Games like Cardstock City
If Cardstock City is your kind of game, the closest matches are Card Shop Duelist, Feather Trace and Barbie™ Horse Ride & Rescue — 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 Cardstock City: The cozy trading card life sim where every paycheck becomes another booster pack. Work odd jobs, rip packs, chase rare pulls, trade with locals, run your own card shop, and battle starting on folding tables at card expo tournaments to earn a World Championship invite.
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Card Shop Duelist
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Top pick for Cardstock City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cardstock City.
Run your own trading card shop. Rip packs chasing the big pull, price the shelves, hire staff, and duel your customers in Battleforge, a full TCG built into the game. Play solo or with up to seven friends online.
Feather Trace
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Second-strongest match for Cardstock City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cardstock City.
Inside vast biodomes, embark on a one-of-a-kind birdwatching journey built around deck-building, Birdpedia collection, and long-term progression. Explore diverse habitats, meet birds of every kind, and study them through card-based play to fill out your Birdpedia.
Barbie™ Horse Ride & Rescue
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Third-strongest match for Cardstock City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Cardstock City.
Start your Western horse riding adventure with Barbie at Roaming Hearts Rescue Ranch. Rescue and rehabilitate charming horses, test your riding skills and customize your style as you uncover the mysteries of Moonrise Valley!
Tama Pet
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Ranked #4 for Cardstock City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cardstock City.
Raise your own desktop companion! Feed, decorate, collect cute accessories, open surprise packs, and watch your virtual pet grow while it keeps you company throughout the day.
Attack on Hex Island
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Ranked #5 for Cardstock City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG and Casual with Cardstock City.
A cute and approachable turn-based deck builder/card battler that combines the battle systems from Tetra Master/Triple Triad and Pokémon. Collect, upgrade, and customize your party to strategically defeat your opponents and save them from the attack on Hex Island.
Nimbit Frontier
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Ranked #6 for Cardstock City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cardstock City.
A cozy creature-collecting life sim with deep creature care, roguelite action, and a focus on nurturing, discovery, and atmosphere. Raise adorable Nimbits, build cozy custom habitats, and explore the shifting Underwild to uncover rare species and support their conservation.
God Faction
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Ranked #7 for Cardstock City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Cardstock City.
Travel the world of Godrune, collect powerful cards from defeated champions, and build the ultimate deck to reign supreme at the Grand Tournament.
AdventureSteam ↗Many Ducks
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Ranked #8 for Cardstock City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cardstock City.
Waddle into a world of weird and wonderful ducks as the new Duck Rancher of Waddleton Cove! Build your ranch, hatch ducklings, and raise a flock worthy of leading the legendary Duck Parade.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cardstock City.
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?
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cardstock City.
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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cardstock City.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Virtual Cottage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cardstock City.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cardstock City.
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.
An Arcade Full of Cats
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cardstock City.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
100 Asian Cats
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cardstock City.
🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️♂️🐈✅
DORONKO WANKO
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cardstock City.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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Frequently asked about Cardstock City
- What games are most similar to Cardstock City?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cardstock City are Card Shop Duelist, Feather Trace, Barbie™ Horse Ride & Rescue.
- Who developed Cardstock City?
- Cardstock City was developed by Krimson Studios.
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 Cardstock City.
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