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FreeLast Gambit
Aug 27 · Mads
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Chess · Turn-Based Strategy
Chess, but you build the army yourself: pieces that evolve, unicorns, catapults that hurl your own men. Then you take it online, one on one or even two on two. Roguelite.
Early AccessTurn-Based TacticsChessRoguelikeTurn-Based StrategyPvPRogueliteStrategyBoard Game2D
-10%$17.99Infinity: HexaDome Tactics
11 days ago · Blindspot Games
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy · Card Game
Discover the story of the Aristeia world in single-player or storm into PvP battles! Turn-based battles, 12 heroes, varied arenas, deckbuilding with dozens of tactical cards. Assemble the perfect team, use hundreds of insane combos, and become HexaDome champion. And bring a friend!
Turn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyActionCard GameVisual NovelTacticalMultiplayerTurn-Based Combat
FreeChessTan
2 days ago · Darren Huai
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · PvP
Settle a kingdom, roll for resources, and build an army with real chess movesets on a hex battlefield. ChessTan fuses Catan-style economy with chess-style combat for 2-4 players — outbuild your rivals, then checkmate the last Nexus standing. Play locally, online with friends, or through Steam.
StrategyBoard GameTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based Tactics2DMultiplayerSingleplayerFree to PlayPvP
$4.99Medieval Squad Tactics
3 days ago · Son Tactics
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics
This game is focused on turn based tactical combats. The complexity of the game comes from having to carefully manage your various formations in order to defeat your enemies. Carefully plan your actions to win the battle.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based Tactics2DTop-DownMedievalTurn-Based CombatEarly AccessSingleplayer
New-20%$2.39ROGUELIKE CARD GAME:BUSINESS EMPIRE
Yesterday · COO Studio
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Card Game · Turn-Based Strategy
"Roguelike Card Game: Business Empire" combines roguelike with card strategy. Choose your character, build your industrial park from scratch using cards, experience multiple victory paths, and compete on the global leaderboard.
Turn-Based TacticsRogueliteCard GameTurn-Based StrategyTabletopRoguelikeStrategy2DColorfulTactical
$2.99霓虹尖塔
6 days ago · romming778
Both: Deckbuilding · Card Battler · Turn-Based Tactics
Loaded with loot. Low on health. A deadly foe ahead—fight or extract? Neon Ascent fuses cyberpunk roguelike deckbuilding with extraction gameplay. Build killer decks, grab the loot—but push one floor too far and risk it all. It’s only yours if you make it out!
Roguelike DeckbuilderDeckbuildingStrategyRPGCard BattlerTurn-Based TacticsRoguelikeCyberpunkRogueliteCard Game
-15%$5.09Lopem
6 days ago · Aria Gharachorlou
Both: Card Game · Card Battler · Turn-Based Tactics
Find yourself at arms with the strongest forces the Order of Elysium can muster. Lopem is a fast-paced 2D card‑merging roguelite where imagination and technical know‑how are your keys to survival in a magical realm shaped by corruption and enigma.
ActionStrategyAction RoguelikeCard GameBullet HellCard BattlerRogueliteTurn-Based Tactics2DCute
FreeKlaus Veen's Bastards
4 days ago · Tomorrow Software
Both: Card Game · Turn-Based Strategy · PvP
Bastards is an online, fast-paced and tactical card game for 2-8 players. Take turns playing cards from low to high: 3 is the lowest, 2 the highest. Be first to get rid of your hand to become President. Finish last, and you’ll become the Bastard!
StrategyCard GameParty GameTurn-Based StrategyTabletopPvPMultiplayerPartyRelaxingCasual
-50%$24.99ENDLESS Legend™ 2
4 days ago · AMPLITUDE Studios
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
StrategySimulationGrand Strategy4XTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerHistoricalWarTacticalManagement👍 2,699
-10%$11.69Boardlike
3 days ago · Bozz
Both: Card Game · Card Battler
Classic tabletop games meet roguelite elements and card-based combat. Dice rolls, fate cards, deadly encounters, minigames, and countless unknowns await you in this strange adventure.
AdventureStrategyRPGCard GameBoard GameRoguelikeStrategy RPGTraditional RoguelikeCard BattlerRoguelite
-25%$5.99Bones and Coins
Sep 7 · Troyd Games
Both: Deckbuilding
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.
IncrementalAuto BattlerDungeon CrawlerParty-Based RPGLootIdlerStrategyRPGDeckbuildingStrategy RPG👍 668
-15%$4.24Demonic Defense
4 days ago · xHo
Both: Card Battler · PvP
Guard your campfire through the night and feed your rivals' rifts with monsters. A multiplayer tower-defense survival hybrid where deck building, base building, and dueling economies decide who survives and who freezes.
Early AccessCard BattlerTower DefenseReal Time TacticsAction RoguelikeTrading Card GamePvEPvPStrategyTutorial
$9.99Noctiria
3 days ago · Daniele Doesn't Matter
Both: Card Game · Card Battler · Turn-Based Strategy
Noctiria is a horror roguelite deckbuilder set in a decaying 1990s city. Choose one of six heroes, combine brutal status effects, manage your Sanity and consumable relics, and permanently upgrade your arsenal between descents.
Card GameHorrorCard BattlerTurn-Based StrategyRogueliteStrategyDarkTrading Card Game1990'sRoguelike
$0.99Farewell
Aug 28 · wvkmind
Both: Card Game · Deckbuilding
A hand-painted deckbuilding roguelike. At sea, play cards against waves and reefs, read the fog or burn your lantern to clear it, and cook below deck. Two crew, five endings. Plus an online mining town: drill ore with cards, beam crates onto your truck, sell at the dock, team up with others.
2D PlatformerCasualCard GameCookingDeckbuildingChoices MatterRPGMassively MultiplayerAbstractPsychological
$4.99God Complex
4 days ago · Escaping Inevitability Games
Both: Card Game · Card Battler · Deckbuilding
An async autobattler of rival gods. Raise a civilization from mud, teach it your universe's laws, and lay siege to the god next door — their world against yours, one bell at a time.
StrategyAuto BattlerCard GameCard BattlerRoguelite2DDeckbuildingAsynchronous MultiplayerSingleplayerFantasy
FreeANONYMOUS CARD
4 days ago · ルーたん
Both: Card Game · Turn-Based Tactics · Card Battler
Create your own cards, build your own deck, and battle online! Design unique effects and pixel art, then put your creativity to the test in unpredictable card battles.
Trading Card GameStrategyMultiplayerSingleplayerCard GameCraftingHand-drawnPixel GraphicsTurn-Based TacticsCard Battler
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$7.99Behind the Sword
Aug 30 · Agustin Vuelta
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics
Behind the Sword is a fresh take on the turn-based strategy genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
Turn-Based StrategyMedievalProcedural GenerationStylized2.5DWarCasualGrid-Based MovementTurn-Based TacticsEconomy
-15%$16.99TCG Card Shop Simulator
7 days ago · OPNeon Games
Both: Card Game
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.
SimulationManagementEconomySingleplayerCollectathonTrading Card GameCapitalismCard GameShop KeeperTrading👍 47,485
-15%$12.74Anime Shop Simulator ✨
10 days ago · One More Time
Both: Card Game
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 🕹️.
SimulationAnimeOnline Co-OpCard GameCasualManagementFirst-PersonShop KeeperLife SimSingleplayer👍 645
-15%$4.24Waterjacked!
3 days ago · A Frog's Pond
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Deckbuilding
Waterjacked! is a turn-based roguelike where you are a gunslinging succulent chosen to wield the GRID. Uncover destructive combos and develop clever strategies from an assortment of Modules, Augments, and Herbals to push back the invading robots from The Valley.
Early AccessTraditional RoguelikeRoguelike DeckbuilderPuzzleTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatTurn-BasedDeckbuildingPerma DeathStrategy
-20%$3.19Snap Chess
3 days ago · Big Ice Games
Both: Chess · Turn-Based Strategy
A small transparent chessboard that sits in the corner of your desktop. Solve a puzzle when you have a minute, or play a game against Stockfish. While you work, the board fades and stays out of the way. Difficulty adjusts on its own.
ChessPuzzleRelaxingProgrammingCasualMinimalistStrategySingleplayerTurn-Based StrategyIdler
-15%$8.49Three Kingdoms Born
3 days ago · Project Dragon
Both: Turn-Based Strategy
A character-driven Three Kingdoms strategy game. Recruit legendary officers, build your realm, and command real-time battles through preparation, tactics, and decisive intervention. Shape Guandu, Red Cliffs, and the anti-hegemon war, challenge Duel Mode, and climb global rankings.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyManagementMilitaryWarSingleplayerEarly Access
$9.99Submission Saga: The Jiu Jitsu RPG
4 days ago · Nate Markham
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · PvP
The first comprehensive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu RPG. A top-down pixel jiu jitsu game combining turn-based grappling with Pokémon-style exploration. White belt to black belt. Train at the gym, run businesses, and brawl street thugs. Win the world championships. Compete in ranked online matches.
AdventureMartial ArtsSportsTurn-Based StrategyStrategy RPGCharacter CustomizationRPGTurn-Based CombatExplorationPvP
$2.99Tridan
Aug 24 · HRUST
Both: Card Game · Deckbuilding
Push your luck in a fast-paced 3-card poker roguelite. Spin the wheel of fortune for powerful bonuses, risky drawbacks, and endless combinations as you chase your highest round.
PokerRogueliteCasualCard GameArcadeDeckbuildingRoguelikeDesktop Companion2DRelaxing
-15%$1.69Card Shelter Defence
4 days ago · NeographGamer
Both: Card Battler
Recruit cards, assign them to shelters, and stop incoming waves in a strategic tower defense game. Combine three cards to strengthen your forces, manage limited resources, and adapt to each scenario.
StrategyTower Defense2DSingleplayerCard BattlerFamily FriendlyResource ManagementIndie
-20%$15.99Flamecraft
4 days ago · Monster Couch
Both: Card Game · Turn-Based Strategy
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.
StrategyCard GameCuteDragonsRelaxingTurn-Based StrategyColorfulCasualResource ManagementFantasy
FreeFractured Universe
Aug 27 · V Universe
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics
A Turn based RPG with a focus on team building and character development. Explore the Fractured Universe, and what life would be like if the multiverse was destroyed. Featured various art styles and aesthetics.
RPGStrategyAction RPGParty-Based RPGTurn-Based StrategyDungeon CrawlerExplorationTurn-Based Tactics2DAnime
$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
6 days ago · Jagex Ltd
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Open WorldSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly AccessCraftingBuildingBase Building👍 28,410
Free스페셜포스 리마스터
5 days ago · DRAGONFLY GF CO., LTD.
Both: PvP · Tactical
Special Force Returns! A classic team-based FPS bringing elite special forces from around the world together. Fast movement, impactful gunplay, and round-based tactical equipment create unpredictable battles where teamwork leads to victory.
FPSPvPActionMultiplayerMilitaryTacticalTeam-BasedCompetitiveGun CustomizationShooter
-15%$6.79Between Adventures IDLE
13 days ago · Loop Forge
A visual Idle RPG where you hunt creatures for rare loot, enchant your equipment, and build your hero. Master 11 skills, trade with merchants, and progress even offline. No Microtransactions, No P2W, just pure idle fun.
Early AccessStrategyIdlerRPGLootInventory ManagementStrategy RPGMedievalMagicFantasy👍 331
$7.99Abyssal Breeder's Journal
Aug 27 · sasoriken-games
Both: Deckbuilding
A dark, text-and-pixel monster-breeding sim. Hatch abominations, train them with a TRPG card hand, and send them off to the surface for good. Stats and Traits inherit down two separate bloodlines, so every generation is a deliberate choice, not a reroll.
Creature CollectorVillain ProtagonistDark FantasyRogueliteSimulationDeckbuildingRPGStrategyManagementPixel Graphics
-15%$8.49Crown Siege
3 days ago · JOrbits Games
A short incremental siege game centered around growing and strengthening an army to defend your kingdom. Seize the crown from an endless wave of enemies for your best chance at survival!
IncrementalAuto BattlerTower DefenseCasualIdlerActionHack and SlashMedievalSimulationStrategy



