Deckbuilders like Checkmage!

Want something that feels replayable and hand-drawn the way Checkmage! does? Browse these deckbuilders for your next favorite.

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Yes, My Queen

Yes, My Queen

The chess roguelite. Play game-changing cards, bend the rules, save your Queen, and escape from the dungeon.

76% of 55 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Pawnbarian

Pawnbarian

Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full…

91% of 452 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Magic of Autumn

Magic of Autumn

Magic of Autumn is a unique card puzzle game. Explore a magical island, turn the environment into cards, build decks to overcome card battles, and…

100% of 36 Steam reviews are positive$1
Chess: The Lost Pieces

Chess: The Lost Pieces

A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,

70% of 20 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
CharmEdge Deck

CharmEdge Deck

A laid-back casual roguelike-DBG game! As a genius mage-swordsman apprentice, build your magic deck, wield Enchantments and Skills, and teach that…

94% of 32 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Paladin's Oath

Paladin's Oath

Complex Strategy Fantasy card game RPG inspired by board games like Mage Knight or Gloomhaven.

86% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Dungeon Deck

Dungeon Deck

Explore a dungeon in the form of a deck of cards! Collect rare items, build your own deck, and defeat the dungeon in this cozy card-based roguelike!

97% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
The Magister

The Magister

The Magister is a murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customise your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those…

91% of 103 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Card City Nights

Card City Nights

Card City Nights is not a traditional card-trading game. It's an adventure game with zany characters to meet and weird locations to explore.

89% of 663 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Card Crawl Adventure

Card Crawl Adventure

Card Crawl Adventure is a single player card game with light deck building and roguelite elements.

81% of 64 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Witching Stone

Witching Stone

Witching Stone is a puzzle game matched with a deckbuilder! Customise your spellbook and weave spells with coloured stones.

92% of 165 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Magibrick

Magibrick

An uniquely styled deck-building game. Assemnble a deck with the right Magibrick and challenge diverse enemies in different regions.

71% of 77 Steam reviews are positive$7.99

Hidden gems like Checkmage!

Pluto

Pluto

A funny, surreal roguelike deckbuilder about a jailed wizard fighting through cursed ruins to reach a birthday party on time.

93% of 523 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$17.99
Magecraft: Spellbuilding

Magecraft: Spellbuilding

Craft spell cards, collect new effects, and build the perfect deck as you fight through rounds of turn-based combat.

98% of 154 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4Free
Witching Stone

Witching Stone

Witching Stone is a puzzle game matched with a deckbuilder! Customise your spellbook and weave spells with coloured stones.

92% of 165 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG

Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG

Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy.

95% of 597 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$29.99
Placid Plastic Deck - A Quiet Quest

Placid Plastic Deck - A Quiet Quest

A story-driven adventure with multiple-choice dialogue, funny characters, and a light sprinkle of card battles.

80% of 210 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
The Royal Writ

The Royal Writ

Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy.

80% of 431 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Cross Blitz

Cross Blitz

Cross Blitz is a colorful RPG deckbuilder with tactical fights on a 4x4 grid, where placement matters as much as card choice.

74% of 1,572 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 44$5.74
Aces & Adventures

Aces & Adventures

A deckbuilder where your attacks are poker hands. You build a deck of playing cards and ability cards, then throw pairs, triples, and straights at…

89% of 2,243 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$19.99
Poker Quest: Swords and Spades

Poker Quest: Swords and Spades

Poker Quest is a fantasy roguelike where a standard 52-card deck powers your gear instead of being the deck you build.

86% of 687 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$14.99
Pawnbarian

Pawnbarian

Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full…

91% of 452 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Ash of Gods: The Way

Ash of Gods: The Way

Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor.

79% of 421 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$24.99
The Magister

The Magister

The Magister is a murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customise your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those…

91% of 103 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

Newest deckbuilders like Checkmage!

CharmEdge Deck

CharmEdge Deck

A laid-back casual roguelike-DBG game! As a genius mage-swordsman apprentice, build your magic deck, wield Enchantments and Skills, and teach that…

94% of 32 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Magin: The Rat Project Stories

Magin: The Rat Project Stories

Magin is an exciting combination of a narrative-driven adventure game with a deck-building card battler.

69% of 81 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Heroes of Magic & Cards

Heroes of Magic & Cards

Build the perfect deck, draw the perfect hand, and strike down your enemies with pairs and straights.

86% of 88 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$12.99
Quickcast

Quickcast

Play a turn-based strategy roguelike game where you and your opponent share a single deck!

89% of 9 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Pluto

Pluto

A funny, surreal roguelike deckbuilder about a jailed wizard fighting through cursed ruins to reach a birthday party on time.

93% of 523 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$17.99
Placid Plastic Deck - A Quiet Quest

Placid Plastic Deck - A Quiet Quest

A story-driven adventure with multiple-choice dialogue, funny characters, and a light sprinkle of card battles.

80% of 210 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Tabulo

Tabulo

Position your pieces carefully to max out your score in this Balatro-inspired chess roguelike.

90% of 62 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Cross Blitz

Cross Blitz

Cross Blitz is a colorful RPG deckbuilder with tactical fights on a 4x4 grid, where placement matters as much as card choice.

74% of 1,572 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 44$5.74
Yes, My Queen

Yes, My Queen

The chess roguelite. Play game-changing cards, bend the rules, save your Queen, and escape from the dungeon.

76% of 55 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Magecraft: Spellbuilding

Magecraft: Spellbuilding

Craft spell cards, collect new effects, and build the perfect deck as you fight through rounds of turn-based combat.

98% of 154 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4Free
The Royal Writ

The Royal Writ

Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy.

80% of 431 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Dungeon Deck

Dungeon Deck

Explore a dungeon in the form of a deck of cards! Collect rare items, build your own deck, and defeat the dungeon in this cozy card-based roguelike!

97% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$9.99