Games like The Cardian - Light the Shrines
If The Cardian - Light the Shrines is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crazy Pocket, Shanhai Exorcist: Yin-Yang Chronicles and Cards of Bellum — 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 The Cardian - Light the Shrines: The Cardian is a tactical roguelike deckbuilding card-defense game where positioning is everything. Predict enemy movements, plan your path, and set your cards in advance. See the future, outsmart the swarm, and defend the last Shrines of Light!
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Crazy Pocket
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Top pick for The Cardian - Light the Shrines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Cardian - Light the Shrines.
Crazy Pocket is a roguelike deckbuilder inspired by classic pocket billiards! Chain diverse ball abilities together to build game-breaking synergies, and execute the ultimate shot to clear the table in a single turn!
Shanhai Exorcist: Yin-Yang Chronicles
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Second-strongest match for The Cardian - Light the Shrines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Cardian - Light the Shrines.
One card, two fates. Flip between Yin and Yang faces to change both cost and effect, read enemy intents, and turn defense, setup, and burst into one decisive sequence. Build around Sword, Five Phases, Summoning, or Karma in a Chinese-mythology roguelike deckbuilder.
Cards of Bellum
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Third-strongest match for The Cardian - Light the Shrines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Cardian - Light the Shrines.
A roguelike deckbuilder of strategy, dice, and luck. Master suit-based combat, turn defeat into glorious victory with a roll of the dice, and recruit unique heroes, powerful wizards, and legendary knights. Build your deck, storm the capital, and claim the throne
Meme Cards: Chaos Deck
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Ranked #4 for The Cardian - Light the Shrines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Cardian - Light the Shrines.
Meme Cards: Chaos Deck is a meme-fueled roguelike deckbuilder where traditional Chinese culture crashes into internet absurdity. Build wild decks from meme-powered cards, defeat bizarre enemies, climb a twisted pagoda, and uncover the secrets hidden beyond the mist across repeated runs.
Paceweaver
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Ranked #5 for The Cardian - Light the Shrines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Backstab for double damage. Every enemy move is telegraphed in advance. Paceweaver is a turn-based deckbuilding roguelike fought on a single lane, where distance and facing decide everything. Slip between telegraphed attacks and get behind your foe.
Cards Of Calling
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Ranked #6 for The Cardian - Light the Shrines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A roguelike deckbuilder where you command summoned creatures in battle. Build your deck, create powerful synergies, and fight alongside your pack in tactical turn-based combat.
Crown of Petals
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Ranked #7 for The Cardian - Light the Shrines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A unique fusion of deckbuilding and grand strategy! Command 6 distinct races across procedurally generated lands. Construct tactical fortresses, draft powerful cards, and outmaneuver rival nations through dynamic diplomacy or brutal warfare to claim the Crown!
StrategySteam ↗Roll to Ruin
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Ranked #8 for The Cardian - Light the Shrines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Cardian - Light the Shrines.
Roll to Ruin is a medieval dice roguelite. Roll, hold, bank or farkle — Farkle rules with a deckbuilding twist. Battle through seven taverns, build your dice deck, wield 34 badges to flip the table. Outscore your rival or lose it all. Dice are fate. Every wager counts. Just one more... right?
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Tukoni: Prologue
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Hell Deck
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Another title from OFFMOON Inc., the studio behind The Cardian - Light the Shrines.
Collect units and build powerful synergies on a restricted grid in Hell Deck, a dark roguelike deckbuilder defense game. Construct your own bizarre, twisted ecosystem through a brutal cycle of predation and sacrifice, and defend hell from the holy swarm
Who Am I Next? : Animals
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Another title from OFFMOON Inc., the studio behind The Cardian - Light the Shrines. Shares Casual with The Cardian - Light the Shrines.
Who Am I Next? : Animals is a fast-paced, multiplayer brawler where you must survive ever-changing chaos. Clear your animal's missions and claim the #1 spot!
Dealer's Dice
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Another title from OFFMOON Inc., the studio behind The Cardian - Light the Shrines. Shares Casual with The Cardian - Light the Shrines.
Trapped in the twisted game room of a mysterious entity, Dealer's Dice is a high-stakes roguelike dice-defense game. Collect powerful dice, manage your betting table, and gamble against relentless waves of invaders. Push your luck, test your greed, and survive.
Frequently asked about The Cardian - Light the Shrines
- What games are most similar to The Cardian - Light the Shrines?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Cardian - Light the Shrines are Crazy Pocket, Shanhai Exorcist: Yin-Yang Chronicles, Cards of Bellum.
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