Games like Banners of Ruin
If Banners of Ruin is your kind of game, the closest matches are Roguebook, Trials of Fire and Monster Train — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical positioning matters, unique character design and writing quality is exceptional. 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 →Banners of Ruin is a strategy RPG that combines roguelike deckbuilding with tactical positioning across turn-based encounters. Players assemble a party of up to six characters and progress through the city of Dawn's Point, where random events shape each run. The game features character progression with unique cards and abilities for each party member, creating varied deck combinations. Set in 2021 with a $19.99 price point, it offers substantial strategic depth for players seeking challenging gameplay. Reviewers note the tactical positioning system significantly impacts combat effectiveness, while players highlight the distinct character designs as a compelling hook. The game runs playably on Steam Deck and maintains a 79% positive rating from 1239 Steam reviews.
About Banners of Ruin: Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.
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Roguebook
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Shares an immersive mood with Banners of Ruin.
Top pick for Banners of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Banners of Ruin.
Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Banners of Ruin.
Second-strongest match for Banners of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Banners of Ruin.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning and a challenging mood with Banners of Ruin.
Third-strongest match for Banners of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Banners of Ruin.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning and an immersive mood with Banners of Ruin.
Ranked #4 for Banners of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Banners of Ruin.
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!
A Long Way Down
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Banners of Ruin.
Ranked #5 for Banners of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Banners of Ruin.
A deck-building roguelite RPG set in a dark and tormented world. Assemble your party and use your cards to survive, fight and build your way through a dark maze of monsters orchestrated by an evil mastermind. Your choices will lead you to judgement.
Iris and the Giant
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Ranked #6 for Banners of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Banners of Ruin.
Iris and The Giant is a fusion of the CCG, RPG and roguelike genres. You play as Iris, who must brave her fears in her imaginary world. Dive into a melancholic and gripping adventure, filled with cute monsters and buried memories. Ready to face your inner demons?
Wildfrost
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning and an immersive mood with Banners of Ruin.
Ranked #7 for Banners of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Banners of Ruin.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Deep Sky Derelicts
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Banners of Ruin.
Ranked #8 for Banners of Ruin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Banners of Ruin.
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Banners of Ruin at current Steam store prices.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Banners of Ruin on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Banners of Ruin.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~75% under Banners of Ruin on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Banners of Ruin.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Banners of Ruin on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Banners of Ruin.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning and an immersive mood with Banners of Ruin.
Priced ~69% under Banners of Ruin on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Banners of Ruin.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Banners of Ruin on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Banners of Ruin.
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...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Banners of Ruin on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Banners of Ruin.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Banners of Ruin.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Banners of Ruin.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Saihate Station
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Banners of Ruin.
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Banners of Ruin.
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!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Banners of Ruin.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Banners of Ruin.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Banners of Ruin.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning and an immersive mood with Banners of Ruin.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Banners of Ruin.
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!
Iris and the Giant
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Banners of Ruin.
Iris and The Giant is a fusion of the CCG, RPG and roguelike genres. You play as Iris, who must brave her fears in her imaginary world. Dive into a melancholic and gripping adventure, filled with cute monsters and buried memories. Ready to face your inner demons?
Wildfrost
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning and an immersive mood with Banners of Ruin.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Banners of Ruin.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Frequently asked about Banners of Ruin
- Does Banners of Ruin run on Steam Deck?
- Banners of Ruin 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 Banners of Ruin cost?
- Banners of Ruin is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Banners of Ruin?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Banners of Ruin are Roguebook, Trials of Fire, Monster Train.
- Who developed Banners of Ruin?
- Banners of Ruin was developed by MonteBearo and published by Goblinz Publishing, Maple Whispering Limited.
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