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Games like Waterjacked!

Below are 19 hand-picked alternatives to Waterjacked! for fans of strategy, 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 Waterjacked! 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, free-to-play picks, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Waterjacked!: Waterjacked! is a roguelike with turn-based combat where you are a gunslinging succulent chosen to wield the GRID. Uncover destructive combos and develop clever strategies from an assortment of Modules, Augments, and Herbals to push back the invading robots from The Valley.

2026StrategyWindows · macOS · Linuxby A Frog's Pond
Waterjacked! — Steam game cover

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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    Cards from the West — Steam game cover

    Cards from the West

    Top pick for Waterjacked! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    Make your way through the dangers of the Wild West with your revolver and your deck of cards

    2026StrategyCasualEarly Access8.49 USDSteam ↗
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    Barrel Roll — Steam game cover

    Barrel Roll

    Second-strongest match for Waterjacked! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    Barrel Roll is a roguelike deckbuilder, turn based, taking place in a futuristic far west. The deck ? A 6 slot revolver barrel. Gather bullets with special effects, customize your revolver's barrel to create strong synergies and take down as much criminals as you can.

    2025StrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Touhou Rinrinki ~ Crafts of the Lucky Beast — Steam game cover

    Touhou Rinrinki ~ Crafts of the Lucky Beast

    Third-strongest match for Waterjacked! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    Touhou Rinrinki ~ Crafts of the Luck Beast is a Touhou Doujin Card-Strategy Game. Using cards across different seasons, join forces with duelists of unique abilities, face various opponents from all over Gensoukyo, and uncover the truth behind the Card Duel Incident!

    2026StrategyIndieEarly Access8.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Shogun Showdown — Steam game cover

    Shogun Showdown

    Ranked #4 for Waterjacked! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!

    2024StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles — Steam game cover

    Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles

    Ranked #5 for Waterjacked! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Monster Train — Steam game cover

    Monster Train

    Ranked #6 for Waterjacked! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.

    2020Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Wildfrost — Steam game cover

    Wildfrost

    Ranked #7 for Waterjacked! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…

    2023StrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Balatro — Steam game cover

    Balatro

    Ranked #8 for Waterjacked! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    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.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

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    100 Asian Cats — Steam game cover

    100 Asian Cats

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️‍♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️‍♂️🐈✅

    2023ActionSportsStrategyFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Landfall Archives — Steam game cover

    Landfall Archives

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
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    Hello Neighbor Alpha 2 — Steam game cover

    Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
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    Die in the Dungeon: Origins — Steam game cover

    Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    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!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    100 Capitalist Cats — Steam game cover

    100 Capitalist Cats

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    🐱💼 100 Capitalist Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Wall Street! 😻💰💵 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of New York, heart of Capitalism, as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️‍♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️‍♂️🐈✅

    2024ActionSportsStrategyFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    The Riftbreaker: Prologue — Steam game cover

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Sprout — Steam game cover

    Sprout

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    Embark on a casual, botanical-puzzle-adventure. Make friends, learn new skills, solve puzzles, and become the mighty oak that you were always meant to be.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    The Last Sovereign — Steam game cover

    The Last Sovereign

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

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    Shogun Showdown — Steam game cover

    Shogun Showdown

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!

    2024StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Wildfrost — Steam game cover

    Wildfrost

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…

    2023StrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Balatro — Steam game cover

    Balatro

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Waterjacked!.

    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.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Waterjacked!

What games are most similar to Waterjacked!?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Waterjacked! are Cards from the West, Barrel Roll, Touhou Rinrinki ~ Crafts of the Lucky Beast.
Who developed Waterjacked!?
Waterjacked! was developed by A Frog's Pond.

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 Waterjacked!.

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