Games like Catalyst Core
If Catalyst Core is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crownbreakers, Bibidi Bibidi! and Dungeon Raid — 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 Catalyst Core: A grid-based roguelike deckbuilder where every move sets up your next reaction. Build your deck, collect Elemental Cores and chain powerful elemental combos to defeat your enemies.
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Crownbreakers
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Top pick for Catalyst Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Catalyst Core.
Tyrants keep the magical city of Cascade in a chokehold. They grow fat by grinding everyone else's soul into profit. ✊ENOUGH! Crash into their districts and build your deck as you push forward. Use your champions and cards to pummel some demonic billionaires in this turn-based card-game brawler.
Bibidi Bibidi!
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Second-strongest match for Catalyst Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Catalyst Core.
Bibidi Bibidi! is a whimsical deckbuilder where your wizard shouts whatever spell you conjure up. Every card has 3 components that you combine in your spellbook for unique effects. Mix and match incantations like sim-sala-bim and abra-kadabra to zap your way through a dungeon filled with monsters.
Dungeon Raid
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Third-strongest match for Catalyst Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Catalyst Core.
Dungeon Raid is an adventure card roguelike. Dive deeper and deeper into the dungeon. Use everything you find to defeat enemies and kill the final boss. Good luck! And try not to die... from hunger.
Gambition
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Ranked #4 for Catalyst Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Catalyst Core.
A chess-inspired tactical roguelike where every battle becomes a puzzle of sacrifice and manipulation. Evolve chess pieces, build powerful armies, and turn clever sacrifices into devastating synergies.
SlotsNStocks
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Ranked #5 for Catalyst Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Catalyst Core.
Rig the market in this deckbuilding slot machine roguelike. Draft hundreds of bearish and bullish symbols into your trading machine, collect powerful relics, and manipulate the odds to hit grueling weekly margin calls and avoid going bust.
As We Descend
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Ranked #6 for Catalyst Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Catalyst Core.
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?
Become the Moon
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Ranked #7 for Catalyst Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Catalyst Core.
Become the Moon is a challenging, deckbuilding auto battler. Choose from 10 unique characters, each with their own distinct playstyles. Assemble a team of powerful minions & cast cosmic spells where every run takes you one step closer to the moon.
Dice A Million
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Ranked #8 for Catalyst Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Catalyst Core.
Have you ever tried to roll 1,000,000 on a set of dice? No? Build the right bag of die, and you might just pull it off.
Free alternatives
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The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Catalyst Core.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Catalyst Core.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 Action with Catalyst Core.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Catalyst Core.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Catalyst Core.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Electoral Carnage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Catalyst Core.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
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Frequently asked about Catalyst Core
- What games are most similar to Catalyst Core?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Catalyst Core are Crownbreakers, Bibidi Bibidi!, Dungeon Raid.
- Who developed Catalyst Core?
- Catalyst Core was developed by Satk and published by Karus.
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