The Best Rogue-like-deckbuilder Games for Nintendo Switch

Update : C.A.R.D.S. RPG: The Misty Battlefield added at rank #18.
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Ruff Ghanor (2024)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Ruff Ghanor is a Deckbuilder game with Roguelite elements, where each collected card represents a crucial action in your journey. Build the perfect deck, strategize, and create powerful synergies as you progress to face your destiny.


  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • card
  • rogue-like
  • battler
  • deckbuilder
  • faith
  • lore
  • trading
  • fantasy
  • story
  • hand-drawn
  • dragon
  • magic
  • atmospheric
  • strategy

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Vivid Knight (2021)

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Android Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch

Join Crystal Princess Amelie on her quest to defeat the Black Witch and free her friends from jewel prisons in Vivid Knight, a dungeon-crawler game with auto-chess mechanics. Build a team of up to six fighters, collect powerful jewels, and activate unique symbol abilities to help you defeat monsters and progress through the dungeon. The game's cute anime-style graphics make it an enjoyable adventure for any player looking for a fun and replayable game.

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What we like:
  • No microtransactions
  • Fun and colorful graphics
  • Allows for a lot of different party approaches
  • Wide pool of unlockable characters and items
  • Unique gameplay mechanics
What could be improved:
  • Bonuses and debuffs hard to understand at first
  • Limited movement points may be frustrating
  • Dungeons may not be too difficult for seasoned roguelike players

  • rogue-like
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • dungeon
  • deckbuilder
  • auto-battler
  • party-building
  • dungeon-crawler
  • choices
  • strategy
  • anime
  • cute
  • inventory
  • management

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Heretic's Fork (2023)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows j

Dear candidate, we are pleased to invite you to take up the position of manager of Hell. You will punish sinners by using our deck-building computer system to construct hellish towers capable of keeping the endless hordes of the underworld in check. Best of luck!


  • rogue-like
  • deckbuilder
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • auto-battler
  • card
  • perma-death
  • tower-defense
  • bullet-hell
  • demons
  • top-down
  • arena
  • pixel
  • tactical
  • 2d
  • arcade

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Mech Armada (2021)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.


  • turn-based
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • rogue-like
  • mech
  • deckbuilder
  • procedural
  • post-apocalyptic
  • character
  • customization
  • isometric
  • strategy
  • sci-fi

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Tamarak Trail (2024)

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j Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X

In this deck-building roguelike, you'll use a customizable dice set as you battle through randomly generated trails - full of loot, mysteries, and danger to protect inhabitants from the evil that has corrupted the trail.


  • deckbuilder
  • rogue-like
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • turn-based
  • battler
  • dice
  • card
  • hand-drawn
  • dungeon-crawler
  • replay-value
  • strategy
  • procedural

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Roguebook (2021)

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PC Windows Linux Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Mac OS

Enter the magical world of Roguebook, where each page holds a new challenge and adventure for you to conquer. Build your deck, choose two heroes with unique skills, and battle over 40 bosses and enemies. With procedurally generated maps and over 200 cards and relics, you'll never get bored exploring. Can you defeat the Roguebook?


What we like:
  • Engaging gameplay with character progression
  • Excellent deck-building RPG rogue-lite
  • Top-notch graphics and art with fantastic mechanics and balance
  • Highly addictive and infinitely interesting with casual gameplay
  • Offers endless possibilities for strategy and replayability
What could be improved:
  • Fixation on deck size restricts building strategies
  • Deck bloat with no way to remove cards

  • card
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • rogue-like
  • deckbuilder
  • deck
  • strategy
  • turn-based

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Urban Cards: Christmas Faction (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Urban Cards is a deck-building roguelike game where earning money is the key to staying afloat in an unfair world. Build businesses, hire workaholic employees and thieves to steal from the competition. Create the perfect deck and work your way to the top!

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  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • rogue-like
  • deckbuilder
  • card
  • battler
  • pvp
  • strategy
  • tabletop
  • economy
  • capitalism
  • procedural
  • replay-value
  • stylized

8

Nadir: A Grimdark Deck Builder (2023)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Nadir is a roguelike deck-builder with a twist: the cost to play a card is an enemy reaction you can predict. Craft your own cards to slay powerful demons. Gather resources, expand your city, grow in power and conquer the underworld.


  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • rogue-like
  • card
  • dark
  • battler
  • turn-based
  • replay-value
  • mature
  • hand-drawn

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Beneath Oresa (2023)

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Beneath Oresa, a fighting roguelike deckbuilder, takes you deep within the city to confront your foes. As a strategist, choose your cards, upgrades, and artifacts wisely, but as a fighter, turn their positioning to your advantage.


  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • rogue-like
  • deckbuilder
  • card
  • turn-based
  • cyberpunk
  • hand-drawn
  • post-apocalyptic
  • procedural
  • sci-fi
  • futuristic
  • third-person
  • 3d
  • real

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Iris and the Giant (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X Android IOS iPhone

Iris and The Giant is a fusion of the CCG, RPG and roguelike genres. You play as Iris, who must brave her fears in her imaginary world. Dive into a melancholic and gripping adventure, filled with cute monsters and buried memories. Ready to face your inner demons?

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  • rogue-like
  • card
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • deckbuilder
  • turn-based
  • battler
  • demons
  • strategy
  • dungeon-crawler
  • mouse
  • replay-value

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