Games like Abjure
If Abjure is your kind of game, the closest matches are Recall Rogue, As We Descend and Handmancers — 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 Abjure: Win by emptying your hand. Abjure is a roguelike deckbuilder where the 2 of Spades reigns supreme — draft cards, stack relics, and outplay every opponent in a strategic twist on the Big 2 card game.
Players who liked Abjure also play
Steam players who put hours into Abjure 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.
Recall Rogue
WHY THIS
Top pick for Abjure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Abjure.
The knowledge roguelite. Answer questions to hit harder, skip them to die faster. The deeper you go, the more the dungeon punishes ignorance. Bosses shrug off everything but proven knowledge. 98 decks, 7 languages, 67,000 real facts. Guilt-free gaming.
As We Descend
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Abjure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Abjure.
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Handmancers
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Abjure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Abjure.
Handmancers is a Rock, Paper, Scissors Roguelite deckbuilder with a first-person twist where clear tactical choices meet deck-building depth. Craft your deck, enhance your cards, equip tricky artifacts and face powerful enemies in strategic fights
RogueJack21
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Abjure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Abjure.
RogueJack21 is a Blackjack-inspired deckbuilder where you build and upgrade your deck to battle your opponents. Navigate through procedurally generated casinos and take revenge on The House, the ruthless mafia ruling Noir City that stole everything from you.
THE SPIRIT LIFT
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Abjure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Abjure.
A retro horror deckbuilder roguelike set in a haunted hotel in the 1990s. Choose your teens, explore and fight! If you die rewind the night!
The Royal Writ
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Abjure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Abjure.
Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Abjure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Abjure.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Hadean Tactics
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Abjure fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Abjure.
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Abjure.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Abjure.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Abjure.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Abjure.
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.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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The Royal Writ
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Abjure.
Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Abjure.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Hadean Tactics
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Abjure.
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
Frequently asked about Abjure
- What games are most similar to Abjure?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Abjure are Recall Rogue, As We Descend, Handmancers.
- Who developed Abjure?
- Abjure was developed by Jax Games.
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 Abjure.
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