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Games like Card Survival: Fantasy Forest

If Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Russian Village Simulator on Mars, Starseed and Dinkum — 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 Card Survival: Fantasy Forest: Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a card-based deep survival simulator and the next installment in the Card Survival Series. Carve yourself a home in a primordial forest that has a will of its own. A day-to-day life simulator in a world where nature reigns with mystery, beauty and sometimes cruelty.

2025StrategyIndieAdventureSimulationRPGEarly Access17.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby WinterSpring Games
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Steam players who put hours into Card Survival: Fantasy Forest 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. Russian Village Simulator on Mars

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Card Survival: Fantasy Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Develop a village colony on Mars, using various resources and bringing the unique flavor of Russian culture to the distant space.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Starseed

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Card Survival: Fantasy Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Starseed is an immersive farming sim that blends tranquility and subtle dark undertones in an atmosphere of isolation. Millions of miles from civilization, you find yourself alone on distant worlds, working without the distraction of combat. It’s a peaceful experience about saving our home world.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Dinkum

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Third-strongest match for Card Survival: Fantasy Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Card Survival: Tropical Island

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Ranked #4 for Card Survival: Fantasy Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Circadian City

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource scarcity and an atmospheric mood with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Ranked #5 for Card Survival: Fantasy Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    A life sim game where you play both in the Realworld and the Dreamworld. Your personality is your skill tree.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Grimshire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Card Survival: Fantasy Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    A deadly plague threatens the village of Grimshire. Manage your farmland, forage the bounty of the wilds, prevent your harvest from rotting away and keep the root cellar full. Can you help bring the community together and survive?

    2025IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Farmtale

    WHY THIS

    Shares crafting and a whimsical mood with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Ranked #7 for Card Survival: Fantasy Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Build your farm from one chicken and explore the world as you progress. Buy animals, harvest crops, hire workers for management, and advance through unique buildings, quests, upgrades, and items in the ultimate idle clicker hybrid!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. My Time at Portia

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Ranked #8 for Card Survival: Fantasy Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Card Survival: Fantasy Forest at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Card Survival: Fantasy Forest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Card Survival: Fantasy Forest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Card Survival: Fantasy Forest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Card Survival: Fantasy Forest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Card Survival: Fantasy Forest on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Card Survival: Fantasy Forest on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Card Survival: Fantasy Forest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Card Survival: Fantasy Forest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    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 ↗
  4. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 ↗
  7. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from WinterSpring Games

Other recommendable Steam games by WinterSpring Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Card Survival: Tropical Island

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Another title from WinterSpring Games, the studio behind Card Survival: Fantasy Forest. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Card Quest

    WHY THIS

    Shares meta progression and an atmospheric mood with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Another title from WinterSpring Games, the studio behind Card Survival: Fantasy Forest. Shares Strategy and Indie with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Card Quest is a dungeon crawling adventure game with unique card combat. Play with a variety of unique character classes, and customize decks to fit your playstyle. Explore the strategic depth of tactical roguelike gameplay, and crush the undead plague.

    2017StrategyIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Card Survival: Tropical Island - The First Days

    WHY THIS

    Another title from WinterSpring Games, the studio behind Card Survival: Fantasy Forest. Shares Indie and Adventure with Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

    Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Card Survival: Fantasy Forest

Does Card Survival: Fantasy Forest run on Steam Deck?
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest 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 Card Survival: Fantasy Forest cost?
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Card Survival: Fantasy Forest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Card Survival: Fantasy Forest are Russian Village Simulator on Mars, Starseed, Dinkum.
Who developed Card Survival: Fantasy Forest?
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest was developed by WinterSpring 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 Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

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