Games like Monster Tavern
If Monster Tavern is your kind of game, the closest matches are Vortex Siege, SeedGod and My Card Is Better Than Your Card! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cozy, funny and lighthearted. 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 Monster Tavern: A Roguelite Deckbuilder where drinks are your weapons and monsters are your guests. Draft your deck, build powerful combos, and try to survive three chaotic weeks behind the bar.
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Steam players who put hours into Monster Tavern 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.
Vortex Siege
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Top pick for Monster Tavern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Tavern.
Defend your city in Vortex Siege, a roguelike collectible card game where you can evolve your cards in unique ways for millions of possibilities. Defeat your enemies in battle, steal their cards, and customize them. Build and defend your town between battles. Collect, customize, and carry on!
SeedGod
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Monster Tavern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Tavern.
In SeedGod, your mission is to strategically plant in a field full of bugs. Choose the best positions, and you can discover unique plants, capture bugs, find tools, and access areas that will challenge your survival tactics.
My Card Is Better Than Your Card!
WHY THIS
Shares card based combat, deck building, casual and a cozy mood with Monster Tavern.
Third-strongest match for Monster Tavern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Tavern.
Become the coolest kid of the playground in this playful roguelike deckbuilder. Craft every card yourself with adorable stickers and wow your rivals in tug-of-war card battles full of wonder!
Brawl To The West
WHY THIS
Shares combo based combat, build variety and a funny mood with Monster Tavern.
Ranked #4 for Monster Tavern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Tavern.
"Join this hilarious auto-battler! Equip gear, grow fruit trees, and tame monsters to build your team. Choose unique characters or battle others in ranked mode—every run is fresh! Weaklings perish; victors take all. Will you go the farthest? Dive in now!"
As We Descend
WHY THIS
Shares deck building with Monster Tavern.
Ranked #5 for Monster Tavern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Tavern.
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Master of Piece
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning, deck building and indie with Monster Tavern.
Ranked #6 for Monster Tavern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Tavern.
Recruit mercenaries, combine their traits, and forge endless synergies. Venture through the mysterious medieval realm, facing powerful foes and mighty bosses. Simple turn-based rules hide deep strategic depth—build your ultimate team, master the pieces, and uncover the secrets of the Black fog.
Slay the Spire 2
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, build variety and fantasy with Monster Tavern.
Ranked #7 for Monster Tavern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Tavern.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Super Fantasy Kingdom
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning, roguelite progression, fantasy and a relaxing mood with Monster Tavern.
Ranked #8 for Monster Tavern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Monster Tavern.
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Monster Tavern at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Monster Tavern on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Monster Tavern.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Monster Tavern on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Monster Tavern.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under Monster Tavern on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Monster Tavern.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Monster Tavern on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Tavern.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Monster Tavern on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Monster Tavern.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~89% under Monster Tavern on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monster Tavern.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Monster Tavern on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Monster Tavern.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Monster Tavern on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monster Tavern.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monster Tavern.
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?
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Monster Tavern.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monster Tavern.
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.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monster Tavern.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monster Tavern.
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.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Monster Tavern.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monster Tavern.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Monster Tavern.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
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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.
As We Descend
WHY THIS
Shares deck building with Monster Tavern.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Tavern.
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Master of Piece
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning, deck building and indie with Monster Tavern.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Tavern.
Recruit mercenaries, combine their traits, and forge endless synergies. Venture through the mysterious medieval realm, facing powerful foes and mighty bosses. Simple turn-based rules hide deep strategic depth—build your ultimate team, master the pieces, and uncover the secrets of the Black fog.
Slay the Spire 2
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, build variety and fantasy with Monster Tavern.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Tavern.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Super Fantasy Kingdom
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning, roguelite progression, fantasy and a relaxing mood with Monster Tavern.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Monster Tavern.
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Frequently asked about Monster Tavern
- How much does Monster Tavern cost?
- Monster Tavern is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Monster Tavern?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Monster Tavern are Vortex Siege, SeedGod, My Card Is Better Than Your Card!.
- Who developed Monster Tavern?
- Monster Tavern was developed by Toki Games LLC.
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