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Games like Rogue Voltage

If Rogue Voltage is your kind of game, the closest matches are StarVaders, LONESTAR and Clonizer — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its characters play completely differently, atmospheric 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.

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About Rogue Voltage: The engineering roguelike. Construct your combos by wiring circuits. Build crazy machines to zap the monsters and trigger satisfying chain reactions. Discover devastating synergies and create overpowered builds.

2026StrategyIndieSimulationRPG9.91 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · Linuxby Horizont Computergrafik
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Steam players who put hours into Rogue Voltage 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.

  1. StarVaders

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Rogue Voltage.

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

    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 ↗
  2. LONESTAR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Rogue Voltage.

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

    LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Clonizer

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based tactics and a whimsical mood with Rogue Voltage.

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

    Clonizer combines Hex-based tactics and roguelike deckbuilding! Play cards, manage clones, explore unique charming planets and outsmart aliens. Craft a powerful deck through your expedition and Clonize the universe to become employee of the month of CLONPO!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. SpellRogue

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Rogue Voltage.

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

    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 ↗
  5. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Rogue Voltage.

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

    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 ↗
  6. Crush the Industry

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Rogue Voltage.

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

    Work your way to the top of a cutthroat game studio in this retro roguelike deckbuilder! Crush the Industry features strategic combat with a unique twist and deep replayability.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG7.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Rogue Voltage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Voltage.

    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 ↗
  8. Trials of Fire

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2021StrategyIndieRPG3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Rogue Voltage

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

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

    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. Backpack Hero

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Rogue Voltage.

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

    The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Rogue Voltage.

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

    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 ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Rogue Voltage on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rogue Voltage.

    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 ~50% under Rogue Voltage on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Rogue Voltage.

    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 ~50% under Rogue Voltage on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Voltage.

    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 ~50% under Rogue Voltage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rogue Voltage.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Rogue Voltage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rogue Voltage.

    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 ~50% under Rogue Voltage on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Rogue Voltage.

    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 ~70% under Rogue Voltage on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rogue Voltage.

    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 ~50% under Rogue Voltage on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Rogue Voltage.

    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. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Rogue Voltage.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rogue Voltage.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Rogue Voltage.

    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 ↗
  4. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Rogue Voltage.

    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 ↗
  5. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Crusader Kings II

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rogue Voltage.

    Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

    2012StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Limbus Company

    WHY THIS

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

    As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.

    2023FreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. AdVenture Capitalist

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!

    2015IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck 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. StarVaders

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Rogue Voltage.

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

    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 ↗
  2. LONESTAR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Rogue Voltage.

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

    LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Clonizer

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based tactics and a whimsical mood with Rogue Voltage.

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

    Clonizer combines Hex-based tactics and roguelike deckbuilding! Play cards, manage clones, explore unique charming planets and outsmart aliens. Craft a powerful deck through your expedition and Clonize the universe to become employee of the month of CLONPO!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. SpellRogue

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Rogue Voltage.

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

    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 ↗
  5. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Rogue Voltage.

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

    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 ↗
  6. Crush the Industry

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Rogue Voltage.

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

    Work your way to the top of a cutthroat game studio in this retro roguelike deckbuilder! Crush the Industry features strategic combat with a unique twist and deep replayability.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG7.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Trials of Fire

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2021StrategyIndieRPG3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Rogue Voltage

Is Rogue Voltage verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Rogue Voltage 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 Rogue Voltage cost?
Rogue Voltage is listed on Steam at 9.91 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Rogue Voltage?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rogue Voltage are StarVaders, LONESTAR, Clonizer.
Who developed Rogue Voltage?
Rogue Voltage was developed by Horizont Computergrafik and published by Horizont Computergrafik, IndieArk.

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