Games like Friend and foe
Below are 20 hand-picked alternatives to Friend and foe for fans of strategy, indie, early access, 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 Friend and foe 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 Friend and foe: A sci-fi deckbuilding roguelike with a twist: play solo or with bots through four floors of rogue AI and war machines, or team up online — cooperate to survive, or sabotage your friend to stay on top.
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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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Chrono CCG
Top pick for Friend and foe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Friend and foe.
Chrono CCG is an indie game from genre veterans where time-traveling agents battle for control of history. Timelines shift mid-match, agents evolve, and deep strategy meets accessible play. For the community, by the community.
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Tuggowar
Second-strongest match for Friend and foe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Friend and foe.
Tuggowar is the big-brain deckbuilding duel. Engage in tense combat on a solarpunk frontier. Assemble your deck turn by turn, discover powerful card combos, disrupt the enemy strategy, and pilot your well-oiled war machine to victory!
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Astatos
Third-strongest match for Friend and foe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Friend and foe.
Leave your influence in your wake as you bring together a broken land in a card-battling adventure filled with gods, heroes, and the instability of yourself and those around you. Play the story, or go online with fellow Crown Mages for tabletop card action.
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Card-en-Ciel
Ranked #4 for Friend and foe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Card-en-Ciel is a roguelite card-battling RPG featuring over 300 different cards and 50 unique vocal songs! Play as Neon, the "Gaming Chair Detective" famous for solving net-crimes, as he encounters a strange new case when he dives into an in-development game world.
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Minion Masters
Ranked #5 for Friend and foe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Friend and foe.
An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!
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Slay the Spire 2
Ranked #6 for Friend and foe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Friend and foe.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
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Clutchtime™: Basketball Deckbuilder
Ranked #7 for Friend and foe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Friend and foe.
Build your perfect deck and become a Champion.
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Gordian Quest
Ranked #8 for Friend and foe fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Friend and foe.
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Friend and foe.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Friend and foe.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Friend and foe.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Friend and foe.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Friend and foe.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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The Looker
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Friend and foe.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Friend and foe.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
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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Tuggowar
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Friend and foe.
Tuggowar is the big-brain deckbuilding duel. Engage in tense combat on a solarpunk frontier. Assemble your deck turn by turn, discover powerful card combos, disrupt the enemy strategy, and pilot your well-oiled war machine to victory!
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Slay the Spire 2
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Friend and foe.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
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Clutchtime™: Basketball Deckbuilder
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Friend and foe.
Build your perfect deck and become a Champion.
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Gordian Quest
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Friend and foe.
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
Frequently asked about Friend and foe
- Does Friend and foe have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Friend and foe supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Friend and foe?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Friend and foe are Chrono CCG, Tuggowar, Astatos.
- Who developed Friend and foe?
- Friend and foe was developed by Seven province.
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 Friend and foe.
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