Games like The Crooked Hand
by chenjd
Balatro and Poker Quest: Swords and Spades play most like The Crooked Hand. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its card game and roguelike; 7 came out in the last year and 11 are free or under $10. The best known is Balatro, with 161,114 Steam reviews.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
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Balatro
Feb 20, 2024 · LocalThunk
Both: Card Game · Roguelike
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👍 161,114Poker Quest: Swords and Spades
Nov 14, 2022 · Playsaurus
Both: Card Game · Roguelike · Poker
Poker Quest is a fantasy roguelike where players use a standard 52-card deck to take on fierce enemies in epic battles. Featuring over 20 unique heroes, thousands of items, and deep gameplay that will test even the most experienced players.
Card GameRoguelikeRoguelike DeckbuilderDeckbuildingDifficultPokerSingleplayerStrategyReplay ValueRoguelite👍 685Sleep Aid
Aug 20 · Summer Punk
Both: Poker · Card Game · Roguelike
Not every game is meant to be fair. Not every player is meant to survive. Bluff, adapt, and outsmart your opponent in tense poker matches where the cards don't always play by the rules.
Psychological HorrorPokerHorrorCard GameAtmosphericAdventureDarkStrategyMysteryRoguelikeDungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
Aug 8, 2024 · Purple Moss Collectors
Both: Roguelike · Card Game
Battle your way through a seedy tavern filled with gambling addicted townspeople in this Blackjack Roguelike Adventure. From aces and face cards to tarot cards, business cards and more, create your unique deck to beat the house.
Roguelike DeckbuilderRoguelikeStrategyCard GameDeckbuildingCard BattlerRogueliteSingleplayerRPGReplay Value👍 3,009Luck be a Landlord
Jan 6, 2023 · TrampolineTales
Both: Procedural Generation · Roguelike · Resource Management
Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.
Roguelike DeckbuilderDeckbuildingRogueliteStrategyProcedural GenerationPixel GraphicsSimulationRoguelikeCapitalismResource Management👍 10,217Dice of Kalma
Nov 14, 2025 · Pepperbox Studios
Both: Poker · Card Game · Gambling
Welcome to the Underworld’s deadliest game of dice! Build a deck of deadly skulls, roll the dice, and unleash game-breaking combos to defeat Death himself!
PokerRoguelike DeckbuilderDeckbuildingCard GameGamblingDicePixel GraphicsRoguelikeStrategyScore AttackThis Ain’t Even Poker, Ya Joker
Dec 11, 2025 · Mash
Both: Card Game · Gambling · Poker
A unique incremental idle clicker where you flip cards to earn money, grow your hand, buy new decks, unlock powerful upgrades, discover new cards, and more. Can you defeat the Jester and escape the carnival?
IncrementalIdlerLootDeckbuildingCard GameGamblingPokerCasualComedyPixel Graphics👍 1,783Inscryption
Oct 19, 2021 · Daniel Mullins Games
Both: Card Game · 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👍 135,173Plinbo: Roguelike Plinko
Jan 31 · Raphus & Co.
Both: Gambling · Card Game · Roguelike
UPGRADE YOUR BALLS! Roguelike meets Plinko! Every choice is a strategy; every run is a unique challenge. Build your deck to tame the balls to your will. Take your chance, craft your fate, and cash in!
Roguelike DeckbuilderStrategyGamblingCard GameDeckbuildingRoguelikePerma DeathArcadeSimulationPinball👍 380Monster Train
May 21, 2020 · Shiny Shoe
Both: Card Game · Roguelike
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👍 19,962Across the Obelisk
Aug 16, 2022 · Dreamsite Games
Both: Roguelike · Card Game · Procedural Generation
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👍 10,737Right and Down
Oct 18, 2022 · mc2games
Both: Roguelike · Card Game · Procedural Generation
A deep roguelike and card game that is played using only two buttons: Right and Down! Choose your hero and explore randomly generated card dungeons, gather powerful artifacts to get new abilities, and fight against mighty enemies! Will you make it to level 50?
RoguelikeRoguelike DeckbuilderDeckbuildingDungeon CrawlerCard GameTurn-Based TacticsStrategyCard BattlerProcedural GenerationTurn-Based Strategy👍 200FORWARD: Escape the Fold - Ultimate Edition
Mar 29, 2022 · Two Tiny Dice
Both: Roguelike · Card Game · Procedural Generation
FORWARD: Escape the Fold - Ultimate Edition was created to be the perfect bitesized roguelike dungeon crawler. Choose your champion and face a relentless crawl through the card-based dungeons, collect items to power your abilities and defeat the gruesome monsters facing you. But keep going FORWARD!
RoguelikeStrategyCard GameDungeon CrawlerTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyCasualChoices MatterProcedural GenerationDark Fantasy👍 610Scritchy Scratchy
Mar 18 · Lunch Money Games
Both: Gambling · Resource Management
Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?
IncrementalGamblingIdlerResource ManagementArcadeRogueliteSimulationRelaxingManagementEconomy👍 15,375A Game About Flipping Cards
Sep 15 · Zandbox Games
Both: Card Game · Resource Management · Poker
Did you read the title? That's the game, I promise. Flip cards to make money to buy upgrades to make more money to buy more upgrades to make more money. There is no other goal than that.
Card GameIncrementalMinimalistCasualResource ManagementRelaxingPokerIdlerPixel GraphicsStrategyDicey Dungeons
Aug 13, 2019 · Terry Cavanagh
Both: Roguelike · Card Game
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👍 10,450Tridan
Aug 24 · HRUST
Both: Poker · Card Game · Roguelike
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
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