67% of 445 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 25.5%, Procedural Generation 18.3%, Roguelike 12.2%, Roguelite 10.9%
- #5 For Your Tranquility
94% matchMixed68% of 190 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 26.7%, Text-Based 17.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Investigation 11.5%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #6 Dice Eater: A Supernatural Mystery Card Game
94% matchMixed67% of 201 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 22.1%, Card Game 21.7%, Psychological 19.8%, Logic 10%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #7 Vegangsters
93% matchVery Positive94% of 81 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 23.1%, Card Game 22.6%, Roguelite 14.8%, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Roguelike 11.3%
- #8 Cross Blitz
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,591 reviews2025
Dev: Tako Boy Studios LLCPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 27.7%, Card Game 24.1%, Roguelite 19.2%, Roguelike 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #9 Trainee Death Simulator
91% matchVery Positive93% of 1,956 reviews2024
Dev: Bone Nail
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 13.2 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 42.3%, Logic 17.6%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Detective 12.8%, Indie 4.9%
- #10 The Simulacrum
91% 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 24.2%, Procedural Generation 22.2%, Roguelike 13.2%, Strategy 4.5%
- #11 Dishventory
89% matchVery Positive91% of 53 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 24.8%, Card Game 24.2%, Roguelite 14.5%, Roguelike 12%, Logic 8.8%
- #12 Madcap Mosaic
89% matchVery Positive95% of 73 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 28%, Card Game 24.1%, Roguelite 20.2%, Roguelike 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #13 Destiny or Fate
90% matchMixed56% of 484 reviews2019
Dev: BlasterPub: GameNet
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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 23.8%, Card Game 22.4%, Roguelite 15.3%, Procedural Generation 14.7%, Roguelike 11.4%
- #14 Looper Tactics
88% matchVery Positive89% of 515 reviews2023
Dev: Inkstone AtelierPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 38.1%, Card Game 32.7%, Choices Matter 9%, Adventure 5.8%, Strategy 5%
- #15 Dice With Death
86% matchVery Positive93% of 690 reviews2026
Dev: Sea Glass Games
Windows
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 45.8%, Roguelike 20.4%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Strategy 5.7%
- #16 CaseCracker
86% matchVery Positive90% of 3,209 reviews2022
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In order to improve the efficiency of selecting talents, the Chicheng police specially developed a test system-the true detection system, with the black robe company. As a tester, you need to complete the cracking of the case under the rules of the system.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.8%, Detective 24.8%, Logic 14.6%, Puzzle 11.8%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #17 Right and Down and Dice
87% matchVery Positive82% of 111 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 25.6%, Card Game 22.4%, Roguelite 17.8%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #18 Into the Restless Ruins
85% matchVery Positive85% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Ant Workshop LtdPub: Wales Interactive
Windows
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 27.1%, Card Game 21.6%, Roguelite 21.6%, Roguelike 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #19 Cribbish
84% matchVery Positive86% of 76 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 25.8%, Card Game 22.6%, Roguelite 13.4%, Roguelike 12.5%, Logic 7.9%
- #20 Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon
82% matchVery Positive92% of 734 reviews2025
Dev: Kygua TechPub: Gamersky Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 30%, Card Game 27%, Roguelite 15.2%, Roguelike 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #21 The Occult Detective
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 323 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 39.3%, Puzzle 20.8%, Story Rich 15%, Adventure 8%, 2D 6.4%
- #22 Deck of Ashes
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,061 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: Deckbuilding 31.9%, Card Game 18.9%, Roguelite 14.6%, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Roguelike 5.1%
- #23 Noir Syndrome
84% 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 35.8%, Procedural Generation 21.3%, Adventure 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Indie 10.3%
- #24 Card Detective
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 188 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 28.4%, Card Game 27.2%, Psychological 18.6%, Puzzle 11%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #25 Crash The Core
81% 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 21.1%, Roguelite 17.3%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Roguelike 10.7%
- #26 Knock on the Coffin Lid
78% 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: Deckbuilding 26.6%, Card Game 24.7%, Roguelite 17.8%, Roguelike 12.7%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #27 Reign of the Renegade
78% matchVery Positive88% of 68 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 33.9%, Deckbuilding 24.4%, Roguelike 16.6%, Roguelite 8.1%, Strategy 7.2%
- #28 Little Dungeon Stories
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 113 reviews2019
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 48 min≥1hr: 28%
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 30.6%, Roguelite 24.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Roguelike 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #29 DICEOMANCER
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,441 reviews2024
Dev: 超厚皮猪猪 Ultra Piggy StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.9 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 40.2%, Deckbuilding 30.7%, Roguelike 15.3%, Strategy 9.3%, Indie 2.4%
- #30 Murder Mystery Machine
79% matchMixed54% of 172 reviews2021
Dev: Blazing GriffinPub: Microids
Windows
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 40.6%, Puzzle 16.9%, Point & Click 12.5%, Adventure 11.3%, Strategy 8.8%
- #31 Dungeon: Faster & Deadlier
77% 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 26.9%, Roguelite 16.5%, Roguelike 11.9%, Logic 11.3%
- #32 Interrogation Simulator
77% matchVery Positive95% of 60 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 27.1%, Text-Based 27%, Puzzle 15.2%, Point & Click 11.2%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #33 Lost In Fantaland
75% matchVery Positive87% of 667 reviews2024
Dev: Supernature StudioPub: NPC Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 57.1%, Pixel Graphics 24%, Strategy 12.2%, Indie 6.7%
- #34 RogueJack21
75% matchMixed69% of 197 reviews2026
Dev: Zandbox Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
RogueJack21 is a Blackjack-inspired deckbuilder where you build and upgrade your deck to battle your opponents. Navigate through procedurally generated casinos and take revenge on The House, the ruthless mafia ruling Noir City that stole everything from you.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 23.6%, Card Game 22.3%, Roguelite 16.1%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Roguelike 9.3%
- #35 Tell Me Everything
79% matchMixed61% of 71 reviews2018
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
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%, Investigation 21.9%, Text-Based 19.2%, Logic 12.9%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #36 Hunter's Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure
73% matchVery Positive86% of 205 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 29.4%, Card Game 26.3%, Roguelite 20.3%, Roguelike 9.4%, Story Rich 4.4%
- #37 Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
74% matchVery Positive86% of 100 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 24.2%, Investigation 20.4%, Point & Click 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #38 The Case of the Golden Idol
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,171 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 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 25.8%, Investigation 23.1%, Puzzle 10.7%, Point & Click 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #39 Devil's Deck
76% matchMixed66% 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 44.2%, Card Game 24.8%, Roguelite 11.8%, Adventure 7.6%, Strategy 6.7%
- #40 The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,922 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 22.5%, Text-Based 20.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Puzzle 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #41 The Specter's Desire
71% matchVery Positive98% of 51 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 28.6%, Text-Based 23.6%, Detective 19%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Investigation 5.7%
- #42 Stray Path
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 985 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 Game 30.4%, Roguelite 26.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Roguelike 11.6%, Strategy 6.1%
- #43 Mimic Logic
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 531 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 34%, Roguelike 22.5%, Puzzle 19.6%, Logic 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #44 A Solitaire Mystery
69% matchVery Positive91% of 271 reviews2025
Dev: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.2 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 41.1%, Logic 21.3%, Puzzle 18%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, 2D 4.7%
- #45 Rana Card
68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,332 reviews2025
Dev: VisionRanaPub: IndieArk
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rana Card is a roguelike deck-builder where you play as a farm manager chasing TimeTech's KPI targets. Draw cards in high-stakes moments, survive Time Explosions, and unlock powerful cards. Build your deck, chart your own path, and face branching events and cataclysmic years on the road to success.
Why similar: Card Game 33.5%, Deckbuilding 32.5%, Roguelite 22.4%, Strategy 4.5%, 2D 3.6%
- #46 Indies' Lies
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 781 reviews2023
Dev: Fun Square GamesPub: Erabit
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A roguelike deck-building game where you craft a deck, spark talents, discover runes, and assemble your team with partners' cards! Play unique stories for every character and explore a world caught in the clash of gods. New Puppeteer DLC just released!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.8%, Card Game 23.1%, Roguelite 15.8%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Roguelike 11.6%
- #47 Balatro
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 187,446 reviews2024
Dev: LocalThunkPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.6 hrsMean: 46.6 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 25.9%, Deckbuilding 22.7%, Roguelite 12.3%, Roguelike 12.3%, Procedural Generation 7.3%
- #48 Connected Clue
69% matchVery Positive88% of 98 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 20.8%, Text-Based 17.3%, Investigation 16.6%, Logic 9.6%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #49 The Magister
71% matchVery Positive90% of 144 reviews2021
Dev: Nerdook Productions
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 26.8%, Card Game 24.7%, Detective 19.6%, Investigation 18.2%, Adventure 4.6%
- #50 The Devilry Reservation
70% matchVery Positive93% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: GentFish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths
Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, Detective 17.4%, Logic 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Puzzle 11.9%
- #51 DREAMGATE
73% 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 Game 25.2%, Deckbuilding 19.9%, Procedural Generation 17.7%, Roguelite 14.4%, Strategy 6.6%
- #52 Detective Grimoire
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,328 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 30.8%, Investigation 19.6%, Puzzle 14.9%, Point & Click 12.2%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #53 Super Drift Blade
66% matchVery Positive97% of 353 reviews2025
Dev: Liujiajun
Windows
Most of your actions have been taken away. In each time loop, slide the mouse to kill monsters, crack the puzzles locked by knowledge, and explore the hidden paths! Go deeper in a limited time and discover the truth of the world.
Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Roguelite 24.1%, Puzzle 11.8%, Roguelike 11.6%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #54 Turlock Holmes
68% matchVery Positive80% of 917 reviews2024
Dev: Find the Lamp GamesPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?
Why similar: Detective 39.9%, Puzzle 19.9%, Point & Click 10.4%, Story Rich 9.8%, 2D 6.3%
- #55 Profession investigator
69% matchVery Positive99% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: Indie-Geek
Windows · Mac
Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Text-Based 20.5%, Puzzle 12.5%, Logic 11.3%, Adventure 10.9%
- #56 Dungeon Raid: Zero Floor
66% matchVery Positive94% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: 4Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dungeon Raid is an adventure card roguelike. Dive deeper and deeper into the dungeon. Use everything you find to defeat enemies and kill the final boss. Good luck! And try not to die... from hunger.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 25.5%, Card Game 20.1%, Roguelite 16%, Roguelike 13.1%, Procedural Generation 10.3%
- #57 Faith in Despair
65% matchVery Positive98% of 58 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 28.9%, Card Game 28.3%, Procedural Generation 15.4%, Roguelike 14.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #58 Poker Quest: Swords and Spades
67% matchVery Positive87% of 707 reviews2022
Dev: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Poker Quest is a fantasy roguelike where players use a standard 52-card deck to take on fierce enemies in epic battles. Featuring over 20 unique heroes, thousands of items, and deep gameplay that will test even the most experienced players.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 22.1%, Card Game 21.5%, Roguelite 14.1%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Roguelike 10.8%
- #59 Villages & Dungeons
64% matchVery Positive92% of 1,073 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 36%, Card Game 26.3%, Roguelike 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Strategy 4.4%