- #1 Hunter's Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure
97% 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 21.1%, Card Game 19.3%, Turn-Based 15%, Card Battler 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9.4%
- #2 Mind Lure
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Little Tiger Game
Windows
A Lovecraftian deck-building roguelike. Collect eerie cards and twisted creatures. Strengthen your deck while battling sanity loss in waters haunted by unspeakable entities.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24%, Lovecraftian 22.3%, Card Battler 17.1%, Card Game 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.4%
- #3 The Horror at Highrook
95% matchVery Positive90% of 492 reviews2025
Dev: Nullpointer Games
Windows
The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30%, Card Game 25.8%, Board Game 25.4%, Horror 10.1%, 2D 4.1%
- #4 Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder
96% matchMixed60% of 265 reviews2021
Dev: TavroxGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Neurodeck is a psychological deckbuilding card game to challenge your fears. Build your deck & capacities by answering personality tests, visiting rooms or meditating. Face your phobia and defeat them through the power of life-inspired cards.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.3%, Deckbuilding 18.4%, Card Game 17.8%, Card Battler 15.7%, Lovecraftian 12.1%
- #5 Roots Devour
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 584 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.4%, Card Game 19.8%, Deckbuilding 18.5%, Dark 8.6%, Horror 7.4%
- #6 Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder
94% matchMixed62% of 331 reviews2023
Dev: Black Eye Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Nadir is a roguelike deck-builder with a twist: the cost to play a card is an enemy reaction you can predict. Craft your own cards to slay powerful demons. Gather resources, expand your city, grow in power and conquer the underworld.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 19.7%, Card Game 19.1%, Card Battler 16.2%, Turn-Based 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%
- #7 Morimens
92% matchVery Positive80% of 5,456 reviews2024
Dev: B.I.A.V. Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Morimens is a roguelite card-battler inspired by the Lovecraftian mythos. Bond with a diverse cast of Awakeners, build your perfect deck, and battle through the mists of Kadath—facing wild events and uncovering maddening truths at every turn.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.1%, Card Game 14.6%, Deckbuilding 13.9%, Lovecraftian 13.7%, Card Battler 13.2%
- #8 Deck of Ashes
93% 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 23.3%, Card Battler 22.7%, Turn-Based 15.8%, Card Game 14.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%
- #9 Journey to the Void
91% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: RuneHeads
Windows · Mac
Prepare to fend off attacks from all directions in this hybrid strategy roguelite deck builder. On your journey through varied grid-based biomes, battle unique foes and make tough moral choices to restore a corrupted land and decide the fate of your world.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 21.5%, Card Game 20.6%, Turn-Based 18.6%, Card Battler 17.3%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%
- #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: Turn-Based 22.7%, Card Game 18.3%, Card Battler 18%, Deckbuilding 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%
- #11 Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 574 reviews2023
Dev: Balcony SoftworksPub: Those Awesome Guys
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Delve into the depths of Deepest Chamber: Resurrection, where card boosting is your key to survival. Employ this unique mechanic to augment your abilities, strategize your next moves and endure a series of increasingly perilous descents in this gripping rogue-lite, card-battling adventure!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 23.5%, Card Battler 19%, Card Game 18.5%, Turn-Based Combat 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%
- #12 The Last Hex
89% matchVery Positive80% of 218 reviews2021
Dev: That Indie Studio
Windows
The dead arise and only you can stand against them. Equip and train your character, grow your arsenal of cards, survive harrowing encounters and prepare for the final showdown with The Lost at ...The Last Hex! A RPG Deckbuilder with Roguelite elements.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 23.5%, Turn-Based 22%, Card Game 20.1%, Board Game 17.9%, Fantasy 6.2%
- #13 Fogpiercer
86% matchVery Positive84% of 650 reviews2026
Dev: Mad Cookies StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Fight through the fog in this sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder where clever positioning, explosive chain-reactions, and the environment itself can make the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.3%, Deckbuilding 17.3%, Card Game 16.5%, Card Battler 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%
- #14 Monster Stalker: Prologue
88% matchVery Positive90% of 134 reviews2022
Dev: 333Ba
Windows
Monster Stalker: Prologue is a free independent version of Monster Stalker, tells the early stage story of Monster Stalker. It combines card battle and RPG. Aliens invade earth and monsters are coming. You will build deck, fight various monsters and get teammates. Go fight and save earth!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 18.2%, Card Game 15.7%, Card Battler 15.6%, Turn-Based 14.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12%
- #15 Shards of Order
86% matchVery Positive90% of 644 reviews2026
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
A grim RPG with card-based combat where nothing stays dead. Lead a party of survivors through a world undone by shattered Laws. Restore them and reshape the rules of the game, but be ready to face the consequences.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 25%, Card Battler 21.6%, Card Game 18.7%, Turn-Based Combat 16.3%, Dark 5.1%
- #16 October Night Games
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 91 reviews2020
Dev: Octobear Knight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you try to keep the world the way it is or fight for the changes? October Night Games is a digital board game where everyone is a cultist working for one of two different sides. Scour the town for cursed ingredients and make deals with inscrutable entities as something eldrich this way comes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.7%, Board Game 19.5%, Card Game 15.6%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Dark 7.6%
- #17 Occlude
85% matchVery Positive86% of 427 reviews2025
Dev: Tributary GamesPub: Pantaloon
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Occlude is a ritual disguised as Solitaire; a cosmic-horror card game where the rules are obscured and reality is at stake. Play through cryptic challenges to reveal forbidden lore in this singleplayer narrative puzzle game for the terminally curious. Don’t worry; you can always start over.
Why similar: Card Game 51.8%, Horror 14.5%, Puzzle 14.4%, Strategy 12.2%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #18 Heretic Operative
87% matchVery Positive81% of 93 reviews2019
Dev: C Prompt Games
Windows
A unique digital boardgame with strategy and narrative elements, inspired by games like Pandemic, Arkham Horror, and Talisman. As a Heretic Operative, a secret mage sworn to oppose the Cult, you must harness the arcane without becoming lost in its power.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.6%, Board Game 15.9%, Lovecraftian 15.9%, Card Game 15.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%
- #19 Decktamer
83% matchVery Positive86% of 2,407 reviews2025
Dev: Horizon EdgePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Deck-building meets monster catching in this turn-based roguelike. Recruit enemy cards to your party as you dive into the depths of the abyss. Will you kill them or will you tame them?
Why similar: Deckbuilding 20.2%, Card Game 20.1%, Card Battler 17.4%, Turn-Based Combat 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%
- #20 Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
82% matchVery Positive94% of 766 reviews2023
Dev: D20Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 17.7%, Board Game 17.2%, Card Battler 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%, Card Game 12.6%
- #21 Menace from the Deep
82% matchVery Positive84% of 2,620 reviews2024
Dev: Flat Lab
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Menace from the Deep is an enthralling Roguelike Deckbuilding card game that unfolds in a dark world, drawing inspiration from Howard Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.Set against the backdrop of 1920s USA, the narrative revolves around a clandestine occult society.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.2%, Deckbuilding 22%, Card Battler 17%, Card Game 16.4%, Dark 6.9%
- #22 Westmark Manor
84% matchMixed69% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Nodbrim Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
What lurks in the darkest corners of the mansion? Westmark Manor is a journey into the occult, a mind-bending survival horror game, with a heavy focus on solving puzzles and exploration, inspired by the formidable H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.2%, Adventure 24.2%, Dark 15.4%, Puzzle 9.4%, Horror 7.1%
- #23 Card Quest
84% matchVery Positive86% of 378 reviews2017
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Card Quest is a dungeon crawling adventure game with unique card combat. Play with a variety of unique character classes, and customize decks to fit your playstyle. Explore the strategic depth of tactical roguelike gameplay, and crush the undead plague.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.1%, Card Game 22.4%, Card Battler 21.8%, Turn-Based 17.9%, Strategy 5%
- #24 Skogdal
81% matchVery Positive99% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: Erlend Kirkeboe
Windows
A deckbuilding adventure card game set in a rustic Norwegian town during the 90's. Recruit followers, draft cards and build powerful combos. Explore a hand-crafted world across multiple runs and uncover an unsettling mystery…
Why similar: Card Game 22%, Deckbuilding 20%, Turn-Based 19.1%, Card Battler 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
- #25 Foretales
81% matchVery Positive85% of 1,192 reviews2022
Dev: AlkemiPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Decide the fate of the world in this ingenious story-driven card game. Foretales offers a unique take on the adventure genre, with a multitude of playstyles and story paths through which you can save the world… or bring about its end.
Why similar: Card Game 24.2%, Board Game 19.6%, Card Battler 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Fantasy 6.3%
- #26 Railroads & Catacombs
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 414 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: Lovecraftian 16.6%, Turn-Based 15.4%, Deckbuilding 15.4%, Card Battler 12.9%, Card Game 11.8%
- #27 Deck of Souls
79% matchVery Positive81% of 222 reviews2024
Dev: Bigboot StudiosPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Roguelite deck-building meets souls-like. Break out of an infinite loop to close the hell gates, turn enemies into cards, and build your own omnipotent Deck of Souls! Rolls included.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 18.5%, Card Game 18%, Card Battler 13.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
- #28 Knock on the Coffin Lid
78% 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: Turn-Based 20.7%, Deckbuilding 18.1%, Card Game 17.4%, Card Battler 15%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%
- #29 THE SPIRIT LIFT
77% matchVery Positive88% of 189 reviews2026
Dev: prettysmart games
Windows
A retro horror deckbuilder roguelike set in a haunted hotel in the 1990s. Choose your teens, explore and fight! If you die rewind the night!
Why similar: Card Game 22.5%, Deckbuilding 22%, Card Battler 18.8%, Turn-Based Combat 16%, Horror 7.1%
- #30 Boogey Hunters
78% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Keep The Engine GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Boogey Hunters is a strategic ammo-building game where you travel the world hunting mythical creatures from different folklore. Plan your moves carefully, combine bullets to unleash powerful moves, battle terrifying boogies, and save the world in the shortest day possible!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 20.2%, Card Battler 14.4%, Card Game 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%
- #31 Re:Night
76% matchVery Positive91% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: Seahorse GamesPub: HARRISONWORLD CO.,LTD
Windows · Mac
Re:Night is a strategy game that blends turn based tactics with roguelike deckbuilding. In each run, build your deck, plan your tactics, and experiment with countless 3-character team combinations. Journey to a mysterious town, break the endless cycle of night, and bring dawn back to the world.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 17.5%, Card Game 15.5%, Card Battler 14.2%, Board Game 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%
- #32 Blood Card
79% matchVery Positive81% of 729 reviews2019
Dev: Pixel Cattle Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
This card game combines elements of roguelike and deckbuilding. During the game, you shall strive ahead, gathering cards to build a unique deck and use it to defeat the enemies getting in your way. You will have to choose between escaping or try to defeat Death, who is relentlessly pursuing you.
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.3%, Deckbuilding 22.4%, Card Battler 22%, Card Game 21.5%, Strategy 3.8%
- #33 Dimwood
76% 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 28.9%, Card Game 22.1%, Card Battler 20%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, Fantasy 6.4%
- #34 Ring of Pain
77% matchVery Positive91% of 5,107 reviews2020
Dev: Simon BoxerPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? Meet strange friends bearing gifts and treasure. Choose your gear wisely to survive and discover the secrets of the Ring of Pain.
Why similar: Turn-Based 37.7%, Card Game 34.4%, Dark 10.3%, Horror 6.3%, Strategy 5%
- #35 WORLD OF HORROR
74% matchVery Positive90% of 9,862 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.6%, Card Game 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 16.8%, Point & Click 12.5%, Horror 12.2%
- #36 Ash of Gods: The Way
75% matchVery Positive80% of 507 reviews2023
Dev: AurumDust
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor. Defend your commander, win duels, capture points, experiment with your strategy to defeat a superior enemy, and make decisions that affect your story.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Card Game 16%, Card Battler 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%
- #37 BLOODLETTER
73% matchVery Positive80% of 258 reviews2026
Dev: ALDAMAMI GAMES
Windows
A grim medieval deckbuilder where you use your dubious healing methods to protect bizarre villagers from the corrupting influence of ancient evils.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.6%, Deckbuilding 31.3%, Card Game 25.3%, Strategy 5.4%, 2D 4.3%
- #38 Fate Hunters
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 876 reviews2019
Dev: Tower Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Fate Hunters is a hardcore mix of strategy card battles and a roguelike adventure. Build your deck, explore the dangerous dark fantasy world and face fearsome foes! Risk your life to get powerful treasures!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 27.1%, Card Game 26.6%, Card Battler 25.4%, Turn-Based 12.6%, Strategy 6.2%
- #39 Demon's Mirror
72% matchVery Positive87% of 108 reviews2024
Dev: Be-Rad EntertainmentPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Step into the Demon’s Mirror and enter a fantastical, nightmarish world in this roguelike deckbuilder! Strategy meets the arcane in a unique fusion of deck-building and chain-3 mechanics. Can you face your demons and come out unscathed?
Why similar: Card Game 19.7%, Deckbuilding 19.1%, Turn-Based 17.6%, Card Battler 17%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%
- #40 Aeon's End
74% matchVery Positive81% of 501 reviews2019
Dev: Handelabra Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Deck building with a twist! Lead a team of mages against the Nameless in this magic-based card battle game and save the city of Gravehold!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 26.3%, Board Game 20.6%, Card Game 17.3%, Card Battler 17.2%, Turn-Based 9.4%
- #41 Dead Town Tales
72% 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 52.3%, Deckbuilding 24.1%, Strategy 12.2%, 2D 9.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #42 The Monster Within
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 96 reviews2022
Dev: GMO Free Games
Windows · Mac
A 50's horror comic themed deck building card game with roguelike progression elements. Stop yourself from turning into a monster, or embrace your inner evil and use your new gifts. Choose from a roster of classic monsters and duke it out in The Monster Within!
Why similar: Card Game 39.8%, Deckbuilding 36.9%, Strategy 8.7%, Horror 6.8%, 2D 4.7%
- #43 Right and Down and Dice
71% 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 20.5%, Turn-Based 20.3%, Card Game 18.4%, Card Battler 17.8%, Board Game 10%
- #44 Draft of Darkness
70% matchVery Positive93% of 363 reviews2023
Dev: Crawly Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Draft of Darkness is a survival horror RPG with deck building and roguelike dungeon exploration. Recruit allies, synergize their decks to create powerful card combos. Manage your limited resources and explore procedurally generated maps to determine the story's outcome.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.3%, Card Battler 22.1%, Card Game 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Horror 7.3%
- #45 WhatRogue:Exile Land
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: 肉鸽独立团Pub: OKJOY
Windows
"WhatRogue:Exile Land" blends roguelike, card construction, and tactical turn-based gameplay. The tactical element requires spatial strategies, enhancing strategic depth. Choose different heroes and companions to defeat various monsters and bosses.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 23.2%, Card Game 20.3%, Board Game 14.3%, Card Battler 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
- #46 Nadir: A Grimdark Deck Builder - Prologue
71% matchVery Positive81% of 216 reviews2022
Dev: Team NadirPub: Black Eye Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Nadir is a roguelike deck-builder with a twist: the cost to play a card is an enemy reaction you can predict. Craft your own cards to slay powerful demons. Gather resources, expand your city, grow in power and conquer the underworld.
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.7%, Card Game 19.1%, Card Battler 16.9%, Turn-Based Combat 15.3%, Dark 7%
- #47 Knights in Tight Spaces
69% matchMixed69% of 945 reviews2025
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Control your environment, gather your party, and build your best deck to overcome outlaws and supernatural forces, across a rich fantasy world. Watch as your tactical choices and deckbuilding prowess play out through stylish fight sequences.
Why similar: Card Game 19.7%, Card Battler 19.6%, Deckbuilding 18.5%, Tactical 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%
- #48 Oaken
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 394 reviews2023
Dev: Laki StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Oaken, a turn-based tactical roguelike set in the spirit inhabited world. Explore the Great Oak, gather allies and trinkets, learn to use the positioning for your advantage, choose how to upgrade your cards. Wake the spirits and save the Oak!
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.4%, Card Battler 17.1%, Board Game 16.3%, Deckbuilding 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.4%
- #49 The False God's Fold
68% matchVery Positive82% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Night Owl Games
Windows
A turn-based card strategy game. You are a Card-Seeker, wandering ruined lands and forgotten realms, collecting forbidden cards—shattered relics of fallen gods. Wield their power to battle twisted creatures and ancient guardians. Each card is a weapon. Each play, a gamble.
Why similar: Card Battler 41.6%, Card Game 37.9%, Strategy 11.6%, 2D 6.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #50 The Fortress
69% matchMixed70% of 163 reviews2026
Dev: Baryonyx Games
Windows · Mac
The Fortress is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based combat, mixing strategy and risk. Choose a class, delve into cursed chambers, roll dice to fight brutal enemies, and grab loot. Face tough choices, survive epic bosses, and fight to escape... or fall to the shadows
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 28.7%, Dark 25.2%, Horror 19.7%, Adventure 14.1%, 2D 10.5%
- #51 Pyrene
67% matchVery Positive92% of 759 reviews2024
Dev: Two Tiny DicePub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Defeat hellish monsters and rebuild your home in Pyrene, a fast paced roguelike dungeon-crawler. Play with different heroes & spells, collect powerful relics to upgrade your deck while uncovering the mysteries behind your village’s destruction.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 21.1%, Turn-Based Combat 20.3%, Card Game 19.1%, Card Battler 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%
- #52 SKALD: Against the Black Priory
66% matchVery Positive94% of 3,660 reviews2024
Dev: High North Studios ASPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
SKALD:Against the Black Priory is a retro-style party-based RPG set in a grim-dark fantasy world of tragic heroes, violent deaths and Lovecraftian horror. Take a chance and roll the dice as you embark on a compelling story filled with deadly creatures, branching story and tactical, turn-based combat
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Horror 14%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Strategy 9.1%
- #53 Dark Sky
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 71 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 23.4%, Deckbuilding 21%, Card Battler 17%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
- #54 The Dark Cave
68% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Leaves GamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Every move you make counts in this gritty turn-based game! Fight against foes in opposite 3x3 grid boards. Plan ahead of your enemies’ attacks and carefully choose your moves: running out of moves will cost you health, but enemies will always keep coming. How deep can you get into The Dark Cave?
Why similar: Card Game 22%, Card Battler 20.2%, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%
- #55 Sultan's Game
63% matchVery Positive94% of 35,266 reviews2025
Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
Why similar: Card Game 33.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Strategy 7.1%, Singleplayer 6.4%
- #56 Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon
65% 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: Turn-Based 22%, Deckbuilding 21.7%, Card Game 20.1%, Card Battler 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
- #57 Unforgotten
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: ScoreboardGames
Windows · Mac
UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Card Game 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #58 Fortune Seller
65% matchVery Positive86% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: Kiwick
Windows
A gothic roguelike shopkeeping game where you sell antiques, read the tarot, and manage your inventory to survive crushing rent increases. Match strange customers with the relics they crave, unlock powerful cards, and gamble your way out of debt, one deal at a time.
Why similar: Card Game 34.9%, Deckbuilding 22%, Lovecraftian 13.4%, Strategy 10.3%, Horror 8%
- #59 Deliverance & Reign
67% matchVery Positive82% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: One Up Plus
Windows
Join a gothic battle where Good confronts Evil using roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Play as either side, invading Alaric's Castle, or as Alaric himself defending against the invading heroes!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 21.2%, Card Game 19.2%, Card Battler 17.9%, Turn-Based Combat 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%