Games like Zoeti
If Zoeti is your kind of game, the closest matches are StarVaders, Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles and Balatro — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Zoeti: Zoeti is a turn-based roguelite that features a deck of playing cards used to create card combos and activate skills in the heat of battle. Bolster your arsenal of skills through battles, discoverable upgrades, or aid from the locals which enhance your plays to overcome the evil plaguing your land.

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StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Zoeti.
Top pick for Zoeti fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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.
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Zoeti.
Second-strongest match for Zoeti fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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.
Balatro
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Zoeti.
Third-strongest match for Zoeti fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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.
Skogdal
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Zoeti.
Ranked #4 for Zoeti fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
A deckbuilding adventure card game set in a rustic Norwegian town during the 90's. Recruit followers, draft cards and build powerful combos. Explore a hand-crafted world across multiple runs and uncover an unsettling mystery…
Pirates Outlaws
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Zoeti.
Ranked #5 for Zoeti fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Zoeti.
Ranked #6 for Zoeti fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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!
Banners of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Zoeti.
Ranked #7 for Zoeti fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Zoeti.
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.
Hadean Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Zoeti.
Ranked #8 for Zoeti fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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!
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Zoeti.
Reviewers of Zoeti cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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!
Roguebook
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Zoeti.
Reviewers of Zoeti cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Zoeti.
Reviewers of Zoeti cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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...
Poker Quest: Swords and Spades
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Zoeti.
Reviewers of Zoeti cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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.
Balatro
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Zoeti.
Reviewers of Zoeti cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Zoeti at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Zoeti on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Zoeti.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Zoeti on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zoeti.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Zoeti on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Zoeti.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Zoeti on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Zoeti.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Zoeti on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zoeti.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Zoeti.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Zoeti.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zoeti.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zoeti.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zoeti.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Zoeti.
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.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Zoeti.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Zoeti.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Zoeti.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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.
Balatro
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Zoeti.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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.
Pirates Outlaws
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Zoeti.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Zoeti.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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!
Hadean Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Zoeti.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zoeti.
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!
Frequently asked about Zoeti
- Is Zoeti verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Zoeti 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 Zoeti cost?
- Zoeti is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Zoeti?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Zoeti are StarVaders, Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles, Balatro.
- Who developed Zoeti?
- Zoeti was developed by Dusklight CO., LTD. and published by Akupara Games.
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 Zoeti.
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