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2026PCSteam Deck playable66 % positive11.99 €

A deck-building RPG set in a zombie apocalypse where you craft your deck, cross a ruined world, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and try to rebuild civilization.

Cards and deck-building
Post-apocalyptic setting
Runs that play out differently every time
Turn-based combat

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The closest matches for The Dead Await are Trials of Fire, Draft of Darkness and Nowhere Prophet. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Dead Await special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Trials of Fire

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2021PCSteam Deck verified86 % positive16.79 €

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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Draft of Darkness

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A survival horror deckbuilder where you recruit allies, combine their decks into powerful synergies and push through procedurally generated maps. Careful resource management and story decisions shape how the dark tale ends.

Nowhere Prophet

Post-apocalyptic setting

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.

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.

Winnie's Hole

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You play as a virus inside Winnie's body and mind, capturing and mutating cells to build a deck for combo-driven battles. A dark yet charming roguelite deckbuilder about being seen as a monster.

Chainsaw Warrior

Post-apocalyptic setting

A digital take on the solo board game: armed with a chainsaw and other weapons, you have sixty minutes to push through card-driven, abandoned New York streets and hunt down the dark entity. A brutal, luck-driven card-based adventure.

Malys

Cards and deck-building

A grim roguelite deckbuilder where you play Noah, a former priest turned demon-hunter, performing exorcisms, making risky alliances and growing your deck of arcane tricks across a corrupted city.

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.

Death Roads: Tournament

Post-apocalyptic setting

You blend car racing, deckbuilding and roguelite runs into tactical turn-based vehicular duels. Pick your driver, car, weapons and sponsors, then fight your way through a post-apocalyptic tournament.

As We Descend

Cards and deck-building

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.

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