Games like Heroes of Magic & Cards
If Heroes of Magic & Cards is your kind of game, the closest matches are Whispers of Elenrod, Etymancy and Kegs of Eternity — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its build variety feels endless, challenging and contemplative. 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 Heroes of Magic & Cards: Build the perfect deck, draw the perfect hand, and strike down your enemies with pairs and straights. Heroes of Magic & Cards is a roguelike deckbuilder with a poker twist, sending you and your fifty-two into a mystical fantasy world of monsters and magecraft!
Players who liked Heroes of Magic & Cards also play
Steam players who put hours into Heroes of Magic & Cards 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.
Whispers of Elenrod
WHY THIS
Top pick for Heroes of Magic & Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
Deck-building meets strategy map exploration. Craft powerful decks. Discover mysterious artifacts on procedurally generated maps. Defeat enemies in turn-based combat and gain experience to evolve your hero. Create your best build…and find all the Whispers of Elenrod!
Etymancy
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Heroes of Magic & Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
Etymancy is a dark fantasy roguelike dungeon crawler where every spell is a word. Craft your pile of magic letter tiles, collect strange grimoires to grow stronger, smite enemies, and descend deeper into the Lexicon.
Kegs of Eternity
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Heroes of Magic & Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
A roguelite deckbuilder starring seven stubborn dwarves. Build unique decks, slay cursed monsters, crawl procedural dungeons, drink plenty of beer, find broken synergies, and rebuild your ruined town, one keg, one combo, one dwarf at a time.
Empire in Decay
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Heroes of Magic & Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
Start a rebellion and fight chess inspired turn-based combats in this roguelike deckbuilder. Upgrade your units and cards wisely. You will need it to progress through the districts of Daandria, the city where the tyrant king awaits you. Save this Empire in Decay.
Hell Deck
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Heroes of Magic & Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
Collect units and build powerful synergies on a restricted grid in Hell Deck, a dark roguelike deckbuilder defense game. Construct your own bizarre, twisted ecosystem through a brutal cycle of predation and sacrifice, and defend hell from the holy swarm
Cubilete
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Heroes of Magic & Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
A dice roguelike where skill beats the roll. In Cubilete your deck is made of dice: collect new ones, bend each roll your way, and stack poker combos that turn a rough start into a winning hand. Built on a traditional Spanish dice game.
StrategySteam ↗Tavern Defense
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Heroes of Magic & Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
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 ↗Dungeon Raid
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Heroes of Magic & Cards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
Dungeon Raid is an adventure card roguelike. Dive deeper and deeper into the dungeon. Use everything you find to defeat enemies and kill the final boss. Good luck! And try not to die... from hunger.
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an immersive mood with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
Reviewers of Heroes of Magic & Cards cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Slay the Spire 2
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, build variety, fantasy and an intense mood with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
Reviewers of Heroes of Magic & Cards cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Balatro
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, replayability and an intense mood with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
Reviewers of Heroes of Magic & Cards cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Heroes of Magic & Cards at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~49% under Heroes of Magic & Cards on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
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 ~49% under Heroes of Magic & Cards on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~49% under Heroes of Magic & Cards on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
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 ~49% under Heroes of Magic & Cards on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Heroes of Magic & Cards on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
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 ~49% under Heroes of Magic & Cards on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
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 ~69% under Heroes of Magic & Cards on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~49% under Heroes of Magic & Cards on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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 with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
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 with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
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 with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
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!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heroes of Magic & Cards.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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Frequently asked about Heroes of Magic & Cards
- Does Heroes of Magic & Cards run on Steam Deck?
- Heroes of Magic & Cards 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 Heroes of Magic & Cards cost?
- Heroes of Magic & Cards is listed on Steam at 9.74 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Heroes of Magic & Cards?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heroes of Magic & Cards are Whispers of Elenrod, Etymancy, Kegs of Eternity.
- Who developed Heroes of Magic & Cards?
- Heroes of Magic & Cards was developed by First Day 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 Heroes of Magic & Cards.
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