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2025PCSteam Deck verified19.99 €

A roguelike deckbuilder that plays like a tactical strategy game: you recruit and upgrade units and deploy them in turn-based battles against corrupted creatures. Between fights you make tough choices in humanity's last city.

Cards and deck-building
Runs that play out differently every time
Turn-based combat
Tactical depth

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The closest matches for As We Descend are StarVaders, Nowhere Prophet and Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes As We Descend special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: StarVaders 95% match – Cards and deck-building
Newest alternative: Shards of Order 90% match – released 2026

Best match

StarVaders

95 %Match

2025PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified97 % 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.

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Nowhere Prophet

Cards and deck-building

A tactical deckbuilding roguelike where you lead a band of followers across a ruined wasteland as a prophet. You juggle supplies, morale and card choices while fighting positional battles on a grid.

Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles

Cards and deck-building

A turn-based roguelike where you build a pool of dice instead of a deck of cards. As one of six Oracles, you balance risk and reward to purify corrupted foes and save a fallen goddess.

Monster Train

Cards and deck-building

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Griftlands

Cards and deck-building

A deckbuilding roguelike set in a shabby sci-fi world where you both fight and negotiate using separate card decks. Three distinct character campaigns and meaningful choices make each run play out differently.

Ring of Pain

Cards and deck-building

A dark roguelike where you pick through rings of cards holding enemies, items and traps in a carefully planned order. Every move is a gamble over sequencing, health and gear, with many unlockable characters and builds.

Ancient Enemy

Tactical depth

A dark card-battling RPG in which a revived mage travels through landscapes inspired by British mythology and the Mabinogion. Tactical card duels, deck building and a bleak atmosphere define the experience.

Shards of Order

Cards and deck-building

A grim card-combat RPG where you guide a party of survivors through a world whose fundamental Laws have shattered. You restore or rewrite those rules and must live with the consequences.

Deep Sky Derelicts

Cards and deck-building

A turn-based sci-fi tactical RPG where you scavenge derelict alien ships as an outcast, hire mercenaries and upgrade your gear. Its dark retro-futuristic comic-book look and card-like, initiative-driven combat give it a distinct identity.

Trials of Fire

Cards and deck-building

A turn-based tactical RPG where you lead a band of heroes across a post-cataclysmic fantasy world. Combat is driven by card-based abilities, alongside text-driven choices and character growth.

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