Games like Tales of the Deck
If Tales of the Deck is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dragon Call, Erannorth Reborn and Slay the Spire — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Tales of the Deck: The land is in danger, and retro RPG card strategy is its only hope! Gather a party of three brave pixel heroes, each with unique spell cards. As a single player, adventure through a series of monsters and tactical challenges. Fall in battle, and your story is cut short.
Players who liked Tales of the Deck also play
Steam players who put hours into Tales of the Deck 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.
Dragon Call
WHY THIS
Top pick for Tales of the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tales of the Deck.
"Dragon Call" is a non P2W card game. In the ancient war, the demigods expelled the Dragon Legion, but the effects of the war will never disappear. For thousands of years, intruders often ravaged the land. Now the summoners rise, they can use the energy of the earth to summon various helpers.
Erannorth Reborn
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Tales of the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tales of the Deck.
Erannorth Reborn is a hardcore sandbox Card Game with heavy emphasis on Deck-Building, Character Customization and Moddability. Create unique characters with distinctive attributes, racial/class skills and perks that affect your cards. Adjust and adapt your deck & equipment on-the-fly.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Tales of the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tales of the Deck.
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!
Commander Quest
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Tales of the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tales of the Deck.
Congratulations! You just found a 'one of a kind' roguelike that combines deck-building card game and auto battle strategy game! Consider unit counters, then create powerful synergy by breaking down the boundaries between the battlefield and cards, then lead your army to victory!
Dicey Dungeons
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Tales of the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tales of the Deck.
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!
Blood Card 2: Dark Mist
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Tales of the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tales of the Deck.
Dark Mist is a card game that combines elements of the roguelike deckbuilder genre with enemies that appear in waves. Defeat monsters and level up during battle to keep yourself going.
Spellsword Cards: Origins
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Tales of the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tales of the Deck.
A rogue-like deck-building experience set in the dark fantasy world of Port Haven. Featuring innovative CARD FUSION, CARD UPGRADES & CARD CYCLING systems.
Poker Quest: Swords and Spades
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Tales of the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tales of the Deck.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tales of the Deck at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tales of the Deck on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Tales of the Deck.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tales of the Deck on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Tales of the Deck.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tales of the Deck on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tales of the Deck.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tales of the Deck on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Tales of the Deck.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Tales of the Deck on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of the Deck.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tales of the Deck on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Tales of the Deck.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Tales of the Deck on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tales of the Deck.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tales of the Deck on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Tales of the Deck.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Tales of the Deck.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tales of the Deck.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of the Deck.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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 Tales of the Deck.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of the Deck.
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!
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tales of the Deck.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tales of the Deck.
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Frequently asked about Tales of the Deck
- How much does Tales of the Deck cost?
- Tales of the Deck is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tales of the Deck?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tales of the Deck are Dragon Call, Erannorth Reborn, Slay the Spire.
- Who developed Tales of the Deck?
- Tales of the Deck was developed by One Bit Factory.
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 Tales of the Deck.
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