Games like Defense Cards
If Defense Cards is your kind of game, the closest matches are Burst Hero, Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot and One Step From Eden — 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 Defense Cards: Defense Card is a very creative barrage shooting game. It combines the gameplay of barrage shooting and card use. It also has a random in-game growth mechanism, making it an addictive and fast-paced bullet hell game. curtain shooter
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Burst Hero
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Top pick for Defense Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Defense Cards.
Burst Hero is a pixel roguelike shooting survival game. You can choose heroes with different abilities and use various weapons to resist a steady stream of enemies. In the battle, you can customize your build by weapons bullets and cards. Each battle will have different experiences and challenges.
Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot
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Second-strongest match for Defense Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Defense Cards.
Welcome to Slime 3K, an unhinged roguelite bullet-heaven set in the Despot’s Game universe! Build a deck of crazy weapons, grow stronger and devour hordes of pink puny humans as a murderous jelly blob on a warpath of death, violence and pretzels.
One Step From Eden
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Third-strongest match for Defense Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Defense Cards.
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
Peace Data
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Ranked #4 for Defense Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Defense Cards.
Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.
Larva Mortus
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Ranked #5 for Defense Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Defense Cards.
Larva Mortus is a fast-paced hack and slash top-down shooter. As an agent specializing in exorcism, you are tasked to hunt monsters of the supernatural in a dark, ominous, and randomly generated atmosphere full of undead, terrifying and demonic nightmares.
Stellar Interface
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Ranked #6 for Defense Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Defense Cards.
Run through the universe in this rogue-like-ish space-shooter. Discover the numerous perks/consumables and their synergistic effects. Explore the randomly-generated galaxy to find merchants, unlock spacecrafts, collect Cartridges and checkmark your kills of the various galactic overlords.
Balatro
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Ranked #7 for Defense Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Defense Cards.
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.
Apocalypse Party
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Ranked #8 for Defense Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Defense Cards.
Apocalypse Party is a 3D top-down action Roguelike game. In this game, you will embark on a new mission to traverse through the Middle Ages and gradually master abilities, and arm yourself to become the strongest survivor through numerous choices.
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Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Defense Cards.
Welcome to Slime 3K, an unhinged roguelite bullet-heaven set in the Despot’s Game universe! Build a deck of crazy weapons, grow stronger and devour hordes of pink puny humans as a murderous jelly blob on a warpath of death, violence and pretzels.
One Step From Eden
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Defense Cards.
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
Balatro
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Defense Cards.
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.
Frequently asked about Defense Cards
- Is Defense Cards free to play?
- Yes — Defense Cards is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Defense Cards?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Defense Cards are Burst Hero, Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot, One Step From Eden.
- Who developed Defense Cards?
- Defense Cards was developed by ZhangTianFeng, Morningstar Studios and published by Morningstar Studios.
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