Games like CrafTAE
If CrafTAE is your kind of game, the closest matches are First Age, Card Artisan and Tavern Defense — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and relaxing. 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 CrafTAE: Stack cards 🃏 to collect food, craft equipment, build structures and defeat the dungeon ⚔️ in this village builder roguelite. Discover new cards, gather new resources and craft new recipes every run! Combine, survive and thrive!
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Steam players who put hours into CrafTAE 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.
First Age
WHY THIS
Top pick for CrafTAE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with CrafTAE.
A turn-based strategy card game set in the Neolithic Age. Sacrifice villagers, tame mammoths, and build powerful card synergies to lead your tribe through the threat of the Dark Ages. Will your people stand the test of time?
Card Artisan
WHY THIS
Shares card based combat, crafting system, strategy and a tense mood with CrafTAE.
Second-strongest match for CrafTAE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CrafTAE.
Card Artisan is a card battler with RPG and roguelike elements and an emphasis in random generation that allows you to not only create your own deck but also create and use your own custom cards!
Tavern Defense
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for CrafTAE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with CrafTAE.
Tavern Defense is a Tower Defense + Roguelike Deckbuilder game where you build your deck of cards, carve your own paths for monsters, and create magnificent synergies to win the game.
StrategySteam ↗Stackcraft: Three Kingdoms
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for CrafTAE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CrafTAE.
Stackcraft: Three Kingdoms is a card-based simulation game. You will play the role of a famous ruler during the Three Kingdoms period, stack cards to recruit famous generals, experience events, develop, and dominate your territory. Try to stack your Three Kingdoms story on the desktop.
Land and Sword
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for CrafTAE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CrafTAE.
Lead a group of survivors in a new land, build a functional settlement, manage deep production chains, and prepare defenses to face growing hordes of creatures. Balance growth, logistics, and survival in a world scarred by a creeping plague.
Royal's Gambit
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for CrafTAE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CrafTAE.
Royal’s Gambit is a retro-style, turn-based card strategy game. Battle through 80+ stages of face card patterns by playing cards equal to their health, build your deck, boost your score with smart plays, and survive multiple modes—or start over from the beginning.
Throne of Cards
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for CrafTAE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CrafTAE.
A survival deckbuilder where you stack cards to raise a kingdom—and lead its armies to war. Feed your people, build and master customizable decks, repel deadly raids, and make hard choices on the road to reclaim your crown.
Mau Squared
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for CrafTAE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with CrafTAE.
Mau² is a deck builder Roguelite based on classic games such as Mau-Mau and Uno. Get as many points as possible to guarantee your victory even if you don't clear your hand, and upgrade your deck to make sure you always stay on top.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CrafTAE at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under CrafTAE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CrafTAE.
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 ~63% under CrafTAE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CrafTAE.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under CrafTAE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CrafTAE.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under CrafTAE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CrafTAE.
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 ~81% under CrafTAE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CrafTAE.
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 ~88% under CrafTAE on Steam right now. Shares Casual with CrafTAE.
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 ~63% under CrafTAE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CrafTAE.
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!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CrafTAE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CrafTAE.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CrafTAE.
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.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with CrafTAE.
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!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CrafTAE.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Handshakes
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with CrafTAE.
Take your brain for a walk in Handshakes, a simple yet tricksy sokoban puzzle game. Guide two hands through puzzles designed to stump, not frustrate, so that they may achieve their dream of a warm, firm handshake.
Outpath: First Journey
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with CrafTAE.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
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 CrafTAE.
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 with CrafTAE.
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!
DOGWALK
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with CrafTAE.
Explore a hand-crafted winter forest as a big adorable dog and a little kid in tow. A short, free, open source project brought to you by Blender Studio.
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Frequently asked about CrafTAE
- How much does CrafTAE cost?
- CrafTAE is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to CrafTAE?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CrafTAE are First Age, Card Artisan, Tavern Defense.
- Who developed CrafTAE?
- CrafTAE was developed by mappe.
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 CrafTAE.
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