Games like Cardborne
If Cardborne is your kind of game, the closest matches are SOLITAIRE.EXE: A Roguelike on the Night Shift, 灵韵牌：清浊之间 and ASCENDANT VEIL — 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 Cardborne: A grim single-player card roguelike where every draw decides your fate. Fight, heal, or fall to the suits that once ruled the world.
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SOLITAIRE.EXE: A Roguelike on the Night Shift
WHY THIS
Top pick for Cardborne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cardborne.
The solitaire roguelike that wants your soul. Clock in, clear each deal to make payroll, then install cursed floppy-disk plugins to chain outrageous combos. Survive the performance reviews. Get PROMOTED, or get TERMINATED. There is no day shift.
灵韵牌：清浊之间
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Cardborne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Cardborne.
Each additional card you chain makes your next strike hit even harder! Lingyun Cards: Between the Clear and the Turbid – an Eastern fantasy roguelite deckbuilder. Dive into mist-shrouded spirit realms, match wits with restless spirit beasts, counter their every move, and cut your way through!
ASCENDANT VEIL
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Cardborne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Cardborne.
ASCENDANT VEIL is a sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder where you create powerful card synergies, upgrade your Exosuit with Boosters, and explore mysterious planets filled with ancient ruins, deadly creatures, and cosmic secrets.
13 BONES
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Ranked #4 for Cardborne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cardborne.
A fast-paced card battler. Like BLACKJACK, but with added MONSTERS and VIOLENCE. Build your DECK and push your LUCK to earn your freedom !
Tarot Gambit
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Ranked #5 for Cardborne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cardborne.
Tarot Gambit is a 1v1 tarot duel against the Devil. Draw blindly: each Arcana brings healing or sudden death. Use relics to spy, sabotage, and turn the tables. In endless mode, bet chips each round — lose them all and you're out, or cash out anytime. A candlelit battle of memory, nerve, and bluff.
Crystal Core
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Ranked #6 for Cardborne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cardborne.
Crystal Core is a first-person roguelike deckbuilder where every card becomes an action in battle. Build your deck, choose your hero, and descend through the cursed Crystal Caves, battling monsters and growing stronger with every encounter. Can you survive the depths and destroy the Crystal Core?
Slay the Spire 2
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Ranked #7 for Cardborne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cardborne.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Wordatro!
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Ranked #8 for Cardborne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cardborne.
Wordatro! fuses addictive word game with thrilling roguelite strategy! Spell high-scoring words, chain massive combos, and unlock game-changing bonuses. With 50+ unique upgrades and daily challenges, endless linguistic adventures await!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Cardborne.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cardborne.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cardborne.
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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cardborne.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cardborne.
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 Action and Indie with Cardborne.
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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 Adventure with Cardborne.
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!
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Cardborne.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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Frequently asked about Cardborne
- What games are most similar to Cardborne?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cardborne are SOLITAIRE.EXE: A Roguelike on the Night Shift, 灵韵牌：清浊之间, ASCENDANT VEIL.
- Who developed Cardborne?
- Cardborne was developed by Lakeborn studio.
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 Cardborne.
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