Games like Monster Slayers
If Monster Slayers is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slay the Spire, Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles and Deep Sky Derelicts — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and lighthearted. 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 Monster Slayers: Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.
Players who liked Monster Slayers also play
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Monster Slayers.
Top pick for Monster Slayers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
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!
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Monster Slayers.
Second-strongest match for Monster Slayers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.
Deep Sky Derelicts
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a contemplative mood with Monster Slayers.
Third-strongest match for Monster Slayers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
Pirates Outlaws
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Monster Slayers.
Ranked #4 for Monster Slayers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
Roguebook
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Monster Slayers.
Ranked #5 for Monster Slayers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
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!
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Monster Slayers.
Ranked #6 for Monster Slayers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
SpellRogue
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a whimsical mood with Monster Slayers.
Ranked #7 for Monster Slayers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
Banners of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Monster Slayers.
Ranked #8 for Monster Slayers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Monster Slayers
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Monster Slayers.
Reviewers of Monster Slayers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
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!
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Monster Slayers.
Reviewers of Monster Slayers cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Roguebook
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Monster Slayers.
Reviewers of Monster Slayers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
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!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Monster Slayers at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Monster Slayers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Monster Slayers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Monster Slayers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Monster Slayers.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Monster Slayers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Monster Slayers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under Monster Slayers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Monster Slayers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Monster Slayers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
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More from Nerdook Productions
Other recommendable Steam games by Nerdook Productions, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Reverse Crawl
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with Monster Slayers.
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind Monster Slayers. Shares Action with Monster Slayers.
A dungeon crawl where YOU are the dungeon! Lead your minions in tactical turn-based combat against the pesky heroes, and unlock a variety of evil Powers. With a dynamic campaign system and a branching storyline, "Reverse Crawl" lets you experience an RPG from a whole new angle!
Rogue AI Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Monster Slayers.
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind Monster Slayers. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...
魔物讨伐团
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Monster Slayers.
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind Monster Slayers. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
卡牌与RPG结合的无尽地牢探险之旅！最早融合Roguelike与卡牌的游戏之一。多达14种职业，真人配音+纸娃娃系统，完善的卡牌设计，各类魔物与随机事件等你体验！
Vertical Drop Heroes HD
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Monster Slayers.
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind Monster Slayers. Shares Action with Monster Slayers.
Vertical Drop Heroes is a procedural platformer RPG hybrid with roguelike elements, where your hero adventures through randomly generated stages. Armed with a variety of skills and traits, you must use your cunning and reflexes to survive the dangers of each stage.
The Magister
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a whimsical mood with Monster Slayers.
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind Monster Slayers. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
The Magister is a murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customise your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those who stand in your way. Gather clues and discover motives as you investigate the death of your predecessor and unmask the guilty culprit.
The Magister - The First Two Days
WHY THIS
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind Monster Slayers. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
The Magister: The First Two Days gives you the chance to begin your investigation in this murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customize your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those who stand in your way. Gather clues and investigate the death of your predecessor!
Kill A Million Rats
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Monster Slayers.
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind Monster Slayers. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
A base-building, Roguelike Action/Turn-based Strategy (RATS) game, in a forest invaded by a million Rats. As the powerful Spirit of Vengeance, you must save the adorable Villagers! Explore a randomly generated world, expand your village, and exterminate the Rats!
Rogue AI: Idle Domination
WHY THIS
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind Monster Slayers. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
A Rogue A.I. simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen. Take over the world while taking care of other tasks!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Monster Slayers.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
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!
Pirates Outlaws
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Monster Slayers.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
SpellRogue
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a whimsical mood with Monster Slayers.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
Frequently asked about Monster Slayers
- Does Monster Slayers run on Steam Deck?
- Monster Slayers is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Monster Slayers cost?
- Monster Slayers is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Monster Slayers?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Monster Slayers are Slay the Spire, Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles, Deep Sky Derelicts.
- Who developed Monster Slayers?
- Monster Slayers was developed by Nerdook Productions.
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