Games like Wukong's Pool
If Wukong's Pool is your kind of game, the closest matches are How Can a Joker Like Me Play Cards with a Beautiful Girl, Monster Train and StarVaders — 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 Wukong's Pool: Wukong’s Pool is a unique fusion of roguelike elements, poker strategy, and the gameplay of billiards. In this pool game, you take on the role of Wukong, the Monkey King, facing a series of challenges.
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How Can a Joker Like Me Play Cards with a Beautiful Girl
WHY THIS
Top pick for Wukong's Pool fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Wukong's Pool.
Engage in adrenaline-pumping card battles with 20+ beautiful girls! Use the quirky Joker cards to transform your poker deck, or achieve record-breaking scores with unique card combinations. After conquering the challenges, unlock a stunning gallery of the girls' exquisite artwork!
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Wukong's Pool fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
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.
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Wukong's Pool fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wukong's Pool.
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.
Balatro
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Wukong's Pool fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Wukong's Pool.
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.
Vault of the Void
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Wukong's Pool fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Wukong's Pool.
Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!
Roguebook
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Wukong's Pool fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wukong's Pool.
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!
Wildfrost
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Wukong's Pool fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Wukong's Pool.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Wukong's Pool fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Wukong's Pool.
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!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Wukong's Pool at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Wukong's Pool on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wukong's Pool.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wukong's Pool on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wukong's Pool.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Wukong's Pool on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wukong's Pool.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Wukong's Pool on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wukong's Pool.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Wukong's Pool on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Wukong's Pool.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wukong's Pool on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wukong's Pool.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wukong's Pool on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wukong's Pool.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Wukong's Pool on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Wukong's Pool.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Wukong's Pool.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Wukong's Pool.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wukong's Pool.
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. Shares Indie with Wukong's Pool.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wukong's Pool.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wukong's Pool.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Wukong's Pool.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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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.
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wukong's Pool.
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.
Balatro
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Wukong's Pool.
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.
Vault of the Void
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Wukong's Pool.
Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!
Wildfrost
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Wukong's Pool.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Wukong's Pool.
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!
Frequently asked about Wukong's Pool
- How much does Wukong's Pool cost?
- Wukong's Pool is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Wukong's Pool?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wukong's Pool are How Can a Joker Like Me Play Cards with a Beautiful Girl, Monster Train, StarVaders.
- Who developed Wukong's Pool?
- Wukong's Pool was developed by Ruiz Studio.
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