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 39.5%, Deckbuilding 35.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Arcade 4.6%, Strategy 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive poker-themed roguelike that perfectly captures the thrill of building illegal hands and scaling power through clever card synergies.

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 31.1%, Card Game 27.6%, Gambling 27.5% ★, Strategy 4%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It shares a similar dark, comedic tone and focuses heavily on poker-based combat mechanics within a roguelike framework.

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 55.9%, Resource Management 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Strategy 6.6%, Casual 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game defines the genre of gambling-based roguelike deckbuilders where you manage a slot machine to pay rent and survive.

Welcome to the Underworld’s deadliest game of Dice Poker! Build a deck of deathly skulls, find powerful synergies, and turn the dice to your favor to escape back to the world of the living.

Why similar: Poker 42.7% ★, Gambling 22% ★, Deckbuilding 14.7%, Card Game 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 3%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines poker-style hand building with roguelike deckbuilding and gambling elements for a highly strategic experience.

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 38.9% ★, Deckbuilding 24.1%, Card Game 21.2%, Arcade 6%, Colorful 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It translates the satisfying physics and gambling mechanics of Plinko into a deep, incremental roguelike experience.

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: Incremental 23.7%, Idler 21.9%, Deckbuilding 17.4%, Card Game 17%, Resource Management 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a blend of card-based progression and idle mechanics that mirrors the core loop of your seed game.

Roll Dice, Draw Cards, Get Points

Why similar: Gambling 31% ★, Idler 27.5%, Deckbuilding 19.1%, Incremental 17%, Casual 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the gambling aspect of incremental progression, allowing you to automate dice rolls and maximize your earnings.

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 38.8% ★, Deckbuilding 28.1%, Card Game 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, Strategy 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes slot machine mechanics within an auto-battler framework, providing that same addictive 'spin and win' loop.

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

Why similar: Incremental 51.3%, Idler 29.7%, Resource Management 5.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%, Strategy 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is a masterclass in incremental design, offering incredibly satisfying feedback loops and visual progression.

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 50.6%, Deckbuilding 30.7%, Strategy 5.1%, Colorful 3.9%, 2D 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It uses a unique card-based interface for resource management and village building that feels like a more tactile version of an incremental game.

A card-strategy roguelike inspired by a variety of poker games. You play as a highly skilled card shark in the Tavern at the End of the World, combining all kinds of demon chips to rewrite the rules of play, compete with players from across the globe, and ultimately rise to the top.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 40.5%, Card Game 31%, Medieval 12.7%, Strategy 6.8%, Casual 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused roguelike that leans heavily into poker mechanics to determine your success in combat.

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: Incremental 43.2%, Idler 42%, Casual 4.6%, Colorful 3%, 2D 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: It directly mirrors the simple, satisfying act of flipping items to generate currency in an incremental setting.

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

Why similar: Gambling 86.4% ★, Strategy 5.9%, 3D 3.3%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the high-stakes, tense atmosphere of gambling with a unique card-like interaction system.

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 54%, Card Game 28.9%, Colorful 5.4%, Strategy 4.6%, Casual 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features a charming aesthetic and uses dice-based combat that captures the same 'gambling against the odds' feeling found in poker games.

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: Deckbuilding 43.9%, Card Game 41.3%, Colorful 5.9%, Strategy 4.4%, 2D 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This deckbuilder features a unique card-based progression system that rewards strategic planning and powerful synergies.

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: Deckbuilding 47.1%, Card Game 43.5%, Strategy 4.8%, Colorful 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers deep deckbuilding strategy with incremental power scaling that keeps the gameplay feeling fresh and rewarding.

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: Incremental 30.5%, Idler 30.2%, Deckbuilding 17.2%, Resource Management 9%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on resource management and incremental growth, providing a similar sense of satisfaction as you upgrade your mining operations.

Snake, but with a skill tree

Why similar: Incremental 41.1%, Idler 21.9%, Resource Management 11.9%, Arcade 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a clever twist on the incremental genre by incorporating arcade mechanics into the idle progression 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 50.9%, Deckbuilding 41.7%, Strategy 3.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Indie 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: As the gold standard of the roguelike deckbuilder genre, it provides the foundational experience that many poker-themed games build upon.

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: Incremental 43.4%, Idler 29.5%, Resource Management 5.9%, Comedy 4.6%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential incremental experience that defined the genre and remains a must-play for fans of idle progression.

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 26.9%, Incremental 25.7%, Card Game 19.9%, Deckbuilding 16.7%, Casual 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: It combines card collection mechanics with idle incremental progression for a unique hybrid experience.

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: Pixel Graphics 36.6%, Resource Management 35.7%, 2D 10.8%, Casual 7%, Indie 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly addictive incremental loop focused on gathering loot, crafting, and constant expansion.

Start from nothing and grow into a legendary Slayer. Explore countless dimensions, collect souls, unlock powerful upgrades, craft powerful gear, defeat epic bosses, and enjoy a deep idle RPG with active and offline progression.

Why similar: Idler 40.7%, Incremental 38.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Casual 4.8%, Medieval 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic incremental game that focuses on constant upgrades and loot collection to keep the player engaged over long sessions.

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 32.8% ★, Incremental 30.8%, Idler 21%, Resource Management 7.1%, Arcade 4.1%

As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 47.7%, Casual 28.4%, 2D 23.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features deep incremental crafting and progression with a strong emphasis on discovery and unlocking new tiers of technology.

Synergism is a free-to-play Idle game about... well, Synergy! Explore that concept through hundreds of upgrades, many reset layers and probably thousands of hours of content that allows both idle and active play.

Why similar: Idler 53.5%, Incremental 13.7%, Resource Management 8%, Strategy 7.4%, Casual 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is perfect for players who enjoy the math-heavy, complex upgrade paths found in the most advanced incremental games.

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: Incremental 34.5%, Idler 24.7%, Gambling 13.4% ★, Resource Management 8.8%, Arcade 5.3%

An incremental game where you must make $1,000,000 to escape! Throw darts, drop pachinko balls, play scratch-off tickets, unlock automation, and discover powerful synergies as each new game affects all the others!

Why similar: Gambling 23.9% ★, Incremental 23.6%, Idler 20.9%, Loot 16.7%, Resource Management 6.8%

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 61.9%, Funny 14.2%, Strategy 8.1%, Colorful 7.2%, Casual 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends classic card gameplay with a progression system that feels surprisingly similar to gambling-themed casual games.

A text-based incremental idle game with a ridiculous amount of unique content. Automate old stuff as you unlock new stuff to keep things interesting for hours and hours, no spam clicking necessary! Trimps is everything you love about your favorite games, distilled to their purest form.

Why similar: Idler 70.2%, Strategy 8.2%, Casual 7.4%, Incremental 6.9%, Resource Management 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply strategic incremental game that focuses on resource management and long-term planning.

Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe!

Why similar: Idler 68.4%, Comedy 8.3%, Resource Management 8%, Strategy 7.1%, Casual 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is widely considered the gold standard for pure, long-term incremental satisfaction and exponential growth.

RPG/Idle hybrid about becoming the most powerful wizard there is. Pick a class, get a pet, configure and improve your character in a myriad ways!

Why similar: Idler 44.6%, Incremental 35.5%, Resource Management 13.8%, Casual 2.7%, 2D 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides complex incremental systems and deep upgrade trees for players who enjoy min-maxing their progression.

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: Incremental 40.7%, Gambling 28.4% ★, Comedy 6.6%, Casual 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%

Absurd incremental game where you turn even liquid assets into financial glory! Spin for jackpots and hire veteran gamblers to automate the madness. Use permanent upgrades and 'mishaps' to accelerate your progress! Simple. Messy. Addictive.

Why similar: Gambling 30.7% ★, Incremental 22%, Idler 19.9%, Resource Management 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%

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 36.4% ★, Incremental 32.1%, Idler 17.8%, Resource Management 6.4%, Pixel Graphics 2.8%

Slot Grind is an incremental slot machine game where you spin, earn money, and put it back into upgrades. Unlock new machines with better payouts, improve them, and automate your slots as your profits grow, until you finally pay off your debts.

Why similar: Incremental 47.2%, Idler 41.5%, 2D 4.1%, Casual 3.7%, Indie 1.8%

You're broke, smash piggy banks, bills must be paid. A short active incremental game. Get money, upgrade, and get debt free!

Why similar: Gambling 30.2% ★, Incremental 26.3%, Idler 21.9%, Resource Management 6.4%, Arcade 4.2%

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

Why similar: Idler 22.6%, Loot 18.5%, Deckbuilding 17.5%, Card Game 17.4%, Incremental 9.3%

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: Incremental 30.5%, Loot 29.5%, Idler 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%, Colorful 3.6%

A coin-pushing dopamine machine. RACCOIN is a roguelike deckbuilder where you combine special coins with powerful items to trigger wildly satisfying combos. Stack shiny towers, spin the lucky wheel, and shake the machine until all the coins drop.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 27.6%, Gambling 26% ★, Card Game 18.9%, Arcade 5%, Strategy 4.2%

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 35.3%, Gambling 31.5% ★, Arcade 9.5%, Casual 5.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%

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: Incremental 44.7%, Idler 31.4%, Casual 6.8%, Resource Management 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 5%

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 38.5%, Card Game 30.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Funny 6.6%, Casual 5.4%

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

Why similar: Gambling 51.4% ★, Deckbuilding 24.2%, Strategy 7.2%, Casual 6%, Pixel Graphics 6%

Plinko-style INCREMENTAL game. Shoot gumballs at gears and buy upgrades to make bigger and bigger numbers until you break the game! Short, sweet, relaxing, and addictive!

Why similar: Incremental 36%, Idler 32.5%, Arcade 6.6%, Funny 5.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%

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: Incremental 47.9%, Idler 33.4%, Casual 7.5%, Resource Management 6.9%, 2D 2.9%

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: Incremental 38.3%, Idler 32.5%, Arcade 6.5%, Casual 5.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%

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: Incremental 41.1%, Idler 27.3%, Resource Management 8%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%, Arcade 5.5%

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

Why similar: Incremental 44.1%, Idler 38.5%, Resource Management 7.9%, Casual 4.6%, Funny 2%

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: Incremental 41%, Idler 32.1%, Resource Management 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 4%, Colorful 3.7%

Upgrade, automate, and embrace chaos as numbers grow, luck bends, and dice never stop rolling. An idle clicker where goblins roll dice nonstop.

Why similar: Gambling 28.4% ★, Incremental 26.7%, Idler 21%, Resource Management 11%, Pixel Graphics 4%

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 54.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Funny 7.9%, Arcade 7.6%, Casual 7%

"Bingle Bingle" is a "roulette-building" game where you create your own roulette wheel and build strategies around it. Combine balls, bets, tokens, pockets, and badges to trigger adrenaline-pumping synergies, win millions or billions of chips, and beat the casino.

Why similar: Gambling 41.4% ★, Deckbuilding 26.3%, Card Game 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%, Strategy 3.1%

Silly Linguine Cat Simulator Deluxe Online is a clicker game where progression is replaced with gambling, where the goal is simply to collect the rarest silly linguine cats.

Why similar: Gambling 27.6% ★, Incremental 18.9%, Idler 17.3%, Deckbuilding 15.9%, Loot 13.3%

All About Luck is a roguelike auto battler where luck is everything. Build your formation by gacha and test your fortune. No P2W, no grinding — just pulls, rolls, and fate. Crush the boss with god-tier pulls, then ask your friends: Still not cleared it?

Why similar: Idler 32%, Card Game 28.1%, Deckbuilding 17.3%, Resource Management 5.2%, Funny 4.8%

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

Why similar: Incremental 35.5%, Idler 31.9%, Resource Management 8.1%, Comedy 5.7%, Funny 5.4%

A unique collectibe idle clicker game with droppable Steam cards

Why similar: Incremental 22.6%, Idler 21.1%, Deckbuilding 17.6%, Card Game 16.8%, Loot 10.6%

The combo based incremental! Play crazy builds and pump those numbers! Find legendary items, cast wacky magical spells, and unlock hundreds of upgrades. Decide the fate of your studio and go INFINITE!

Why similar: Incremental 29.9%, Idler 25.3%, Card Game 19.1%, Comedy 10%, Casual 3.4%

Flip fake trading cards for real profit in FeeBay Simulator, a comedic marketplace tycoon game. Snipe underpriced cards from clueless and scammy sellers, grade your best pulls, open mystery lots, rip packs and run your own storefront to build a reselling empire.

Why similar: Incremental 42.9%, Card Game 23.4%, Deckbuilding 20.2%, Resource Management 7.7%, Casual 2.6%

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

Why similar: Idler 27.2%, Incremental 26.9%, Card Game 18.7%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Resource Management 6.4%