- #1 Draft of Darkness
97% matchVery Positive94% of 344 reviews2023
Dev: Crawly Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.8% ★, Card Battler 16.3%, Deckbuilding 12.6%, Card Game 11.7%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror deckbuilder that emphasizes resource management and dark, atmospheric exploration.
- #2 Inscryption
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,157 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Card Battler 24.3%, Card Game 19.2%, Deckbuilding 18.7%, Roguelike 9.4%, Roguelite 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the unsettling, meta-horror atmosphere and card-based mechanics found in The Spirit Lift.
- #3 Fuzz Force: Spook Squad
96% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2021
Dev: Fuzz Force
Windows
Roll into a dicey deckbuilder set in a spooky board game world. Capture ghosts as the elite Spook Squad using their customisable Dice-Powered weaponry. Navigate eerie areas filled with battles, treasure and random events on your mission to capture the ghoulish Polter Prince.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25% ★, Deckbuilding 13.7%, Card Battler 12.7%, Card Game 9.8%, Supernatural 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines a spooky aesthetic with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics in a way that feels accessible yet challenging.
- #4 Ring of Pain
95% matchVery Positive92% of 5,015 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: Card Game 31.1%, Roguelite 19.5%, Roguelike 17%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 16% ★, Horror 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-themed roguelike card game where every encounter feels like a desperate struggle for survival.
- #5 Menace from the Deep
94% matchVery Positive84% of 2,275 reviews2024
Dev: Flat Lab
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.8 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.9% ★, Card Battler 16.8%, Deckbuilding 14.9%, Card Game 11.7%, Roguelike 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian-inspired roguelike deckbuilder that focuses on sanity and supernatural threats.
- #6 Boogey Hunters
94% matchVery Positive87% of 63 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.5% ★, Card Battler 14.5%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Card Game 9.7%, Turn-Based Combat 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the horror-themed deckbuilding experience with a focus on turn-based strategy against supernatural foes.
- #7 Tainted Grail: Conquest
93% matchVery Positive90% of 8,124 reviews2021
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24%, Card Game 22.7%, Card Battler 15.4%, Roguelike 14.6%, Roguelite 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, oppressive fantasy world and deep deckbuilding mechanics that reward strategic planning.
- #8 The Horror at Highrook
91% matchVery Positive91% of 451 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: Card Game 42.5%, Horror 23.8%, Mystery 19.6%, Story Rich 6.3%, 2D 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on investigation and horror themes within a card-based gameplay framework.
- #9 Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder
92% matchMixed63% of 329 reviews2023
Dev: Black Eye Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24.5% ★, Card Battler 15.5%, Card Game 13.3%, Deckbuilding 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its dark, hellish art style and intense card-battling mechanics align well with the tone of a horror roguelike.
- #10 Deck of Souls
90% matchVery Positive83% of 211 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 17.7% ★, Card Battler 16.4%, Card Game 15.6%, Deckbuilding 15.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical deckbuilder that draws inspiration from dark, challenging RPGs with a focus on strategic card play.
- #11 Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder
91% matchMixed60% of 263 reviews2021
Dev: TavroxGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.9% ★, Card Battler 17%, Card Game 14.1%, Deckbuilding 14.1%, Roguelike 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Uses psychological horror themes to influence the deckbuilding process, creating a unique and unsettling experience.
- #12 Darkest Dungeon®
88% matchVery Positive92% of 158,223 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 43.5%, Roguelike 28.1%, Roguelite 10.2%, Strategy 6.9%, Horror 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive gothic horror strategy game that captures the feeling of managing a team through terrifying, high-stakes encounters.
- #13 Castle Morihisa
89% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.2% ★, Card Battler 16.5%, Card Game 12%, Deckbuilding 11.2%, Roguelike 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a dark, atmospheric dungeon-crawling experience with robust deckbuilding and turn-based combat.
- #14 Exorcism Agency
87% matchVery Positive93% of 277 reviews2025
Dev: YINGGUO GAMEPub: NPC Entertainment
Windows
Raise Your Own Ghost Girl+Deckbuilding+Zuma-Style Match-3!Exorcism Agency is an innovative roguelike that finds joy in thrills.Ghosts are back,the human world is like hell,and you,as a top-tier exorcist,will venture into ghost-infested zones,using all kinds of mystical techniques to capture ghosts
Why similar: Card Battler 18.9%, Card Game 17.6%, Deckbuilding 17.3%, Roguelite 10.9%, Supernatural 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A thematic deckbuilder that focuses on the supernatural, fitting the horror-investigation vibe of the seed game.
- #15 The Foretold: Westmark Legacy
89% matchMixed58% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Nodbrim Interactive
Windows
Fight to investigate another day in this gothic horror adventure card game. Equip items and relics. Acquire cards and use them wisely to survive what lurks in the darkest corners of town. Take a short and mind-bending dive into the unknown with a cosy horror atmosphere.
Why similar: Card Game 22.7%, Deckbuilding 22.6%, Card Battler 19%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Horror 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Blends choose-your-own-adventure storytelling with horror-themed card combat.
- #16 Library Of Ruina
86% matchVery Positive94% of 41,062 reviews2021
Dev: ProjectMoon
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 53.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.
Why similar: Card Game 20.8%, Deckbuilding 20.5%, Card Battler 16.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural-themed deckbuilder with deep narrative elements and a dark, stylish presentation.
- #17 Skogdal
85% matchVery Positive98% of 119 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.3% ★, Card Battler 17.4%, Card Game 16.3%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Roguelite 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: An adventure-focused deckbuilder that emphasizes exploration and card-based encounters.
- #18 Spirits of The Silicium Forest
86% matchVery Positive94% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: PixelGreeds
Windows · Linux
SotSF is a turn-based rogue-like game with deck-building elements, in the aesthetics of Mesoamerica and transhumanism. Position yourself on the battlefield, build and utilize various combinations of abilities to defeat the mysterious spirits of the Silicium Forest. Has “Story” and “Roguelite” modes.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.1% ★, Card Battler 17%, Card Game 14.5%, Deckbuilding 8.7%, Turn-Based Combat 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy card battler that offers a unique thematic experience within the roguelike deckbuilder genre.
- #19 Slay the Spire
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 210,878 reviews2019
Dev: Mega Crit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 67.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.7% ★, Card Battler 19%, Card Game 16.6%, Deckbuilding 12.2%, Roguelike 10%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for roguelike deckbuilders, providing the core mechanical foundation that many horror-themed variants build upon.
- #20 Sigil of the Magi
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: YongjustyongPub: The Iterative Collective
Windows
Sigil of the Magi blends roguelike deckbuilding with turn-based combat for a deep tactical experience. Navigate a world full of dangers and mystique as you craft your deck, obtain relics, and prepare your party of champions for any challenges ahead!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.7% ★, Card Battler 14.3%, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Card Game 12.6%, Roguelike 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A blend of turn-based strategy and deckbuilding that emphasizes careful planning and character progression.
- #21 Monster Train
82% 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 18.4%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 18.1% ★, Card Game 13.3%, Deckbuilding 13%, Roguelite 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A highly polished roguelike deckbuilder that offers complex strategic depth and a dark, underworld setting.
- #22 Faith in Despair
81% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.9% ★, Card Battler 17.3%, Card Game 13.9%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Roguelike 9%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult roguelike deckbuilder that emphasizes strategic card usage against overwhelming odds.
- #23 Card Quest
84% matchVery Positive86% of 371 reviews2017
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 15.1 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.5% ★, Card Battler 18.4%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Card Game 13.8%, Roguelike 9%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging roguelike deckbuilder that strips away the fluff to focus on pure, difficult card-based combat.
- #24 Dead Town Tales
82% 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 33.8%, Roguelite 21.8%, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Strategy 12%, Mystery 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused card game with a dark, hand-drawn aesthetic that fits the horror-roguelike genre.
- #25 Griftlands
81% matchVery Positive94% of 14,297 reviews2021
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Why similar: Card Battler 19.4%, Deckbuilding 15.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.5% ★, Card Game 13.5%, Roguelite 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a strong narrative focus and unique deckbuilding mechanics that emphasize negotiation and combat in a gritty world.
- #26 Vault of the Void
80% matchVery Positive93% of 2,938 reviews2022
Dev: Spider Nest Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.3% ★, Card Battler 15.6%, Deckbuilding 14.1%, Card Game 13%, Roguelite 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly tactical deckbuilding experience where player agency and deck management are paramount.
- #27 Wildfrost
79% 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 25.4% ★, Card Battler 17.4%, Card Game 13.1%, Deckbuilding 12.5%, Roguelite 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A charming yet challenging roguelike deckbuilder that features a distinct art style and deep tactical combat.
- #28 Gordian Quest
79% matchVery Positive89% of 5,923 reviews2022
Dev: Mixed Realms Pte Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.9% ★, Card Battler 16.1%, Card Game 13.6%, Deckbuilding 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines classic RPG elements with card-based combat, offering a long-form adventure similar to exploring a haunted location.
- #29 Across the Obelisk
78% matchVery Positive81% of 12,790 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamsite GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 20.8 hrsMean: 53.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24.5% ★, Card Battler 15.7%, Deckbuilding 13.5%, Card Game 13.3%, Roguelike 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A party-based roguelike deckbuilder that allows for deep character customization and strategic team synergy.
- #30 Hunter's Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure
77% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.6% ★, Deckbuilding 14%, Card Battler 14%, Card Game 13.4%, Roguelite 9.2%
- #31 Banners of Ruin
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,181 reviews2021
Dev: MonteBearoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.7% ★, Card Battler 16.9%, Card Game 13.9%, Deckbuilding 13.9%, Roguelike 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical positioning and card-based combat, perfect for players who enjoy the strategic side of deckbuilders.
- #32 Museum Mystery: Deckbuilding Card Game
77% 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 Battler 19.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 14.9% ★, Card Game 14.6%, Deckbuilding 10.5%, Roguelite 10.5%
- #33 Mind Lure
76% matchVery Positive87% of 53 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: Card Battler 19.7%, Deckbuilding 19.5%, Card Game 12.4%, Roguelike 11.8%, Roguelite 9.6%
- #34 Knock on the Coffin Lid
75% 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 25.9% ★, Card Battler 16.9%, Deckbuilding 14.4%, Card Game 14.2%, Roguelike 9.4%
- #35 Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon
74% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.1% ★, Card Battler 17%, Deckbuilding 15.2%, Card Game 14.6%, Roguelike 8.2%
- #36 Deck of Haunts
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,207 reviews2025
Dev: MantisPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
Why similar: Card Battler 20.4%, Deckbuilding 19.7%, Card Game 14.5%, Roguelite 13.4%, Roguelike 8.3%
- #37 The Monster Within
76% matchVery Positive82% of 92 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 30%, Deckbuilding 26.9%, Roguelite 15.7%, Strategy 10%, Horror 7.3%
- #38 RogueJack21
74% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27% ★, Card Game 13.6%, Deckbuilding 13.6%, Card Battler 10.2%, Roguelite 8.9%
- #39 Roots Devour
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 515 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Card Game 21.5%, Deckbuilding 19.3%, Horror 11.4%, Roguelite 9.7%, Survival Horror 9.6%
- #40 Playable Mockup
75% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: 727 Not Hound
Windows
Explore an infinite loop corridor and get to 0 PM to 0 AM by building a "Time manipulation deck". You will be challenged with a life threatening test. Wander the “Dead Soul Corridor” created from a ghost photo. Find a way to get to the soul of the dead.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 21.4%, Card Game 17.2%, Card Battler 14.4%, Roguelite 12.6%, Survival Horror 10.8%
- #41 Lost For Swords
72% matchVery Positive90% of 305 reviews2025
Dev: MaxBytes
Windows · Linux
Lost For Swords is a Roguelike Deckbuilder, where the cards in your deck shape the rooms you’re exploring. Make your way up the tower, equip weapons and armor, cast spells and scrolls, activate auras, collect loot and defeat monsters in tactical turn-based combat.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.8% ★, Deckbuilding 15.9%, Card Game 14.8%, Roguelike 11.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9.3%
- #42 Decktamer
70% matchVery Positive85% of 1,731 reviews2025
Dev: Horizon EdgePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.4% ★, Card Battler 17.9%, Card Game 15.2%, Deckbuilding 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%
- #43 Out Of Hands
69% matchVery Positive94% of 1,468 reviews2025
Dev: Game River
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Out of Hands is a bizarre card-based adventure game that blends video-collage graphics with gripping psychological horror. Will you seek the truth lurking in this wicked, warped world—and can you bear its weight? Misty memories threaten to tear you apart, contorting you into a being... Out of Hands.
Why similar: Card Battler 25.6%, Deckbuilding 20.2%, Card Game 17.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #44 Demon's Mirror
71% matchVery Positive88% of 106 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 Battler 23%, Card Game 19.4%, Deckbuilding 18.1%, Roguelike 12%, Roguelite 10.9%
- #45 Northwind
70% 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 26.8% ★, Card Battler 16.4%, Card Game 14.1%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Roguelike 8.7%
- #46 Journey to the Void
69% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.8% ★, Card Battler 15.8%, Deckbuilding 13.9%, Card Game 13.7%, Roguelike 8.5%
- #47 Blood Card
73% matchVery Positive81% of 722 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.6% ★, Card Battler 19.5%, Deckbuilding 14%, Card Game 13.9%, Roguelike 8.3%
- #48 The Last Hex
72% matchVery Positive81% of 216 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.9% ★, Deckbuilding 19.5%, Card Game 17.4%, Roguelite 10.1%, Procedural Generation 5.3%
- #49 Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
69% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.9% ★, Card Battler 14.9%, Deckbuilding 14.4%, Card Game 14.2%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #50 Slots & Daggers
66% matchVery Positive95% of 6,476 reviews2025
Dev: FriedemannPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A retro mini-roguelike inside a slot machine. Steady your blade - and spin!
Why similar: Roguelike 23.1%, Deckbuilding 20.3%, Card Battler 18.6%, Roguelite 17.4%, Strategy 15.3%
- #51 Paranormal Night Shift
68% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: Wheeler Whale Games
Windows
Paranormal Night Shift is an observation and spot the anomaly game set in a haunted house in the 1980s.
Why similar: Supernatural 29%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Mystery 16.5%, Horror 11.2%, Survival Horror 7.9%
- #52 Deck of Ashes
71% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.2% ★, Card Battler 20.9%, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Card Game 9.5%, Roguelite 6.6%
- #53 Golden Krone Hotel
71% matchVery Positive96% of 331 reviews2017
Dev: Vulgat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Golden Krone Hotel is a gothic horror roguelike. Fight vampires with sunlight or become a vampire yourself and sneak in the shadows. Combines classic turn-based combat with dynamic lighting, an innovative potion system, and fast paced gameplay.
Why similar: Roguelike 31.9%, Procedural Generation 19.9%, Horror 16.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13.5%, Strategy 10.9%
- #54 WORLD OF HORROR
66% matchVery Positive90% of 9,731 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.7 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: Card Game 14.4%, Horror 14.3%, Roguelite 14.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, Survival Horror 11.6%
- #55 As We Descend
65% 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 24.6% ★, Card Battler 15%, Card Game 12.9%, Deckbuilding 12.7%, Roguelike 8.3%
- #56 Devil's Deck
70% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 42.1% ★, Card Battler 19.7%, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Card Game 9.8%, Strategy 5.3%
- #57 Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
67% matchVery Positive80% of 539 reviews2023
Dev: Balcony SoftworksPub: Those Awesome Guys
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Card Battler 20.3%, Deckbuilding 17.7%, Card Game 14.5%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%, Roguelike 11.1%
- #58 Right and Down
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 227 reviews2022
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A deep roguelike and card game that is played using only two buttons: Right and Down! Choose your hero and explore randomly generated card dungeons, gather powerful artifacts to get new abilities, and fight against mighty enemies! Will you make it to level 50?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.1% ★, Card Battler 14.3%, Deckbuilding 14%, Card Game 13%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #59 For The Warp
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 460 reviews2022
Dev: Massive Galaxy Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A roguelike deckbuilding game in space! Explore randomly generated systems, enemies and strange encounters. Build your deck, survive and reach For The Warp gate!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24.9% ★, Card Battler 14.2%, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Card Game 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%
- #60 Novus Orbis
65% matchVery Positive91% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: Seizo GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
A combo-based deckbuilding roguelike through a space-time loop: collect cards, receive blessings, add pets to your party, and grow stronger. Chain together cards in the right order for max power, and act before the enemy does. Build synergistic decks, find many secrets, and make BIG numbers!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25% ★, Card Battler 13.9%, Deckbuilding 13.9%, Card Game 11.2%, Roguelike 9.1%