Best Deckbuilding Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated deckbuilding games.

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Evolution Board Game Predators lurk, food is scarce, you must adapt - or go extinct. Evolve your species to survive and dominate as you explore the campaign or go head-to-head with the skill-based matchmaker.

Price -11% 13.24€
Rating 7.9
Release 12 Feb 2019
Mystic Vale 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.

Price -87% 1.70€
Rating 8.3
Release 31 Jan 2019
Slay the Spire We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

Price -75% 5.74€
Rating 9.7
Release 23 Jan 2019
Book of Demons Book of Demons is a Hack & Slash in which YOU decide the length of quests. Wield magic cards instead of weapons and slay the armies of darkness in the dungeons below the Old Cathedral. Save the terror-stricken Paperverse from the clutches of the Archdemon himself!

Price -96% 1.04€
Rating 7.8
Release 13 Dec 2018
Eternal Card Game Six-guns and sorcery collide in Eternal, the new strategy card game of unlimited choices and unbelievable fun. Eternal brings AAA pace and polish to the infinite possibilities of a deep strategy card game. The only limits are your own creativity.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 15 Nov 2018
Deep Sky Derelicts Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.

Price -93% 1.54€
Rating 7.2
Release 26 Sep 2018
Wizard101 Unleash your inner magic and prepare to unravel the mysteries surrounding a death professor gone rogue. Darkness threatens to engulf the Spiral as you master powerful spells, explore over 22 whimsical worlds, and team-up with friends in this nostalgic wizard turn-based deckbuilding MMORPG.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 06 Sep 2018
Cultist Simulator Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.

Price -96% 0.92€
Rating 7.8
Release 31 May 2018
Stormbound Cards and chess collide in Stormbound. Turn-based tactical gameplay, collecting cards and beautiful 2D Art. Level up your army to conquer the ladder.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.8
Release 15 May 2018
Prismata A perfect-information strategy game inspired by RTS, deckbuilders, and board games. Choose from three distinct technology classes and outwit your foes by snowballing your starting resources into a powerful cybernetic army. ABSOLUTELY NO PAY-TO-WIN.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 08 Mar 2018
WARTILE Wartile is a cool-down based strategy game in which you control a warband of Viking figurines in a miniature universe inspired by Norse mythology. Unravel its secrets and rein the powers of the gods.

Price -98% 0.57€
Rating 7.2
Release 08 Feb 2018
Martial Arts Brutality In this turn based tactical card fighter, you will learn the secrets of Kung Fu, master control of your formidable Chi Energy and perfect the legendary Dim Mak death touch.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 31 Jan 2018
Heart of Crown PC Which princess will you promote in this battle of succession? Heart of Crown is a deck-building card game with online play, scenario campaigns, and free play which offer a wide variety of challenges and enjoyment to be had.

Price 22.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 12 Dec 2017
Shadowhand: RPG Card Game Shadowhand is a strategic RPG card game. Duel powerful enemies in 18th Century England with unique solitaire-style turn-based combat. Equip your character strategically to sneak, slice and blast through foes!

Price -98% 0.42€
Rating 7.8
Release 07 Dec 2017
Card Quest Card Quest is a dungeon crawling adventure game with unique card combat. Play with a variety of unique character classes, and customize decks to fit your playstyle. Explore the strategic depth of tactical roguelike gameplay, and crush the undead plague.

Price -14% 7.06€
Rating 8.0
Release 07 Nov 2017
Hand of Fate 2 A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!

Price -84% 4.59€
Rating 8.2
Release 07 Nov 2017
Children of Zodiarcs A story-driven, tactical RPG set in the fantasy realm of Lumus; a world divided by affluence and poverty. Take control of Nahmi and her fellow outcasts, utilising a brand new deck and dice based combat system to strike a blow to the noble Lords’ and Ladies’ unquenchable thirst for profit.

Price -83% 3.14€
Rating 6.8
Release 18 Jul 2017
The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ 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.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 31 May 2017
Shardbound: Forge Your Path, Master Your Strategy Shardbound brings fast, fun, and tactical card strategy to the table! Build your deck, take control of the board, and face off in exciting battles that are as unpredictable as they are action-packed.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.0
Release 06 Apr 2017
Monster Slayers Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.

Price -95% 0.31€
Rating 7.6
Release 23 Mar 2017
Monster Monpiece Collect and train over 100 "monster girls" that come to life in strategic, card-based battles! Strengthen your cards with the First Crush ❤ Rub mode, taking on a hands-on role to warm them up and gain more artwork!

Price -92% 0.85€
Rating 6.8
Release 14 Mar 2017
Dream Quest Play cards! Kill monsters! Level Up! Dream Quest is a roguelike deckbuilding game inspired by the likes of Ascension, Magic: the Gathering, and Shandalar. Explore randomly generated levels as one of 13 classes in short, 30 minute, sessions.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 08 Dec 2016
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist Relive past Dueling glory against Yu-Gi-Oh! characters from the past and present! Compete against other players online with your custom deck, then challenge them in Battle Pack Draft and Sealed Play!

Price -16% 16.86€
Rating 8.2
Release 07 Dec 2016
Spellstone Spellstone is a fantasy card game with beautiful hand-drawn art and rich lore! Collect hundreds of striking cards to battle through a compelling story and unravel the mystery of the Void.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.1
Release 14 Nov 2016
Shadowverse CCG Four million battles every day. One Shadowverse. Japan's #1 strategic card game. Made by card gamers for card gamers.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 27 Oct 2016
Cards of Cthulhu CARDS OF CTHULHU is the Roguelike Card RPG full of madness. Experience the unique combination of strategic deck-building with fast-paced combat and face-off parody monsters from horror B movies.

Price -51% 0.49€
Rating 6.9
Release 11 Oct 2016
Star Crusade CCG Star Crusade: War for the Expanse is a free-to-play, online, digital collectible card game (CCG) based in a richly styled sci-fi universe, where each player takes command of one of the six factions vying for supremacy in an unclaimed exotic sector of space.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 07 Sep 2016
System Crash System Crash is a story-driven cyberpunk collectible card game inspired by Blade Runner and Neuromancer. When corporations own everything and the line between man and machine is blurred, your only option is to fight to survive!

Price -87% 1.65€
Rating 7.5
Release 01 Aug 2016
Solitairica Solitairica takes RPG combat and challenging roguelike progression to a fresh new place—the world of solitaire! Using a variety of magical items and powerful spells, battle your way through a horde of ever-changing enemies and defeat the horrible Emperor Stuck.

Price -74% 2.63€
Rating 7.3
Release 31 May 2016
FORCED SHOWDOWN Deckbuilding empowers this challenging bullet hell adventure! Each character is a unique experience: Choose a deck of unlockable cards to boost you in new ways every battle - "My whirlwind shoots fireballs!?". Battle hordes of brutal foes to become a superstar in C-SAR’s ever-changing game show.

Price -90% 1.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 29 Mar 2016
Star Realms Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 08 Mar 2016
Cards and Castles Collectible cards come to life in this tactics and CCG hybrid! Collect cards, build decks, and challenge players head to head on a Tactical Game Board. Play as Vikings, Pirates, Ninjas and more!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.0
Release 18 Dec 2015
Concrete Jungle A city planning deck-building game. Place buildings using cards in your deck and earn new ones as you progress! A genre-blending game packed with cool ideas that swaps micro-management for a more puzzle-like approach to city planning.

Price -94% 0.44€
Rating 8.2
Release 23 Sep 2015
Guild of Dungeoneering Ultimate Edition Now fully rebuilt and remastered, Guild of Dungeoneering Ultimate Edition is a turn-based dungeon crawler with a twist: instead of controlling the hero you build the dungeon around them.

Price -73% 5.50€
Rating 7.5
Release 14 Jul 2015
Hand of Fate Deckbuilding comes to life in Hand of Fate! An infinitely replayable series of quests - earn new cards, build your deck, then try to defeat it! In a cabin at the end of the world, the game of life and death is played. Draw your cards, play your hand, and discover your fate.

Price -97% 0.67€
Rating 8.7
Release 17 Feb 2015
Ascension: Deckbuilding Game Ascension: Deckbuilding Game is now available for your PC and Mac, complete with 9 full expansion decks! Play alone or with friends to battle against the Fallen One for honor and victory. Conceived and designed by Justin Gary, Ascension will provide hours of engaging and strategic game play for enthusiasts and experienced gamers alike.

Price -42% 5.71€
Rating 8.5
Release 16 Dec 2014

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