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Games like Card Hog

If Card Hog is your kind of game, the closest matches are For The King, Insane Robots and Banners of Ruin — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, funny and lighthearted. 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.

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About Card Hog: Card Hog is a pig-based dungeon crawler with roguelike and deck building elements. Take the role of an adventurous hog and interact with more than 100 cards of dangerous enemies, powerful weapons and exciting spells!

2023StrategyIndieRPGCasual1.79 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby SnoutUp
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Absurd humor and pig protagonistFast paced tactical card playMultiple game modes and workshop supportChillFunnyLighthearted

Players who liked Card Hog also play

Steam players who put hours into Card Hog 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.

  1. For The King

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management with Card Hog.

    Top pick for Card Hog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Hog.

    For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Insane Robots

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with Card Hog.

    Second-strongest match for Card Hog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Hog.

    Fight to the DEATH in this unique card battler. Compete in intense one-on-one duels. Lead a riotous robot rebellion through randomly generated survival arenas. Overthrow a malevolent robot despot in the epic 15+ hour single-player campaign. Insane Robots is card battling... HACKED!


    2018StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Banners of Ruin

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Card Hog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Card Hog.

    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.

    2021StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Dicey Dungeons

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Card Hog.

    Ranked #4 for Card Hog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Hog.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Pirates Outlaws

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a whimsical mood with Card Hog.

    Ranked #5 for Card Hog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Hog.

    Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. One Step From Eden

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Card Hog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Hog.

    Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Deep Sky Derelicts

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Card Hog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Hog.

    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.

    2018StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Iris and the Giant

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a whimsical mood with Card Hog.

    Ranked #8 for Card Hog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Hog.

    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?

    2020StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Card Hog

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Pyrene

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a whimsical mood with Card Hog.

    Reviewers of Card Hog cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Hog.

    Defeat hellish monsters and rebuild your home in Pyrene, a fast paced roguelike dungeon-crawler. Play with different heroes & spells, collect powerful relics to upgrade your deck while uncovering the mysteries behind your village’s destruction.

    2024StrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Slime Rancher

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a whimsical mood with Card Hog.

    Reviewers of Card Hog cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Card Hog.

    Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Card Hog cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Hog.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Monster Sanctuary

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Card Hog cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Hog.

    Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Monster Train

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Card Hog cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Card Hog.

    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.

    2020Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Card Hog at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Card Hog on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Card Hog.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Card Hog on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Card Hog.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Card Hog on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Card Hog.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Card Hog on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Hog.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Card Hog on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Card Hog.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Card Hog on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Card Hog.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Card Hog on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Card Hog.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Card Hog on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Card Hog.

    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.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Card Hog.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Card Hog.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Card Hog.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Card Hog.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Card Hog.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Card Hog.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Card Hog.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Card Hog.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Dicey Dungeons

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Card Hog.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Hog.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Pirates Outlaws

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a whimsical mood with Card Hog.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Hog.

    Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. One Step From Eden

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Hog.

    Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Iris and the Giant

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a whimsical mood with Card Hog.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Hog.

    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?

    2020StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Card Hog

Does Card Hog run on Steam Deck?
Card Hog 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 Card Hog cost?
Card Hog is listed on Steam at 1.79 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Card Hog have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Card Hog supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
What games are most similar to Card Hog?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Card Hog are For The King, Insane Robots, Banners of Ruin.
Who developed Card Hog?
Card Hog was developed by SnoutUp.

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 Card Hog.

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