Games like Connect Collect
Below are 30 hand-picked alternatives to Connect Collect for fans of strategy, indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Connect Collect also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Connect Collect: Situational card battle and adventure to find the best combo from a randomly dealt hand.Deck editing is not required....... To use your cards well, you need to bond with your friends.Only time will tell.......
Players who liked Connect Collect also play
Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
- 1
Reminiscence of Gusuku: Card and Explore
Top pick for Connect Collect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Connect Collect.
Any 2 Cards Can Be Fused. Build Your Combo Engine! Survive on a small island. Every choice reshapes your destiny in this deck-building roguelite. Stranded on an island said to gather everything that drifts ashore, you explore, build your deck, and push toward its deepest reaches.
- 2
Temtem
Second-strongest match for Connect Collect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Connect Collect.
Temtem is an online creature-collection adventure. Tame 165 unique creatures across 7 vibrant islands, battle other tamers, tackle mythical Lairs, chase Luma & Umbra variants, and breed your favorite Tems - with friends by your side! Dive into a colorful monster catching adventure, so Temtem up!
- 3
SHULERO – Dice Roguelike
Third-strongest match for Connect Collect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Connect Collect.
Yacht-inspired roguelike (Poker Dice). Roll dice. Build combos. Beat bosses. Cheat to win.
- 4
Battle Suit Aces
Ranked #4 for Connect Collect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Connect Collect.
Battle Suit Aces is a Saturday morning cartoon where you're at the helm! Grow your roster of charming mech pilots as you immerse yourself in thrilling story missions and charge into card combat. Suit Up!
- 5
Floppy Knights
Ranked #5 for Connect Collect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Connect Collect.
Meet the Floppy Knights: tangible projections summoned from floppy disks! Tactics fuse with card game mechanics as Phoebe and Carlton, a brilliant young inventor & her robot-arm bestie, square off in turn-based battles. Select your Knights, hone your deck, and execute your strategy for victory!
- 6
Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection
Ranked #6 for Connect Collect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Connect Collect.
The Mega Man Star Force series, which expanded into an anime, is back in the Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection! This collection includes seven games and additional features like a gallery of illustrations and music! Online play is also supported!
- 7
StarVaders
Ranked #7 for Connect Collect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Connect Collect.
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.
- 8
Cobalt Core
Ranked #8 for Connect Collect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Connect Collect.
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Connect Collect at current Steam store prices.
- 1
POSTAL 2
Priced ~58% under Connect Collect on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Connect Collect.
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?
- 2
Blood and Bacon
Priced ~58% under Connect Collect on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Connect Collect.
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.
- 3
shapez
Priced ~58% under Connect Collect on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Connect Collect.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
- 4
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
Priced ~58% under Connect Collect on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Connect Collect.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
- 5
- 6
Bejeweled® 3
Priced ~58% under Connect Collect on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Connect Collect.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
- 7
Bit Blaster XL
Priced ~58% under Connect Collect on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Connect Collect.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
- 8
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
Priced ~58% under Connect Collect on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Connect Collect.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
- 1
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Connect Collect.
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.
- 2
Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Connect Collect.
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.
- 3
- 4
Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Connect Collect.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
- 5
Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Connect Collect.
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?
- 6
ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Connect Collect.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
- 7
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Connect Collect.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
- 8
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Connect Collect.
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.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
- 1
Reminiscence of Gusuku: Card and Explore
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Connect Collect.
Any 2 Cards Can Be Fused. Build Your Combo Engine! Survive on a small island. Every choice reshapes your destiny in this deck-building roguelite. Stranded on an island said to gather everything that drifts ashore, you explore, build your deck, and push toward its deepest reaches.
- 2
Temtem
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Connect Collect.
Temtem is an online creature-collection adventure. Tame 165 unique creatures across 7 vibrant islands, battle other tamers, tackle mythical Lairs, chase Luma & Umbra variants, and breed your favorite Tems - with friends by your side! Dive into a colorful monster catching adventure, so Temtem up!
- 3
Battle Suit Aces
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Connect Collect.
Battle Suit Aces is a Saturday morning cartoon where you're at the helm! Grow your roster of charming mech pilots as you immerse yourself in thrilling story missions and charge into card combat. Suit Up!
- 4
Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Connect Collect.
The Mega Man Star Force series, which expanded into an anime, is back in the Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection! This collection includes seven games and additional features like a gallery of illustrations and music! Online play is also supported!
- 5
StarVaders
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Connect Collect.
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.
- 6
Cobalt Core
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Connect Collect.
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!
Frequently asked about Connect Collect
- How much does Connect Collect cost?
- Connect Collect is listed on Steam at 2.33 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Connect Collect?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Connect Collect are Reminiscence of Gusuku: Card and Explore, Temtem, SHULERO – Dice Roguelike.
- Who developed Connect Collect?
- Connect Collect was developed by 高橋佑.
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 Connect Collect.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.