Games like Usurper
If Usurper is your kind of game, the closest matches are Monster Train, Pawnbarian and StarVaders — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its campaign scales difficulty dynamically, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Usurper: A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where your King is your strongest weapon. Play cards from your deck to drop units onto the battlefield and checkmate your opponent. Build your Deck, Upgrade your Ruler, and Claim the Throne.
Players who liked Usurper also play
Steam players who put hours into Usurper 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.
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Usurper.
Top pick for Usurper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
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.
Pawnbarian
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a contemplative mood with Usurper.
Second-strongest match for Usurper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Usurper.
Third-strongest match for Usurper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
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.
Circadian Dice
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Usurper.
Ranked #4 for Usurper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
Circadian Dice is a game inspired by single-player deck-building games, but instead of upgrading a deck, you build up a set of dice! Use 10 different heroes and 60 game-warping relics to take on 13 hand-crafted scenarios, in runs that take 10-30 minutes. Lots of secrets and unlocks to discover!
Roguebook
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Usurper.
Ranked #5 for Usurper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
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!
LONESTAR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Usurper.
Ranked #6 for Usurper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
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!
Isle of Swaps
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, roguelite progression, roguelite and a contemplative mood with Usurper.
Ranked #7 for Usurper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
Grab your cards, it's time to swap! Battle your school pals in this roguelite deckbuilder where you'll trade for new cards when you win defeat them and rip open booster packs looking for rare cards. Conquer everyones dungeon decks to become Critter Champion of the Playground!
Wildfrost
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Usurper.
Ranked #8 for Usurper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Reviewers mention these as similar to Usurper
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an immersive mood with Usurper.
Reviewers of Usurper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
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!
Pawnbarian
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a contemplative mood with Usurper.
Reviewers of Usurper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!
The Ouroboros King
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Usurper.
Reviewers of Usurper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes. Assemble a formidable army, discover powerful relics, and buy surprising gadgets to defeat the Coven.
Balatro
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, meta progression, retro and a competitive mood with Usurper.
Reviewers of Usurper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
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 Usurper at current Steam store prices.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Usurper on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~85% under Usurper on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
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!
Tower Wizard
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Usurper on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~85% under Usurper on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~85% under Usurper on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Hexcells Plus
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Usurper on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Lords of the Realm II
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Usurper on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
The great Lords of England have their eyes on the the English throne! Muster an army and overrun your enemies' castles in this classic, nail-biting strategy game that blends turn-based and real-time gameplay.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Electoral Carnage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
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!
NERTS! Online
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
NERTS! Online is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends, played the same way we play it at the Zachtronics office!
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
Counter-Strike 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
Dota 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.
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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.
Pawnbarian
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a contemplative mood with Usurper.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Usurper.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
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.
LONESTAR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Usurper.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
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!
Wildfrost
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Usurper.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Usurper.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Frequently asked about Usurper
- Does Usurper run on Steam Deck?
- Usurper is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Usurper cost?
- Usurper is listed on Steam at 6.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Usurper have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Usurper supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to Usurper?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Usurper are Monster Train, Pawnbarian, StarVaders.
- Who developed Usurper?
- Usurper was developed by Rogue Brain Studios.
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