Best Deckbuilder

The game that defined the roguelike deckbuilding genre. Players choose one of four unique characters, each with their own card pool, and ascend a spire of procedurally generated combats, events, and merchants. The strategic depth comes from building a synergistic deck on the fly, managing resources,...

Monster Train is a strategy roguelike where players build and deploy decks of cards to defend a moving locomotive against waves of enemies. The game’s unique structure – battling across stacked train levels – creates a challenging turn-based experience. It's designed for players who enjoy deckbuildi...

A psychological horror deckbuilder that begins as a roguelike card game in a creepy cabin, but constantly subverts expectations with meta-narrative twists and escape room-style puzzles. The core card game is tense and strategic, using animal cards and sacrificial mechanics. However, the game repeate...

Dream Quest is a classic turn-based roguelike where players construct decks of cards to battle through surreal dreamscapes. Developed by Peter Whalen, the game’s innovative design significantly impacted the deckbuilding roguelike genre. It's suitable for strategy enthusiasts and fans of traditional...

Cobalt Core is a turn-based roguelike game developed by Rocket Rat Games. Players engage in strategic deckbuilding combat aboard customizable spaceships within a science fiction setting. The game’s innovative lane-shifting mechanics offer unique tactical challenges and are designed for players who e...

Loop Hero is a strategy game where players build and defend a looping landscape to guide their hero through increasingly challenging battles. The game’s unique mechanic involves automatically deploying units based on strategically placed cards, creating complex tactical situations. It's designed for...

Griftlands is a turn-based roguelike RPG where players navigate complex narratives through card management. The game distinguishes itself with two distinct deck systems: one for resolving tense negotiations and another for tactical combat scenarios. These decks branch out, creating unique storylines...

Fights in Tight Spaces is a strategic roguelike game where players utilize deckbuilding mechanics to engage in turn-based combat. The game’s notable challenge stems from its constrained environments demanding tactical positioning and skillful card usage. It's designed for players who enjoy thoughtfu...

Chrono Ark is a turn-based roguelike game where players command a party of time travelers through challenging battles. The game’s notable feature is its innovative timeline system, allowing strategic manipulation of combat turns for tactical advantage. Designed for strategy enthusiasts and fans of d...

Hand of Fate 2 is a roguelike RPG where players construct battles using a customizable card deck. The game’s notable complexity arises from strategic deckbuilding combined with real-time action combat and managing a diverse cast of companions. It's designed for players who enjoy tactical depth, chal...

One Step From Eden is a roguelike game developed by Thomas Moon Kang. It combines real-time action combat on a grid with deckbuilding mechanics reminiscent of titles like Mega Man Battle Network. Players strategically deploy cards to attack and defend against enemies in procedurally generated levels...

Alina of the Arena presents a turn-based roguelike experience centered around strategic card play. Players command Alina, a skilled gladiator, through challenging arena combat scenarios. The game’s notable depth comes from constructing a personalized deck to utilize against diverse opponents and env...

Lonestar is a turn-based strategy game blending elements of roguelike and deckbuilding genres within a space setting. Players command a customizable starship, engaging in tactical combat using modular weapon systems and managing energy resources. The game’s focus on strategic decision-making during...

Wildfrost is a turn-based roguelike where players assemble decks of cards to command a frost mage and her companions. The game’s distinctive feature involves persistent character injuries carried over across multiple runs, adding significant strategic depth. It's designed for tactical gamers who enj...

Astrea presents players with a strategic turn-based experience centered around rolling six-sided dice to build powerful decks. Each oracle offers unique dice results and abilities, creating varied combat scenarios. This roguelike game is designed for strategy enthusiasts who enjoy deckbuilding and t...

Vault of the Void is a turn-based strategy game where players build decks to overcome challenging encounters within a procedurally generated dungeon. The game’s notable feature is its deterministic card rewards, offering predictable progression. It's designed for players who enjoy strategic deckbuil...

Potionomics is an indie video game blending deckbuilding and resource management. Players build a magical apothecary, crafting potions to fulfill customer orders and expand their business. The notable element lies in its intricate potion recipes and strategic ingredient combinations, requiring caref...

Midnight Suns is a tactical role-playing game featuring Marvel comic book heroes and villains. Players control “The Hunter” as he leads a team against Lilith and Chthon, utilizing turn-based combat combined with deck-building mechanics. The Abbey serves as the player’s base of operations for researc...

Meteorfall: Krumit's Tale is a roguelike deck-building game developed by Slothwerks and released in 2019 for PC and mobile platforms. Serving as a sequel to Meteorfall: Journey, the game distinguishes itself by incorporating a board game-style three-by-three grid where enemies, spells, and items spa...

Card Quest is a turn-based roguelike game in which combat actions, defenses, and character abilities are represented by cards. Players choose from several fantasy character classes and progress through branching dungeon environments while managing limited resources and building combinations from cla...

Trials of Fire is a tactical role-playing and deck-building game developed by Whatboy Games, first released in early access in 2019. Players guide a party across a post-apocalyptic fantasy wasteland, managing scarce resources and making choices through illustrated narrative events. Turn-based battle...

Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deck-building game developed by TrampolineTales and released in 2023. The player repeatedly spins a slot machine to earn enough coins for escalating rent payments, adding symbols whose interactions gradually shape each run's strategy. Despite using the imagery of ga...

Tainted Grail: Conquest is a turn-based role-playing game combining roguelike mechanics with deckbuilding, released in 2021 by Awaken Realms Digital. It is set in the dark fantasy universe of the Tainted Grail tabletop franchise, a world influenced by Arthurian legend and Celtic mythology. Players c...

Night of the Full Moon is a deck-building roguelike game developed by Chinese studio GiantStar. The game features a dark fairy tale narrative where players control Little Red Riding Hood exploring a forest to find her missing grandmother. Players build their card deck through encounters with fairy t...

Meteorfall: Journey is a mobile deck-building roguelike game developed by Slothwerks and released in 2017. The game features a simplified one-tap control system where players choose between actions on cards to navigate their character through procedurally generated fantasy adventures. Players select...

Hand of Fate is a 2015 roguelike deck-building action game developed by Defiant Development, an Australian studio. The game presents a unique blend of tabletop card mechanics and real-time combat, where a mysterious dealer lays out cards representing encounters, challenges, and equipment. Players mu...

Knock on the Coffin Lid is a dark fantasy deck-building roguelike developed by Red Boon and released in 2020. The narrative centers on a protagonist who awakens in a coffin with no memory of their death, embarking on a journey to uncover the conspiracy behind their demise. Players navigate a series...

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech is a role-playing game developed and published by Image & Form in 2019. It integrates deck-building mechanics into the established steampunk universe of the SteamWorld franchise. Players control a party of robotic heroes who engage in turn-based combat using decks...

Roguebook is a deck-building roguelike game developed by Abrakam Entertainment and released in 2021. The game features design contributions from Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic: The Gathering. Players navigate a hex-based world map by adding tiles, revealing the terrain by using ink to brush...