Games like Pairs & Perils
If Pairs & Perils is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dice & Fold, Clonizer and StarVaders — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deckbuilding rewards minimalism, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Pairs & Perils: 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.
Players who liked Pairs & Perils also play
Steam players who put hours into Pairs & Perils 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.
Dice & Fold
WHY THIS
Shares character unlocks, item collection, roguelite and a tense mood with Pairs & Perils.
Top pick for Pairs & Perils fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pairs & Perils.
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.
Clonizer
WHY THIS
Shares roguelike progression, deck building, roguelite and a tense mood with Pairs & Perils.
Second-strongest match for Pairs & Perils fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pairs & Perils.
Clonizer combines Hex-based tactics and roguelike deckbuilding! Play cards, manage clones, explore unique charming planets and outsmart aliens. Craft a powerful deck through your expedition and Clonize the universe to become employee of the month of CLONPO!
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Pairs & Perils.
Third-strongest match for Pairs & Perils fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pairs & Perils.
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.
SpellRogue
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a whimsical mood with Pairs & Perils.
Ranked #4 for Pairs & Perils fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pairs & Perils.
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Pairs & Perils.
Ranked #5 for Pairs & Perils fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pairs & Perils.
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.
Hadean Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a whimsical mood with Pairs & Perils.
Ranked #6 for Pairs & Perils fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pairs & Perils.
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
Right and Down
WHY THIS
Shares character unlocks and a contemplative mood with Pairs & Perils.
Ranked #7 for Pairs & Perils fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pairs & Perils.
A deep roguelike and card game that is played using only two buttons: Right and Down! Choose your hero and explore randomly generated card dungeons, gather powerful artifacts to get new abilities, and fight against mighty enemies! Will you make it to level 50?
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Pairs & Perils.
Ranked #8 for Pairs & Perils fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pairs & Perils.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pairs & Perils at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Pairs & Perils on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pairs & Perils.
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 Pairs & Perils on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pairs & Perils.
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 Pairs & Perils on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Pairs & Perils.
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 Pairs & Perils on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pairs & Perils.
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 Pairs & Perils on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Pairs & Perils.
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 Pairs & Perils on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Pairs & Perils.
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 Pairs & Perils on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pairs & Perils.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Pairs & Perils on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Pairs & Perils.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Pairs & Perils.
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.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Pairs & Perils.
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.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Pairs & Perils.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pairs & Perils.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
Peggle Extreme
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Pairs & Perils.
Peggle Extreme delivers fast-paced puzzle action that combines elements of pinball and pachinko to create a truly unique game experience. Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun, now exclusively themed with art and sounds from Half-Life: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2.
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 Pairs & Perils.
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!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Pairs & Perils.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Little Horror Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Little Horror Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
How to Train Your Cock
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Pairs & Perils.
Another title from Little Horror Studios, the studio behind Pairs & Perils. Shares Indie and Casual with Pairs & Perils.
A chill idle game that sits in your screen while you do other tasks. Watch your cock train and grow, decorate his island, and buy him some stylish hats. Is your cock the biggest among your friends? Now it can be!
Kitty Survivors: Rogues of Catmere
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Pairs & Perils.
Another title from Little Horror Studios, the studio behind Pairs & Perils. Shares Indie and RPG with Pairs & Perils.
Kitty Survivors is a funny action rogue-lite game where you slay hordes of creatures, create overpowered builds, use elemental skills and craft stupid weapons. Join a growing guild of misfits with a thirst for milk, hired to protect the Kingdom of Catmere!
How to Grow Your Sausage
WHY THIS
Another title from Little Horror Studios, the studio behind Pairs & Perils. Shares Indie and Casual with Pairs & Perils.
Every [key]stroke makes your sausage bigger. Let it sit in the corner of your screen and watch it grow while you use your computer. Feed it different meats, upgrade your butcher, and see the magic happen. Have you ever dreamed of growing your sausage? Now it’s finally possible!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Dice & Fold
WHY THIS
Shares character unlocks, item collection, roguelite and a tense mood with Pairs & Perils.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pairs & Perils.
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.
Clonizer
WHY THIS
Shares roguelike progression, deck building, roguelite and a tense mood with Pairs & Perils.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pairs & Perils.
Clonizer combines Hex-based tactics and roguelike deckbuilding! Play cards, manage clones, explore unique charming planets and outsmart aliens. Craft a powerful deck through your expedition and Clonize the universe to become employee of the month of CLONPO!
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Pairs & Perils.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pairs & Perils.
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.
SpellRogue
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a whimsical mood with Pairs & Perils.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pairs & Perils.
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
Hadean Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a whimsical mood with Pairs & Perils.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pairs & Perils.
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Pairs & Perils.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pairs & Perils.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Frequently asked about Pairs & Perils
- Is Pairs & Perils verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Pairs & Perils is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Pairs & Perils cost?
- Pairs & Perils is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Pairs & Perils?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pairs & Perils are Dice & Fold, Clonizer, StarVaders.
- Who developed Pairs & Perils?
- Pairs & Perils was developed by Little Horror Studios and published by Rogue Duck Interactive, Gamersky 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 Pairs & Perils.
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