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We filtered the 50 games similar to Zodiacats down to the 18 that fit the “Casual” category. Egyptian Senet, Telltale Texas Hold ‘Em and 7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Zodiacats.

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The best casual games like Zodiacats

18 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Zodiacats. Each one has been evaluated across 10 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.

#1Egyptian SenetClosest on genre

iRank78

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloCasualRelaxingCozyNarrative

Steam👍 78%· 365

Year 2015Dev Ezzat StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Both are turn-based strategy games — sharing turn-based strategy, card game strategy and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, sports simulation and historical setting, while skipping adventure storytelling

New Important Note: To make the gameplay easier and more fun, you can press spacebar to throw the casting sticks instead of mouse click.

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

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#2Telltale Texas Hold ‘EmClosest overall match

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloCasualNarrativeCozy2D

Steam👍 68%· 370RAWG👍 24%· 21

Year 2008Dev Telltale GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC

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

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, horror tension and survival mechanics, while skipping vibe relaxing

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.

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

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

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#37 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloCasualNarrativeCozy2D

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 and historical setting, while skipping vibe relaxing

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.

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

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

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#4G.I.R.L.S. will be Girls

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloCasualNarrativeCozy2D

Steam👍 63%· 263

Year 2015Dev ZooPlaytime ~5hOn PC

✓ Fits the turn-based strategy games cluster, with card game strategy, turn-based strategy and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat, 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!

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

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#5Balatro

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloCasualNarrativeRelaxing2D

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, turn-based strategy and vibe casual

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, punishing difficulty and procedural generation, while skipping puzzle design

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.

Where it drifts furthest from Zodiacats: visuals.

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloCasualNarrativeHorrorAnime

Steam👍 93%· 4.0KIGDB86· 5OC83· 19

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

✓ Both are turn-based strategy games — sharing puzzle design, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, horror tension and horror setting, while skipping vibe relaxing

Where it drifts furthest from Zodiacats: visuals and tone.

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

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloCasualNarrativeFirst 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, puzzle design and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: sports simulation and visual first person, while skipping vibe relaxing

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 Zodiacats: visuals and tone.

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

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

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SoloNarrativeCasual2DTactical

Steam👍 85%· 12KIGDB80· 1OC58· 10

Year 2015Dev Robot Gentleman StudiosOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Fits the turn-based strategy games cluster, with turn-based strategy, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, survival mechanics and punishing difficulty, while skipping card game strategy

Where it drifts furthest from Zodiacats: tone and visuals.

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

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloCasualCozyFantasyIsometric

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: fantasy world and visual isometric, while skipping puzzle design

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 Zodiacats: visuals.

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

It predates Zodiacats by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Triple Town

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloCasualCozyFantasyIsometric

Steam👍 92%· 820RAWG👍 67%· 27

Year 2012Dev Spry FoxPlaytime ~4hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Both are turn-based strategy games — sharing puzzle design, turn-based strategy and vibe casual

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world and visual isometric, while skipping card game strategy

Triple Town is an award-winning original puzzle game in which you try to grow the greatest possible city. The larger the city you build, the more points you score. You build your city by matching three or more game-pieces: combine three grasses to make a bush, three bushes to make a tree...

Where it drifts furthest from Zodiacats: visuals.

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

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

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SoloCozyCasual2DMultiplayer

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: punishing difficulty, setting anime and multiplayer gameplay, 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 Zodiacats: game mode.

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

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

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#12Ascension: Deckbuilding Game

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloCasualNarrative2DMultiplayer

Steam👍 89%· 1.7KMC84

Year 2011Dev Playdek · Asmodee DigitalPlaytime ~2hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Both are turn-based strategy games — sharing card game strategy, turn-based strategy and vibe casual

≠ Where it differs: brings combat tactical, fantasy world and setting scifi, while skipping puzzle design

Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer, was the first officially licensed deck building card game for iOS, and is now available for your PC as Ascension: Deckbuilding Game, complete with 5 full expansion decks! Play alone or with friends to battle against the Fallen One for honor and victory.

Where it drifts furthest from Zodiacats: game mode.

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

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

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#13Governor of Poker 2

iRank73

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloCasualHistoricalIsometricFree 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 puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, historical setting and visual isometric, while skipping vibe relaxing

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 Zodiacats: visuals and tone.

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

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

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#14Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition

iRank78

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloCasual2DMultiplayerOffline

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: competitive edge, combat tactical and historical setting, while skipping puzzle design

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 Zodiacats: tone and game mode.

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

It predates Zodiacats by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#15Poker Night at the Inventory

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloCasualTacticalFirst Person

Steam👍 90%· 9.7KRAWG👍 59%· 249MC71OC80· 12

Year 2010Dev Telltale GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: card game strategy, turn-based strategy and vibe casual

≠ Where it differs: brings sports simulation, combat tactical and visual first person, while skipping puzzle design

Four famous characters - Max (Sam & Max game series), RED Heavy (Team Fortress 2 game), Tycho (Penny Arcade webcomic), and Strong Bad (Homestar Runner web series) - just sit around a table in the underground casino called Inventory and play poker.

Where it drifts furthest from Zodiacats: visuals and tone.

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

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

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