Games like How We Die
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Monster Train and As We Descend play most like How We Die. Of the 16 closest games below, most share its deckbuilding and card game; 4 came out in the last year and 3 are free or under $10. The best known is Inscryption, with 135,173 Steam reviews.
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Monster Train
May 21, 2020 · Shiny Shoe
Both: Roguelite · Card Game · Deckbuilding
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.
Card BattlerRogueliteCard GameDeckbuildingTurn-Based TacticsRoguelikeTurn-Based StrategyDifficultRoguelike DeckbuilderStrategy👍 19,962As We Descend
May 28, 2025 · Box Dragon
Both: Card Game · Roguelike · Deckbuilding
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Early AccessRoguelike DeckbuilderCard BattlerCard GameRoguelikeDeckbuildingTurn-Based TacticsRogueliteTurn-Based StrategyStrategy👍 1,345Hand of Fate 2
Nov 7, 2017 · Defiant Development
Both: Card Game · Deckbuilding · Roguelite
A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!
RPGRoguelike DeckbuilderCard GameDeckbuildingActionRogueliteIndieAction RoguelikeSingleplayerBoard Game👍 5,279Across the Obelisk
Aug 16, 2022 · Dreamsite Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Roguelike · Card Game
Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!
CasualAdventureTacticalTurn-Based StrategyRoguelike DeckbuilderRoguelikeCard GameCard BattlerDeckbuildingProcedural Generation👍 10,737Tavrik
Aug 31 · Nyra Games
Both: Tabletop · Turn-Based Strategy · Deckbuilding
Tavrik is a hex-grid roguelite deckbuilder where every card reshapes the map. Build roads and bridges across a dangerous medieval world, then reach the exit before your energy runs out—with a friendly cat at your side.
TabletopTurn-Based StrategyRoguelike DeckbuilderExplorationDeckbuildingRoguelikeBoard GameAdventureCard GameGrid-Based MovementInscryption
Oct 19, 2021 · Daniel Mullins Games
Both: Card Game · Deckbuilding · Roguelike
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...
Card BattlerCard GameStory RichDeckbuildingHorrorDarkPuzzleRoguelikeRogueliteStrategy👍 135,173Dicey Dungeons
Aug 13, 2019 · Terry Cavanagh
Both: Deckbuilding · Roguelite · Roguelike
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!
Roguelike DeckbuilderCard BattlerDeckbuildingRogueliteRoguelikeIndieTurn-BasedStrategyCard GameSingleplayer👍 10,450Cards Of Calling
11 days ago · Lance Entertainment
Both: Deckbuilding · Card Game · Roguelike
A roguelike deckbuilder where you command summoned creatures in battle. Build your deck, create powerful synergies, and fight alongside your pack in tactical turn-based combat.
DeckbuildingStrategyCard GameCard BattlerRoguelikeRogueliteTurn-Based StrategyDungeon CrawlerTurn-Based TacticsTrading Card GameStarVaders
Apr 30, 2025 · Pengonauts
Both: Deckbuilding · Turn-Based Tactics · Roguelite
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.
Roguelike DeckbuilderDeckbuildingTurn-Based TacticsRogueliteDifficultVisual NovelCard GameTurn-Based StrategyRoguelikeBoard Game👍 3,770Master of Piece
Feb 4 · I M GAME, I M fine
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Board Game · Tabletop
Recruit mercenaries, combine their traits, and forge endless synergies. Venture through the mysterious medieval realm, facing powerful foes and mighty bosses. Simple turn-based rules hide deep strategic depth—build your ultimate team, master the pieces, and uncover the secrets of the Black fog.
Early AccessTurn-Based StrategyRoguelike DeckbuilderTacticalBoard GameTabletopTurn-Based CombatCard BattlerTurn-Based TacticsRoguelite👍 197Tainted Grail: Conquest
May 27, 2021 · Questline
Both: Deckbuilding · Card Game · Roguelike
A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.
DeckbuildingCard GameDark FantasyRoguelikeStory RichTurn-BasedRPGChoices MatterSingleplayerBase Building👍 7,594Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
Apr 21 · poncle, Nosebleed Interactive
Both: Deckbuilding · Roguelike · Card Game
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.
Card BattlerDungeon CrawlerDeckbuildingStrategyRoguelikeCard GamePixel GraphicsActionSingleplayerFirst-Person👍 18,691Quantum Protocol
Nov 4, 2020 · Kaio Meris
Both: Deckbuilding · Card Game · Turn-Based Tactics
A deckbuilding card game where it's always your turn. Play as the master hackers of Quantum and take on the most dangerous malware in the world. Every action matters. Make plays, upgrade your deck, and break the enemy board!
AnimeDeckbuildingCard GameVisual NovelClass-BasedTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyPvERogueliteSci-fi👍 625Demeo
May 6, 2021 · Resolution Games
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Roguelite · Tabletop
Adventurers, it’s time to unite! Gather your friends and battle the dark forces that have overtaken the world of Resolution Games' award-winning RPG dungeon crawler, Demeo. The next generation of tabletop adventure has arrived!
Turn-Based TacticsDungeon CrawlerRogueliteVRTabletopBoard GameTurn-Based StrategyRPGStrategy3D👍 1,703Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder
Jan 24, 2023 · Game Source Studio
Both: Board Game · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy
Begin your journey to become a mighty samurai mage! In a blend of adventure, strategy and deckbuilding gameplay, choose how you will follow the way of the Mahoken. Explore the Celestial Islands, build your deck, battle challenging demons, and protect the land from the forces of corruption.
Board GameTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyExplorationIsometricRogueliteCard BattlerPvECard GameTabletop👍 464
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
Balatro
Feb 20, 2024 · LocalThunk
Both: Card Game · Roguelike · Deckbuilding
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.
Card GameRoguelikeRoguelike DeckbuilderDeckbuildingSingleplayerStrategyPixel GraphicsReplay ValueRogueliteIndie👍 161,114Slay the Spire
Jan 23, 2019 · Mega Crit
Both: Card Game · Roguelike · Deckbuilding
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!
Roguelike DeckbuilderCard GameCard BattlerRoguelikeDeckbuildingTurn-BasedStrategySingleplayerRogueliteReplay Value👍 193,721
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