Games like Puzzle Strike
Below are 19 hand-picked alternatives to Puzzle Strike for fans of strategy, indie, 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 Puzzle Strike 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, more from Sirlin Games. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
Get personalized picks →About Puzzle Strike: Puzzle Strike is an online deckbuilding puzzle game from David Sirlin, lead designer of Puzzle Fighter HD Remix and creator of the Fantasy Strike universe. Improve your deck (of chips!) as the game unfolds and crush your opponents under a mountain of gems!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Puzzle Strike
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Yomi
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Puzzle Strike.
Reviewers of Puzzle Strike cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
Yomi is a fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. A strategy card game that has held up to many years of tournaments, Yomi comes from the lead designer of Street Fighter HD Remix, who was also a long-time fighting game tournament player.
Star Realms
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Puzzle Strike.
Reviewers of Puzzle Strike cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Puzzle Strike.
Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!
Through the Ages
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Puzzle Strike.
Reviewers of Puzzle Strike cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
Legendary board game classic from award winning designer Vlaada Chvátil
Dominion
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Puzzle Strike.
Reviewers of Puzzle Strike cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Puzzle Strike.
Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Puzzle Strike at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Puzzle Strike on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Puzzle Strike.
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 ~67% under Puzzle Strike on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Puzzle Strike.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Puzzle Strike on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Puzzle Strike.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Puzzle Strike on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Puzzle Strike.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Puzzle Strike on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Puzzle Strike on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Puzzle Strike on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
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 ~67% under Puzzle Strike on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Puzzle Strike.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Puzzle Strike.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Puzzle Strike.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
More from Sirlin Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Sirlin Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Fantasy Strike
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Puzzle Strike.
Another title from Sirlin Games, the studio behind Puzzle Strike. Shares Indie with Puzzle Strike.
A fighting game designed from the ground up to be so easy to control that even non-fighting game players can play it, yet deep enough to play in tournaments. Vibrant graphics and excellent online play.
Yomi
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Puzzle Strike.
Another title from Sirlin Games, the studio behind Puzzle Strike. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
Yomi is a fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. A strategy card game that has held up to many years of tournaments, Yomi comes from the lead designer of Street Fighter HD Remix, who was also a long-time fighting game tournament player.
Chess 2: The Sequel
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Puzzle Strike.
Another title from Sirlin Games, the studio behind Puzzle Strike. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
The next step in the evolution of chess tuned for more viable options, strategic interest, and years and years of expert play.
Yomi 2
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Puzzle Strike.
Another title from Sirlin Games, the studio behind Puzzle Strike. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
A fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. Strategic, turn-based card battling that lets you experience the nuances of fighting games like Street Fighter and Fantasy Strike by a lead designer who worked on both.
Frequently asked about Puzzle Strike
- Does Puzzle Strike run on Steam Deck?
- Puzzle Strike 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 Puzzle Strike cost?
- Puzzle Strike is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Puzzle Strike have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Puzzle Strike supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer).
- Who developed Puzzle Strike?
- Puzzle Strike was developed by Sirlin Games.
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