Games like CARDMON
If CARDMON is your kind of game, the closest matches are Critterrupters, Axial Disc 2 and Deckmon21 — picked from the ranked list below. 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 CARDMON: CARDMON is a new adventure inspired in old monster-catching games. Jump in and explore the TOJO region while trying to catch all the Cardmon. Defeat every carder and become the Regional Cardmaster in this aestethic world!
Players who liked CARDMON also play
Steam players who put hours into CARDMON 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.
Critterrupters
WHY THIS
Top pick for CARDMON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CARDMON.
Choose your new buddy and set off on a Critterbyte adventure on Nikkolo Island! Capture Critterbytes by fulfilling their conditions and master time based battles by interrupting your opponent's turns. Assemble your team to challenge the Island's Clubs and gain new buddy abilities to explore further.
Axial Disc 2
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for CARDMON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with CARDMON.
The long awaited sequel to Axial Disc 1!
Deckmon21
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for CARDMON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CARDMON.
Deckmon21 is a card-based strategy roguelite game inspired by blackjack. As a Deckmon trainer, you command your three Deckmon in battles against other Deckmon, challenge the 5 major league gyms, and ultimately defeat the league champion to become the ultimate Deckmon Master!
Crystal Project
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for CARDMON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CARDMON.
Crystal Project is a non-linear JRPG where you are the maker of your own adventure. Explore the world while you find Crystals, unlock classes, learn abilities, and create a strategy capable of taking down the world's toughest bosses. Or just stick to exploring; it's up to you.
Coromon
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for CARDMON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CARDMON.
Coromon is a modern take on the classic monster-taming genre. Tame Coromon and explore a vast world filled with thrilling turn-based battles, brain-twisting puzzles, and a mysterious threat to the world awaiting defeat. Nobody said being a Battle Researcher was easy!
Gold and Graves
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for CARDMON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CARDMON.
Gold and Graves is a roguelike extraction game where you bribe enemies to recruit them as allies, escape the dungeon, and bring back cards, relics, and mercenaries to your village to accumulate resources. Strengthen your deck and forces with the resources you gather and challenge deeper dungeons.
Monster Crown
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for CARDMON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CARDMON.
Dive into a dark world where monsters rule and make pacts with them to defeat an evil young woman seeking power. Hunt, battle, tame and breed monsters to create your own legacy. Together with your monsters, you can restore the balance to Crown Island.
Echo Generation: Midnight Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for CARDMON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CARDMON.
Lead a gang of kids to uncover spooky mysteries, battle creatures, and explore the supernatural side of your hometown in Echo Generation, a turn-based adventure set in the 90s.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CARDMON at current Steam store prices.
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under CARDMON on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with CARDMON.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under CARDMON on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CARDMON.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under CARDMON on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with CARDMON.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under CARDMON on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CARDMON.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Shotgun Legend
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under CARDMON on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with CARDMON.
Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with CARDMON.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with CARDMON.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CARDMON.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CARDMON.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with CARDMON.
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 CARDMON.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with CARDMON.
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 Indie and RPG with CARDMON.
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.
Axial Disc 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and RPG with CARDMON.
The long awaited sequel to Axial Disc 1!
Crystal Project
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with CARDMON.
Crystal Project is a non-linear JRPG where you are the maker of your own adventure. Explore the world while you find Crystals, unlock classes, learn abilities, and create a strategy capable of taking down the world's toughest bosses. Or just stick to exploring; it's up to you.
Coromon
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with CARDMON.
Coromon is a modern take on the classic monster-taming genre. Tame Coromon and explore a vast world filled with thrilling turn-based battles, brain-twisting puzzles, and a mysterious threat to the world awaiting defeat. Nobody said being a Battle Researcher was easy!
Frequently asked about CARDMON
- How much does CARDMON cost?
- CARDMON is listed on Steam at 0.89 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to CARDMON?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CARDMON are Critterrupters, Axial Disc 2, Deckmon21.
- Who developed CARDMON?
- CARDMON was developed by Nomas 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 CARDMON.
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