# Games like The Rookery

> The closest matches to The Rookery: Passant: A Chess Roguelike, The Ouroboros King, Pawnbarian, Drop Duchy, and Rack and Slay. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Passant: A Chess Roguelike](https://imho.run/games/3353100/passant-a-chess-roguelike) — Shares build variety and turn based combat with The Rookery. 281 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3353100/)
2. [The Ouroboros King](https://imho.run/games/2096510/the-ouroboros-king) — Also Chess and Board Game, like The Rookery. 355 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2096510/)
3. [Pawnbarian](https://imho.run/games/1142080/pawnbarian) — Shares deck building with The Rookery. 328 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1142080/)
4. [Drop Duchy](https://imho.run/games/2525310/drop-duchy) — Shares deck building and roguelite progression with The Rookery. 1,463 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2525310/)
5. [Rack and Slay](https://imho.run/games/2311990/rack-and-slay) — Shares build variety and roguelite progression with The Rookery. 408 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2311990/)
6. [Monster Train 2](https://imho.run/games/2742830/monster-train-2) — Shares deck building and build variety with The Rookery. 4,790 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2742830/)
7. [9 Kings](https://imho.run/games/2784470/9-kings) — Shares deck building and skill progression with The Rookery. 8,985 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2784470/)
8. [Gambonanza](https://imho.run/games/3509230/gambonanza) — A frequent pick in The Rookery players' libraries, and another Strategy. 1,417 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3509230/)
9. [Emberward](https://imho.run/games/2459550/emberward) — Also Rogue-lite and Rogue-like, like The Rookery. 4,492 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2459550/)
10. [LuckLand](https://imho.run/games/2516820/luckland) — Shares energy management and deck building with The Rookery. 145 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2516820/)
11. [Witching Stone](https://imho.run/games/2693530/witching-stone) — Shares ability gating and skill progression with The Rookery. 124 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2693530/)
12. [Underboard](https://imho.run/games/2376610/underboard) — Shares ability gating and deck building with The Rookery. 78 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2376610/)
13. [Crown Trick](https://imho.run/games/1000010/crown-trick) — A frequent pick in The Rookery players' libraries, and another RPG. 563 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1000010/)
14. [Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate](https://imho.run/games/1972440/shotgun-king-the-final-checkmate) — Shares deck building and procedural generation with The Rookery. 3,713 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1972440/)
15. [Arrogue](https://imho.run/games/2785570/arrogue) — Shares deck building and build variety with The Rookery. 60 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2785570/)
16. [Rogue Hex](https://imho.run/games/2275940/rogue-hex) — Shares deck building and build variety with The Rookery. 174 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2275940/)
17. [Balatro](https://imho.run/games/2379780/balatro) — Shares deck building and roguelite progression with The Rookery. 99,852 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379780/)
18. [Necroking](https://imho.run/games/2852980/necroking) — Shares deck building and turn based combat with The Rookery. 363 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2852980/)
19. [StarVaders](https://imho.run/games/2097570/starvaders) — Also Board Game and Rogue-lite, like The Rookery. 2,110 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2097570/)
20. [Let's! Revolution!](https://imho.run/games/2111090/let-s-revolution) — Shares procedural generation and resource management with The Rookery. 238 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2111090/)
21. [Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch](https://imho.run/games/2530490/lost-eidolons-veil-of-the-witch) — Also Rogue-lite and Turn-Based Tactics, like The Rookery. 484 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2530490/)
22. [Dice Player One](https://imho.run/games/2752720/dice-player-one) — Shares deck building and build variety with The Rookery. 53 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2752720/)
23. [Wildfrost](https://imho.run/games/1811990/wildfrost) — A frequent pick in The Rookery players' libraries, and another Indie. 5,253 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1811990/)
24. [Cobalt Core](https://imho.run/games/2179850/cobalt-core) — Also Rogue-like and Turn-Based Tactics, like The Rookery. 3,263 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2179850/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=3074200&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=3074200&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=3074200&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=3074200
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/3074200
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About The Rookery

An exciting and fast-paced chess roguelite, full of ridiculous abilities! Explode your opponent's pieces, spawn queens all over the board, move twice in a row... But watch out for the bosses, who have crazy powers of their own!

## Game info

- **AppID:** 3074200
- **Developer:** Glyder Games
- **Publisher:** Glyder Games
- **Genres:** Strategy
- **Categories:** Single-player, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Sep 12, 2024
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/3074200/the-rookery)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=3074200&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3074200/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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