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We filtered the 50 games similar to StarVaders down to the 35 that fit the “Deck Builder” category. Balatro, Telltale Texas Hold ‘Em and Lara Croft Go top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to StarVaders.

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The best deck Builder games like StarVaders

35 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to StarVaders. Each one has been evaluated across 14 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.

#1BalatroClosest overall match

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloHardcoreNarrativeProceduralIsometric2D

Steam👍 98%· 191KRAWG👍 86%· 263IGDB91· 5OC92· 64

Year 2024Dev LocalThunk · PlayStackPlaytime ~14hOn PC · PS · iOS

✓ Both are turn-based strategy games — sharing card game strategy, roguelike runs and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: vibe casual, vibe relaxing and visual pixel, while skipping adventure storytelling

Balatro is a poker-inspired roguelike deck builder all about creating powerful synergies and winning big. Combine valid poker hands with unique Joker cards in order to create varied synergies and builds.

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#2Telltale Texas Hold ‘EmClosest on combat

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloTacticalNarrativeCozy2D

Steam👍 68%· 370RAWG👍 24%· 21

Year 2008Dev Telltale GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Both are turn-based strategy games — sharing card game strategy, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, deep simulation and horror tension, while skipping roguelike runs

Join poker's most outspoken players for a hand of Telltale Texas Hold'em, the card game stacked high with personality. Quips will fly, chips will fall, and you may just end up rolling in the aisles.

Where it drifts furthest from StarVaders: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for StarVaders.

It predates StarVaders by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloNarrativeAnimeIsometricCasual

Steam👍 93%· 4.0KIGDB86· 5OC83· 19

Year 2015Dev Square Enix Montréal · Square EnixOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are turn-based strategy games — sharing adventure storytelling, turn-based strategy and card game strategy

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, precision platforming and horror tension, while skipping roguelike runs

Where it drifts furthest from StarVaders: tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for StarVaders.

It predates StarVaders by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#47 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloNarrativeCozy2DCasual

Steam👍 54%· 768RAWG👍 5%· 20IGDB40· 1

Year 2013Dev MousechiefPlaytime ~4hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: turn-based strategy, card game strategy and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, puzzle design and vibe casual, while skipping roguelike runs

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 StarVaders: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for StarVaders.

It predates StarVaders by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloCozyIsometricCasualFantasy

Steam👍 88%· 1.0KRAWG👍 37%· 30

Year 2014Dev LudosityPlaytime ~2hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: card game strategy, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: vibe casual and fantasy world, while skipping roguelike runs

Card City Nights is an adventure through a city filled with card-nuts and lunatics. Battle for the 8 legendary cards to enter the biggest competition this city has seen yet. CCN is not a traditional card-trading game.

Where it drifts furthest from StarVaders: setting and tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for StarVaders.

It predates StarVaders by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloNarrativeCasualFirst Person

Steam👍 88%· 7.4KRAWG👍 68%· 220MC75IGDB65· 3

Year 2013Dev Telltale GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the turn-based strategy games cluster, with card game strategy, turn-based strategy and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: sports simulation, puzzle design and vibe casual, while skipping roguelike runs

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 StarVaders: visuals and tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for StarVaders.

It predates StarVaders by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#7Ticket to Ride: Classic EditionClosest on visuals

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloTacticalIsometric2DMultiplayer

Steam👍 86%· 5.5KRAWG👍 67%· 117MC91IGDB63· 3

Year 2009Dev Plug In Digital · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: turn-based strategy, card game strategy and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: vibe casual, competitive edge and historical setting, while skipping roguelike runs

Ticket to Ride is a turn-based strategy game, an adaptation of a board game of the same name. ### Gameplay The gameplay copies the board game entirely. The game takes place on a map of the United States and south Canada filled with multicolored railroads.

Where it drifts furthest from StarVaders: tone and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for StarVaders.

It predates StarVaders by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8Governor of Poker 2

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloIsometricCasualHistoricalFree to Play

Steam👍 73%· 185

Year 2010Dev I Sioux Game ProductionsPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Android

✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: adventure storytelling, card game strategy and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, puzzle design and vibe casual, while skipping roguelike runs

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 StarVaders: tone and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for StarVaders.

It predates StarVaders by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloIsometricMultiplayerCo-opThird Person

IGDB55· 2

Year 2007Dev Hudson Soft · Nintendo

✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: turn-based strategy, card game strategy and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, multiplayer gameplay and co op, while skipping roguelike runs

Where it drifts furthest from StarVaders: game mode.

It predates StarVaders by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloNarrative2DPvPCompetitive

Steam👍 90%· 338RAWG👍 85%· 20MC76

Year 2009Dev HeR InteractivePlaytime ~6hOn PC

✓ Fits the turn-based strategy games cluster, with adventure storytelling, turn-based strategy and card game strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, precision platforming and competitive edge, while skipping roguelike runs

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 StarVaders: setting and tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for StarVaders.

It predates StarVaders by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Pokémon Trading Card Game Online

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SoloIsometricMultiplayerOnlineFantasy

Year 2011Dev Sleepy Giant Entertainment · The Pokémon CompanyOn Android · PC · iOS

✓ Fits the turn-based strategy games cluster, with turn-based strategy, card game strategy and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world, multiplayer gameplay and online features, while skipping roguelike runs

Where it drifts furthest from StarVaders: setting and game mode.

It predates StarVaders by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#12Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloMeleeFantasyFirst PersonPixel Art

IGDB50· 1OC84· 44

Year 2021Dev DmAndyOn PC

✓ Both are turn-based strategy games — sharing turn-based strategy, card game strategy and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings melee combat, fantasy world and visual first person, while skipping roguelike runs

Become the baron of a new vampire metropolis! Fend off eco-terrorist werewolves and rival vampires, build your wealth, and rise to the top in your empire. In early access until November 30th! Made for the official 2021 Vampire: the Masquerade game jam under Dark Pack.

Where it drifts furthest from StarVaders: combat and setting.

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#13100% Orange JuiceClosest on setting

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloCozyHardcoreAnimeIsometric2D

Steam👍 91%· 30KRAWG👍 42%· 165

Year 2013Dev Orange_Juice · Fruitbat FactoryPlaytime ~4hOn PC

✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: turn-based strategy, card game strategy and cozy, relaxing feel

≠ Its own twist: vibe casual, multiplayer gameplay and co op, while skipping adventure storytelling

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 StarVaders: game mode.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for StarVaders.

It predates StarVaders by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#14G.I.R.L.S. will be Girls

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloNarrativeCozyAnime2D

Steam👍 63%· 263

Year 2015Dev ZooPlaytime ~5hOn PC

✓ Fits the turn-based strategy games cluster, with card game strategy, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, puzzle design and vibe casual, while skipping adventure storytelling

"Are You Ready?" "School Girls Edition" for "Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle" has now appeared! An extraordinary collection of Pretty School Girls is waiting for you! The heated struggle to determine the world's top School Mahjong girl is about to begin!

Where it drifts furthest from StarVaders: combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for StarVaders.

It predates StarVaders by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#15Duelyst

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloTacticalIsometricMultiplayerPixel Art

Steam👍 82%· 4.7KRAWG👍 55%· 102MC82IGDB82· 7OC80· 16

Year 2016Dev Counterplay Games · BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment USPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: card game strategy, turn-based strategy and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with multiplayer gameplay, visual pixel and free to play, while skipping adventure storytelling

Duelyst is a digital collectible card game and turn-based strategy hybrid. The game has four expansions: Denizens of Shim'zar, Rise of the Bloodborn, Ancient Bonds, and Unearthed Prophecy. ###Gameplay In each round, two players must fight across a tactical battlefield.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for StarVaders.

It predates StarVaders by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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