The Card Game Zone

Games built around drawing, playing, collecting, or managing cards.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

Crack the Pack - Open booster packs, buy upgrades, and collect over 1001 cards and their variants. Build a true automated booster factory by endlessly multiplying production until you unlock cloning and nuclear fusion !
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Oct 2, 2026
97% 👍
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Flamecraft - Flamecraft is a 1-5 player cozy strategy game filled with magic. Become a Flamekeeper and help adorable dragon artisans find the perfect home. Enchant the town’s stores and fill them with dragon cards as you watch the whimsical shopping district come to life.
Anime Shop Simulator ✨ - Players say: Run a first-person anime shop solo or with friends: stock manga and figures, expand the store, and collect and battle with cards. Players like: Card Collecting and Battles · Co-op With Friends · Shop Growth and Decor ·
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Manage your own anime shop 🎌. Play solo or team up with friends 🤝 in 4-player co-op mode to grow your business 📈 Stock shelves with manga, figures, and collectible cards in this immersive first-person game 🕹️.

Golden Swirl - Golden Swirl is a dark fantasy, semi-real-time action deckbuilder. Master tactical movement to dodge fierce attacks while managing your hand. Fully voiced with custom heroes, fine-tune your deck, relics, and runes to repel the Swirl. Can you survive the madness?
Grail - In this deckbuilder your deck plays automatically. Upgrade, enchant and stickerize your cards to create clever cascading effects that defeat monsters and other players. Can you reach the Grail?
Claws Of Power - Claws of Power is a cute, real-time card battle game. With a variety of unique and adorable cat cards, each one could be your key to victory. Strategize by building different decks and using items to overcome challenges and claim the throne as the ultimate cat leader.
Drunken Rogue - A dungeon-crawling roguelike card game! The rowdy adventures of drunk-as-a-skunk Rogue Lita and Vampire of Demise Endo! Stagger around traps and stumble through demon assaults. Make your way to the dungeon's deepest depths—rumored to contain the most precious of booze!
Stackmon - Stack, train and collect 100+ powerful Stackmon in this creature-collector with a card-stacking twist! Build your camp, challenge rival Scouts in combat and face the mysterious corruption spreading throughout your land.
BLOODLETTER - A grim medieval deckbuilder where you use your dubious healing methods to protect bizarre villagers from the corrupting influence of ancient evils.

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Roguebook - Players say: Lead two heroes through a shifting book, uncover its map with ink, and build a deck for turn-based battles. Players like: Ink-Driven Map Exploration · Two-Hero Positioning · Hero Pair Synergies ·
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Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!

Foretales - Players say: A thief races to stop a world-ending curse, using character and resource cards to solve encounters and steer a branching story. Players like: Card Interaction Puzzles · Branching Story Choices · Hand-Drawn Art ·
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Decide the fate of the world in this ingenious story-driven card game. Foretales offers a unique take on the adventure genre, with a multitude of playstyles and story paths through which you can save the world… or bring about its end.

Card Shark - Players say: In 18th-century France, learn card cheats and execute them under pressure while traveling with a gambler through a courtly conspiracy. Players like: Original Cheating Mechanics · Distinctive Hand-Drawn Art · Intriguing Period Story ·
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Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit. Enter a world where you’ll need to play your opponents better than you play your cards.

Pilgrims - Players say: Travel a hand-drawn fantasy land, recruit companions, and use character and item cards to solve problems in different ways. Players like: Hand-Drawn Art · Many Solutions · Funny Outcomes ·
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Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?

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Oct 7, 2019
96% 👍
of 1.8k
Marvel's Midnight Suns - Players say: Lead a customizable Hunter and Marvel heroes against a supernatural threat in card-driven tactical battles and a social RPG hub. Players like: Tactical Card Combat · Distinct Hero Playstyles · Character Bonds ·
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FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.

Go Home Dinosaurs! - Players say: Move a gopher, gather coconuts, and fit shaped defenses on a grid to stop dinosaurs from reaching your barbecue. Players like: Playful Dino Theme · Moving Gopher · Puzzle-Shaped Towers ·
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Todd Rex wants steak. Todd Rex wants YOUR steak. Are you gonna let him take it? No way! Go Home, Dinosaurs!Prevent hordes of marauding Dinos from crashing your party in the world’s premier BBQ defense simulator! Unlock powerful towers that act like little weaponized puzzle pieces.

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Mar 14, 2013
87% 👍
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Simmiland - Players say: Guide a tiny civilization indirectly by playing cards on its land, discovering resource recipes and inventions as it develops. Players like: Discovering Recipes · Cute Art And Animations · Watching Civilization Grow ·
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Simmiland is a god-like card game. In this game you indirectly influence a small civilization by manipulating their surroundings by playing cards 🃏🃏🃏 Playing cards on different biomes and objects will result in different findings. The way you play the game will define how mankind will develop!

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Nov 30, 2018
87% 👍
of 2.0k
Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2 - Players say: Make choices as a royal heir in a card-driven medieval story where each decision shapes your rule, paths, and endings. Players like: Branching Story Paths · Many Different Endings · Absurd Medieval Humor ·
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Explore your kingdom and rule wisely in the card game - Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2

Choice of Life: Middle Ages - Players say: Guide a peasant through medieval life by choosing illustrated cards that shape their work, survival, and path through the kingdom. Players like: Humorous Scenarios · Alternate Routes · Illustrated Art ·
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A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!

Tower Tactics: Liberation - Players say: Defend against the Salkoth by playing tower and spell cards, shaping a deck, and navigating a changing roguelike map. Players like: Tower-Deck Fusion · Distinct Deck Builds · Tower-Spell Combos ·
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We fused deck-building roguelikes and tower defenses in a way never seen before - deploy your towers, collect valuable trinkets and cast powerful spells to defend yourself against the Salkoth!

Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator - Players say: Run a winery by planning vineyard work, shaping each vintage through winemaking choices, and selling bottles to grow your business. Players like: Winemaking Puzzle · Learning Wine Production · Relaxing Presentation ·
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Winemaking could be your best adventure. Make the best wine interacting with soil and nature and take your winery to the top. Your beautiful journey into the winemaking tradition starts now.

Zet Zillions - Players say: Guide Foam Gun and the planet-ship Baby Violence through space, building card decks and using fusion and population tactics to seek humanity’s new home. Players like: Expressive Art Style · Fusion And Population · Characters And Voice Acting ·
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Zet Zillions is a single-player roguelike deckbuilder where you use your cards to make freakish combinations and explode entire planets. BIG-BADDA-BOOM!

Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

Replicat - A roguelike memory deckbuilder where you bend the rules of card matching with wild combos, strategy-defining items and cards featuring some personality-packed cats.
Puzzline - Puzzline is a 2-4 player board game connecting cards like a puzzle! Each card has a unique effect. Play them strategically and get the victory! Online play is also supported!
The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection - Players say: Play eight solitaire-style puzzles, from face-up card sorting and tile matching to a demanding Tarot variant with its own rules. Players like: Distinct Solitaire Variants · Fortune’s Foundation · Strategic Puzzle Solving ·
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The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection is here! Inside you will find all seven Zachtronics solitaire games, updated with new 4K graphics, plus one brand new Tarot-themed solitaire variant only available here.

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Sep 6, 2022
98% 👍
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Hungry Horrors - Feed legendary Horrors before they feed on the princess. Hungry Horrors is a roguelite card-based adventure through British and Irish mythology where you cook traditional dishes, build flavour synergies and serve the perfect meal. No prince. No servants. Just a recipe book and a talking cat.
Regency Solitaire II - Revisit romantic Regency Britain to build a glorious garden, in this charming solitaire sequel. Tour historic hotspots, silence gossips, and host the season’s most anticipated soiree. Play your cards right to unlock bonus levels and a love story. Don't miss the party everyone's talking about!
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Feb 22, 2024
98% 👍
of 249
Worlds Upon The Wind - Resettle the shards of a shattered world in this peaceful roguelite deckbuilder, covering centuries of classical Japanese art. Nurture communities, befriend animal spirits, and shape a new civilization through choices that echo across generations.
SHENZHEN SOLITAIRE - NO ENGINEERING, ALL PROCRASTINATION! SHENZHEN SOLITAIRE is a brand-new solitaire variant originally developed for SHENZHEN I/O, and is now available as a standalone game! It's simple but challenging, and oddly addictive.
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Dec 15, 2016
98% 👍
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Lucky Shot - A shooting dopamine machine! Lucky Shot is a roguelike mag-builder FPS where you master different weapons, build wild combos, and break the game to reach massive high scores.
Bearnard - Play cards by shooting arrows - miss the shot, lose the card. Master turn-based combat, defeat enemies, and solve environmental puzzles across diverse biomes. Join Bearnard on his quest!
KUNKUN League - Rougelite + Russian Roulette, but using a more powerful cannon. Survive and take all the prizes!
Yamafuda! 2nd station - A fun, easy game where you climb mountains using a deck of cards and special gear you build along the way. Go and reach the summit!

Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Balatro - Players say: Build poker hands, reshape your deck with Jokers and other cards, and chase rising score targets in roguelike runs. Players like: Replayable Runs · Joker Synergies · Easy to Learn ·
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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.

Slay the Spire - Players say: Climb a shifting tower through turn-based card battles, choosing cards and relics to shape a different deck each run. Players like: Deep Deckbuilding · Distinct Character Styles · Fresh Runs ·
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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!

Inscryption - Players say: Build a deck of creatures, sacrifice cards to summon stronger beasts, and solve cabin puzzles during a sinister card game. Players like: Surprising Story Turns · Eerie Cabin Atmosphere · Creative Card Combos ·
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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...

StarVaders - Players say: Pilot a mech against descending alien waves, using cards and grid positioning to stop them before Doom fills. Players like: Distinct Mech Playstyles · Tactical Grid Combat · Satisfying Card Combos ·
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Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.

Forbidden Solitaire - Players say: Play a supposedly cursed 1995 CD-ROM, clearing TriPeaks solitaire boards and battling dungeon monsters as its history unfolds. Players like: ’90s CD-ROM Atmosphere · Engaging Solitaire Combos · Retro Visuals and Sound ·
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Forbidden Solitaire is a card-slashing horror game about unearthing the contents of a cryptic 1995 CD-ROM that should have never existed. From the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.

Tabletop Simulator - Players say: Host up to ten players at a physics-driven virtual table to play, customize, or build board games, card games, and RPG sessions. Players like: Remote Game Nights · Workshop Game Variety · Custom Game Creation ·
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Tabletop Simulator is the only simulator where you can let your aggression out by flipping the table! There are no rules to follow: just you, a physics sandbox, and your friends. Make your own online board games or play the thousands of community created mods. Unlimited gaming possibilities!

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Jun 5, 2015
96% 👍
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TCG Card Shop Simulator - Players say: Run a trading-card shop: stock and price products, open packs, collect or sell rare cards, host events, and grow your store. Players like: Pack Opening · Shop Growth · Relaxing Management ·
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Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.

Stacklands - Players say: Build a village by stacking cards to gather food and resources, discover recipes, buy packs, and equip villagers to fight creatures. Players like: Card-Stacking Combinations · Addictive Resource Loop · Recipe Discovery ·
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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!

Monster Train - Players say: Build a demon deck and position units across a three-floor train to stop Heaven's forces from reaching the pyre above. Players like: Clan Combinations · Multi-Floor Battles · Unit Card Synergies ·
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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.

Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors - Players say: Explore grid-based dungeons and use mana-cost cards to build escalating combos against monster hordes. Players like: Explosive Card Combos · Addictive Run Loop · Easygoing Difficulty ·
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From the creators of Vampire Survivors comes a turbo-charged, turn-based roguelite deckbuilder! Deal world-ending combos, blitz through infested dungeons, and master the Turboturn to obliterate hordes of familiar foes with a chaotic hand of cards.

DICEOMANCER - Players say: A fishing trip turns into a roguelike card battle, where dice let you rewrite on-screen numbers to reshape fights and builds. Players like: Number-Changing Dice · Creative Deck Builds · Hand-Drawn Art ·
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DICEOMANCER is a roguelike deck-building game. Though you long for a peaceful life, you're forced to embark on an adventure. In this world of swords, magic, and guns, make good use of your dice and deck to find a way back to tranquility! What can the dice be used for? To change... anything.