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Games like Souls of White Star

If Souls of White Star is your kind of game, the closest matches are Monster Train, Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend and Roguebook — 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.

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About Souls of White Star: Souls of White Star is a sci-fi turn-based card wargame Roguelike strategy game. The different design of [double-sided technology moving cards] and [bandwidth draw cost] will test your judgment and decision more!

2023StrategyIndieAdventureRPGEarly Access4.49 USDWindowsby Souls of Star Game Lab.
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Cards double as actions and resourcesDeep resource management with bandwidth systemDual sided card system minimizes bad hand frustrationAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into Souls of White Star 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. Monster Train

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Souls of White Star.

    Top pick for Souls of White Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Souls of White Star.

    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 ↗
  2. Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Souls of White Star.

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

    Welcome to Eientei, combine multiple colors of mana to build your ideal deck, duel with gensokyo girls, and chase back the mysterious moon treasure. Also, enjoy the unpredictable Roguelike with fantasy Danmaku!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure23.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Roguebook

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Souls of White Star.

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

    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!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Clonizer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Souls of White Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Souls of White Star.

    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 ↗
  5. LONESTAR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Souls of White Star.

    Ranked #5 for Souls of White Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Souls of White Star.

    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 ↗
  6. Banners of Ruin

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Souls of White Star.

    Ranked #6 for Souls of White Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Souls of White Star.

    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.

    2021StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Dice & Fold

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Souls of White Star.

    Ranked #7 for Souls of White Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Souls of White Star.

    A turn-based dungeon crawler where your only way of attacking the enemy is by rolling dice. Roll dice to damage enemy cards to FOLD. Inspired by classic Solitaire, in a top-down table and enemies made out of cards, try to beat the dungeon with 35 unique classes. Build your deck, kill monsters.

    2024StrategyIndieRPG5.19 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Deep Sky Derelicts

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Souls of White Star.

    Ranked #8 for Souls of White Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Souls of White Star.

    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.

    2018StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Souls of White Star

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. Stellaris

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Souls of White Star.

    Reviewers of Souls of White Star cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Souls of White Star.

    Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.

    2016StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Souls of White Star.

    Reviewers of Souls of White Star cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Souls of White Star.

    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 ↗
  3. Tactics Ogre: Reborn

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Souls of White Star.

    Reviewers of Souls of White Star cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Souls of White Star.

    Tactics Ogre, crown jewel of the tactical role-playing genre, is reborn! Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots.

    2022SimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Souls of White Star cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear.  A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.

    2013Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Disgaea PC

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Souls of White Star.

    Reviewers of Souls of White Star cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Souls of White Star.

    The hotheaded Laharl seeks to be the next big Overlord in the Netherworld...and will destroy anyone that gets in his way! With his devious vassal Etna and the angel trainee Flonne as his unlikely allies, he must battle his way to supremacy and retake the throne in this over-the-top RPG adventure!

    2016RPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Darkest Dungeon®

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Souls of White Star cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Souls of White Star.

    Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

    2016StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. XCOM® 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Souls of White Star.

    Reviewers of Souls of White Star cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Souls of White Star.

    XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

    2016Strategy2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Souls of White Star at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Souls of White Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Souls of White Star.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Souls of White Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Souls of White Star.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Souls of White Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Souls of White Star.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Souls of White Star on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Souls of White Star.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Souls of White Star on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Souls of White Star.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Souls of White Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Souls of White Star.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Souls of White Star on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Souls of White Star.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Souls of White Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Souls of White Star.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 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 Adventure with Souls of White Star.

    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. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Souls of White Star.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Souls of White Star.

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Saihate Station

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Souls of White Star.

    An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

    2025IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Lily's Well

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Souls of White Star.

    It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.

    2022IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Souls of White Star.

    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 ↗
  8. 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 Souls of White Star.

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Clonizer

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Souls of White Star.

    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 ↗
  2. LONESTAR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Souls of White Star.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Souls of White Star.

    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. Dice & Fold

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Souls of White Star.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Souls of White Star.

    A turn-based dungeon crawler where your only way of attacking the enemy is by rolling dice. Roll dice to damage enemy cards to FOLD. Inspired by classic Solitaire, in a top-down table and enemies made out of cards, try to beat the dungeon with 35 unique classes. Build your deck, kill monsters.

    2024StrategyIndieRPG5.19 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Souls of White Star

Does Souls of White Star work on Steam Deck?
Souls of White Star is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Souls of White Star cost?
Souls of White Star is listed on Steam at 4.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Souls of White Star?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Souls of White Star are Monster Train, Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend, Roguebook.
Who developed Souls of White Star?
Souls of White Star was developed by Souls of Star Game Lab. and published by IndieArk.

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