Games like HELLCARD
If HELLCARD is your kind of game, the closest matches are Across the Obelisk, HELLCARD: Prologue and Slay the Spire — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chase overpowered builds, atmospheric and challenging. 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 →Hellcard is a 2024 strategy indie RPG from developers Thing Trunk, published by Skystone Games. Players descend through twelve dungeon floors per run, building decks and selecting artifacts along the way. The game features character-locked progression and randomized enemy buffs, with meta-progression unlocking new artifacts over time. Reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric and intense, with deck-building often functioning as trial and error. The co-op mode allows players to join online lobbies together, and the ability to suspend runs lets players continue their dungeon descent later. The game costs $8.74 USD and is verified to run on Steam Deck, holding an 89 percent positive rating from over 1,600 Steam reviews.
About HELLCARD: Hellcard is a unique cooperative deck builder rogue-like game. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other players' lobbies in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!
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Across the Obelisk
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with HELLCARD.
Top pick for HELLCARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with HELLCARD.
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!
HELLCARD: Prologue
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with HELLCARD.
Second-strongest match for HELLCARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with HELLCARD.
HELLCARD: Prologue lets you try the main game's Singleplayer and Multiplayer modes. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other gamers in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with HELLCARD.
Third-strongest match for HELLCARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with HELLCARD.
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!
Slay the Spire 2
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, meta progression and an intense mood with HELLCARD.
Ranked #4 for HELLCARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with HELLCARD.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Deep Sky Derelicts
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with HELLCARD.
Ranked #5 for HELLCARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with HELLCARD.
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.
Roguebook
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HELLCARD.
Ranked #6 for HELLCARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with HELLCARD.
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!
Black Book
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with HELLCARD.
Ranked #7 for HELLCARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with HELLCARD.
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
Gloomhaven
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with HELLCARD.
Ranked #8 for HELLCARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with HELLCARD.
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below HELLCARD at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under HELLCARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HELLCARD.
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 ~43% under HELLCARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with HELLCARD.
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 ~43% under HELLCARD on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with HELLCARD.
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 ~43% under HELLCARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HELLCARD.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under HELLCARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with HELLCARD.
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 ~43% under HELLCARD on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with HELLCARD.
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 ~66% under HELLCARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HELLCARD.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under HELLCARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with HELLCARD.
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.
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Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with HELLCARD.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with HELLCARD.
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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 Indie with HELLCARD.
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 Indie and Adventure with HELLCARD.
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!
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with HELLCARD.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with HELLCARD.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
Counter-Strike 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
Dota 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with HELLCARD.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
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HELLCARD: Prologue
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with HELLCARD.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with HELLCARD.
HELLCARD: Prologue lets you try the main game's Singleplayer and Multiplayer modes. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other gamers in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with HELLCARD.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with HELLCARD.
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!
Slay the Spire 2
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, meta progression and an intense mood with HELLCARD.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with HELLCARD.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Frequently asked about HELLCARD
- Is HELLCARD verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — HELLCARD is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does HELLCARD cost?
- HELLCARD is listed on Steam at 8.74 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does HELLCARD have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — HELLCARD supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to HELLCARD?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HELLCARD are Across the Obelisk, HELLCARD: Prologue, Slay the Spire.
- Who developed HELLCARD?
- HELLCARD was developed by Thing Trunk and published by Skystone Games.
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