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2025PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified98 % positive21.55 €

StarVaders blends a deckbuilding roguelike with grid-based tactical combat. You pilot a mech against an alien invasion and hunt for powerful card combos, with every run shaped by a different build.

  • Turn-based combat
  • Tactical depth
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers

The closest matches for StarVaders are Nitro Kid, Mech Armada and Cobalt Core. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes StarVaders special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Nitro Kid

93 %Match

2022PCSteam Deck verified88 % positive19.50 €

  • Turn-based combat
  • Tactical depth
  • Sci-fi setting

A roguelike deckbuilder soaked in neon 80s synthwave style, where you pick an agent, build card combos and climb the floors of a tower. The custom-composed synthwave soundtrack defines its mood.

Mech Armada

Turn-based combat

Turn-based tactics meets deckbuilding and roguelike structure: you build a team of mechs as a deck and defend Earth against the Swarm in compact, tense battles.

Cobalt Core

Turn-based combat

A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder where your crewed ship fights on a single axis, dodging missiles and lining up cannon shots. A funny time-loop story and plenty of crew and card combos keep each run fresh.

Clonizer

Turn-based combat

Hex-grid tactics meets roguelike deckbuilding: you play cards, manage clones and push across alien planets. A tongue-in-cheek corporate sci-fi framing keeps the tone light and funny.

Into the Breach

Turn-based combat

Compact turn-based tactics where three mechs defend cities from giant kaiju-like aliens. Every enemy attack is telegraphed in advance, so each turn plays like a tightly designed chess puzzle with roguelike runs and time-travel resets.

Metal Gear Acid 2

Turn-based combat

A tactical Metal Gear spin-off where every action is driven by cards. Turn-based stealth missions with deck management and a cel-shaded look deliver plenty of tactical depth.

Next jump: Shmup Tactics

Turn-based combat

A turn-based tactics take on the shoot 'em up that turns bullet-hell action into careful move-by-move planning. Ideal for people who love shmups but lack the reflexes, wrapped in a humorous space chase after dragons who stole the galaxy's beverages.

Beneath Oresa

Strong character progression

A roguelike deckbuilder where card choices combine with positioning on the battlefield. You descend into the city of Oresa, building a deck from cards, upgrades and artifacts to defeat your foes.

Takara Cards

Turn-based combat

Takara Cards blends deckbuilding with turn-based tactics: you pilot a spaceship using cards on a 3x3 grid while hunting space dragons in a sci-fi fantasy universe.

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