The Deckbuilding Zone

Games where building and refining a card deck drives each run or match.

Latest Standouts

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

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?
In Falsus - Players say: Follow five high-school girls drawn into a government program through a visual novel, mouse-and-keyboard rhythm battles, and card puzzles. Players like: Music and song selection are frequently praised for their range and quality. · The unusual, challenging rhythm gameplay appeals to players who enjoy learning its keyboard-and-mouse controls. · Players praise the visual-novel presentation, voice work, characters, or story; opinions on the writing and pacing vary. ·
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In a world bound by truths: connect. In Falsus is a mesmerizing rhythm game tied to an intricate card system brought together through a layered narrative. Taking place in a near-future world, traverse an atmospheric soundscape through the eyes of 5 interconnected protagonists.

Tower Lab - Enemies have no health, push them off instead. Weaponize physics in this roguelite tower defense game. Draft a deck, chain towers into living contraptions, grow and shrink every projectile, and launch hordes of robots off the edge.
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Sep 7, 2026
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Bones and Coins - Players say: Build a hero party, clear dungeon rooms by guiding attacks, and spend coins and loot on weapons, skills, and upgrades. Players like: Satisfying Progression · Relaxed Automation · Retro Visual Style ·
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An incremental auto battler dungeon crawler where you build a synergized hero party to slay enemies and loot items. Unlock weapons with unique attack styles. Gear up your hero team and explore new dungeon rooms filled with enemies and legendary drops.

Red Rocket Defencism - You, a military officer from our great autocratic motherland, must protect our precious rockets from the evil capitalist enemy in this revolutionary base building strategy game. Bribe! Surveil! Purge! Imbibe! The end justifies the means when you have to protect our invaluable rockets!
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?
Ultrapool - The pool bar is always open! Ultrapool is a colorful roguelike about playing pool with a bunch of wacky balls with crazy effects. Carefully craft a perfect build and get the craziest trickshots!
Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder - Players say: Build a score-chasing island town by pairing guilds, placing buildings for chained bonuses, and meeting targets each run. Players like: Building Synergies · Guild Pair Variety · Satisfying Score Chains ·
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A mini citybuilding roguelike. Place buildings, stack combos, and master deep strategy in short bursts to create a tiny thriving metropolis!

Social Democracy: An Alternate History - You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?

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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!

Mech Armada - Players say: Build a squad from modular Mech parts, then outmaneuver the Swarm in grid-based battles across procedurally generated runs. Players like: Custom Mech Builds · Tactical Grid Combat · Build Experimentation ·
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Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.

The Knight Witch - Players say: Fly through a hand-drawn underground world, shoot War Golems, and cast deck-built spells as Rayne investigates an invasion. Players like: Distinctive Genre Blend · Hand-Drawn Art · Spell-Card Combat ·
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The Knight Witch is a metroidvania adventure game with fast-paced, shoot 'em up combat set in a beautifully hand-drawn world. Cast devastating card-based spells, forge close bonds, and make moral choices all in your quest to save your home and discover who's behind the War Golem invasion.

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.

Moonstone Island - Players say: Train as an alchemist across floating islands, farming ingredients, befriending Spirits, and fighting with a deck of cards. Players like: Cute Spirit Designs · Relaxed, Flexible Pace · Island Exploration ·
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Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!

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!

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!

Ballionaire - Players say: Build a physics-driven pachinko board, drop balls through drafted triggers, and chase tribute goals across roguelike runs. Players like: Satisfying Combo Chains · Huge Score Runs · Distinct Board Layouts ·
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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!

He is Coming - Players say: Explore a darkening realm for gear, combine item synergies, and face auto-battled Demon King minions before time runs out. Players like: Build Experimentation · Short Runs · Strategic Boss Prep ·
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Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.

9 Kings - Players say: Choose a king, arrange cards into a synergistic 3×3 kingdom, and withstand rival armies in escalating auto-battles. Players like: Build Synergies · Distinct Kings · Addictive Runs ·
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A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.

Super Fantasy Kingdom - Players say: Rebuild a ruined fantasy kingdom by managing resources, recruiting defenders, and surviving nightly monster attacks across repeat runs. Players like: Unit Combinations · Map Exploration · Pixel Art ·
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Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!

Breachway - Players say: Captain a warship across a branching galaxy, shaping an equipment-driven card deck for turn-based space battles. Players like: Equipment-Driven Decks · Ship Build Variety · Tactical Space Combat ·
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Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.

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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.
Evolve or Die - A co-op voice-controlled action game where yelling is the combat system. Team up, scream into your mics, and unleash absurd sound-powered attacks. Coordinate, panic, or just shout nonsense until the enemies—and your friends—totally melt down.
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.
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.
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.
Feng Shui Meowjong - Looks matter? Fun doesn’t?When cat memes collide with roguelike mahjong, a brand-new Meowjong is born! Feng Shui Meowjong is a fresh, lightweight roguelike puzzle game that blends classic mahjong strategy with quirky cat memes and feng shui elements.
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!
Muffles' Life Sentence - Take back your identity in Muffles’ Life Sentence, a darkly comedic narrative adventure set in a prison where inmates are remade to match their crimes.
Duelists of Eden - Players say: Build spell decks and fight across a tiled arena, dodging attacks and chaining cards in real-time duels. Players like: Distinctive Combat Mix · Flexible Deck Building · Character Variety ·
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Build a deck and battle online in real-time action with rollback netcode!

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Mar 7, 2024
96% 👍
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Dogpile - Players say: Drop dog cards into a physics-driven yard, merge matching pups, and shape a roguelike deck before the pile overflows. Players like: Cute Dog Art · Satisfying Merges · Strategic Tag Combos ·
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Dogpile is a roguelike deck builder about merging cute dogs into bigger dogs. Play dogs, get money, customize your dogs with special Traits, refine your deck, PLAY MORE DOGS! DOGS!

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Dec 10, 2025
96% 👍
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Top Rated

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

Kabuto Park - Players say: Spend Hana’s summer catching and training bugs, then build a card-based team to shove rival collectors out of the battle ring. Players like: Cute Art Style · Relaxing Summer Mood · Bug Collecting ·
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Enjoy summer in Kabuto Park! Catch the cutest bugs, train them and win the Summer Beetle Battles Championship in this tiny bug collection game! Upgrade your equipment to find rarer, stronger and shinier little friends.

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May 28, 2025
100% 👍
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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.

Silly Linguine Cat Simulator Deluxe Online - Players say: Pet an orange cat to hit click goals, open random skin crates, automate clicks, climb a leaderboard, and battle cat teams. Players like: Cute Cat Clicker · Collectible Cat Skins · Crate Gambling ·
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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.

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...

Nubby's Number Factory - Players say: Launch Nubby down a pegboard, build score-boosting item combos, and meet escalating factory quotas before the sun explodes. Players like: Quirky Retro Visuals · Item Combo Discovery · Satisfying Score Growth ·
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A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.

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Mar 7, 2025
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Arrow a Row - Players say: Move an archer left and right through an auto-running enemy gauntlet, choosing upgrades and helpers to take on bosses. Players like: Simple Left-Right Runs · Faithful Ad Gameplay · Build Variety ·
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Arrow a row is a game in which you shoot arrows (of course) in a row! or maybe two rows! (maybe three?) Choose your power-ups and defeat the Boss.

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.

Emberward - Players say: Shape tetromino-like mazes to reroute monsters, then place and upgrade towers through a roguelite tower-defense run. Players like: Custom Maze Building · Varied Tower Choices · Replayable Runs ·
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Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!

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.