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Games like Trip to the Core

If Trip to the Core is your kind of game, the closest matches are Card Slay, Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder and Against All Skies — 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.

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About Trip to the Core: Build three decks at once in a roguelike deckbuilder where 15 rebels fuse modular gear into broken combos across five shifting acts.

2027StrategyIndieWindowsby Llamaplay
Trip to the Core — Steam game cover

Players who liked Trip to the Core also play

Steam players who put hours into Trip to the Core 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.

  1. Card Slay

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Trip to the Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trip to the Core.

    The poker roguelike where the House fights back. Chase the flush, sweat the last discard, then slam it down and watch the damage hit: red suits strike, black suits shield. The monsters read your hand, call your ranks and cheat, so stack your ritual deck, out-cheat them, and slay your fate.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Trip to the Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trip to the Core.

    A mini citybuilding roguelike. Place buildings, stack combos, and master deep strategy in short bursts to create a tiny thriving metropolis!

    2026StrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Against All Skies

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Trip to the Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trip to the Core.

    Uncover the true cost of power in this party-based RPG deckbuilder with roguelite storytelling. Navigate treacherous sky islands, build unique decks for a crew of unlikely heroes and breach the storm to deliver revolution to the skies.

    2027StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  4. Random Dragons

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Trip to the Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trip to the Core.

    A chance-based roguelike deckbuilder with silly, chaotic dragons. Spin the roulette wheel to multiply your card effects, manipulate the odds, and unleash ridiculous combos. Build a synergistic deck, outsmart RNG, and climb your way to the Boss Dragons.

    2026StrategyIndie6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. THORNSPELL

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Trip to the Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trip to the Core.

    Embody a magical florist by placing plants strategically in your garden, and watering them to score points. THORNSPELL is a garden-building roguelike where you will create and unleash chains of magical effects, dispelling the corruption spreading through your home.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. Camedieo

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Trip to the Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trip to the Core.

    A score chase roguelike deckbuilder played with dice. Every hand splits in two: the dice you Cast and the ones you Outcast. The points from each are multiplied together to produce your score. Collect cameos, upgrade your deck using cups and try to break the scoreboard!

    2027StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Crown Control

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Trip to the Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Trip to the Core.

    RPG Roguelike Deckbuilder: play solo or in online co-op with up to 4 players. Choose your character, level up your class, collect and play cards to attack, defend, heal, summon allies, place traps, and alter the terrain in turn-based isometric battles to overthrow a tyrant king.

    2026StrategyRPGSteam ↗
  8. Dream Team Supreme

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Trip to the Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Trip to the Core.

    “Lock In” and put an end to the invasion in this co-op, kaiju boss-rush deckbuilder! Two heroic scientists must pilot the cartridge-powered robot Super Supreme and combine their distinct decks to create strategic combinations and defeat giant threats!

    StrategySteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Trip to the Core.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Trip to the Core.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Trip to the Core.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Trip to the Core.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Trip to the Core.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Trip to the Core.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Trip to the Core.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Trip to the Core.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Trip to the Core

What games are most similar to Trip to the Core?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Trip to the Core are Card Slay, Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder, Against All Skies.
Who developed Trip to the Core?
Trip to the Core was developed by Llamaplay.

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 Trip to the Core.

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