Games like Shards of Infinity
If Shards of Infinity is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dominion, Mystic Vale and Spectromancer — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive and intense. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Shards of Infinity: Shards of Infinity is the follow-up to the award winning deckbuilding game, Ascension. Build your armies by recruiting allies and champions from four unique factions. Launch surprise attacks on your foes by instantly deploying mercenaries. Unlock limitless power by mastering the Shard of Infinity.
Players who liked Shards of Infinity also play
Steam players who put hours into Shards of Infinity also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Dominion
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a competitive mood with Shards of Infinity.
Top pick for Shards of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.
Mystic Vale
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Shards of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Are you ready to lead your druidic clan and cleanse the Valley of Life? Mystic Vale is a stunning digital version of the Origins award-winning AEG card game. Debuting the unique Card Crafting System, players take turns building powerful combos in order to stop the curse. Play online or local hotseat.
Spectromancer
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Shards of Infinity.
Third-strongest match for Shards of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
A turn-based online fantasy card game. No character leveling, no grinding, no deck building - just 100% skill-based and fast-paced card battles!
Ascension: Deckbuilding Game
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a competitive mood with Shards of Infinity.
Ranked #4 for Shards of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Ascension: Deckbuilding Game is now available for your PC and Mac, complete with 9 full expansion decks! Play alone or with friends to battle against the Fallen One for honor and victory. Conceived and designed by Justin Gary, Ascension will provide hours of engaging and strategic game play for enthusiasts and experienced gamers alike.
Root
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Shards of Infinity.
Ranked #5 for Shards of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!
Age of Rivals
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Shards of Infinity.
Ranked #6 for Shards of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Deep civilization-building strategy in a fast-paced card game! There are many paths to victory in this competitive card drafting game featuring 12 unique characters and hundreds of cards ranging from great pyramids and war elephants to sneaky spies and crafty merchants.
Undaunted Normandy
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Shards of Infinity.
Ranked #7 for Shards of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Play the acclaimed World War 2 deck-building game. Use your cards to seize the initiative, bolster your forces, or control your troops on the battlefield. You will face intense resistance, machine gun fire, and mortar bombardment, but a great commander can turn the situation to their advantage!
Concordia: Digital Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Shards of Infinity.
Ranked #8 for Shards of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️
Reviewers mention these as similar to Shards of Infinity
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Puzzle Strike
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Shards of Infinity.
Reviewers of Shards of Infinity cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Puzzle Strike is an online deckbuilding puzzle game from David Sirlin, lead designer of Puzzle Fighter HD Remix and creator of the Fantasy Strike universe. Improve your deck (of chips!) as the game unfolds and crush your opponents under a mountain of gems!
Star Realms
WHY THIS
Shares faction synergy, deck building and a competitive mood with Shards of Infinity.
Reviewers of Shards of Infinity cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!
Race for the Galaxy
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Shards of Infinity.
Reviewers of Shards of Infinity cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Explore, Settle, Develop, Trade, Consume, or Produce? Which do you need most? Which of Earth's former colonies will be most successful at settling the galaxy, now that JumpDrive exists? Who will discover the secrets of the mysteriously vanished Alien Overlords? Your goal: to build the most prosperous and powerful space empire!
Ascension
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shards of Infinity.
Reviewers of Shards of Infinity cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
In this cultivation 4X strategy game, your sect has been in peril, and so they open a portal—sending you, a young disciple and their last hope, inside. Stand tall as the new sect leader and guide disciples to rebuild what was lost. Sharpen your focus, master alchemy, and ascend to immortality.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shards of Infinity at current Steam store prices.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Shards of Infinity on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~82% under Shards of Infinity on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Tower Wizard
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Shards of Infinity on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~82% under Shards of Infinity on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~82% under Shards of Infinity on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Hexcells Plus
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Shards of Infinity on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Lords of the Realm II
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Shards of Infinity on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
The great Lords of England have their eyes on the the English throne! Muster an army and overrun your enemies' castles in this classic, nail-biting strategy game that blends turn-based and real-time gameplay.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Dota Underlords
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
Super Auto Pets
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!
Minion Masters
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a competitive mood with Shards of Infinity.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!
KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.
GWENT: The Witcher Card Game
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Command mighty Witcher-world heroes in epic online PvP card battles!
Dominion
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a competitive mood with Shards of Infinity.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.
Star Realms
WHY THIS
Shares faction synergy, deck building and a competitive mood with Shards of Infinity.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!
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More from Temple Gates Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Temple Gates Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Race for the Galaxy
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Shards of Infinity.
Another title from Temple Gates Games, the studio behind Shards of Infinity. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Explore, Settle, Develop, Trade, Consume, or Produce? Which do you need most? Which of Earth's former colonies will be most successful at settling the galaxy, now that JumpDrive exists? Who will discover the secrets of the mysteriously vanished Alien Overlords? Your goal: to build the most prosperous and powerful space empire!
Roll for the Galaxy
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Shards of Infinity.
Another title from Temple Gates Games, the studio behind Shards of Infinity. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Roll for the Galaxy is a dice game of building space empires for 2-5 players. Your dice represent your populace, whom you direct to develop new technologies, settle worlds, and ship goods. The player who best manages their workers and builds the most prosperous empire wins!
Bazaar
WHY THIS
Another title from Temple Gates Games, the studio behind Shards of Infinity. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Fly on a magic carpet through the mystical land of Bazaar, collecting exotic trinkets for your journey! Beware dart traps, sea cobras, and hungry crocs that lurk around corners. Vandal monkeys have stolen relics from the guardian of the labyrinth - will you recover them in time or be trapped forever?
Ascension VR
WHY THIS
Another title from Temple Gates Games, the studio behind Shards of Infinity. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Now updated with the War of Shadows expansion and support for motion controls! Come try out the expansion with the devs, Tuesday nights at 8pm Pacific. Ascension VR is the first deckbuilding Virtual Reality experience.
Dominion
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a competitive mood with Shards of Infinity.
Another title from Temple Gates Games, the studio behind Shards of Infinity. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Dominion
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a competitive mood with Shards of Infinity.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.
Root
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Shards of Infinity.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!
Concordia: Digital Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Shards of Infinity.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Shards of Infinity.
Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️
Frequently asked about Shards of Infinity
- Does Shards of Infinity run on Steam Deck?
- Shards of Infinity is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Shards of Infinity cost?
- Shards of Infinity is listed on Steam at 5.59 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Shards of Infinity have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Shards of Infinity supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Shards of Infinity?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shards of Infinity are Dominion, Mystic Vale, Spectromancer.
- Who developed Shards of Infinity?
- Shards of Infinity was developed by Temple Gates Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Shards of Infinity.
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