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Games like Hadean Tactics

If Hadean Tactics is your kind of game, the closest matches are SpellRogue, Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles and Balatro — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and intense. 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 Hadean Tactics: Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!

2023StrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOS · Linuxby Emberfish Games
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  1. SpellRogue

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a whimsical mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building, procedural generation and an intense mood with Hadean Tactics.

    Third-strongest match for Hadean Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hadean Tactics.

    The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Wildfrost

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning, deck building and a challenging mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…

    2023StrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. StarVaders

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a contemplative mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure17.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning, deck building and a challenging mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    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 ↗
  7. Monster Train

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning, deck building and a challenging mood with Hadean Tactics.

    Ranked #7 for Hadean Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Hadean Tactics.

    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 ↗
  8. Luck be a Landlord

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Hadean Tactics

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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning, deck building and a challenging mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    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 ↗
  2. Gladiator Guild Manager

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Monster Train

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning, deck building and a challenging mood with Hadean Tactics.

    Reviewers of Hadean Tactics cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Hadean Tactics.

    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 ↗
  4. Legendary Creatures 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning and a whimsical mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    Sequel to the acclaimed Legendary Creatures, created by HideChara, and a fun treat combining both roguelike and auto-battler gameplay. Recruit and evolve a large array of troops, creatures, and an arsenal of weapons, to defeat the demon lord spreading corruption across the land.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building, procedural generation and an intense mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!

    2026StrategyIndieEarly Access24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Hadean Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hadean Tactics.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Hadean Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hadean Tactics.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Hadean Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hadean Tactics.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Hadean Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hadean Tactics.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~89% under Hadean Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hadean Tactics.

    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 ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Hadean Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hadean Tactics.

    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.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hadean Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hadean Tactics.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Hadean Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hadean Tactics.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

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

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hadean Tactics.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 Hadean Tactics.

    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!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. It gets so lonely here

    WHY THIS

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

    A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?

    2023IndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hadean Tactics.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shape of Dreams: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    《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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. SpellRogue

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a whimsical mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building, procedural generation and an intense mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Wildfrost

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning, deck building and a challenging mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…

    2023StrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. StarVaders

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a contemplative mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure17.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning, deck building and a challenging mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    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 ↗
  6. Luck be a Landlord

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Hadean Tactics.

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

    Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hadean Tactics

Is Hadean Tactics verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Hadean Tactics 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 Hadean Tactics cost?
Hadean Tactics is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Hadean Tactics?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hadean Tactics are SpellRogue, Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles, Balatro.
Who developed Hadean Tactics?
Hadean Tactics was developed by Emberfish Games.

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