Games like Nightmares
If Nightmares is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gridholm, Gorotsuki Paradise and Nether Spirits: Beyond the Gate — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Nightmares: Nightmares is a combination of a classic collectible card game and a roguelike deck builder. Race against the clock to defeat your opponent before your sanity runs out. Win or lose, you'll get the opportunity to upgrade your deck. Can you craft the ultimate deck for an undefeated run?
Players who liked Nightmares also play
Steam players who put hours into Nightmares 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.
Gridholm
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Top pick for Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Nightmares.
A tactical card battler where positioning wins games. Deploy cards on a 5x5 grid, move them like chess pieces, and control the throne. Use terrain and cast powerful spells. 200+ cards across four factions. Play Roguelike Deckbuilder, Draft, or Ranked Multiplayer. Think-to-win never pay-to-win.
Gorotsuki Paradise
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Second-strongest match for Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Free To Play with Nightmares.
Gorotsuki Paradise is an online PvP card game where you build your deck as you battle.🃏 Recruit over 150 unique "gorotsuki" cards and fight your way to the top of the mad city of Saitama.🦹 It’s completely free to play, with no pay-to-win mechanics!🤑
Nether Spirits: Beyond the Gate
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Third-strongest match for Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Nightmares.
Roguelike deckbuilder meets dark fantasy: Choose one of seven unique classes, explore the vast nether, and fight for salvation - solo, in co-op, or PvP!
Vortex Siege
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Ranked #4 for Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Nightmares.
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!
召唤之王 (Supreme Summoner)
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Ranked #5 for Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Free To Play with Nightmares.
‘Supreme Summoner’ is a turn-based strategy chess game. Taking the imaginative Romance of the Three Kingdoms as its theme, it innovatively blends elements of gods, demons, and mystical creatures, making each faction and character's attributes even more prominent.
Tank General
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Ranked #6 for Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Free To Play with Nightmares.
Tank General, a World War II-themed card game with unique gameplay mechanics, deep tactical combat, and an easy entry level. Build your deck, battle against humans and AI, complete campaigns and raids, and explore new cards and headquarters!
Grid Tactics: Duel
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Ranked #7 for Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Free To Play with Nightmares.
Grid Tactics: Duel is a competitive card game built on an 8×8 grid. Every move is about positioning, timing, and resource trade-offs. With limited resources, choose when and where to play—set up or apply pressure. Each placement reshapes the board. Win through deckbuilding and precise execution.
Hackagon: Cyber Card Battler
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Ranked #8 for Nightmares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Free To Play with Nightmares.
HACKAGON is a fast 1v1 cyber card battler. Breach the network with the red team or defend it with the blue team. Cards are played face-down and revealed at the same time, so victory comes from reading your opponent, not moving first. Build your 12-card deck, claim the areas, and take the network.
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Frequently asked about Nightmares
- Is Nightmares free to play?
- Yes — Nightmares is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- Does Nightmares have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Nightmares supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Nightmares?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nightmares are Gridholm, Gorotsuki Paradise, Nether Spirits: Beyond the Gate.
- Who developed Nightmares?
- Nightmares was developed by https://steamcommunity.com/groups/NightmaresCardGaming.
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 Nightmares.
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