Games like Cardaclysm
If Cardaclysm is your kind of game, the closest matches are Roguebook, Duelyst and Trials of Fire — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and grim. 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 Cardaclysm: Face the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in epic card battles! Cardaclysm: Shards of the Four is a procedurally generated collectible card game mixed with action RPG elements. Collect creature and spell cards throughout your journey and unleash their power if anyone opposes you!
Players who liked Cardaclysm also play
Steam players who put hours into Cardaclysm 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.
Roguebook
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Cardaclysm.
Top pick for Cardaclysm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Cardaclysm.
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!
Duelyst
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Cardaclysm.
Second-strongest match for Cardaclysm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Cardaclysm.
The depth of CCG meets the strategy of tabletop gaming in Duelyst! Every choice matters, from your General and deck to positioning on the 9x5 battleboard. Competitive head-to-head turn-based battles at its best!
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Cardaclysm.
Third-strongest match for Cardaclysm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Cardaclysm.
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!
Artifact
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Cardaclysm.
Ranked #4 for Cardaclysm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Cardaclysm.
Artifact now features two games: Artifact Classic, the original Dota 2 trading card game, and Artifact Foundry, a special edition with streamlined gameplay, new cards, new single-player content, and an improved new player experience.
Black Book
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a contemplative mood with Cardaclysm.
Ranked #5 for Cardaclysm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Cardaclysm.
“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.
Gordian Quest
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Cardaclysm.
Ranked #6 for Cardaclysm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Cardaclysm.
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
Children of Zodiarcs
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a contemplative mood with Cardaclysm.
Ranked #7 for Cardaclysm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Cardaclysm.
A story-driven, tactical RPG set in the fantasy realm of Lumus; a world divided by affluence and poverty. Take control of Nahmi and her fellow outcasts, utilising a brand new deck and dice based combat system to strike a blow to the noble Lords’ and Ladies’ unquenchable thirst for profit.
Nowhere Prophet
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a contemplative mood with Cardaclysm.
Ranked #8 for Cardaclysm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Cardaclysm.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Cardaclysm
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Cardaclysm.
Reviewers of Cardaclysm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Cardaclysm.
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!
Mass Effect (2007)
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Cardaclysm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Cardaclysm.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist : Link Evolution
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Cardaclysm cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Build your Deck from over 10,000 cards and take on the most iconic Duelists from the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe. Relive the stories from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! animated series through Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cardaclysm at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Cardaclysm on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Cardaclysm.
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 ~50% under Cardaclysm on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Cardaclysm.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Cardaclysm.
Priced ~58% under Cardaclysm on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Cardaclysm.
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 ~47% under Cardaclysm on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Cardaclysm.
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 ~67% under Cardaclysm on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Cardaclysm.
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.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Cardaclysm on Steam right now.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Cardaclysm on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Cardaclysm.
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.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Cardaclysm on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Cardaclysm.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Cardaclysm.
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.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Cardaclysm.
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 RPG with Cardaclysm.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Cardaclysm.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
one night, hot springs
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
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More from Elder Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Elder Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Soulslinger: Envoy of Death
WHY THIS
Shares roguelite progression and a punishing mood with Cardaclysm.
Another title from Elder Games, the studio behind Cardaclysm.
You are a gunslinger in limbo, involved in a gritty war against "The Cartel", a ruthless organization harvesting souls to break free of the shackles of the afterlife. Grow stronger with each new run, gather the essence of lost souls to take on the biggest threats in this rogue-lite FPS!
Everreach: Project Eden
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Cardaclysm.
Another title from Elder Games, the studio behind Cardaclysm. Shares RPG with Cardaclysm.
Take on the role of Nora Harwood, member of Everreach’s Security Division, on a mission to secure the colonization process of Eden and investigate mysterious incidents! Everreach: Project Eden is a fast-paced, story-driven action-RPG set on the visually stunning Planet Eden.
Meridian: New World
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Cardaclysm.
Another title from Elder Games, the studio behind Cardaclysm. Shares Strategy with Cardaclysm.
Slip into the role of Daniel Hanson, commander of the first mission to a remote planet called Meridian. Assured of the fact that the planet is uninhabited, the unexpected reception of a distress call from the surface could mean many things, none of which you are prepared for.
Solar Shifter EX
WHY THIS
Another title from Elder Games, the studio behind Cardaclysm.
Warp into action with Solar Shifter EX. Man your ship and dive into fierce combat situations in space and over beautiful and distant planet surfaces. Solar Shifter EX is a sci-fi shoot 'em up with the unique ability to 'shift'.
Meridian: Squad 22
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Cardaclysm.
Another title from Elder Games, the studio behind Cardaclysm. Shares Strategy with Cardaclysm.
Meridian: Squad 22 is a single-player science-fiction real-time strategy game with a focus on base building and advanced tactics. Every single choice, every tactical decision you make, shapes the outcome of your story.
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 deck building and a challenging mood with Cardaclysm.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Cardaclysm.
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!
Gordian Quest
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Cardaclysm.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Cardaclysm.
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
Children of Zodiarcs
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a contemplative mood with Cardaclysm.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Cardaclysm.
A story-driven, tactical RPG set in the fantasy realm of Lumus; a world divided by affluence and poverty. Take control of Nahmi and her fellow outcasts, utilising a brand new deck and dice based combat system to strike a blow to the noble Lords’ and Ladies’ unquenchable thirst for profit.
Nowhere Prophet
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a contemplative mood with Cardaclysm.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Cardaclysm.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
Frequently asked about Cardaclysm
- Is Cardaclysm verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Cardaclysm 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 Cardaclysm cost?
- Cardaclysm is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Cardaclysm?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cardaclysm are Roguebook, Duelyst, Trials of Fire.
- Who developed Cardaclysm?
- Cardaclysm was developed by Elder Games and published by Headup.
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 Cardaclysm.
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