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Once Upon a Rogue's Tale
Games like Once Upon a Rogue's Tale

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A charming but slow-paced single-player roguelike deckbuilder set in fairytales, where dice trading, card play, and story decisions shape each run.

Outcast Tales: The First Journey
A free-to-play 2D tactical turn-based roguelite RPG in a post-apocalyptic setting, with choice-driven storytelling and a roughly three-hour run.
2024-01-29
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Strategy

Fantasy

Tactical

Indie

Side view

Text

Role-playing (RPG)

Party

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Rune Dice

A single-player tactical roguelite deckbuilder with dice-launching chain reactions and hero-based synergies, offering short runs and longer classics, where reviews praise the chaotic fun but note class sameness and grind.

2026-05-19

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Strategy
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Arcade

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Union of Gnomes

A challenging turn-based deck-building roguelite about a gnome revolution, offering an atmospheric story-rich quest but with repetitive runs over roughly 11 hours.

2025-05-29

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Strategy
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)
Card & Board Game

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Heroes of Magic & Cards

A poker-flavored roguelike deckbuilder in a fantasy world, with pixel-art visuals and mouse-only controls.

2026-03-19

Strategy
Fantasy
Indie
Card & Board Game

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Dice & Fold

A turn-based, solitaire-inspired dungeon crawler where dice rolls fold enemy cards, featuring deckbuilding and 35 classes, with a charming but RNG-heavy feel and roughly 10-15 hours of reviewer playtime.

2024-06-24

Strategy
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Aces & Adventures

A poker-powered deckbuilding RPG blending voiced story campaigns and procedurally-generated runs in a strategic balance of luck and planning.

2023-02-23

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Strategy
Fantasy
Indie
Text
Role-playing (RPG)
Card & Board Game
Auditory

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SpellRogue

A tactical turn-based roguelike where you draft spells and build combos across 70+ encounters, with long runs and slow, unlock-based progression.

2025-04-24

Strategy
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)

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Mori Carta

Mori Carta is a single-player handless deckbuilding roguelike built on left/right card choices, with four character decks and a large card pool, though mixed reviews cite randomness and uneven enemy scaling; reviewer playtime averages around 7.5 hours.

2024-03-25

Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Card & Board Game

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Dice Card Heroes

A quick single-player roguelike deckbuilder with dice-embedded cards, a three-chapter fantasy quest, and a roughly three-hour reviewer playtime.

2026-04-08

Strategy
Fantasy
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Card & Board Game

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Once a Pawn a King

A chess-themed asymmetric turn-based roguelike with short runs and a promising but buggy 1.0 release, set on fractured boards with the Black Army.

2026-06-25

Strategy
Indie

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Die For The Lich

A gothic dice-rolling roguelike deckbuilder set in a folklore-haunted land, featuring gear adaptation and a fun but currently light Early Access campaign.

2025-11-10

Adventure
Strategy
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)
Card & Board Game

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Paperback Adventures

A single-player roguelike deckbuilder that combines wordplay with strategic letter-card deck-building, currently in early access with positive reviews but concerns about its development.

2023-01-30

Strategy
Indie