Games like CGCards
If CGCards is your kind of game, the closest matches are DreamBreaker, Talespinner and Gordian Quest — 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 CGCards: CGCards is a Roguelike deckbuilder blending Balatro-style combos with Slay the Spire-like strategy. Play as a medieval explorer, choose your class, build your deck, trigger multipliers, and survive turn-based battles in a randomly generated world. Every card counts. Will you find the winning hand?
Players who liked CGCards also play
Steam players who put hours into CGCards 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.
DreamBreaker
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Top pick for CGCards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with CGCards.
DreamBreaker is a rogue-like turn-based card-building game. Each hero has unique characteristics, and form different combinations to challenge and seal the demon lord. Innovative combat mechanics create a unique turn-based experience!
Talespinner
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Second-strongest match for CGCards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with CGCards.
Enter a captivating realm woven with the tapestry of Japanese mythology in Talespinner, a deck-building roguelike adventure. As the storyteller, you will guide your chosen hero through an ever-changing narrative shaped by your decisions and deck construction.
Gordian Quest
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Third-strongest match for CGCards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with CGCards.
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.
HELLCARD: Prologue
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Ranked #4 for CGCards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with CGCards.
HELLCARD: Prologue lets you try the main game's Singleplayer and Multiplayer modes. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other gamers in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!
Hunter's Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure
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Ranked #5 for CGCards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with CGCards.
A Victorian Steampunk Roguelite Deckbuilder. Choose from four characters with unique cards and abilities. Customize your deck and character as you investigate a mysterious plague. Battle corrupted beasts and bosses in turn-based combat to unlock powerful relics and enchanted tarot cards.
Black Book
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Ranked #6 for CGCards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with CGCards.
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
Roguebook
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Ranked #7 for CGCards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with CGCards.
Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!
HELLCARD
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Ranked #8 for CGCards fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with CGCards.
Hellcard is a unique cooperative deck builder rogue-like game. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other players' lobbies in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with CGCards.
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.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with CGCards.
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.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with CGCards.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
Cube Escape: Paradox
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with CGCards.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Tails Noir: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with CGCards.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Samsara Room
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with CGCards.
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Gordian Quest
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Adventure with CGCards.
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.
HELLCARD: Prologue
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Adventure with CGCards.
HELLCARD: Prologue lets you try the main game's Singleplayer and Multiplayer modes. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other gamers in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!
HELLCARD
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Adventure with CGCards.
Hellcard is a unique cooperative deck builder rogue-like game. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other players' lobbies in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!
Frequently asked about CGCards
- What games are most similar to CGCards?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CGCards are DreamBreaker, Talespinner, Gordian Quest.
- Who developed CGCards?
- CGCards was developed by Chu Xiu Wu.
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 CGCards.
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