These are the only Roguelike Deckbuilder games with an Overwhelmingly Positive score on Steam
These are the only Roguelike Deckbuilder games with an Overwhelmingly Positive score on Steam
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I love deckbuilding roguelike games so I check and surprisinly, there are only 6 games on Steam with a Overwhelmingly Positive rating and the Roguelike Deckbuilder tag. I created an image with what can be considered the best games in the genre (according to rating).
There are a lot of alikes that are great but didn’t have the originality or innovation dimension that would have granted them overwhelmingly positive score
No Inscryption is wild
Monster Train, so good.
By the way, if you love deck building, Marvel Midnight Suns is being distributed for free on the Epic Games store
God ive put what feels like decades into Slay the Spire and its amazing free full conversion mod Downfall
Wild frost deserves to be here imo. Found Balatro sliiightly overrated? Dunno, got bit bored of the loop after a while.
I mean its not weird really, u need 95% positiv to get overwhelmingly positive which is really hard to get.
Take for example the last game of the year BG3, probably one of the top 3 games of the last decade, also only has 96 % on steam.
It’s a shame that Chrono Ark is not here. The game is honestly awesome, rogue like elements are somewhat worse than Slay the Spire imo but the combat itself is way more nuanced and challenging.
If I liked Night of the full moon on my phone, what should I try on PC?
I really enjoyed some of the busted combos you could pull off once you learned the mechanics. Like depending on your goal with that run, removing cards from your deck could be just as powerful as adding new ones.
I also really enjoyed the story. How it takes dozens of play through to unravel all the story lines going on.
I never played deck building games but somehow stumbled upon Monster Train and absolutely love it. I’ll definitely have to look at these other games.
Which one would you guys suggest to someone who would like to discover this kind of games ?
I got good mileage out of Monster Train on Switch before I migrated over to Steam Deck. It’s one of those games that encourages you to break the game wide open. I picked it up again in a Fanatical Bundle recently, and say it’s worth trying.
Balatro is just a really well-made game with a lot of replayability. Many decks to change how you approach a run, Jokers to combine for various means of racking up a score, and Tarot/Spectral cards to change the cards you draw.
Overall, Cobalt Core is the one that I enjoy the most. Aside from a neat approach to card combat, the game just really comes together well. There isn’t as much variety in runs for foes/events, but most of this comes from the crew and ship you choose at the start of your run. You get a story that actually is enjoyable (not over the top, but it works well), a stellar soundtrack between (DT and Self-Defense are my favorite), and it’s a game that you can go into for a relaxing experience.
Haven’t tried the others, but I will eventually after all the GameFest demos.
Instead of Cobalt Core it should be Kobold Core and feature exclusively kobolds
Hellcard is pretty cool
Are any of these games available on mobile? (aside from Slay the Spire)
vault of the void imo should be up there as well. super recommend
StS is my favorite deck building roguelike, but I absolutely love Fights in Tight Spaces and recofolks check it out.
I highly recommend Dawncaster, better than Slay the Spire in my mind, a lot more content and very active developers.
I really enjoyed WildFrost and it just had a fairly large update recently 🙂
Cobalt Core is sooooo good! Supposed to get a huge summer update as well this year.
Do any of those have traditional TCG mechanics like a pre built deck or are they all random deck building as the run progresses like Slay the Spire?
So hyped for Slay the Spire 2
The Club Penguin Card Jitsu disrespect smh
Cobalt Core is great, but I still keep coming back to Fights in Tight Spaces.
Bit offtopic but if you can tolerate Anime graphics and want more roguelite deckbuilders that are surprisingly good, I’d recommend Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend and Chrono Ark.
First uses Lightweight version of Magic The Gathering color system to spice things up and has unique animations for all attacks. Every character has two base decks with slightly different approach but can build to almost anything.
Latter mixes party based RPG and has A LOT of mechanics that I haven’t seen most of the other games utilize, having to balance putting your level ups to more mana, character level and card draw while balancing your team’s decks. Unusually also has a decent chunk of story on top.
I just love this genre.
I’m surprised dicey dungeons didn’t sneak into that level of positive, I have put so many hours into it!
Balatro is amazing
I also really enjoyed Astrea: Six sided oracles, I believe it was overwhelmingly positive on launch too but dropped down to 92% now.
I recommend the game to anyone who likes deckbuilders.
Wish Wildfrost hadn’t been review bombed at the launch, cause it would definitely stay next to StS.
Game is awesome.
Hope they will continue to expand it’s content like they did recently with 1.2
If you like a wee bit more action in your roguelike deck builder, hand of fate is fantastic. Completely different use of the deck building.
I have three of these and really like them (sts, mt, and Balatro). Guess I should check out these others.
I was sad to see Across the Obelisk isn’t Overwhelming Positive. Looks like hate on the DLC is causing it which is stupid IMO. These same people complaining about a $10 dlc to support the developers have also put hundreds of hours into base $20 game. The game itself is phenomenal and fully co-op!
Shogun Showdown is so good, I’m having a blast with it right now.
Never heard about Cobal Core though, I might check it out.
Dominion is the ultimate deckbuilder though certainly not a rogue-like. It tricked me into thinking I liked deckbuilding games but it turned out I just liked Dominion. Heart of Crown is very similar and you can also find that on Steam.
Monster train MVP
I have played 4 of those. They were all really really good. Cobalt Core was maybe my favorite, but balatro and slay are also incredible