Games like Decktamer
If Decktamer is your kind of game, the closest matches are Monster Train, Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles and Wildfrost — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Decktamer: Deck-building meets monster catching in this turn-based roguelike. Recruit enemy cards to your party as you dive into the depths of the abyss. Will you kill them or will you tame them?
Players who liked Decktamer also play
Steam players who put hours into Decktamer 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 Decktamer.
Top pick for Decktamer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
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.
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Decktamer.
Second-strongest match for Decktamer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.
Wildfrost
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Decktamer.
Third-strongest match for Decktamer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Pirates Outlaws
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Decktamer.
Ranked #4 for Decktamer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Decktamer.
Ranked #5 for Decktamer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
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 synergy based combos and an atmospheric mood with Decktamer.
Ranked #6 for Decktamer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
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!
Dice & Fold
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, meta progression, roguelite and a challenging mood with Decktamer.
Ranked #7 for Decktamer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
A turn-based dungeon crawler where your only way of attacking the enemy is by rolling dice. Roll dice to damage enemy cards to FOLD. Inspired by classic Solitaire, in a top-down table and enemies made out of cards, try to beat the dungeon with 35 unique classes. Build your deck, kill monsters.
Slay the Spire 2
WHY THIS
Shares roguelike progression, permadeath and an intense mood with Decktamer.
Ranked #8 for Decktamer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Decktamer
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Decktamer.
Reviewers of Decktamer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Decktamer.
Reviewers of Decktamer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Decktamer.
Reviewers of Decktamer cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Experience the awesome power of the Curse of the Abyss, as well as the astonishing, legendary entities known as primeval creatures. Prepare to glimpse the world of Riko and her friends.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Decktamer at current Steam store prices.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Decktamer on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Decktamer.
Priced ~61% under Decktamer on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Decktamer.
Priced ~50% under Decktamer on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Decktamer on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
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.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Decktamer on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Decktamer on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Decktamer on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Nubby's Number Factory
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Decktamer on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
Free alternatives
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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!
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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.
Wildfrost
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Decktamer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Pirates Outlaws
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Decktamer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Decktamer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
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 synergy based combos and an atmospheric mood with Decktamer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
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!
Dice & Fold
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, meta progression, roguelite and a challenging mood with Decktamer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
A turn-based dungeon crawler where your only way of attacking the enemy is by rolling dice. Roll dice to damage enemy cards to FOLD. Inspired by classic Solitaire, in a top-down table and enemies made out of cards, try to beat the dungeon with 35 unique classes. Build your deck, kill monsters.
Slay the Spire 2
WHY THIS
Shares roguelike progression, permadeath and an intense mood with Decktamer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Decktamer.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Frequently asked about Decktamer
- Does Decktamer run on Steam Deck?
- Decktamer 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 Decktamer cost?
- Decktamer is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Decktamer?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Decktamer are Monster Train, Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles, Wildfrost.
- Who developed Decktamer?
- Decktamer was developed by Horizon Edge and published by Assemble Entertainment.
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