Rank 01Why this
Shares build variety and turn based combat with The Rookery.
- $11.99 (Price checked Oct 19)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
Games like The Rookery
- 30 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked The Rookery also play
The closest matches to The Rookery: Passant: A Chess Roguelike, The Ouroboros King, Pawnbarian, Drop Duchy, and Rack and Slay. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Also Chess and Board Game, like The Rookery.
- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 19)
- Deck Verified
- 2023
Rank 03Why this
Shares deck building with The Rookery.
- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 19)
- Deck Verified
- 2021
Rank 04 
Drop Duchy
Why this: Shares deck building and roguelite progression with The Rookery.
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Rack and Slay
Why this: Shares build variety and roguelite progression with The Rookery.
Rank 06 
Monster Train 2
Why this: Shares deck building and build variety with The Rookery.
Rank 07 
9 Kings
Why this: Shares deck building and skill progression with The Rookery.
Rank 08 
The full ranked list: top 24 games like The Rookery
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
- 1Passant: A Chess Roguelike
Shares build variety and turn based combat with The Rookery.
- 80% of 281 reviews
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- 14Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
Shares deck building and procedural generation with The Rookery.
- 94% of 3,713 reviews
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- 20Let's! Revolution!
Shares procedural generation and resource management with The Rookery.
- 97% of 238 reviews
- 21Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
Also Rogue-lite and Turn-Based Tactics, like The Rookery.
- 86% of 484 reviews
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- Released: 2024
- Developer: Glyder Games
- Price: $9.99checked Oct 17
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 97% of 63 reviews
- Genres: Strategy
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Ascension levels handicap difficulty
- Bosses cheat intelligently
- Build synergy and combo creation
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Competitive
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Why this: Shares deck building and roguelite progression with The Rookery.
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Why this: Shares deck building and build variety with The Rookery.
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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.
The Ouroboros King
Why this: Also Chess and Board Game, like The Rookery.
Pawnbarian
Why this: Shares deck building with The Rookery.
Rack and Slay
Why this: Shares build variety and roguelite progression with The Rookery.
Monster Train 2
Why this: Shares deck building and build variety with The Rookery.
9 Kings
Why this: Shares deck building and skill progression with The Rookery.
Gambonanza
Why this: Shares deck building and roguelite progression with The Rookery.
About The Rookery
The closest matches to The Rookery: Passant: A Chess Roguelike, The Ouroboros King, Pawnbarian, Drop Duchy, and Rack and Slay. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Rookery is your kind of game, the closest matches are Passant: A Chess Roguelike, The Ouroboros King and Pawnbarian — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and competitive, and single out its ability gating and ascension level handicap. 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.
About The Rookery: An exciting and fast-paced chess roguelite, full of ridiculous abilities! Explode your opponent's pieces, spawn queens all over the board, move twice in a row... But watch out for the bosses, who have crazy powers of their own!
Is The Rookery worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 97% of 63 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Oct 17).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 6 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Ascension levels handicap difficulty
- Bosses cheat intelligently
- Build synergy and combo creation
- Chess meets slay the spire gameplay
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“ig if you like chess puzzles then its fine, but i don't like it much. on easy difficulty its a bad game, on hard difficulty i just run out of time/moves. I came here from Drawback Chess, and i think Drawback Chess is a much better game…”
People who play it also play: Passant: A Chess Roguelike, The Ouroboros King, Pawnbarian
Frequently asked about The Rookery
Can I run it?
Does The Rookery run on Steam Deck?
The Rookery 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 The Rookery cost?
The Rookery is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Rookery?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Rookery are Passant: A Chess Roguelike, The Ouroboros King, Pawnbarian.
Who developed The Rookery?
The Rookery was developed by Glyder Games.