Deckbuilders like Kernel

If Kernel scratched a replayable itch for you, keep reading. These deckbuilders are a good place to start.

Cheaper than Kernel

Looper Tactics

Looper Tactics

Welcome again, wandering soul. Will this be the time of your success?

88% of 446 Steam reviews are positive$4.94
Card Quest

Card Quest

Card Quest is a dungeon crawling adventure game with unique card combat.

87% of 334 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Crash The Core

Crash The Core

A sci-fantasy roguelike deckbuilder about building your own starting deck, equipping gadgets, summoning allies, and salvaging cards for different…

67% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Deck Hunter

Deck Hunter

Deck Hunter is a roguelike card game. The World of Klanojh has been cursed by Glatta, the Goddess of Anger.

66% of 303 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Cirno's Card Class

Cirno's Card Class

Victory or defeat depends on the placement of your cards, timing of usage, and combinations. Create your own tactics and unleash unpredictable plays!

95% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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
Primateria

Primateria

Embark on an epic journey in Primateria, a game redefining the roguelike deckbuilder with a nod to classic Yu-Gi-Oh! experience.

83% of 154 Steam reviews are positive$3.35
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
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$1.99
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
Solitaire Battle

Solitaire Battle

Slay your enemies by playing solitaire, synergize your card-powered attacks and abilities, then break the game and become the best to ever Solitaire…

93% of 29 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Claymores of the Lost Kingdom

Claymores of the Lost Kingdom

RPG-infused Roguelike Deckbuilder. Forge your hero, level up, and craft a deck that evolves based on your unique build.

67% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

Hidden gems like Kernel

Cubic Cosmos

Cubic Cosmos

Cubic Cosmos is a roguelike deckbuilder mixed with fast tower defense, where you grow an army of pawns across a run and chain abilities into huge…

91% of 962 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$12.99
Infinite Cards

Infinite Cards

Discover infinite cards in this roguelike deckbuilder. Every card is unique, every run a new experience.

93% of 102 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$15.99
Villages & Dungeons

Villages & Dungeons

A roguelite deckbuilder with a twist: you build a tiny five-card engine, one core card plus four supports, then send it into automatic turn-based…

91% of 1,051 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$6.99
Trizon

Trizon

Trizon is a roguelike deck-building game. Fuse any two cards together to play crazy combos.

92% of 594 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$8.99
StarVaders

StarVaders

Pilot a mech against an alien invasion in a roguelike that fuses deckbuilding with grid tactics.

97% of 3,827 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 53$24.99
Decktamer

Decktamer

Decktamer is a turn-based roguelike where your deck is a team of abyss creatures you tame instead of collecting.

86% of 2,178 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 117$15.99
Lucky Hunter

Lucky Hunter

Lucky Hunter is a deck-building auto battler Roguelike game.

89% of 414 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99
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
Zet Zillions

Zet Zillions

Zet Zillions is a single-player roguelike deckbuilder where you use your cards to make freakish combinations and explode entire planets.

87% of 736 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
Hadean Tactics

Hadean Tactics

A roguelike deckbuilder crossed with an autobattler, set in the underworld.

89% of 1,732 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$19.99
Deck of Souls

Deck of Souls

Roguelite deck-building meets souls-like. Break out of an infinite loop to close the hell gates, turn enemies into cards, and build your own…

84% of 153 Steam reviews are positive$7.19
Cobalt Core

Cobalt Core

A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder where your cards fly a spaceship.

95% of 4,124 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 43$19.99

Newest deckbuilders like Kernel

Cubic Cosmos

Cubic Cosmos

Cubic Cosmos is a roguelike deckbuilder mixed with fast tower defense, where you grow an army of pawns across a run and chain abilities into huge…

91% of 962 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$12.99
Autocard - Your RPG Adventure

Autocard - Your RPG Adventure

Create your own overpowered cards through Fusion and Crafting, discover absurd synergies, and break the game in this deckbuilding autobattler.

95% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Infinite Cards

Infinite Cards

Discover infinite cards in this roguelike deckbuilder. Every card is unique, every run a new experience.

93% of 102 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$15.99
Meta Card Backpack Legend

Meta Card Backpack Legend

The third installment of the MetaCard series, MetaCard: Backpack Legend, is a backpack management Roguelike card game!

97% of 68 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Decktamer

Decktamer

Decktamer is a turn-based roguelike where your deck is a team of abyss creatures you tame instead of collecting.

86% of 2,178 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 117$15.99
Command Deck

Command Deck

A retro sci-fi deckbuilder where enemies play by the same rules as you.

99% of 75 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Northwind

Northwind

A fusion of deckbuilding, monster-hunting, and roguelite progression all its own.

80% of 61 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Villages & Dungeons

Villages & Dungeons

A roguelite deckbuilder with a twist: you build a tiny five-card engine, one core card plus four supports, then send it into automatic turn-based…

91% of 1,051 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$6.99
Trizon

Trizon

Trizon is a roguelike deck-building game. Fuse any two cards together to play crazy combos.

92% of 594 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$8.99
StarVaders

StarVaders

Pilot a mech against an alien invasion in a roguelike that fuses deckbuilding with grid tactics.

97% of 3,827 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 53$24.99
Commander Quest

Commander Quest

Commander Quest mixes deckbuilding with auto-battling tactics: you draft cavalry, dwarves, beasts and ghosts into a deck, add relics, then watch…

74% of 2,826 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$11.99
Cirno's Card Class

Cirno's Card Class

Victory or defeat depends on the placement of your cards, timing of usage, and combinations. Create your own tactics and unleash unpredictable plays!

95% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$3.99