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Within the “Deck Builder” category, the closest game to Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 is Spectromancer — scoring 79/100 on our similarity scale. Mario Party DS and The Jackbox Party Pack 3 follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012. Each one has been evaluated across 8 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
✓ Both are turn-based strategy games — sharing turn-based strategy, card game strategy and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with punishing difficulty, dark, oppressive atmosphere and PvP competition
Open your mind and discover your power as you explore the world of Spectromancer!
✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: puzzle design, turn-based strategy and card game strategy
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, visual isometric and visual third person, while skipping combat magic
✓ Both are turn-based strategy games — sharing turn-based strategy, card game strategy and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, sports simulation and vibe casual, while skipping combat magic
New Important Note: To make the gameplay easier and more fun, you can press spacebar to throw the casting sticks instead of mouse click.
Where it drifts furthest from Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012: setting.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012.
Released 4 years after Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012.
✓ Both are turn-based strategy games — sharing puzzle design, turn-based strategy and card game strategy
≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping combat magic
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a game about defusing a bomb. It was initially made for virtual reality headsets but also supports traditional screens and controls. ###Player cooperation The game is meant to be played by at least two people in cooperation.
Released 4 years after Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012.
✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: turn-based strategy, card game strategy and puzzle design
≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, adventure storytelling and vibe casual, while skipping combat magic
What Ancients Begat is a complete (~15 hour) game of family generations surviving the rise of western civilization. Survival is the ultimate goal. The sub-goals, you choose, build their story. Experience an abstract telling of the lives of our earliest recorded ancestors.
Where it drifts furthest from Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012: setting and game mode.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012.
✓ Both are turn-based strategy games — sharing puzzle design, turn-based strategy and card game strategy
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, precision platforming and horror tension, while skipping combat magic
Where it drifts furthest from Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012: setting and game mode.
Released 4 years after Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012.
✓ Fits the turn-based strategy games cluster, with card game strategy, puzzle design and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: sports simulation, adventure storytelling and vibe casual, while skipping combat magic
Playing poker is good in itself and as an occasion for live communication, a disclosure of communicative talents, a great way to spend time with friends. Especially if these friends know how to play and have fun playing. This poker simulator allows you to spend time in a beautiful company.
Where it drifts furthest from Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012: game mode.
✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: card game strategy, puzzle design and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, deep simulation and vibe casual, while skipping combat magic
Show them all, the Governor is not to be trifled with! Where have you been all those years? Lots of things have changed. Cities have grown, new people arrived... It’s all good, but some things cannot be accepted just like that! Howdy! Finally it’s there, Governor of Poker 2!
Where it drifts furthest from Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012: setting and game mode.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012.
✓ Fits the turn-based strategy games cluster, with puzzle design, turn-based strategy and card game strategy
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, precision platforming and strong narrative focus, while skipping combat magic
Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy is a first-person perspective, point-and-click adventure game. The player is Nancy Drew and has to solve a mystery. Explore rich environments for clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles and mini-games.
Where it drifts furthest from Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012: setting and game mode.
✓ Fits the turn-based strategy games cluster, with card game strategy, turn-based strategy and combat magic
≠ Its own twist: combat tactical and visual isometric, while skipping puzzle design
Special EditionThe Special Edition includes the following: Magic: The Gathering 2014 - Duels of the Planeswalkers Base Game Soundtrack: Planar themes and the licensed I Fight Dragons song as MP3s Wallpapers: 5 desktop wallpapers; in multiple sizes eBook: “Return To Ravnica” novella in PDF format…
Same studio: Stainless Games.
✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: card game strategy, turn-based strategy and combat magic
≠ Its own twist: combat tactical and visual isometric, while skipping puzzle design
Special EditionThe Magic: The Gathering –Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 Special Edition includes: Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 Full Game Magic 2013 Official Soundtrack Wallpapers: 5 wallpapers; in multiple sizes. 2nd Path of the Planeswalkers Graphic novel .
Same studio: Stainless Games.
✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: turn-based strategy, card game strategy and combat magic
≠ Its own twist: loot and gear systems, skill tree progression and visual isometric, while skipping puzzle design
Released 3 years after Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012.
✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: turn-based strategy, card game strategy and multiplayer gameplay
≠ Its own twist: cozy, relaxing feel, vibe casual and punishing difficulty, while skipping puzzle design
100% Orange Juice is a digital multiplayer board game populated by developer Orange Juice's all-star cast. Characters from Flying Red Barrel, QP Shooting, Suguri and Sora come together with all-new characters to duke it out... with dice.
Where it drifts furthest from Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012: setting.
✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: card game strategy, turn-based strategy and combat magic
≠ Its own twist: combat tactical and visual isometric, while skipping puzzle design
GARRUK'S REVENGE EXPANSION NOW AVAILABLE! Walk in the footsteps of the Multiverse's greatest hunter. Featuring additional campaign levels, challenges, and new cards to collect, you take on the role of Garruk and hunt your prey across the planes!
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012.
Same studio: Stainless Games.
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