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Games like Cat Hits the Deck

If Cat Hits the Deck is your kind of game, the closest matches are Noctiria, Eldritch Escape and SHOWHAND — 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 Cat Hits the Deck: Deckbuilder roguelike about a cat that fears being hurt but has only cards that hurt her before enemies! Min-max your resources, get OverPowered cards in your paw, and build an unlosable Deck that prolly gonna kill you 9 times^^

2026ActionIndieAdventureRPGCasualEarly AccessWindowsby Arc Willow
Cat Hits the Deck — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Cat Hits the Deck 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. Noctiria

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Cat Hits the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Cat Hits the Deck.

    A filthy, brutal, and disturbing horror roguelike deckbuilder. Choose your hero, build your deck, combine devastating status effects, and cross Noctiria: a sick urban city where every run drags you deeper.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  2. Eldritch Escape

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Cat Hits the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cat Hits the Deck.

    In this Lovecraftian Extraction Bullet Heaven, Earth has been consumed by an eldritch god. Build a customizable squad, battle endless horrors, extract resources, and search for a way out of the void

    ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  3. SHOWHAND

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Cat Hits the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cat Hits the Deck.

    SHOWHAND is a roguelite that blends poker deckbuilding with top-down bullet-heaven action. Build your hand, strengthen your projectiles with poker hands, and break through waves of enemies and bosses. Your hand is your health—lose your cards, and your survival falls apart.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Order of Beast

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Cat Hits the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cat Hits the Deck.

    A horde-survivor roguelite set across cursed realms. Choose an outcast hero, forge evolving skills, collect strange relics, and survive wave after wave until you face the old lords who still rule the ruins.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  5. Lost Veridian

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Cat Hits the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cat Hits the Deck.

    Enter the world of 3D Roguelike deckbuilding adventure! Craft the perfect deck for your party to survive an adventure of magic, swords, and hidden discoveries. Online co-op play with up to 4 friends! Victory is but a deck away!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. My Only Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Cat Hits the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cat Hits the Deck.

    Assemble your squad in My Only Heroes, a roguelite deckbuilder where your deck is your Heroes. Start each run with random recruits, then brave shifting dungeons to unlock legendary Main Heroes with superior stats. Stack equipment for awesome combos and survive to reach Mayhem Mountain!

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. Gloctopus

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Cat Hits the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cat Hits the Deck.

    Eight guns is better than one — if you have eight arms. Gloctopus is a bullet heaven roguelike where you equip, mutate, and build your tentacles into a one-octopus army. The ocean didn't stand a chance.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Shardgrave

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Cat Hits the Deck fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Hits the Deck.

    A Slay the Spire–inspired roguelike deckbuilder with both PvE progression and real-time competitive PvP battles. Build your deck, outplay real opponents, and adapt every run to survive and climb.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗

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 Cat Hits the Deck.

    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. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Cat Hits the Deck.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cat Hits the Deck.

    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. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Cat Hits the Deck.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Cat Hits the Deck.

    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 ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Cat Hits the Deck.

    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 ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Cat Hits the Deck.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Cat Hits the Deck.

    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!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Cat Hits the Deck

What games are most similar to Cat Hits the Deck?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cat Hits the Deck are Noctiria, Eldritch Escape, SHOWHAND.
Who developed Cat Hits the Deck?
Cat Hits the Deck was developed by Arc Willow.

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 Cat Hits the Deck.

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16 Games Like Cat Hits the Deck — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run