Games like Rival Books of Aster
If Rival Books of Aster is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tap Cats: Epic Card Battle, KROSMAGA and Alteil: Horizons — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and mysterious. 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 Rival Books of Aster: Rival Books of Aster is a strategy deck building game that features over 140 hand illustrated spells that you can use to build custom decks and go head to head against other players. Each spell is also a page in a living story book that translates itself and reveals its secrets as you play the game.
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Steam players who put hours into Rival Books of Aster 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.
Tap Cats: Epic Card Battle
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Top pick for Rival Books of Aster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rival Books of Aster.
Cards. Battles. CATS! Collect hilarious cats, assemble their teams, and battle for glory! Use skill and strategy to earn pawesome rewards, uncover new heroes, and dominate PVP and PVE. The ultimate deck is waiting for you!
KROSMAGA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rival Books of Aster.
Second-strongest match for Rival Books of Aster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Rival Books of Aster.
Krosmaga is a game of skill where the Twelve Gods of the Krosmoz universe settle their differences by pitting creatures, mortals, and demi-gods against each other in a battle of truly epic proportions!
Alteil: Horizons
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Rival Books of Aster.
Third-strongest match for Rival Books of Aster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rival Books of Aster.
Alteil Horizons combines Tactical RPGs (like Final Fantasy Tactics) with the deck-building and collecting elements of card dueling games.
Mystic Vale
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Rival Books of Aster.
Ranked #4 for Rival Books of Aster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rival Books of Aster.
Are you ready to lead your druidic clan and cleanse the Valley of Life? Mystic Vale is a stunning digital version of the Origins award-winning AEG card game. Debuting the unique Card Crafting System, players take turns building powerful combos in order to stop the curse. Play online or local hotseat.
Catan Universe
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Ranked #5 for Rival Books of Aster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Rival Books of Aster.
Trade – build – settle: Become Lord of Catan! Get to know Catan and play the starter scenario in multiplayer mode. Purchase the complete base game, expansions, card game and much more to discover the entire Universe of Catan.
Knightfall: Rivals
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Ranked #6 for Rival Books of Aster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Rival Books of Aster.
Knightfall: Rivals is a free-to-play, card-collecting battle game. Unlock, collect and upgrade over 100 unique cards. Build your own strategic deck and battle others in full 3D with real-time matchmaking and gameplay. Compete in casual mode or climb the ranks of the Templars on an ever-changing global leaderboard.
Duelyst
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Rival Books of Aster.
Ranked #7 for Rival Books of Aster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rival Books of Aster.
The depth of CCG meets the strategy of tabletop gaming in Duelyst! Every choice matters, from your General and deck to positioning on the 9x5 battleboard. Competitive head-to-head turn-based battles at its best!
SolForge
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Shares a contemplative mood with Rival Books of Aster.
Ranked #8 for Rival Books of Aster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Rival Books of Aster.
SolForge is a free-to-play digital collectible game in which players construct their own decks to challenge their friends or battle against the computer. The current open beta version includes deckbuilding, collection management, online play, AI opponents, tournaments, drafts, and more.
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The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Rival Books of Aster.
Reviewers of Rival Books of Aster cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The Elder Scrolls: Legends™ is an award- winning free-to-play strategy card game based on the world and lore of the Elder Scrolls series. Play for hours or minutes across many game modes that are easy to learn but challenging to master.
Shadowverse CCG
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Shares a contemplative mood with Rival Books of Aster.
Reviewers of Rival Books of Aster cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Rival Books of Aster.
Four million battles every day. One Shadowverse. Japan's #1 strategic card game. Made by card gamers for card gamers.
Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Rival Books of Aster.
Reviewers of Rival Books of Aster cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Rival Books of Aster.
Play with friends or AI as you travel across fantastic planes to take on new encounters & opponents. Magic 2013 features ten customizable decks, individual records, new items & more!
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist : Link Evolution
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Reviewers of Rival Books of Aster cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Build your Deck from over 10,000 cards and take on the most iconic Duelists from the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe. Relive the stories from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! animated series through Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS!
Magic: The Gathering Arena
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Shares a contemplative mood with Rival Books of Aster.
Reviewers of Rival Books of Aster cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Rival Books of Aster.
Magic: The Gathering Arena empowers you to discover your strategy, meet the planeswalkers, explore the multiverse, and battle friends around the world. Start playing for free, challenge your friends, unlock cards, and feel the magic of the original fantasy CCG!
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More from Games by Stitch
Other recommendable Steam games by Games by Stitch, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Terrorarium
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Another title from Games by Stitch, the studio behind Rival Books of Aster. Shares Indie with Rival Books of Aster.
Terrorarium is a 3D puzzle platformer about wanton destruction & adorable gore across a galaxy of community-designed murder gardens. Conquer dangerous alien worlds as a feisty granny with a chip on her shoulder and an army of cute but expendable walking mushrooms.
Flow Weaver
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Another title from Games by Stitch, the studio behind Rival Books of Aster. Shares Indie with Rival Books of Aster.
You are trapped. Bound by magic by unknown captors. But you are a Flow Weaver and can move between dimensions. Travel amongst them, learn new spells, and uncover the secrets of this strange world to orchestrate your escape.
Broken Spectre
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Another title from Games by Stitch, the studio behind Rival Books of Aster.
25 years ago your father climbed the mountain and never came back. Now he’s calling for you. Experience the award winning, narrative eldritch horror game like you haven’t before in the Director’s Cut. Can you unravel the mystery of your father who disappeared in the remote wilderness years ago?
Elsewhere Electric
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Another title from Games by Stitch, the studio behind Rival Books of Aster. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rival Books of Aster.
A puzzle game powered by two: Navigate a mysterious facility to charge devices, solve puzzles, and reconfigure the map as you see fit. Uncover the secrets of the facility that await you both at its confounding core. Bring your friend, because you will not survive alone.
Frequently asked about Rival Books of Aster
- Is Rival Books of Aster free to play?
- Yes — Rival Books of Aster is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- Does Rival Books of Aster have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Rival Books of Aster supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Rival Books of Aster?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rival Books of Aster are Tap Cats: Epic Card Battle, KROSMAGA, Alteil: Horizons.
- Who developed Rival Books of Aster?
- Rival Books of Aster was developed by Games by Stitch.
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