- #1 Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
97% matchVery Positive90% of 17,256 reviews2018
Dev: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Discover a brand new RPG from the creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Facing an imminent invasion, Meve — war-veteran and Queen of Lyria and Rivia — is forced to once again enter the warpath and set out on a dark journey of destruction and revenge.
Why similar: Card Game 45.5%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Story Rich 11.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, RPG 9%
- #2 Reignfall: Fallen Crown
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Semih AlarPub: ITIAH Games
Windows
A dark fantasy roguelite card game where choices matter. Swipe cards, make moral decisions, build your skill tree and spin the Wheel of Kings and survive until the year 2000, or watch your kingdom fall.
Why similar: Card Game 23.8%, Dark Fantasy 18.2%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Roguelite 13.8%, Text-Based 8.4%
- #3 Creepy Crypt Critters
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcade Eleven
Windows
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 25.9%, Choices Matter 21.2%, Card Game 19.2%, Story Rich 10%, RPG 6.5%
- #4 Tavern Cards
95% matchMixed70% of 165 reviews2020
Dev: Vadd Game
Windows
"Tavern Cards" is a strategic card-battling adventure! Liberate cities by defeating demons in their taverns. Build a powerful deck, face unique challenges, and unravel the mystery behind the invasion. Can you conquer the demons and save the cities?
Why similar: Card Game 27.1%, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Roguelite 11.7%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
- #5 Fire Vow: Dark Fantasy
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: untitled01
Windows
A dark fantasy card-based survival game. Explore the cursed land, gather resources, craft tools, manage hunger and thirst, and survive through difficult choices. Every decision—from who to help to who to kill—shapes your journey.
Why similar: Card Game 32%, Choices Matter 23.2%, Dark Fantasy 22.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, Simulation 3.9%
- #6 PlayLife: Life Deck Simulator
94% matchNo user reviews2029
Dev: PlayLifeGame
Windows · Mac
A card-based life simulation where every choice is a card. Build your deck, shape your destiny, and explore multiple paths with 21 skills and 22 careers. Marry, stay single, get rich, or start over—every run tells a new life story.
Why similar: Card Game 40.9%, Roguelite 20.3%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Simulation 11.2%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #7 The 109th Hero
92% matchMixed55% of 40 reviews2026
Dev: 穷查理的幻想Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
The 109th Hero is a story-driven RPG set in the world of Water Margin. As the fated 109th hero, forge alliances, collect Hero Cards, and master the spirit of Liangshan. Navigate the webs of Mount Liang, make your stand—and rewrite the destiny of the outlaw heroes.
Why similar: Card Game 41.1%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Story Rich 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, RPG 8%
- #8 Elements: Path of the Wizard
93% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: MOPE
Windows
A card game where you will be responsible for the fate of an entire kingdom. Try on the role of a wise court magician, who is able to prevent a catastrophe with just a wave of his hand. At your disposal will be valuable magic items and all the existing elements.
Why similar: Card Game 41.8%, Choices Matter 21.4%, RPG 9.7%, Simulation 8.4%, Hand-drawn 7.2%
- #9 Demon Kingdom
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Seven Wall
Windows
A dark narrative card game about the short path to power — and the price you’ll pay.
Why similar: Card Game 28.2%, Choices Matter 21.6%, Dark Fantasy 20.1%, Text-Based 10.7%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #10 Orderbound
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crow's Eye
Windows
After the catastrophe, order survives only beneath the Church's iron rule. As a wandering bishop, pass judgment by day and confront the nightmares born of human emotion by night. Every choice tips the balance between order and chaos, shaping the fate of the world.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 24.3%, Choices Matter 21.6%, Card Game 20%, Roguelite 15.4%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #11 Tales of Farhollow
91% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Gabaghoul Games LLC
Windows
Tales of Farhollow is a player decision based adventure. You will go on a quest as a new adventurer in town, to help (or harm), the townspeople. Choose your decisions wisely, as they can help you or get you into trouble!
Why similar: Card Game 37.9%, Roguelite 16.9%, Choices Matter 11%, RPG 10.8%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #12 Caliban
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: sirix
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strategic blackjack roguelike. Stack drinks, runes, and gems into game-breaking combos. Beat cursed bosses. Chase the leaderboard. One deck. One dealer. Infinite builds.
Why similar: Card Game 41.7%, Roguelite 26.2%, Dark Fantasy 16.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%, 2D 4.4%
- #13 Surface Doctrine: Crater
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SystemlessThinking
Windows
Immerse yourself in the life of Crater — a unique world whose origins remain an unfathomable mystery to its inhabitants. Explore the fates of entire communities and delve into the minds of individuals as you seek the truth amidst the turmoil and unrest of a fading world.
Why similar: Choices Matter 37.7%, Story Rich 18.7%, Dark Fantasy 17.9%, RPG 7.5%, Atmospheric 4.8%
- #14 Arcana Academy
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: 2A StudioPub: Luckycalf
Windows
Freely build your magic academy and choose qpprentices from over 200 traits: genius, eccentric, or perhaps a fool? Select from hundreds of wizard classes to face hundreds of different event challenges, resist the invasion of the abyss, and save the entire empire from crisis.
Why similar: Card Game 36.6%, Dark Fantasy 27.9%, Roguelite 18.3%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Simulation 5.7%
- #15 Tainted Grail: Conquest
87% matchVery Positive90% of 8,316 reviews2021
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.1 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: Card Game 32%, Dark Fantasy 24.4%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Roguelite 11.6%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #16 Reigns: Game of Thrones
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,037 reviews2018
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Reigns: Game of Thrones is the heir to the award-winning HBO® TV series Game of Thrones® and the smash-hit swipe ‘em up series Reigns from Nerial and Devolver Digital.
Why similar: Card Game 47.3%, Choices Matter 24%, RPG 11.4%, Story Rich 5.4%, Adventure 4.3%
- #17 Return to ...
86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: kupstudio
Windows
A loop-based text adventure where turn-based combat, exploration, and branching choices drive a haunting journey through death and memory.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 25.2%, Choices Matter 23.6%, Card Game 21.7%, Text-Based 19.4%, Story Rich 3.9%
- #18 Kingslayer Tactics
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pyramid TacticsPub: Pyramid Lab
Windows
Kingslayer Tactics is a unique low fantasy game. You play as the Kingslayer called "The Raven". In this interesting and mysterious renaissance world you will learn the tactics, strategy and adventure of a person dedicated to his goal.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 31.4%, Card Game 24.8%, Choices Matter 19.9%, Story Rich 7.2%, RPG 6.6%
- #19 Joker's Last Call
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Byoungyoung GuPub: Gana Holdings Co., Ltd.
Windows
A dark casino roguelike based on One Card, a fast and aggressive Korean card game rarely seen outside Korea. Stack attacks, counter two rivals, build rule-bending relic combinations, and reverse a deadly chain with a single Joker.
Why similar: Card Game 43.9%, Roguelite 27.9%, Dark Fantasy 22.3%, 2D 4.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #20 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
83% matchVery Positive88% of 12,070 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 42.4%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Story Rich 13%, Text-Based 11.8%, RPG 7.6%
- #21 浓缩的人生模拟器
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Abyss Studio
Windows
《浓缩的人生模拟器》是一款以人生体验为主题的Roguelike卡牌构筑游戏。在浓缩的抽象人生中,玩家将面现实世界中各种苦难和人物所映射而成的敌人,并最终体验一场完满的人生!击败敌人将其转化为伙伴,在各个关键时间点进行抉择,尝试精密设计的各种卡牌组合,这一切组成了独一无二的游戏体验!
Why similar: Card Game 47.9%, Roguelite 26.1%, Story Rich 13.8%, Simulation 6.5%, 2D 2.5%
- #22 Reigns
84% matchVery Positive87% of 8,103 reviews2016
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
Why similar: Card Game 43.3%, Choices Matter 37.8%, RPG 4.7%, Simulation 3.7%, Story Rich 2.8%
- #23 Choices Matter: Mega City
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlayPanic
Windows
Explore Mega City in a post-apocalyptic card game. Choose, survive, and take control of your fate.
Why similar: Card Game 32.2%, Choices Matter 25.1%, Hand-drawn 8.3%, Text-Based 7.1%, RPG 6.3%
- #24 青云录:官海浮沉
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 青云工作室
Windows · Mac
想开启一场权力、欲望与命运交织的牌局吗?每月你必须从不同卡牌中选一张:政务卡使你在忠奸之间做出抉择;红颜卡将你推向情欲与风月;闲情卡让你书画,烹茶,偷得浮生……每一次选择,都在改写你的命运,你是想尽情享乐,还是放纵野心拼到权力顶端?
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.1%, Card Game 18.5%, Story Rich 18.5%, Roguelite 16.3%, RPG 10.7%
- #25 Hwaseo
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 302Lab
Windows
A Korean folk dark fantasy deck-building roguelike. Three souls. One bound fate. Three companions are bound to one shared deck — every draw is a party question, not a single hero's. Journey through layered shrines drawn from Korean folklore.
Why similar: Card Game 45%, Roguelite 22.1%, Dark Fantasy 21.9%, RPG 4.4%, 2D 3.5%
- #26 Cycle of Cinder
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dreamspire Games
Windows
Cycle of Cinder is a puzzle-driven roguelite card game. Master action sequencing, positioning, resources, and timing to reshape encounters with powerful spells. Customize your loadout, create broken synergies, and overcome ever-changing challenges
Why similar: Card Game 49.5%, Roguelite 25.5%, Choices Matter 16.8%, 2D 3.1%, Atmospheric 2.9%
- #27 Fallen Gods
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wormwood Studios
Windows
Shape your own saga in a harsh world that changes every game, offering thousands of paths through hundreds of events. You are a fallen god fighting to win your way back home. Whether you prevail will depend on your might, wits, powers, followers, and artifacts—and, above all, on your decisions.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 30.2%, Choices Matter 28.1%, Roguelite 14.3%, Story Rich 13.2%, RPG 12.4%
- #28 Loop Hero
78% matchVery Positive93% of 36,464 reviews2021
Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Why similar: Card Game 25.5%, Dark Fantasy 19.8%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Roguelite 17.1%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #29 Cursebound
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MetaSin Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cursebound is a roguelite ‘reverse tower defense’ game where you recruit and evolve a party of powerful creatures. Shape the battlefield, harness unique synergies, and master deep RPG mechanics to survive endless cursed cycles. Strategize, adapt, and break the curse!
Why similar: Card Game 26.8%, Dark Fantasy 19.9%, Choices Matter 19%, Roguelite 16.8%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
- #30 Apprentice Ascending
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bluebuck
Windows
Master forbidden magic. Dodge the rent. Survive the Tower. You are an apprentice wizard in a real-time card game brimming with terrible ideas. Pray for coin, study forbidden texts, and climb floor by floor before hunger and the Hunters close in. Seven fates await. Dare to earn the right one.
Why similar: Card Game 45.1%, Choices Matter 27.2%, RPG 6.8%, Story Rich 6.7%, Atmospheric 4.8%
- #31 Oogy: Can You Help
78% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Julian Weiss
Windows · Mac · Linux
You fall through the snow, and become… a deckbuilding sheep!? Collect new mechanics. Uncover dark mysteries. Make new friends in this musical indie adventure.
Why similar: Card Game 37.6%, Roguelite 24.9%, Choices Matter 22.1%, Story Rich 6%, Hand-drawn 5.9%
- #32 Decromancy
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monkee Software
Windows
Death is only the beginning of this roguelite deckbuilder. Each run can unlock new cards, starter decks, food, and game-altering runes. Survive weather effects, defeat enemy zombie animals, and experience the satisfaction of blood spurting victories.
Why similar: Card Game 43.5%, Roguelite 28.4%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Atmospheric 4.3%, 2D 4.1%
- #33 S.T.A.R.V.E.: Farming Roguelike Deckbuilder
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wegfreund GamesPub: Looking for Publisher
Windows
A roguelike deckbuilder about farming alien planets for a corporation that only cares about quotas. Grow mutant crops on a tactical grid while aliens and nature do their best to kill your harvest. Miss quota and you get "outsourced".
Why similar: Card Game 42.1%, Roguelite 27.9%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Hand-drawn 7.2%, 2D 4.2%
- #34 丹命
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pelican Game
Windows
In this realm, all beings can attain immortality—but also can be exploited and forged into materials. You are about to step into this world. You have no backing, no resources. Yet by chance, you are chosen by an immortal from the upper realm to serve as a divine officer. How will your story unfold?
Why similar: Card Game 45.1%, Choices Matter 24.5%, Story Rich 12.4%, RPG 7.8%, Simulation 5.1%
- #35 Koan
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Nick Lawson Wright
Windows
A playable story about soldiers trapped on an enemy planet and their journey home. This Sci-Fi RPG uses card-based combat as you help guide the characters home.
Why similar: Card Game 65.8%, RPG 15.9%, Story Rich 15.4%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #36 Dead Town Tales
75% matchVery Positive83% of 482 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 46.6%, Roguelite 26%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Story Rich 6.9%, 2D 4.5%
- #37 Dark Lord
73% matchVery Positive89% of 190 reviews2024
Dev: Undead FoxPub: LTG Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Unleash your power in Dark Lord, a roguelike RPG filled with strategy, adventure, and sardonic wit. Rule your growing realm with an iron fist in Story Mode, dive deep into the legends created by other players, or forge your own in Community Stories Mode!
Why similar: Card Game 32.1%, Dark Fantasy 19.2%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #38 Doomspire
73% matchMixed57% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: Crater Studios
Windows
Descend into the Doomspire, a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where every run is different. Build wild synergies, battle unique bosses, and push deeper into the tower. Easy to pick up, endlessly replayable, and built for players who love strategy with chaos.
Why similar: Card Game 41.6%, Dark Fantasy 19.1%, Choices Matter 15.2%, RPG 11.4%, Adventure 6.9%
- #39 BLOODLETTER
71% matchVery Positive80% of 133 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: Card Game 25.4%, Dark Fantasy 22.8%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Roguelite 14.9%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
- #40 Zodiac Echoes
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JustFreyArts
Windows
Build powerful elemental synergies, craft potions and relics, while trying to adapt to a spreading corruption in this roguelike deckbuilder.
Why similar: Card Game 41.8%, Roguelite 27.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, RPG 8.4%, Hand-drawn 6.8%
- #41 Tears RAIN: Tears of Goddess
74% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: NARAENC
Windows · Mac
Tears Rain is an active turn-based TCG that tells the story of a group of characters who set foot in an enchanted forest. Combine your heroes with cards and strategically utilize their various attributes to defeat the enemies that stand in your way, and including stages, endless dungeons, PVP mode.
Why similar: Card Game 48.9%, Roguelite 26.2%, Choices Matter 22.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%, Indie 0.8%
- #42 Drawn into Darkness
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Earthborn Entertainment
Windows
Drawn into Darkness will have you Descend the Depths in this Deckbuilding, Dungeoncrawler, Roguelite with over 200 Cards, 200 Enemies, and 100 Floors of pure RNG Goodness. What path will you take, hmm, Hero?
Why similar: Card Game 39.5%, Roguelite 24.7%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, 2D 3.1%
- #43 The Will and Torment of El Brante
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goosenior
Windows
A hardcore narrative RPG about an inquisitor who defied the Gods and returned from the Afterlife against Their Will. In a world where faith is fracturing, power is waning, and blood is spilled ever more often, your choices will decide what remains of the Empire. Complete the story of Sir El Brante!
Why similar: Choices Matter 33.1%, Dark Fantasy 21.4%, Story Rich 13%, RPG 10.5%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #44 BLOOD CRUCIBLE
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Glass Cannon Craft LLC
Windows · Linux
A no-turns deck builder roguelike game. Time your ability and combo enemies while you frantically play cards. Explore hexes to power up with stats, xp-gaining-cards, and artifacts. Get bloody through this stylized crucible.
Why similar: Card Game 48.7%, Dark Fantasy 25.7%, Roguelite 22.9%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #45 Annuit Coeptis
71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: SLAQ Games
Windows
Deckbuilder. Roguelite. Metaprogression. Words are a weak attempt to describe reality - in Annuit Coeptis you use cards to wreak violence across a land poised upon the brink of destruction. Will you defy the End of the World?
Why similar: Card Game 35.4%, Dark Fantasy 25.5%, Roguelite 23.6%, Story Rich 6.7%, RPG 3.6%
- #46 Fall of the Mist
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chromatic Room
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fall of the Mist is an innovative deckbuilding card game. Play cards in a strategic order and according to symbol logic to make devastating combo. Understand the Mist to improve your deck and your equipment and defeat your foes.
Why similar: Card Game 35.8%, Roguelite 24.1%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%, RPG 8.2%
- #47 A Place for the Unwilling
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 72 reviews2019
Dev: ALPixel Games
Windows · Mac
You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.5%, Dark Fantasy 23.8%, Story Rich 11.7%, Text-Based 11.1%, Adventure 6.4%
- #48 The House Never Wins
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: J.F
Windows
Lost too many times to the house? It's time to make it back. Welcome to The House Never Wins, where its your time to take back your money from the casino. Unlock coins, modify your slot machine, and run through Vegas, bankrupting all the casinos you can.
Why similar: Card Game 31.1%, Choices Matter 29.3%, Roguelite 27%, Atmospheric 3.8%, 2D 3.3%
- #49 The Detective Reaper Invites
69% matchMixed52% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: SHIZU KANO UMIPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Use various cards to solve randomly generated murder cases in this roguelite deduction adventure game. The culprit always lies, and the innocent always tell the truth. Make too many mistakes, and it's back to square one. Put your wits to the test and solve as many cases as you can!
Why similar: Card Game 33.4%, Roguelite 21.3%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Text-Based 13%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #50 Shattered Heaven
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 124 reviews2023
Dev: Leonardo ProductionPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows
Shattered Heaven is a single-player deck builder card game with RPG elements and an ambitious branching narrative, set in a dark fantasy world. The game focuses on a card game and roguelike gameplay fueled by a great replay value, thanks to procedural dungeons, a deep crafting system.
Why similar: Card Game 29.8%, Roguelite 20%, Choices Matter 20%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, RPG 6.1%
- #51 Finale of Aeons:Lillia
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1up
Windows
《Finale of Aeons》 is a text-based narrative game that blends tabletop RPG and role-playing elements. In this fantasy world, you can take on the roles of five different protagonists, experience five completely distinct storylines, and make your own choices in the face of adversity and intrigue.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 22%, Choices Matter 19.1%, RPG 15.2%, Text-Based 12.1%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
- #52 Witch's Last Curse
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Granitefire Games
Windows
A dark medieval fantasy RPG of mystery and magic. As the last Apprentice of a dead Witch, you must break your Master's final curse before it destroys the town, or the town turns on you. Manage stats, coin, and NPC relationships across a handful of daily actions while fighting back the curse.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 29.6%, Choices Matter 27.3%, Text-Based 12.9%, Story Rich 12.7%, RPG 9.4%
- #53 True Vikings
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows
Choose your own path: become a powerful jarl or a legendary king, or perhaps switch sides and follow the path of a knight, reliving the story of the Duke of Normandy.
Why similar: Roguelite 26.5%, Text-Based 15.7%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Story Rich 10.2%, RPG 10%
- #54 Path of Heaven
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Out of Memory Studios
Windows
Path of heaven is a roguelike liteCRPG.Pursue immortality in a dark world where there is only combat. Carry the various talents you've unlocked, collect skill cards in constant battles and adventures to improve your combat attributes, defeat the final boss to find the truth of immortality .
Why similar: Card Game 39.5%, Roguelite 24.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, RPG 9.6%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #55 JokerJack
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stardom Game Studios
Windows
JokerJack is a blackjack based rouge-like deckbuilder.
Why similar: Card Game 50.3%, Roguelite 25.2%, Choices Matter 17.1%, 2D 4.5%, Indie 1.7%
- #56 Zugzwang
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 30.7%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, RPG 9.4%, Story Rich 8%
- #57 Hands Of Hell
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Winged Helm Studios
Windows · Mac
Gamble your way through the eight Rings of Hell for the fate of your soul in this visual novel deckbuilder. Make friends and allies, build your deck, and maybe even fall in love as you face off against the Demon Lords of Hell.
Why similar: Card Game 38.2%, Choices Matter 22.8%, Dark Fantasy 20%, Story Rich 10.4%, Hand-drawn 6.1%
- #58 Edge of Madness
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FogBound Studio
Windows
A Lovecraftian RPG with tactical card-based combat. Uncover dark secrets, face cult and eldritch horrors. Every choice shapes the battle - outplay your enemies or lose yourself to madness.
Why similar: Card Game 30%, Dark Fantasy 27.4%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Story Rich 10.8%, Atmospheric 6.4%