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Horizon Edge · 2025 · Windows

Steam: 84 % positive of 2,157 reviews, as of Oct 28

Deck-building meets monster catching in this turn-based roguelike. Recruit enemy cards to your party as you dive into the depths of the abyss. Will you kill them or will you tame them?

24 games that play like Decktamer and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Slay the Spire, Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors and Monster Train.

Player tags

  • Roguelike Deckbuilder
  • Creature Collector
  • Card Game
  • Card Battler
  • Turn-Based Combat
  • Deckbuilding
  • Strategy
  • Turn-Based Strategy
Map region: Deckbuilders & Card Games
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Steam reviews

What players say

Most players recommend this demanding deckbuilder for its creature art, tactical depth and taming mechanic, though many find the difficulty spikes harsh.

Many players praise the surreal creature art, the eerie music and the lore told through in-game journal entries. The core loop of taming enemies, moving abilities between creatures with syringes and sacrificing team members for stronger ones draws strong praise for tactical depth and replayability, and several reviewers note they keep returning to try new builds. Complaints centre on difficulty: many players find the early climb steep, bosses with stacked minions or healing feel unfair, and runs can be short. Some say team members become disposable, which weakens attachment to the creatures. Recent reviews are more mixed on endless and higher difficulty, with several asking for more content and fewer dull repeat runs. Steam's totals are more positive than the reviews read here.

Praised

  • Creature art and atmosphere

    Players praise the unsettling creature designs, the eerie music and the lore told through journal entries.

    Many players
  • Deep tactical combat

    Reviewers enjoy the turn-order decisions, risk-reward choices and planning several turns ahead.

    Many players
  • Taming and syringe mechanic

    Moving moves and abilities between creatures with syringes creates unusual, sometimes broken combinations players find addictive.

    Many players
  • Replayability through builds

    Many different creatures, bosses and modes lead players to try new builds and keep returning to runs.

    Some players

Criticised

  • Steep, uneven difficulty

    Players find the early learning curve harsh and the difficulty spikes at higher levels and bosses unfair.

    Many players
  • Boss balance

    Some bosses are said to have too many attacks, minions or healing, which players feel can feel unfair.

    Some players
  • Short runs and little content

    Runs are described as short, and some reviewers feel the campaign ends quickly once the difficulties are finished.

    Some players
  • Disposable creatures

    Because creatures are sacrificed and replaced constantly, some players feel little attachment and no coherent strategy.

    Some players
Who it suits
Suited to players who enjoy hard, thinky deckbuilding roguelikes and creature collecting with a strong art style.
Who should skip it
Players wanting an easy, casual experience or a long campaign with a lot of content should look elsewhere.

Short vs. long playtime: Players with hundreds of hours tend to praise the endless modes and optimisation, while newer players mainly complain about the early difficulty.

Summarised by AI from 56 Steam reviews (English, helpful and recent), as of Oct 28, 2026.

Best matches

Plays and looks like Decktamer

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Decktamer

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

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  1. Deck of Souls84 % positive of 153Shared: Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Game · Card Battler
  2. Pyrene92 % positive of 678Shared: Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Game · Card Battler
  3. Breach Wanderers86 % positive of 383Shared: Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Game · Card Battler
  4. DungeonTop79 % positive of 454Shared: Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Game · Card Battler
  5. Ring of Pain90 % positive of 3,273Shared: Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Game · Strategy
  6. Menace from the Deep84 % positive of 2,494Shared: Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Game · Card Battler
  7. Banners of Ruin79 % positive of 2,310Shared: Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Game · Card Battler
  8. Monster Train 294 % positive of 8,775Shared: Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Game · Deckbuilding
  9. Blood Card 2: Dark Mist85 % positive of 307Shared: Card Game · Card Battler · Deckbuilding
  10. Morimens79 % positive of 5,593Shared: Card Game · Card Battler · Turn-Based Combat
  11. SpellRogue86 % positive of 1,588Shared: Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Game · Card Battler
  12. Vault of the Void92 % positive of 2,543Shared: Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Game · Card Battler

By look

Looks like Decktamer

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Book of Demons90 % positive of 8,007
  2. HELLCARD86 % positive of 3,386
  3. Pyrene92 % positive of 678
  4. Monster Train95 % positive of 19,988
  5. 月圆之夜 (Night of Full Moon)79 % positive of 11,058
  6. CD 2: Trap Master79 % positive of 330
  7. As We Descend85 % positive of 1,407
  8. Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok88 % positive of 6,184
  9. Ratropolis87 % positive of 5,193
  10. Trials of Fire86 % positive of 2,981
  11. The Spell Brigade81 % positive of 15,022
  12. Lootbound74 % positive of 1,363

At a glance

What games like Decktamer have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Decktamer: Card Game (23 of 24), Roguelike Deckbuilder (20) and Card Battler (20).
  • They came out between 2019 and 2026, 3 of them after Decktamer (2025).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Slay the Spire (96 % positive of 192,995).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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