Games Like This Ain’t Even Poker, Ya Joker

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 41.4%, Deckbuilding 38.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%, Arcade 3.6%, Casual 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive poker-themed roguelike deckbuilder that perfectly captures the thrill of building powerful card-based combos.

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 32.9%, Card Game 28.6%, Gambling 25.7% ★, Pixel Graphics 2.9%, Strategy 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A blackjack-based roguelike deckbuilder that leans heavily into the high-stakes, comedic gambling atmosphere.

Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 62.1%, Resource Management 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Casual 5.3%, Strategy 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A slot-machine style roguelike deckbuilder where you manage resources to survive, mirroring the gambling-meets-strategy loop.

Roll Dice, Draw Cards, Get Points

Why similar: Gambling 32.5% ★, Idler 28.9%, Deckbuilding 19.8%, Clicker 14%, Casual 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines idle progression with gambling-style dice mechanics, offering a similar sense of exponential growth.

Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

Why similar: Gambling 90.5% ★, Strategy 4%, 3D 2.4%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tense, high-stakes gambling game that shares the dark, comedic, and risk-reward nature of the seed game.

Card Storm Idle is an incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft card deсk to earn as much resource as possible! Build up your power and see how far you can get. Bring the card storm down on monsters!

Why similar: Idler 23.6%, Clicker 22.3%, Deckbuilding 18.5%, Card Game 17.6%, Resource Management 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Blends card-based strategy with idle clicker progression to create a fast-paced, loot-driven experience.

(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.

Why similar: Idler 42.3%, Clicker 37.6%, Resource Management 6.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%, Casual 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A highly satisfying idle resource management game with unique, deep progression systems.

Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!

Why similar: Card Game 52.2%, Deckbuilding 32.2%, Strategy 3.5%, Casual 3.1%, Colorful 3%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based village builder that focuses on resource management and addictive, incremental loop progression.

Become a giant walking dice, explore dungeons and defy Lady Luck in this dice powered roguelike! Now featuring "Reunion", a free DLC with six brand-new episodes!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 57.1%, Card Game 30%, Colorful 4%, Casual 3.5%, Strategy 3%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike deckbuilder that uses dice rolls to simulate gambling mechanics within a strategic combat framework.

Spin Hero is a roguelike deckbuilder, where you spin the reels to decide your fate. Collect powerful symbols for your inventory, adapt and evolve your strategy, learning from defeats to unlock new possibilities and synergies.

Why similar: Gambling 39.2% ★, Deckbuilding 29.5%, Card Game 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 5%, Strategy 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike auto-battler that captures the thrill of gambling mechanics through its unique spin-based combat.

UPGRADE YOUR BALLS! Roguelike meets Plinko! Every choice is a strategy; every run is a unique challenge. Build your deck to tame the balls to your will. Take your chance, craft your fate, and cash in!

Why similar: Gambling 40% ★, Deckbuilding 25.6%, Card Game 22%, Arcade 4.6%, Colorful 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: Uses Plinko-style gambling mechanics within a roguelike framework, focusing on luck and incremental upgrades.

An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

Why similar: Clicker 38.6%, Idler 35.6%, Resource Management 6%, Comedy 4.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational idle clicker experience that shares the core loop of unlocking upgrades and increasing production.

Unboxathon is a cute content-packed incremental game about opening mystery boxes. Find rare items, upgrade your skills, and unlock new boxes & features! Collect shiny items, pop bubble wrap, and materialize artifacts out of thin air. Can you find your lost childhood plush?

Why similar: Loot 31.2%, Clicker 28.2%, Idler 27.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.2%, Colorful 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A casual simulation game that captures the excitement of loot discovery and collection through clicker mechanics.

A unique collectibe idle clicker game with droppable Steam cards

Why similar: Idler 22.6%, Clicker 21.1%, Deckbuilding 18.7%, Card Game 17.4%, Loot 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A unique card-based puzzle game with strong idle and collection elements that reward strategic thinking.

Idle Slayer is an incremental game with idle and active playstyle mechanics, medieval pixel art visuals and retro 8-bit sounds and music.

Why similar: Idler 46.6%, Clicker 34.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%, Casual 5.6%, Medieval 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A polished idle game with strong progression hooks and loot mechanics that keep the player engaged.

Creature Card Idle is an incremental game that fuses strategic grid-based gameplay with the thrill of collecting cards. Experience an evolving journey across expansions, each introducing new mechanics and cards. Play for free without microtransactions.

Why similar: Idler 28.7%, Clicker 23.8%, Card Game 20.5%, Deckbuilding 17.7%, Casual 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines card collection with idle mechanics for a casual strategy experience focused on incremental growth.

The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!

Why similar: Resource Management 37.1%, Pixel Graphics 35.7%, 2D 10.8%, Casual 8.2%, Indie 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines idle resource management with clicker-style progression and satisfying loot collection.

An incremental game where you kill hordes of slimes and use their loot to become stronger and farm them. Collect powerful loot, master skills, and uncover tons of content.

Why similar: Loot 31.3%, Clicker 29.8%, Idler 28.2%, Casual 2.7%, Colorful 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A loot-heavy clicker that features fast-paced progression and incremental upgrades in an action-oriented setting.

Get ready to pump some iron and grow your biceps like never before in Idle Biceps, the ultimate idle clicker game for fitness enthusiasts! Start off as a novice gym-goer and work your way up to becoming a ripped bodybuilder by clicking your way to bigger and better gains.

Why similar: Idler 37.8%, Clicker 37.3%, Resource Management 10%, Casual 5.5%, Comedy 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous idle clicker that focuses on incremental growth and resource management with a lighthearted tone.

Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

Why similar: Idler 38.1%, Clicker 34.1%, Resource Management 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%, Colorful 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: An idle clicker that incorporates resource management and economy-driven upgrades within a fantasy setting.

Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.

Why similar: Idler 35.7%, Clicker 34.5%, Resource Management 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%, Colorful 3%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused idle game with resource management and fantasy-themed progression.

Heads or tails? Coin Flipper is an idle clicker game that is all about flipping lots of coins. Upgrade your coin flips and get even more coins to flip!

Why similar: Idler 46.9%, Clicker 40.4%, Casual 4.8%, Colorful 2.4%, 2D 2%

Why You'll Like It: A simple yet addictive point-and-click game centered around gambling mechanics and incremental collection.

Collect cards, upgrade cards, defeat monsters, join guilds and hire heroes. Raise your DPS!

Why similar: Idler 28.7%, Clicker 24.6%, Card Game 19.1%, Deckbuilding 14.9%, Resource Management 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based idle game that emphasizes strategic deck management and incremental power increases.

Idle Cave Miner is an idle game about crafting items, mining gems, and building your team of miners. Prestige, craft, and travel to other mines to increase your strength to dig deeper, and find what lurks below.

Why similar: Idler 32.9%, Clicker 28.9%, Deckbuilding 18.9%, Resource Management 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on resource management and incremental mining upgrades similar to the seed game's satisfying loop.

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: Card Game 51.4%, Deckbuilding 42.9%, Strategy 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%, Indie 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational roguelike deckbuilder that influences the strategic depth found in card-based progression games.

Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?

Why similar: Gambling 36.8% ★, Idler 23.7%, Clicker 23.5%, Resource Management 7.7%, Arcade 4.1%

Incredicer is a short, incremental dice game where you roll dice, earn money, upgrade and buy helper hands to automate and increase your income.

Why similar: Idler 30.5%, Clicker 27.5%, Gambling 16% ★, Resource Management 8.9%, Arcade 4.6%

Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.

Why similar: Clicker 48.2%, Idler 35.4%, Funny 4.9%, Casual 4.2%, 2D 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational clicker game that shares the core loop of unlocking upgrades and increasing power over time.

Dice People is an incremental game about rolling dice, creating a mass of units, smashing enemies, and gathering resources to get upgrades in a big skilltree.

Why similar: Idler 39.2%, Gambling 33.4% ★, Arcade 7.4%, Casual 5.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A casual strategy game with arcade and auto-battler elements that rely on chance and incremental progression.

Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!

Why similar: Idler 38.1%, Clicker 35%, Comedy 10.3%, Funny 5.3%, Casual 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic idle game focused on wealth management and exponential growth through incremental upgrades.

Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...

Why similar: Gambling 35.6% ★, Idler 29.3%, Clicker 23.6%, Resource Management 5.6%, Casual 2.3%

A non-idle clicker game about flipping a coin that hates you. Starting with just a 20% chance of getting heads, can you get ten heads in a row?

Why similar: Clicker 38.6%, Gambling 32.2% ★, Casual 7.5%, Comedy 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%

An idle poker game that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Idler 23.8%, Deckbuilding 19.7%, Loot 18.6%, Card Game 17.8%, Clicker 13.6%

Experience romantic Regency England in this sumptuous solitaire game. Play your cards right as you tour historic London, Brighton and Bath, and help Bella create a dazzling ballroom. Unlock gameplay features with your makeover project and improve Bella’s chances of finding true love!

Why similar: Card Game 69.7%, Funny 11%, Casual 7.5%, Colorful 6%, Strategy 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based game that incorporates resource management and gambling-like progression in a charming setting.

A retro mini-roguelike inside a slot machine. Steady your blade - and spin!

Why similar: Gambling 50.3% ★, Deckbuilding 27.9%, Casual 6.9%, Strategy 5.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%

BALLIONAIRE is a fast-paced, kinetic roguelike where strategy meets physics to create outrageous wealth! Find and exploit game-breaking synergies as you theorycraft your way to victory. Welcome to the autobonker genre!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 42.1%, Card Game 32.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Casual 5.6%, Funny 4.8%

Click and Conquer is a short, relaxing incremental game. Drop bombs through the fog of war, uncover hidden enemies, collect rewards, and spend currency to boost passive income, increase bombing power, and unlock new maps.

Why similar: Idler 35.5%, Clicker 33.6%, Resource Management 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%, Arcade 4.9%

Scratchers is an incremental game where you scratch cards to earn cash, unlock upgrades, and hire little scratchers to do the scratching for you. Discover rare cards, and optimize your earnings as you climb to scratcher supremacy!

Why similar: Idler 38.5%, Clicker 37.6%, Casual 7.7%, Resource Management 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%

A quick, incremental scratch-and-reveal game focused on compounding choices - set stakes, uncover outcomes, cash out or push for bigger multipliers, and funnel winnings into permanent upgrades that accelerate income and unlock new tools over time.

Why similar: Idler 37.6%, Clicker 37.4%, Casual 5.5%, Arcade 5.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%

Chill incremental game about dice making money. 🎲 Upgrade your dice to make more money, to upgrade your dice to make even more money! 😲🤯

Why similar: Clicker 41.3%, Idler 39.9%, Casual 8.4%, Resource Management 6.7%, 2D 2.7%

Click! Place gears, click! Make money, click! Place more gears, click! Make even more money, click, click and above all click!

Why similar: Clicker 42.3%, Idler 42.2%, Resource Management 7%, Casual 4.7%, 2D 1.6%

The long awaited sequel to DPS Idle. Collect cards, upgrade cards, defeat monsters, join guilds and recruit heroes. DPS IDLE 2!

Why similar: Idler 33.6%, Clicker 27.2%, Card Game 22.1%, Deckbuilding 11.4%, Strategy 2.8%

Click to mine particles and watch your pile grow. Turn resources into profit, automate extraction, research new technologies and trade. Can you mine the rarest particle and ascend? There is just one way to find out.

Why similar: Idler 34%, Clicker 32.5%, Gambling 19.1% ★, Casual 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%

Deliver more and more kiwis to satiate the kings' hunger - sacrifice their pulp and transcend beyond your fruital form!

Why similar: Idler 36.7%, Clicker 34.9%, Resource Management 7.6%, Comedy 5%, Casual 4.7%

The Count of Monte Clicker is an incremental game about breaking out of prison and finding treasure. With the help of fellow prisoner Abbe Faria, you, Edmond Dantes must escape the notorious Chateau d'Idle and claim your destiny.

Why similar: Idler 38%, Clicker 37.7%, Comedy 7.4%, Casual 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 5%

Have you ever tried to roll 1,000,000 on a set of dice? No? Build the right bag of die, and you might just pull it off.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 61.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Casual 7.5%, Arcade 6.1%, Funny 6%

A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.

Why similar: Clicker 39%, Idler 37%, Resource Management 7%, Casual 5.2%, Funny 4%

Combine, automate and upgrade programs to amass a fortune! Infiniclick is a relaxing (or not, it's up to you) incremental game in which your goal is to pay an unfair debt with Fun Corp.

Why similar: Idler 41.3%, Clicker 38.6%, Casual 8.1%, Resource Management 5%, Funny 3.3%

Hurl emojis and battle the internet's biggest stars to rise as a meme master in Meme Mayhem! Collect powerful perks and relics, enjoy a darkly comic social media story, and assemble the ultimate emoji attack stack in this roguelite idle RPG.

Why similar: Card Game 44.6%, Deckbuilding 29.4%, Comedy 7%, Funny 6.4%, 2D 3.8%

Pick up your sword and fight off waves of Potatoes by upgrading your stats constantly, use Equipment, choose between different Classes, put your many Talents to good use, and so much more designed to keep you entertained for a long time.

Why similar: Idler 44.5%, Clicker 35.4%, Resource Management 11.7%, Casual 4.9%, Funny 3.3%

Cupiclaw is a cute & frantic claw machine roguelike deckbuilder. Grab unique prizes, build powerful combos, face chaotic machines… and claw back your relationship!

Why similar: Gambling 32.9% ★, Deckbuilding 22.7%, Loot 19%, Resource Management 6.7%, Comedy 4.5%

A short incremental game about feeding Glonk! Make Glonk bigger, get more money, and explore the skill tree to upgrade your abilities, and get more Glonks!

Why similar: Idler 38%, Clicker 35.1%, Arcade 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%, Casual 5.2%

A small incremental game about smashing piñatas, collecting toys, and climbing the corporate ladder as you unlock a vast upgrade tree.

Why similar: Clicker 38.6%, Idler 34.6%, Arcade 6.6%, Casual 5.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%

Coin Treasures is a Coin Pusher/Coin Dozer on Steroids including incremental progress, realistic physics, numerous upgrades & unlocks and stunning graphics.

Why similar: Gambling 33% ★, Idler 22.5%, Clicker 21.7%, Resource Management 6.8%, Comedy 5.2%

Dou Di Zhu + LTK + Roguelike = Happy Poker! A roguelike card strategy game inspired by Dou Di Zhu. Build custom decks, use rule cards to upgrade your hand, and strategize discards for explosive damage! With dozens of spell cards and relics, every game is a fresh, exciting challenge!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 41.4%, Card Game 37.8%, Funny 6.7%, Casual 4.7%, Strategy 3.5%

No complex operations required! Auto-battle through the Underworld, traverse the Dragon Palace, and retrieve the True Scriptures with full idle gameplay.

Why similar: Idler 39.8%, Clicker 31.9%, Card Game 21.3%, Strategy 2.8%, Colorful 1.8%

You're a skeleton shopkeep who hires adventurers to collect loot for you after your untimely demise. Send adventurers into battle, sell what they find, and build up your town in this laid-back idle game!

Why similar: Idler 42%, Loot 36.5%, Casual 5.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%, Colorful 3.7%

Gridkeeper is an incremental game about managing "Grids" and using their power to run MineBots, research tech, and grow your mining empire by getting better Grids.

Why similar: Idler 39.2%, Clicker 38.1%, Resource Management 5.1%, Strategy 4.7%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%

Collect Pixelart items! Get 1-4 tickets every 2 hours to spin the lucky wheel. Win pixelart items or higher rarity tickets! All items appear in your Steam inventory and are tradable/marketable, making it easier to complete your collections.

Why similar: Gambling 45.6% ★, Idler 26.6%, Clicker 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 4%, Comedy 2.8%

Become a PEGGO! Quintillionaire in this exciting pachinko incremental game.

Why similar: Clicker 39.4%, Idler 38.3%, Casual 6.2%, Arcade 5.8%, Resource Management 4.3%