Games like CardScrawl
If CardScrawl is your kind of game, the closest matches are Throne of Bone, LuckLand and Pairs & Perils — 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 CardScrawl: Enter the Chaotic Tower and take part in the Tower Lord's gambit in this Old-School, Tactical, Roguelike Deckbuilder. Wielding the power of your Creature and Enchantment decks, the limits of your strategy will be tested. The Tower Lord awaits a worthy opponent. Are you ready?
Players who liked CardScrawl also play
Steam players who put hours into CardScrawl 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.
Throne of Bone
WHY THIS
Top pick for CardScrawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with CardScrawl.
Draft minions to defeat all who oppose the noble art of necromancy. Wield spells, discover dark relics, and reclaim your castle to unite the land through undeath in this unholy amalgam of roguelike, deckbuilder, and autobattler.
LuckLand
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for CardScrawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CardScrawl.
LuckLand is a strategy casual game that combines elements such as card building and Roguelike. To achieve ultimate victory, all you need to do is rotate the chessboard. This game does not include any real world currency gambling or micro trading.
Pairs & Perils
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for CardScrawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CardScrawl.
Pairs & Perils is a memory-game roguelike and dungeon crawler. Match cards to attack enemies, avoid traps, shop for relics and consumables. Sharpen your mind as you journey through the depths of the dungeon in search of The Dealer.
Prime of Flames
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for CardScrawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CardScrawl.
This is a special strategy game that combines Wargame and Roguelike. As the guider of the former ancestors, you revived and arrived. In the name of Star Envoy, you leave for the Human camp, and lead the warriors of different clans with talents and abilities to find the truth of history and disaster.
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for CardScrawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CardScrawl.
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.
Monster Train 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for CardScrawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CardScrawl.
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
Loop Hero
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for CardScrawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CardScrawl.
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Tainted Grail: Conquest
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for CardScrawl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CardScrawl.
A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CardScrawl at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CardScrawl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CardScrawl.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CardScrawl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CardScrawl.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CardScrawl on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with CardScrawl.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CardScrawl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CardScrawl.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under CardScrawl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CardScrawl.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CardScrawl on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with CardScrawl.
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.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under CardScrawl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CardScrawl.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CardScrawl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CardScrawl.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CardScrawl.
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.
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 CardScrawl.
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!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with CardScrawl.
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.
Wheelchair Wizards
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CardScrawl.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with CardScrawl.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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.
Dota Underlords
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with CardScrawl.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Pairs & Perils
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with CardScrawl.
Pairs & Perils is a memory-game roguelike and dungeon crawler. Match cards to attack enemies, avoid traps, shop for relics and consumables. Sharpen your mind as you journey through the depths of the dungeon in search of The Dealer.
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with CardScrawl.
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.
Monster Train 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with CardScrawl.
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
Tainted Grail: Conquest
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with CardScrawl.
A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.
Frequently asked about CardScrawl
- How much does CardScrawl cost?
- CardScrawl is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to CardScrawl?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CardScrawl are Throne of Bone, LuckLand, Pairs & Perils.
- Who developed CardScrawl?
- CardScrawl was developed by Mire Studios.
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 CardScrawl.
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